Garnin 800 vehicle mount

emtroche · 13-04-2012 2:28pm #1

Anybody know if its possible to get a vehicle mount for a Garmin 800?

Morgan · 13-04-2012 2:32pm

Stick the handlebar mount on the steering wheel?

emtroche · 13-04-2012 2:36pm

Morgan wrote: »

Stick the handlebar mount on the steering wheel?

Thats an idea alright but ideally it'd be on the passenger side.

Lumen · 13-04-2012 2:39pm

Give the passenger a steering wheel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIMKzESttlQ

07Lapierre · 13-04-2012 2:40pm

buy a spare Handlebar mount and "zip-tie" it to the center air vent?

emtroche · 13-04-2012 2:53pm

07Lapierre wrote: »

buy a spare Handlebar mount and "zip-tie" it to the center air vent?

Its for race across america so we'll be needing that air vent!!

07Lapierre · 13-04-2012 2:56pm

Zip-tie it to an "open" air vent?

seamus · 13-04-2012 3:09pm

Get one of the standard garmin window-sucker mounts and zip-tie the bike mount to that to ensure that you get proper signal.

emtroche · 13-04-2012 3:10pm

With all the clutter and potential for banging it i'd prefer to have it on a suction mount on the windscreen.

emtroche · 13-04-2012 3:12pm

seamus wrote: »

Get one of the standard garmin window-sucker mounts and zip-tie the bike mount to that to ensure that you get proper signal.

Thats leads me to another question, is it possible to get spare bike mounts?

Lumen · 13-04-2012 3:13pm

emtroche wrote: »

Thats leads me to another question, is it possible to get spare bike mounts?

Assuming the 800 uses the same 1/4 turn mount as the 500:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=44129

seamus · 13-04-2012 3:14pm

I never understood why you get a million elastic bands for just two mounts. Would people really move the mount from bike to bike that often?

Tenzor07 · 13-04-2012 3:16pm

Have your passenger hold onto the Garmin, the displays a bit small to be looking at whilst driving...

07Lapierre · 13-04-2012 3:23pm

Morgan wrote: »

Stick the handlebar mount on the steering wheel?

If the steering wheel has an air bag fitted, fitting anything to the steering wheel is a bad idea.

emtroche · 13-04-2012 3:24pm

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Have your passenger hold onto the Garmin, the displays a bit small to be looking at whilst driving...

For what we're using it for it'd have to be mounted to be honest but thanks anyway.

Also now that i'm on the subject, i'm having a problem with 2 of the garmins.

We have 3 relatively new units and we were using them for the First nation Home event. 2 of them keep turning themselves off just after the "locating satellites" screen pops up. Even if they're fully charged. The fact that its happening to 2 of them suggests that this might be quite common.

Before i go contacting the support service i was wondering has anybody had the same problem?

ednwireland · 13-04-2012 3:26pm

surely soemthing like this would suffice

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/27265-Universal-Phone-Vent-Holder-Reviews.htm

mounts on air vent (you vcan get rubber sucker ones for windscreen)
like http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/universal-windscreen-mount-phone-holder-p4303.htm

Tenzor07 · 13-04-2012 3:43pm

emtroche wrote: »

Home event. 2 of them keep turning themselves off just after the "locating satellites" screen pops up. Even if they're fully charged. The fact that its happening to 2 of them suggests that this might be quite common.

They power off after 15mins of inactivity, like if you just leave it searching for satellites it will go off..

You could try disabling the Auto-power off? Menu--> System--> System Setup--> Auto Power Down - Select Off

seamus · 13-04-2012 3:59pm

Would be worth connecting them to a computer and doing a firmware update on them anyway.

Garnin 800 vehicle mount

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