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dallas01

03-04-2002 12:38 PM

Will the sun hurt a GPS???

Greetings

I was going to purchase a Magellan 315 handheld GPS unit. I had planned to mount it to my dash.

Has anyone done this? Will the direct sunlight hurt the LCD screen? I know they are weather proof, but the sun on the LOTO is pretty warm!

Thanks for any feedback.

bimini run

03-04-2002 01:10 PM

I would imagine they have thought of that when designing these things. I had one (Garmin - returned it because too difficult to use) and that was not a problem.

Wally

03-04-2002 02:33 PM

I usually just throw a towel over the whole dash anyway and cover my GPS and gauges.....dont need the gauges to start fadeing from the sun and the GPS just fits under the towel as well! :D

Shooter

03-04-2002 03:22 PM

I have a Garmin hand held mounted in the open. Never had a problem, but like he said, cover it if you remember.

euby	03-04-2002 04:47 PM

i don't think the sun hurts them but you can't see the LCD in the sun

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