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devildice
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
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Location: Helotes, Texas
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Rev.Vassago wrote: Malaki86 wrote: Mtc_Is_Hell wrote: I have a Magellan gps.. Cost me 550 with tax.. Ok so I seen that program at best buy for 120 bucks. I also have the same laptop as you, Speakers do suck btw, I use headphones just to hear the movies over the truck idle. But other then this issue how good is that program and where do you mount or put your laptop?>
S & T 2007 is a gooed program. Well worth the cost. Also, if you have a GPS receiver (that the laptop recognizes), you can use it, instead of buying the full version with a new receiver.
I kept my laptop in the sleeper. I have a 7" touchscreen monitor & an addon keyboard that I use in the cab.
My problem seems to be that I go through GPS receivers. I just bought my fourth one in a year and a half, at $100 a pop. :shock:
Rev,
Maybe if you stop trying to use it as a pc mouse and leave it on the dash as the GPS receiver it was designed to be :lol: :lol: :lol: |
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Rev.Vassago
Joined: 04 Apr 2006
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Location: The other side of the coin
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| That's my problem - it doesn't pick up a decent signal on the dash, so I have it mounted outside. I have a knack for getting the USB port stuck in the door jamb, thereby crushing it. :sad: |
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devildice
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Location: Helotes, Texas
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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Rev.Vassago wrote: That's my problem - it doesn't pick up a decent signal on the dash, so I have it mounted outside. I have a knack for getting the USB port stuck in the door jamb, thereby crushing it. :sad:
That's strange that you are not getting a decent signal on the dash as they are designed to "supposedly" work that way. |
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Rev.Vassago
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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devildice wrote: Rev.Vassago wrote: That's my problem - it doesn't pick up a decent signal on the dash, so I have it mounted outside. I have a knack for getting the USB port stuck in the door jamb, thereby crushing it. :sad:
That's strange that you are not getting a decent signal on the dash as they are designed to "supposedly" work that way.
I'm guessing it is due to the fact that I drive a 379. Hardly any slope to the windshield, and a metal visor right above it.
When I did have it on my dash, it would lose its signal, or not "grab" enough satellites to get a decent signal. |
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devildice
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh I see.....simple solution then....buy a different truck.......just think, after about a 1,000 gps receivers, it will pay for itself :lol: |
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Mtc_Is_Hell
Joined: 16 Aug 2006
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Location: Granite City, Il
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| I see trucks with their laptops mounted some how in the passenger side what are they using? |
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Rev.Vassago
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Mtc_Is_Hell wrote: I see trucks with their laptops mounted some how in the passenger side what are they using?
Mine is mounted on the passenger side. They make auto laptop mounts for that (just do a google search), although I made mine out of a $50 metal music stand cut down to size. |
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Malaki86
Joined: 28 Aug 2004
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Location: West Virginia
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| Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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You might be able to find a weatherproof gps receiver. I'm sure they make them. Also, if the cable is too short, get a usb extension cable so that the end isn't near the door jamb. You could weatherproof the connector (for the extension cable) with some heat-shrink tubing and a few wraps of electrical tape.
In fact, here's a few:
http://mightygps.com/weatherproofgps.htm
http://www.prairie.mb.ca/tripnav_mr350.htm
http://www.bytefusion.com/products/op/external-mount-gps/external-mount-gps.htm
I know nothing about those, but that was just from a quick Google search for 'weatherproof gps usb' |
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Mtc_Is_Hell
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Location: Granite City, Il
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I dont understand why this program doesnt have auto reroute like my old gps.. |
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Toothpick
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:48 am Post subject: |
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Quote: That's my problem - it doesn't pick up a decent signal on the dash, so I have it mounted outside. I have a knack for getting the USB port stuck in the door jamb, thereby crushing it.
If you get a GPS receiver with the new SIRF Star III chipset you should be able to get a strong satellite signal no matter where you put it. I had mine plugged directly into my USB port on my laptop and was not even using the cable until after three months of shaking on the road my USB port eventually got loosened and started to give me errors. After tightening the USB port back up again so it works properly again, I started using the cable instead to plug it into the laptop since the cable is much lighter than the receiver and so now I just throw the GPS receiver up on the dash, but it doesn’t matter where I put it inside the cab, because with the new SIRF star III chipset it is sensitive enough to pick up a strong signal no matter where I put it, inside, outside, on the floor, on the seat, on the back bunks, on the dash, anywhere and everywhere. |
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Toothpick
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Quote: I see trucks with their laptops mounted some how in the passenger side what are they using?
http://www.mobilelaptopmount.com/
If you want to save money, just buy the top for the laptop and go down to your local hardware store and pick up the remainder of the parts for 10 or 12 dollars. Remove the front inside bolt of the passenger seat, place the floor flange of the mount between the seat and the floor and tighten the bolt back up.
Works just great. It’s what I have been using for more than a year now and it cost me a small fraction of the price of what one of those cybertrucker or jottodesk stands cost and works just as well.
I also rigged mine up with a quick connect near the floor flange, so that I can easily remove the upper portion of the stand without having to go through the trouble of backing out the floor flange every time I need to move it. |
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flood
Joined: 16 Jan 2007
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Location: tennesse
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Rev.Vassago wrote: That's my problem - it doesn't pick up a decent signal on the dash, so I have it mounted outside. I have a knack for getting the USB port stuck in the door jamb, thereby crushing it. :sad:
we have our's inside in the skylight |
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serbie
Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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Location: Greenville, NH
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this is the one i use. It's on the dash of my columbia, even still with a drop visor on a pete, the sirf star III chip should still pick up a signal. it's weather proof and is even magnetic.
Manufactuer is Holoux. Bought it just about 2 years ago on ebay for $70 w/shipping.
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