Standard garmin GPS

athos · 03-11-2007, 10:53 PM

Does the factory option come with an additional antenna or is the garmen quest 2 able to just pick up the sats even without one? I've seen a lot of reports that they are "slow" unless you disable a bunch of maps -- true?

Thanks!

Noisycow · 03-12-2007, 02:39 AM

I don't you will have any trouble with no ext antenna, my 660 is not slow with no ext antenna. On very rainy, very cloud dark days, she gets a little cranky about finding sats, but that happens very rarely.

Steve_53 · 03-12-2007, 06:07 AM

I have installed an external antenna for my Toyota / Garmin Quest 2, and it has made a major improvement in the operation of the unit.

Prior to adding the external antenna, I was experiencing frequent "Lost Satellite Reception" messages, and since adding the extenal antenna, I haven't lost reception once.

I think that the major reason is that when it is installed in the dashboard dock, the Quest's internal antenna has a very limited "view" of the sky due to the angle of the windshield. A suction cup mount that places the GPS and it's antenna closer to the windshield would likely have fewer dropouts than the Quest located in the dock.