Re: iPAQ car-mount options?

["Dave McLaughlin" <dave@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul,

I built my own from some ally plate and an old Ipaq expansion pack that
had=
a duff battery. I picked this up on eBay for =A310 I think it was.

I made up the bracket to hold the expansion pack (you could use a CF pack
a=
nd this would hold the maps etc) and used double sided sticky fixers to
hol=
d the 2 together. I made up a special clamp arrangement to hold it fixed
on=
to one of the vents on the dash. I did have it screwed before but it was
to=
o low down. I'll email you some shots from the inside of the car tonight.

The serial cable from the GPS receiver, which is hidden in the centre
conso=
le and permanently wired in, comes up from the dash and just hangs down
bes=
ide the bracket. All very neat when the Ipaq is not in the car. Only the
se=
rial and power cable is left behind hanging.

Get in the car, drop the Ipaq in the expansion pack (much more secure than
=
those clamp type units) and plug in the serial cable and away you go. Very
=
quick and easy to do.

Regards
Dave...
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Paul Gordon=20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 1:40 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] iPAQ car-mount options?


I know there are one or two others here with the iPAQ NAVMAN system...

What are you doing about mounting it? - I find the included gooseneck too=
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short & inconvenient.. - The rake of the windshield means that I
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easily slide the iPAQ in & out of the jacket without bending the arm
down=
, I=20
can't angle the iPAQ screen up as far as I'd like in use (The top of the =
GPS=20
stubby aerial hits the windscreen before I've angled it up as far as I'd=
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like...)

I know there is a longer gooseneck available, which would help to some=20
degree, however there are a couple of other things I don't like too much=
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either... - namely the amount of crap hanging off the bottom as well, - b=
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the time the USB/Charge adapter has plugged in, then the charger connecte=
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is plugged into that, there's about 3 inches of connector hanging off the=
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bottom as well...

I had hoped that the car power-adapter connected to the navman jacket rat=
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than to the iPAQ directly, so that I could just leave the jacket set up,=
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where I wanted it, and connected up to the power, and just simply docked =
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iPAQ each time I got in the car.. - just like I do with the phone in the=
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hands-free kit.... No such luck unfortunately, setting up the iPAQ each t=
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I get in the car is a bit of a palaver, and hardly an elegant solution...

What are the options for making this a bit better? - I'm happy to live wi=
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it for the time being, as I'm changing the car in a few weeks (hopefully)=
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but when I get the next car, I want something that looks a bit less Heath=
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Robinson than this arrangement....

TIA

Paul G.


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