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13th December 2013, 01:41 PM
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Patrol Guru
Aldi 10" Tablet for Navigation and Comms
Bought myself a 10" Bauhn (Aldi on sale for $229 last month, same as this one).
The good things so far:
Cheap, $229
Oziexplorer App, $25 well spent for the Beta version it works a treat
3G mobile connection via Aldi Mobile who use Telstra, I can now keep in touch way out west
Internet and Email work well
Ereader connection to my local library is great, uses OverDrive App, (free book, audio book and magazine downloads), Kindle App also available for Amazon products
Good (enough) camera
Big screen so my poor old eyes don't have to strain as they currently do on my double din unit
Following on from Megatexture's Ram Mount ideas I have ordered the following bits
RAM-101U arm
RAM-HOL-TAB-LGU tablet holder
Ram Mount bits $98 from Southern Insight
I will use RamNut R466372 anchors to attach the the arm to the centre panel flip up cubby hole.
Pictures of Ram Mount install to follow.
Last edited by TimE; 13th December 2013 at 06:50 PM.
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13th December 2013 01:41 PM
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13th December 2013, 01:49 PM
#2
Patrol God
After something similar and was going to mount it where passenger air bag should be.
Only wanted nav so co-pilot can direct traffic for a change.
Change your interior lights to red, great for tired old eyes, lol
Last edited by threedogs; 13th December 2013 at 01:51 PM.
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
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13th December 2013, 05:34 PM
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Patrol Guru
Bits ordered yesterday lunch time turned up this 'arvo, that has got to be good. Paul at Southern Insight was great to deal with, answered all my emails promptly and had a number of suggestions for alternate instals. The only issue is their website purchasing system doesn't work, email them or give them a call. (No affiliation, just happy customer).
Here are some pics.
It is a real pain trying to get the ball socket installed into the little cubby hole, you need girlie hands and a bit of patience. WARNING, there are bits of "car" immediately behind the cubby hole, drill carefully and shallow, I used a drill bit with a lot of tape a few mil from the tip to avoid going too deep. I drilled one hole at a time, using the base plate as a template for the next hole.
The Holder with ball socket attached
The "Arm" with socket that goes into the cubby hole attached
Arm attached to holder
The fiddly bit, getting the ball into the cubby (see warning above)
Arm attached to mounted ball
Tablet and holder attached
Looking good
A quick trip to the shops and all was good, no vibration and the Tablet screen was easily read. It is a bright sunny day here today so I was a little surprised about how well the screen display read.
I have both street and Ozi Android navigation Apps installed.
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13th December 2013, 11:05 PM
#4
If when you tighten the arm you put the knob down it can rest on the front of the dash and it takes out any minor vibrations also,
What size ball and legenth arm did you go ? Looks like the next size up that I did I think I went a 1" ball? Can't remember it was a while ago lol
They are the fasteners I was trying to find a pic of
Looks good mate
Last edited by megatexture; 13th December 2013 at 11:08 PM.
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13th December 2013, 11:18 PM
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Patrol Guru
Originally Posted by
megatexture
If when you tighten the arm you put the knob down it can rest on the front of the dash and it takes out any minor vibrations also,
What size ball and legenth arm did you go ? Looks like the next size up that I did I think I went a 1" ball? Can't remember it was a while ago lol
They are the fasteners I was trying to find a pic of
Looks good mate
Yep, the next size up, 1.5" ball, and a bit longer, the base is still the same size so it fits in the cubby hole. The extra length helps with getting the Tablet holder (RAM-HOL-TAG=LGU) a just past the edge of the dash panel.
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13th December 2013, 11:27 PM
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Is that the longest arm available? I swear mines out further
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13th December 2013, 11:37 PM
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2nd January 2014, 10:22 PM
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Im using a ram mount for my 7 inch Samsung Tab 2.
Also use them at work for use with our industrial standard tablets.
On my GQ I just used a right angle bracklet to mouth the ram mount. I could no find a easy place to mount the Arm.
1991 GQ LWB 4.2 Carby dual fuel, 32 mud claws, 2 inch lift, LSD's front and back
And its Toooooooo High for the Ball & chain
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11th April 2014, 01:16 PM
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Patrol Guru
OK, after a few trips into the bush and the internal GPS signal gets lost way too often. So what to do.
First get a USB to OTG cable
Second get a GPS mushroom
Third, get appropriate Android software, use this post to work out how to get your GPS talking to your software. Check this site also.
Fourth, got one of these to keep the power up to the tablet now that the OTG slot is being used for the external GPS.
After a lot of frustration I got it all to work by turning on the GPS software straight after boot up, then the mapping software. If at any stage you loose the GPS link the best fix I found is to reboot and start again. Having said that if I get it going and don't fart arse about with the GPS then it wont fall over. Much more reliable now and no more GPS signal drop outs.
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13th April 2014, 11:28 PM
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I have had no issues with the samsung tab7 , play music, run ozi and sygic.
1991 GQ LWB 4.2 Carby dual fuel, 32 mud claws, 2 inch lift, LSD's front and back
And its Toooooooo High for the Ball & chain
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