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Old 12-26-2006, 06:15 PM
schmidtj schmidtj is offline
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Real Name: Dr. Gregory House
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Default Re: Portable GPS mounting

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Originally Posted by duanerw View Post
You will need an outside antenna as the camry windshield has a reflective coating or something like that.I have a garmin street pilot 2730 and couldnt get a signal,garmin sent me another and had the same problem.I went online at garmin and found i need an antenna.I found one at circuit city for 30 and another 30 for to have it installed.now all is well
I've tried my Street Pilot in my TCH and it works just fine without any external antenna but mine is a 2610 FWIW. Usually it locks on at least 5 satellites.
The TCH (and non H Camry) use INTERNAL GPS antennas. They are located at the base of the windshield right next to the hemispherical daylight sensor. It looks like a depressed hole about the size of a dime.
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