Just picked up our new SD4 SE to find that they had a promotion and we received a free Garmin 1490T, professionally installed as part of the LR anniversary promotion! My question is this however, as it's permanently installed in place of the factory Sat-Nav unit, how to you access the mini-usb or micro-SD card slot for updating the maps? I've emailed the dealer but am still awaiting (I have a suspicion they should have plugged the USB in and left it hanging in the glove box, but the cord is still in the Nuvi box and I see no USB connection...

Just wondering if anyone else in Australia has had the install done as it's been a country wide promotion for both 10MY run outs and 11MY vehicles apparently? 11MY SE SD4 in Lago Grey just arrived with a free Garmin thrown in! This could be the start of a beautiful relationship (I'm an eternal optimist, and former FL1 owner)!

Sounds like a nice bonus. I think I have seen pics of that or similar self installed but what does the factory install look like? Care to upload some photos to your gallery?

Also, the ever present question when in my eternal search for a similar thing for my hole up top, does the audio come through the main speakers (i.e. aux) or is it just the built in speaker.

Cheers,
Whytey

Morning Whitey,The sound output for the Garmin 1490T is via the units own speaker; there is no audio output facility on this model Garmin. However, when installed in the dashboard hole there is no problem with volume or clarity using the units own speaker. In fact, the volume generally runs at about 75%, much higher and I found it became too loud. It would be interesting to see the dealer installation; I'm assuming that there is a mask or frame around the Garmin unit which, if available separately, would be handy. For interest, before purchasing and installing the Garmin I wondered whether the Land Rover dealership could do the same installation in my car as they were doing on the latest models. Turned out that the dealership is not involved with the installation, but they put me in touch with the company that does install them. Short answer was 'Yes, happy to provide and install the unit, complete job $2300'. On that basis I decided to do it myself but, as I say, the surround mask could be the finishing touch.
Cheers.

I just posted some pics of the dealer installed Garmin in my gallery 11MY SE SD4 in Lago Grey just arrived with a free Garmin thrown in! This could be the start of a beautiful relationship (I'm an eternal optimist, and former FL1 owner)!

cdn_downunder wrote:

I just posted some pics of the dealer installed Garmin in my gallery

Morning again Whytey, I think the hole you can see to the left of the screen is actually the cut out for the built in microphone on the Garmin. It may be that you have to remove the unit to get access to the USB socket - it could be worthwhile cdn-downunder asking the dealer how that is done. As a point, Garmin were offering on units purchased between November and the end of January free map updatings for life; perhaps this offer would apply to yours since the timing is about right. It is a fairly simple operation to load a Land Rover logo to show on the screen during loading if it hasn't already been done - if you like I can email you Land Rover logo.
Cheers.

Thanks, may have to pop to the shops at lunch

Do you see any cosmetic difference between your self install and downunders factory install?

Ta,
Whytey

Well, that's a bit of a question! Personally, I'd need to look at the installed surround, how it's fitted and how easy it is to access the mini USB port. If i did get the surround I would spray it matt black to match the rest of the console; it would also save spraying the unit surround itself. Beyond that, I am quite pleased with the way the self install merges in, particularly with a saving of getting up to $2000 - but then I would say that wouldn't I?!
Cheers, Graham

egipp wrote:

Morning again Whytey, I think the hole you can see to the left of the screen is actually the cut out for the built in microphone on the Garmin. It may be that you have to remove the unit to get access to the USB socket - it could be worthwhile cdn-downunder asking the dealer how that is done. As a point, Garmin were offering on units purchased between November and the end of January free map updatings for life; perhaps this offer would apply to yours since the timing is about right. It is a fairly simple operation to load a Land Rover logo to show on the screen during loading if it hasn't already been done - if you like I can email you Land Rover logo.
Cheers.

I had a Garmin 1450 installed in my TD4 SE by Freeway car audio in Malvern, it's hooked into power by the USB which is on the back of the unit, to update the maps I had to pull it out, this model does not have bluetooth but I don't think you can do a map update via bluetooth on the models that support it anyway. Freeway also put in a Bury CC9060 at the same time, which is s better phone solution, it's voice activated and hooks into the car audio, so it controls the volume. The whole lot was a lot less than $1000, actually not sure exactly how much now as it was back at the beginning of Aug 2010 and I can't find the invoice right now. When they first did the install they didn't have a 5" GPS in stock so they loaned me a 1390T for a couple of weeks, that was also a good unit, the mounting was probably a bit superior, that unit was mounted on it's own swivel mount back into the dash recess, it does not occupy the whole space but I found out that the sound was better from it. The problem with the 5" is they mounted it with double sided tape, it comes out easy enough but it may not last, and the snug mount makes the speaker in the 1450 vibrate when the volume is above 70% in the unit, it's not really a big deal but after the 1390 it was a bit of a disappointment, still we prefer the larger screen.

The only other comment is they mounted the Bury too flat near the audio system, it needs more of a angle to be properly visible but again it's not really an issue, better to keep your eyes on the road than on the gadgets when driving anyway, and on that point some of the Freelanders displays are almost unreadable as well, especially when wearing Polaroids.

cdn_downunder wrote:

The 1490T has (redundant for my vehicle) an integrated bluetooth hands free and the cut outs on the right are for the speakers (volume is more than acceptable, provided you don't have the stereo up too loud as it is not integrated).

djwhyte wrote:

cdn_downunder wrote:

The 1490T has (redundant for my vehicle) an integrated bluetooth hands free and the cut outs on the right are for the speakers (volume is more than acceptable, provided you don't have the stereo up too loud as it is not integrated).

How come the BT is redundant? I thought with the FL2, you can only get the BT with the SatNav kit, which you had to go third party for. So what BT kit do you have?

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chicken george wrote:

find out who makes the sat-nav surround, ship a load to me, I will sell them on UK ebay, and share the profits

I was at the dealers yesterday and managed to look at a Freelander 2 that had the aftermarket Garmin all fitted in. It looked very smart indeed. The plastic surround/mount was shiny black plastic, which seemed a little out of place being surrounded by the duller dash plastic but on the whole it did look like it was factory fitted as opposed to a retro-fit.

If I could get a hold of one of those surrounds or at least figure out how it is all fitted, that would be awesome. cdn, if you ever do strip down your dash to have a look, don't forget to take some pics

Cheers,
Whytey