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The perfect spot?

Are you too experiencing problems with the reception of your GO because of heat-reflecting or heatable windshields? And don't you want to go the external antenna route immediately? Don't worry, because usually there's a spot in every car where the GO performs great.

Here you'll find a list of how other GO users have tackled such problems with their specific car brand/model. Use it to your advantage!

All contributions (89)

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Make: Audi (6) - BMW (4) - Chrysler (1) - Citroen (9) - Ford (9) - Honda (7) - Hyundai (5) - Jaguar (5) - Land Rover (4) - Mazda (2) - Mercedes-Benz (2) - MG (2) - Mini (1) - Nissan (3) - Opel/Vauxhall (2) - Peugeot (6) - Renault (8) - Rover (1) - Saab (1) - Seat (2) - Skoda (1) - Subaru (2) - Toyota (1) - Volkswagen (4) - Volvo (1)
Audi - A4 (build: March 2002) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Lower central on the front windscreen.

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Audi - tt (build: November 2003) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Middle of dashboard was good. Two, three, four bars. But now using external antenna placed in right front corner of dash and signal boosted to four or five bars all the time

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Audi - A4 (build: Oktober 2003) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Bottom right hand corner of windscreen, to the right of the spreedo / rev counter "bump". Fits in nicely, good reception. Only drawback is it's miles from the ciggy lighter for power however it's well placed for hard wiring.

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Audi - A4 (build: September 2002) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
in cup holder!
best with recharging cable fitted

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Audi - A3 (build: April 2000) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Permanent docking kit in glovebox

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		Click to enlarge
Audi - A3 Sportback (build: July 2005) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Hi All

This works well in my 2005 Audi A3 Sportback...Also running an external aerial.

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		Click to enlarge
BMW - 330ci (build: March 2005) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Mounted on windshield and positioned on the right side of the instrument hump (about 2:00).

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
BMW - Z3 (build: January 2001) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
TTG in a Z3, attached to the front screen - the small rubber vibration stopper
is glued to a thin sticky pad - a three point harness to stop the jiggling
going on. Steady as it should have always been but never was... until now!

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		Click to enlarge
BMW - 320 Cabrio (E46) (build: May 2002) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
TTG 700 installed with Brodit Proclip & TomTom alternative mount plate & External Antenna shoe

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		Click to enlarge
BMW - 525i SE (build: Oktober 2000) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Works well almost anywhere in car, usually lives in tray on transmittion tunnel without the need of support bracket. Occassionally loses signal but soon recovers and is quite happy there.

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Chrysler - Streetcruiser (build: January 2002) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
TTG upside down in a Cruiser - the gold wedge shaped piece is made from Fimo
clay, hardened in an oven, it levels out the slope! TTG mount has been 'adapted'
with some bits (can't remember which) turned the other way up. The suction
cup has been cut off, two holes drilled with screws & nuts to secure the
remainder of the base together. All bits are attached using extra strong
velcro for easy removal, at a later date. The rubber band keeps the antenna
and power leads secure at the base.

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		Click to enlarge
Citroen - C5 Exclusive (build: June 2002) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Had signal problems at first due to the windscreen. However, invested in an external antenna and had another problem - where to put it! Fortunately the C5 has a fixed part of the mirror trim on the front wing. This is hollow and you slide the antenna in just above where the door hinge is set. The wires can go over (or under) the door seal and be tucked inside the pop-out in the side of the dash giving access to the top of the drivers glove box. Using the window sucker TTG then sits nicely in the corner.

