3.5" GPS in Onstar slot..? Help or examples please

[rogue status hoho]

Hey guys.. so i've seen it in some of your tahoe's you put a reverse back up screen or gps in the spot where the onstar unit goes.. Would a 3.5" GPS screen fit in this slot? Any examples or pics of yours?? Thanks

 

[NCSUTahoe]

You can see my post here. Hope it helps.

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3129

 

[Narco]

yes, you can look at my gpd install how to for some screen shots too. the only reason i didnt do that was b/c my gps wont turn itself off automatically once power is killed...it still runs on the internal battery.

 

[rogue status hoho]

yes, you can look at my gpd install how to for some screen shots too. the only reason i didnt do that was b/c my gps wont turn itself off automatically once power is killed...it still runs on the internal battery.

Wow... thanks for the great idea! The hardwiring part was my next question and your post already answered it ha.. thanks again! I'll be doing this when I get my gps next week

 

[Narco]

make sure you do it the way i did...hardwiring the gps directly could fry it

 

[rogue status hoho]

make sure you do it the way i did...hardwiring the gps directly could fry it

Okay.. So do I change the part of the chord that plugs into the back of the gps at all? From what I saw and read on your thread you said... Ground the negative wire w/ a horseshoe to the bolt above ebrake...Put the positive wire into the 15A fuse.. then just hide the chord up to the onstar/traction control section and plug that end into the gps. Is that right?

 

[Narco]

yeah. i didnt cut anything on the gps. i bought that femal cig adapter and cut that thing up. the gps cig cord adapter remained in tact.

 

[rogue status hoho]

yeah. i didnt cut anything on the gps. i bought that femal cig adapter and cut that thing up. the gps cig cord adapter remained in tact.

OOhhh I think I get it.. you spliced the positive and negative on the female adapter then plugged in the OEM GPS power chord into the female cig adaptor? that makes sense to me now if im right

 

[Narco]

right. i never cut anything on the tom tom. i bought the female cig adapter w/ those jumper cable looking clamps fo like 10 bucks. i cut the clamps off and hardwired THAT to the truck and then plugged the gps into that.

 

[rogue status hoho]

right. i never cut anything on the tom tom. i bought the female cig adapter w/ those jumper cable looking clamps fo like 10 bucks. i cut the clamps off and hardwired THAT to the truck and then plugged the gps into that.

Awesome! Thanks for the clarification on that again

 

[ndavis0001]

dunno if you still want pics but nathanjax has pics of my install on my denali with a garmin nuvi there, and a pic of my 2500HD with a back up cam monitor installed in same slot.