Hi Iv been looking over the net to have a retro fit satnav in my FL2, found a company that charges nearly £400 to supply a Garmin 5" Satnav and fitting kit.
After looking at this I took the front of the radio cover off and cut a hole in the back of the tray and routed the satnav cable through it then just pushed the 5" Garmin Satnav in to it and put all back together.
Satnav now sat in hole and no cost other than using my garmin at £89.
Hope helps as Iv had plenty of assistance via this site time to put a bit back in..

Hi just read what I wrote and realised its not that clear.
The Garmin is fitted in the top box above the pen tray and the hole I cut is at the back of the box to get the cable through.
As easy as that.

Good upgrade and well worth doing for that money. Thinking of doing that myself but where do you plug the sat nav cable into when it goes through the back of the cubby box

Hi I took the power lead down to the floor by the peddles the cable just dropped straight down throw a gap at the right side neatest the screen.
Iv also got a £3 12 volt lighter two way splitter box fitted by the drivers left leg (rhd) this is just connected to the center console lighter ciggy socket.
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If you cut the cable access hole in the bottom of the top box then when you remove the sat nav to sell the car etc. you can cover the hole with the rubber mat. Sorry Clive2norman to be annoying by pointing this out - I just mention it for anybody else considering doing the same. - 2007(57) XS Auto, Rimini Red, Alpaca Leather.
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Your right, why didnt I do that?
Must admit though a small blank grommet can go in it, but yes your right.

Forgot to mention the Garmin Satnav I said for £89 I took back and changed and bought model 2589LM at £129.99 as this has Bluetooth so it does all the phone calls hands free as well as traffic updates again from Argos.
Well pleased with it.

I got a plastic clip board and cut it up to make a cover to make the satnav look more factory and only cost something like £2, well worth it in the end

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i did this with a Garmin as well, drilled hole through the bottom of the cubby box (so the mat would cover it later) and ran an extra long USB power cable behind the centre console trim to the aux power socket next the gear lever. Then plugged into a twin usb convertor and hey presto, an ignition switched sat nav.

Worked a treat, could hear the directions as they were amplified by the cubby box and no evidence when I ripped it out when selling the car on

Ever the LR dealer thought it was factory fit

Whats the little gold thing at the top that looks like small Minion ? dash cam?

can you tell me were you got the clip board looks good. was it for the garmin?

Anybody retro fitted a sat nav to my 15 SE - in fact is it possible?. MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

theres no cubby hole as in earlier versions and the radio display screen is in its place isn't it ??

I wouldn't imagine it is possible unless you have very deep pockets and a lot of spare time to fit.

Could be wrong though as ive never even sat in a MY15 never mind ripped one to bits

Landiroamer wrote:

Whats the little gold thing at the top that looks like small Minion ? dash cam?

Yeah its Bob lol the wife wanted it in there

clive2norman wrote:

can you tell me were you got the clip board looks good. was it for the garmin?

Think I picked it up from the Range, its not a totally stiff one but has alittle flex ( also don't buy a chunky one as the thinner the better, made a template and then cut it to size, when you remove the cubby box there are two lugs on it which if you drill holes in the cover then it sits rock solid

Will take a picture this evening of the clip board as think its still kicking around Freelander 57 plate XS Blue Auto

This sounds like an excellent cheap mod, I was thinking of how to get Bluetooth phone connectivity & have an unused Garmin sat nav with Bluetooth I was going to drop into charity shop , looks like I will trying this tomorrow, any pics would be great, especially the ckio board surround ... Cheers