LS1notFOUND
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With my 04 Grand Prix I shortly after bought a Garmin Nuvi 660 during a Black Friday online event for a price I couldn't say no too. My job required some driving around from time to time at that time and I often would switch to company vehicle so portable GPS was the way to go.
I had the stand integrated right down into the head-unit with an added aux and even hid the power behind the dash piece, no wires hanging anywhere. Can't find any of the pictures I took of it however.
With the Sonic I wont do that heavy of integration and really its already setup, switched power between the seats, auxiliary input is standard. Once again using "disc" that comes to mount the suction cup you can use the open areas on either side of the radio, and position it close enough to actually reach. Its almost smooth enough where you can use the mount alone...almost. High mounted on the dash would be a little bit of a stretch/reach comfortable. Signal stretch is still superb.
What it looks like:
Why the only time the speeds were different is when I snapped a picture I don't know. (instrument panel probably updates quicker)
This also brings it out of "plain sight" of having it stuck to your windshield or like a trophy on display. Quick run into the store and you should be ok leaving it all hooked up.
In addition adds Bluetooth hands free to the vehicle and if you use a y-splitter at the aux in you can easily integrate your MP3 player of choice and the Navigation unit with Bluetooth. In addition, as I stated earlier the benefit of this form of Navigation is I can still take my nav anywhere in anyway vehicle.
Now if you have a kick-ass phone really all you need is a mount and you can use speakerphone. I personally prefer the standalone unit with easy to use touch screen over smart phone based navigation.
I had the stand integrated right down into the head-unit with an added aux and even hid the power behind the dash piece, no wires hanging anywhere. Can't find any of the pictures I took of it however.
With the Sonic I wont do that heavy of integration and really its already setup, switched power between the seats, auxiliary input is standard. Once again using "disc" that comes to mount the suction cup you can use the open areas on either side of the radio, and position it close enough to actually reach. Its almost smooth enough where you can use the mount alone...almost. High mounted on the dash would be a little bit of a stretch/reach comfortable. Signal stretch is still superb.
What it looks like:
Why the only time the speeds were different is when I snapped a picture I don't know. (instrument panel probably updates quicker)
This also brings it out of "plain sight" of having it stuck to your windshield or like a trophy on display. Quick run into the store and you should be ok leaving it all hooked up.
In addition adds Bluetooth hands free to the vehicle and if you use a y-splitter at the aux in you can easily integrate your MP3 player of choice and the Navigation unit with Bluetooth. In addition, as I stated earlier the benefit of this form of Navigation is I can still take my nav anywhere in anyway vehicle.
Now if you have a kick-ass phone really all you need is a mount and you can use speakerphone. I personally prefer the standalone unit with easy to use touch screen over smart phone based navigation.
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