Wednesday, Jul 30, 2014 at 20:13
Mine is the cheap and nasty install, but it works oh so
well. I had a TomTom cradle, but the sucker on that died and it was pain in the arse to attach in a suitable location anyway.
It worked so
well that I also used it on my bike! I've done a few 1000km on that and haven't lost the phone, even when I did throw it down the road, so it is reasonable secure ;-)
I bought a hard clip on cover for the phone. $5
I bought a 12V charging lead to plug into the ciggie lighter. $8
I had some self-adhesive Velcro strips and dots.
To install, find where you want it and clean the surface with metho. Allow to dry and then stick on some Velcro strip, I prefer the hook side. Being black it blends into the dash and isn't that noticeable.
On the back of the hard cover I stuck
the loop side of the Velcro. Being kinder to the hands and not catching on clothing and the like, this way around works better.
Then to use the phone in the car, simply plug it into the charging lead and stick it onto the Velcro. Slight misalignment is no issue as it sticks anyway you put it. When I sold the
old car I simply pealed the Velcro off and the dash was immaculate underneath.
It worked so
well that I simply repeated the process with the new
wheels. Bluetooth connectivity helps too as on the old vehicle I had to plug in a jack to run it through the stereo.
If you position it at the right height then running a Sat-Nav app makes it easier to view.
I don't have a pic of the car, but this is the idea anyway.
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