tomtom wiring

[player.777]

LOl cant really remember now!! I'll get some pics up

[paulb]

Weres the pics player.777 

[player.777]

ah sorry mate- took the photos of the wiring run of the tomtom yesterday- will get them onto the computer tomorrow night when back from work.

[Ridg]

i've got a tomtom with the RDS remote and the hands free mic

i have mine to the right hand side of the cockpit, the wire for the mic, is tucked inside the linning of the A pillar and the mic is clipped to the drivers side grab handle.

the RDS wire runs across the bottom of the windscreen with the slack, tucked down the dash.

I only use mine on battery, as the journeys i do are shorter than the battery life, and if i'm going further i can just use the power cable, if you want to hard wire it, i'd suggest that you run the wire through the fuse box eg between the fuse box cover and the door

this link might be of help

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2672579

[paulb]

i've got a tomtom with the RDS remote and the hands free mic

i have mine to the right hand side of the cockpit, the wire for the mic, is tucked inside the linning of the A pillar and the mic is clipped to the drivers side grab handle.

the RDS wire runs across the bottom of the windscreen with the slack, tucked down the dash.

I only use mine on battery, as the journeys i do are shorter than the battery life, and if i'm going further i can just use the power cable, if you want to hard wire it, i'd suggest that you run the wire through the fuse box eg between the fuse box cover and the door

this link might be of help

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2672579

Thanks for the reply.  Does the RDS go the complete length of the windscreen?  Whats the reception like with the RDS when its along the bottom of the windscreen?  I had thought about doing this and I think this is only the position I havent tried it in.  Up to now, trying to hide the RDS down the side of the windscreen has meant that the reception is rubbish and although I dont lose the signal there is a difference.

[bobbarley]

I have my sat nav on the middle of the windscreen, near the bottom.

[Rhyso]

i'm a man and can use a bog standard road atlas

[bobbarley]

I used to use an Atlas, but they're sh!t for finding a specific road in the middle of a city.

[Rhyso]

I used to use an Atlas, but they're sh!t for finding a specific road in the middle of a city.

thats what route planners and road signs are for 

[bobbarley]

Meh! 

Ironically my satnav has a woman's voice, and it always sends me in the wrong direction!