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| bear100 Member Since: 22 Mar 2010 Location: South Wales Posts: 1917   
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Ram mounts are fantastic quality and have a myriad of applications for the defender
if you google Defender ram mounts you will see many set ups, eg the fixings for the dash and passenger handle can be utilised for the mounts  2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
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20th Jun 2020 8:41am |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2039  
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Why can’t you use a phone nav app (such as Waze?) with the Pioneer screen?
But then again, if your in Scotland then maybe the phone signal isn’t great ? Have you looked at the Brodit website for a suitable Tom Tom/Defender mount?: https://www.brodit.com/productList.html?lr...mp;pn=prod |
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20th Jun 2020 9:03am |
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| RoddyK05 Member Since: 08 Apr 2015 Location: Inverclyde Posts: 633  
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“But then again, if your in Scotland then maybe the phone signal isn’t great ?”
We’ve moved on from building signal fires on the mountain tops for communicating these days. |
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20th Jun 2020 9:13am |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2039
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Your mobile signal is probably better than what I get in East Sussex.  |
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20th Jun 2020 9:15am |
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| NinetyTD4 Member Since: 22 Apr 2011 Location: North Posts: 397 
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Major problem I see with these fold-out flip-up constructions is they obscure the hazard flasher button and you should move that button (required in some areas anyways). I have a picture somewhere from the work done at a friends 110 and it was quite a thing to do, but we moved all otherwise hidden switches around. Btw, for smartphone navigation you can use an offline nav app like MagicEarth, you don't need something online. Some even use full tablets for navigation
 . Never forget: cars have owner, Landrover have field service personnel. |
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20th Jun 2020 9:19am |
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| trailbear Member Since: 14 Sep 2016 Location: Scotland Posts: 405
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I was actually referring to the Brodit Defender specific mount and that was the question I was asking.
That particular mount attaches to the area around the fresh air/ heater vents and I wasn’t sure if it would interfere with the screen operation or obscure the Sat Nav. This particular unit allows the screen to operate in the open or closed position which means there is no obscuring of any buttons and if I did for any reason need to operate the buttons / switches mentioned then I would simply close the screen / unit. Again, I don’t want to go hacking into a perfectly good dash to add/move things around. I am aware that this unit uses Waze which I haven’t used yet, However, I already have the Sat Nav unit. I see that the “ Signal “ comment has already received the required response 😁 |
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20th Jun 2020 9:40am |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2039
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A few photos for you, might not be the best shots though:
 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge I have a Brodie mount and a Tom Tom GO 6200, it does go, but you might have to angle the Tom Tom up a little or the Pioneer screen down. |
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20th Jun 2020 10:22am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17387 
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These any help?
Approx driver's eye view, and straight on view from rear. Pioneer single din unit, reversing camera screen on RAM mount at left, RAM mount for MemoryMap tablet (not fitted in photo) above, RAM mount for phone on right. Cluttered but everything is accessible apart from the middle switches behind the Pioneer screen. Personally I am not bothered by the hazard switch since in over 40 years of motoring I have only used hazard lights on a small handful of occasions and cannot conceive of a situation in which having to fold the screen or reach behind it would make a difference (and the screen is always retracted for MOTs etc). You can even still see the clock with only a very small head movement. The only thing that took some getting used to was not punching out the left had reversing camera screen when going for reverse, you have to keep your fingers tucked in. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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20th Jun 2020 11:00am |
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| trailbear Member Since: 14 Sep 2016 Location: Scotland Posts: 405
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Gents
Thanks for the photos and the ideas for the ram mounts Daz110 that was exactly the set up that I was thinking of, as you pointed out there appears to a little interference but Nothing that I couldn’t live with Decisions decisions, do I go with my original idea of the Brodit mount or the ram mounts 😳 |
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20th Jun 2020 11:55am |
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| NinetyTD4 Member Since: 22 Apr 2011 Location: North Posts: 397
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I got the RAM ball mounted on the Brodit ... best solution I could find and screw patterns match. Never forget: cars have owner, Landrover have field service personnel.
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20th Jun 2020 1:06pm |
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| trailbear Member Since: 14 Sep 2016 Location: Scotland Posts: 405
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Would you happen to have a picture of your set up please?
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20th Jun 2020 2:53pm |
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| DAZ110 Member Since: 06 Dec 2007 Location: East Sussex Posts: 2039
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I could also raise my Tom Tom mount up on the Brodit mount to get more clearance from the Pioneer screen if I needed to.
I only set it down for a better view out of the windscreen. Today was the first time that I have tried the Tom Tom with the Pioneer unit. As I said before, I’ve just been using the phone apps for navigation. Is your Tom Tom about the same size as mine? |
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20th Jun 2020 3:01pm |
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| trailbear Member Since: 14 Sep 2016 Location: Scotland Posts: 405
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It’s the Tom Tom Premium go 6”.
Big enough for me to see without squinting😳 I have to say that I have never used any of the apps before. I am just about to have a look at the Waze app And see what that is all about! |
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20th Jun 2020 5:29pm |
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| trailbear Member Since: 14 Sep 2016 Location: Scotland Posts: 405
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Forgive my ignorance but I take it with using these apps on the move they are using the data allowance on your phone?
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20th Jun 2020 5:36pm |
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