Add-on nav Garmin Sat Nav Install

roscopico · 20th April 2008, 22:04

Hard wired Garmin Nuvi 610T today.

The easiest thing in the world!

Located unit on windscreen using suction cup so unit sits just below rear view mirror.

Cut the cig lighter end adpater off, strip the wire to reveal one red and one black. Strip the casings to show about 1.5cm of wire.

Pop the front internal light cover off (small flat head screwdriver), undo the 2 silver retaining screws and unplug the larger wire connector (4 wire block).

Locate the light blue wire with with grey dashes, strip back - no need to cut, just strip back the casing, wrap the red wire around the exposed grey wire and tape up, coil the back wire around one of the retaining screws before re-fitting.

push the power cord through the roof lining plug back into the the suction cup and Bob's is your mothers brother!

Really tidy install.

Credit goes to install valentine1 thread and Pottsy!

Kremmen · 21st April 2008, 06:55

Any photos of the detail ?

Bungle · 21st April 2008, 21:36

I really like the idea of the hard wire, but I must say I am really not fond of the idea of having a sat-nav right in the middle of the windscreen. You must loose a massive amount of forward vision.
I have the Garmin Nuvi 760 (I think) and love it, but it spends most of it's time in my school car, not my Civic.

roscopico · 22nd April 2008, 17:59

Sorry no pix!

I experimented with a number of positions and found this to be the best, as it's a touch screen, it's important I can reach it without moving from my driving position, I also have the traffic reciever which is a windscreen mounted arieal so the windcsreen is the only place it would go, to fix it at the drivers side would be in the way of the curtain airbag and did cause a bit of a blind spot when turning.

Being in the middle of the windscreen means you are always looking forward anyway and it sits just below the rear view mirror so you really don't lose much visability as it's quite high up the windscreen.

morten · 24th April 2008, 11:49

Another good placement is mounting the plastic disk with double sided tape on the dash close to the info screen, and the bracket with suction cup on top of that. This way no area of the windscreen is covered, at least not with my garmin nuvi 360 device. The drawback is of course that I have to lean forward if I need to use the touch screen...

GHGH · 24th April 2008, 13:37

After fiddling around with different solutions, I settled with the Garmin friction mount.
Very unelegant and very efficient.
The unit is quite close to the driver, so it is easy to reach the screen, and it leaves no traces when removed.

l-noel · 24th April 2008, 17:25

Brodit airvent mountig clib... the best system

roscopico · 25th April 2008, 00:28

Not if you want to use the air vent and no good for hard wiring unless you take the dash apart and put the power cord through the vent!!!!

20th April 2008, 22:04	#1 (permalink)
roscopico Valve Cap Join Date: 16th April 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Garmin Sat Nav Install Hard wired Garmin Nuvi 610T today. The easiest thing in the world! Located unit on windscreen using suction cup so unit sits just below rear view mirror. Cut the cig lighter end adpater off, strip the wire to reveal one red and one black. Strip the casings to show about 1.5cm of wire. Pop the front internal light cover off (small flat head screwdriver), undo the 2 silver retaining screws and unplug the larger wire connector (4 wire block). Locate the light blue wire with with grey dashes, strip back - no need to cut, just strip back the casing, wrap the red wire around the exposed grey wire and tape up, coil the back wire around one of the retaining screws before re-fitting. push the power cord through the roof lining plug back into the the suction cup and Bob's is your mothers brother! Really tidy install. Credit goes to install valentine1 thread and Pottsy!

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21st April 2008, 06:55	#2 (permalink)
Kremmen Krem de la Krem Civinfo guru Join Date: 7th January 2007 Location: West London Posts: 2,415 Thanks: 3 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Any photos of the detail ?

21st April 2008, 21:36	#3 (permalink)
Bungle Rocketship door handle Join Date: 3rd July 2006 Location: SE London/Kent Posts: 1,217 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I really like the idea of the hard wire, but I must say I am really not fond of the idea of having a sat-nav right in the middle of the windscreen. You must loose a massive amount of forward vision. I have the Garmin Nuvi 760 (I think) and love it, but it spends most of it's time in my school car, not my Civic.

22nd April 2008, 17:59	#4 (permalink)
roscopico Valve Cap Join Date: 16th April 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sorry no pix! I experimented with a number of positions and found this to be the best, as it's a touch screen, it's important I can reach it without moving from my driving position, I also have the traffic reciever which is a windscreen mounted arieal so the windcsreen is the only place it would go, to fix it at the drivers side would be in the way of the curtain airbag and did cause a bit of a blind spot when turning. Being in the middle of the windscreen means you are always looking forward anyway and it sits just below the rear view mirror so you really don't lose much visability as it's quite high up the windscreen.

24th April 2008, 11:49	#5 (permalink)
morten Supporter Valve Cap Join Date: 9th March 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Another good placement is mounting the plastic disk with double sided tape on the dash close to the info screen, and the bracket with suction cup on top of that. This way no area of the windscreen is covered, at least not with my garmin nuvi 360 device. The drawback is of course that I have to lean forward if I need to use the touch screen...

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GHGH Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 13th March 2007 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 924 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	After fiddling around with different solutions, I settled with the Garmin friction mount. Very unelegant and very efficient. The unit is quite close to the driver, so it is easy to reach the screen, and it leaves no traces when removed.

24th April 2008, 17:25	#7 (permalink)
l-noel Wine and cooking ! Rocketship door handle Join Date: 5th December 2006 Location: Roanne-France Posts: 1,225 Thanks: 3 Thanked 7 Times in 3 Posts	Brodit airvent mountig clib... the best system

25th April 2008, 00:28	#8 (permalink)
roscopico Valve Cap Join Date: 16th April 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Not if you want to use the air vent and no good for hard wiring unless you take the dash apart and put the power cord through the vent!!!!