How to Install a GPS Navigation System for Your Automobile

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Note that this unit is compatible only for vehicles come with a 12-volt battery and negative grounding.

   Be sure to disconnect the negative terminal(-) from the battery before the installation., Do not allow any bare wiring to remain exposed., Especially the steering wheel, shift lever, parking brake, sliding seat tracks, doors, or any of the vehicle’s control mechanisms., If the insulation heats up, cables may get damaged and result in a short circuit or malfunction and cause permanent damages to the unit and the vehicle., Altering the antenna cable could result in a short circuit or malfunction.,,,
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   Step 2: Avoid short circuits in the vehicle electrical system during installation.

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   Step 3: Secure all wiring with cable clamps or electrical tapes.

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   Step 4: Make sure that all cables and wires (especially the GPS antenna cable) are routed and secured so that will not be caught by any of the vehicle’s moving parts.

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   Step 5: Do not route cables to any high temperatures areas.

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   Step 6: Do not cut or extent the GPS antenna cable to make it shorter or longer.

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   Step 7: To avoid short circuits

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   Step 8: wrap up the disconnected lead with insulating tapes.

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   Step 9: When replacing the fuse

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    Step 10: be sure to only use a fuse of the same type and grade.

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    Step 11: Never connect speakers with an output rating that the unit fit

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    Step 12: otherwise it may cause the speaker to catch a fire

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    Step 13: emitting smoke

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    Step 14: or get damaged.

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