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		Click to enlarge
Citroen - Picasso (build: January 2002) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
The Tom Tom Go (Classic) is fixed to the drivers front quarterlight, and the external antenna is simply laid on the rear parcel shelf. I tracked the cable down the drivers door seal and along the bottom of both o/s door seals then up into the boot. All the excess cable was then left behind the Citroen trolley in the boot and just a single wire & the square pad antenna is on top of the parcel shelf. I am going to stick it to a 2" x 4" metal plate as its a 'mag mount' which will keep it the right way up. Reception is excellent! :-))

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Citroen - C5 (build: December 2003) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
No signal through the winscreen. Bought the external ariel and had intended to fit it outside but found a clear spot behind the rear view mirror against the rain/light sensor. Lifted the ceiling trim and fed the ariel cable along the top of the windscreen and then down the drivers side A frame pillar. Unit is mounted on the bracket tucked in the corner of the screen with the cables hidden by my parking disk! Would imagine straight mounting beside the mirror would have the same effect but had bought the external ariel before I found the clear spot! Used to get 3/4/5 satellites before installation by mounting on the drivers window now get 8/9 pretty much constantly.

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Citroen - c3 sx (build: June 2005) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Left hand side of the interior mirror. As close as possible. No problems if fixed here.

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Citroen - C5 and others (build: September 2002) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Most cars recently built by French manufacturers, Citroen, Renault etc. have Athermic Windscreens. They will all have a clear patch (or 2) near the internal rear view mirror in order to display the Tele-Peage card so it can be read as you drive through the Autoroute toll barriers. I have fitted my aerial in that space but am still waiting for the Tom-Tom to arrive so I can use it.

Reception quality: 0 		No picture available
Citroen - C4 Athermic windshield (build: May 2005) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
please look at the picture

Reception quality: 3 		Click to enlarge
Citroen - C4 VTR Plus (build: August 2005) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Used the self adhesive pad with movable platform from the alternative mounting kit and stuck it on the small window by the mirror of the driver’s door. I do not think that this is heat reflective like the windscreen. Make sure you position it well so the unit does not squashed when closing the door! Very good reception most of the time. I do have a arial on order for those black spots!!! Very easy to reach the unit for control and you do not need to take your eyes off the road when viewing the TT Go 500

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		Click to enlarge
Citroen - Picasso (build: May 2004) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Place it on the side window just next to the windscreen. Excellent reception most of the time

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Citroen - picasso (build: March 2001) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Just in centre of windscreen - no problems at all! despite special windscreen!! Excellent

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Ford - transit (build: Oktober 2004) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
Purely by accident I have discovered that mounting the GO as low as possible in the middle of the windscreen it has improved the reception tremendously. When turning 90+ degrees it now rarely loses all reception as it previously did. Another plus is the ability to run the power lead behind dash easily. The van is fitted with quick clear windscreen.

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Ford - Focus Zetec (build: May 2002) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
I installed mine using the sucker to the windscreen on the furthest right hand side point (drivers side). See image for more detail.

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		Click to enlarge
Ford - Mondeo (build: September 1998) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
In the right hand lowest corner of the windscreen, resting on the dashboard...perfect operation even though car has quick-clear electric screen....(unit even works in the glovebox and the centre consul between the front seats...of course audio only....)

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars 		No picture available
Ford - Transit Van (build: September 1998) Photo of placement:
Description/comments:
I intially mounted my TomTomGO using the suction mount attatched to the screen, however in the Transit as most of you will know you sit quite back from the screen which meant having to lean forward to program the TomTom which is not too good if on the move!

In the TomTomGO box I found a round plastic disk which I quickly figured was for fixing to the dash & then attatching the suction mount to this as you would with the screen fixing. The result is much better. I can now reach my TomTom with ease & it's visibly clearer as it's now much closer. The mount is a little restrictive but still does the job of securing the TomTomGO unit satisfactorily.
This disk is not covered in the instructions so you might miss it. The TomTom GO can still be removed & transfered to another vehicle just the same as if attatching it to your windscreen. The only disadvantage I can see is how difficult it might be to remove the disk mount later on as it sticks like hell!

I feel the TomTom GO looks better mounted this way. It looks professionally installed & not something just stuck onto your windshield & that appears as if it could drop off at anytime. Looking at some of the photos submitted I'm amazed some of these get reception especially the ones mounted up high near the sun visors or rear view mirror. That position is certainly not for me, I can't see how these mounting positions can be considered safe & must be very distracting! I barely have to take my eyes off the road to view my screen with ease!

Reception quality: 4 or more reception bars