GPS signal improvements. NO SCAM !

December 17th, 2007, 14:47 Posted By: zerodays

Hi all, As some of you 'probably' already knew....
I made a small improvement to enhance the GPS signal/lock. Awesome

===Improvement 1===
Get a USB Extension Cable!!
http://www.pc-mobile.net/pspgps.htm
http://www.pc-mobile.net/pspue1.jpg

Stick the GPS unit in front of your car window, perferbly top. And drag the cable along the sideways, cable length is 1.5m, should be enough.
Do not put your uni on the top-center of window, the cable length is limited.

===Improvement 2===
Crack your GPS-290 header (white-cover) !!!!
First take out the Joints using slim (-) screw driver, take the joint cover out. You should see a hole.
Then, use a bigger fatter (-) screw driver to stick into the hole,
slowly twist the screw driver vertically, so as to pull out the white-cover. (I believe this is the *only* way to remove the white-cover, SAFELY)
Note that white-cap is firmly GLUED to the (inside) center of the unit. If you want neatness, use a clear-tape to wrap around the naked header.

Naked header consist of
outer area (square): ceramic
inside area (square): silver plate
core area (circle/dot): silver plate

Here is my attached. Notice how I was stoned while I was on it, so I also colored it using a oil-based red pen.
It is a bit shiny as you can notice I've wrap it nicely with a clear-tape. (no bubbles!)
Now, believe me or not, I can get the GPS signal/locks in my ROOM !! (before I couldnt at all!)
MY friend also did this trick and he also admitted that more Sats are seen and GPS locks are so much faster.

note1.
If you carefully look at the white-cover, they are double layered, one clear outside, and one white inside, I've tried very hard to split them apart,
so that I could stick only the clear one back on.. but it seems that they are stuck very very hard at the factory-level.
I even tried the nife.. doesn't work.

note2.
I also cut out the both LEFT/RIGHT sides, because you cannot stick it to far-corner of your window if you leave them out.
Yes, I know I am not going to sell it.

note3.
When you stick the GPS unit to the window, yse a double sided (strong ones, such as 3M) tape to apply it on the "bottom" of the GPS unit (the silver covers).
The whole point is to try to AVOID covering the center. You do not tape the center (the pink areas in my photo) as the tape is already strong enough to hold.


Cheers

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