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GPS Antenna Question
This may be an extremely dumb question -- forgive mine ignorance with respect to this topic. If I were to purchase an aftermarket head unit with GPS, where would the GPS "antenna" go -- behind the dash, or does one have to put something underneath the radio antenna on the roof of the car? Thanks!
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02-15-2015, 10:42 PM
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anywhere you can hide it inside the dash behind the stereo is fine
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usually they are magnetic, there is a flat metal plate for the oem antenna to stick onto inside the dash, in front of the steering wheel... sort of.. once the h/u is out, you can kinda see it if you look.. i was able to get my arm in there and get mine in the oem location, but really anywhere in there is fine enough
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cool stuff. thanks @Danklvr ! i was just curious because i was thinking about removing the stock radio antenna on the roof and having a body shop fill in the hole for me -- but im also considering getting an aftermarket headunit with GPS; so I wanted to make sure those two goals were compatible
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the stock antenna is only for radio, not gps - 2 seperate antennas
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gotcha. many thanks!
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FYI for people:
 GPS Antenna Location
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How's sat radio reception from here? I have mine under my beatsonic antenna. It's pretty good, but if I can move it to the dash with little degradation, I'd prefer it.
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wonder if my siriusxm antenna would work well there..
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