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Cell phone install? S80 1999

posted by  someone claiming to be John on  Wed May 9 09:07 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I got a Nokia hands-free kit installed in my S80, but the Nokia install people wanted to route the antenna through a pillar, near the side window impact airbags, and the Volvo dealer said that's a bad idea.

So now I have the antenna neatly tucked inside the car, invisible, but the reception stinks, and is worse than holding the phone.

The Volvo guy said that he could route the wire for me under the carpet and then up the rear pillar, outside the actual rear pillar covering/molding and it would take around 2-3 hours to do it, at $65/hour.

What are other people doing for cell phones? Any suggestions for me?

I was also thinking that maybe they could put it under the rear seat, which seems to have a lot of spare room (try lifting it - it gives), and it not near a lot of metal so maybe the reception would be better there?

-John

S80 T-6 '99 56K







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    Re: Cell phone install? S80 1999

    posted by  someone claiming to be Hannu Mikola on  Sun May 13 05:00 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    I have an internal dual-band antenna attached to the inside upper right hand corner of the windscreen (900/1800 MHz, manufacturer CoJot, there are others, too). A thin cable runs inside the A-pillar without problems. Excellent reception. My previous car had an outdoor antenna placed on an optimal site on the roof, but I couldnīt tell any difference in reception quality.

    Regards,

    Hannu







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    Re: Cell phone install? S80 1999

    posted by  someone claiming to be MittenHed on  Thu May 10 10:11 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    Give it up. It is a car, not a telephone booth. Your life will be richer if you don't have to communicate all the time. The rest of us will be safer when we share your road.







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    Re: Cell phone install? S80 1999

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ian on  Thu May 10 03:45 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    If your comfortable with removing your interior you migt try routing it as per the dealers suggestions. If not Just take it to someone who is and won't charge you as much per hour (Nokia people?) and have them do it. Stereo installers such as tweeter, boomer mclouds, etc. are also a goo place to have something like this done as they are used to pulling apart interiors on all sorts of cars and they will be responsible if anything goes wrong like breaking a panel or something.







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    Re: Cell phone install? S80 2000

    posted by  someone claiming to be Tim Merrifield on  Wed May 9 13:46 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    I have the factory kit and it is awesome. I would recomment you re-route the antenna according to your dealers suggestion







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      Re: Cell phone install? S80 2000

      posted by  someone claiming to be John on  Thu May 10 17:05 CST 2001 [RELATED]

      Is that the Volvo factory kit, or the Nokia, that you are talking about? What is included in the kit? Antenna? Anything else?

      John







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        Re: Cell phone install? S80 2000

        posted by  someone claiming to be Joe on  Fri May 11 04:00 CST 2001 [RELATED]

        I thought the S80 was pre-wired for a cell phone?







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    Re: Cell phone install? S80 1999

    posted by  someone claiming to be Dwight H. on  Wed May 9 10:13 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    I use a portable, no problem.







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      Re: Cell phone install? S80 1999

      posted by  someone claiming to be MittenHed on  Thu May 10 10:09 CST 2001 [RELATED]

      And when I see you use your portable, I'll be the one honking and waving. By the way, if the wave looks funny, it's not because I've lost some fingers.







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        Re: Cell phone install? S80 1999

        posted by  someone claiming to be Dwight H. on  Thu May 10 15:17 CST 2001 [RELATED]

        Hey Muttenhead,

        Same to ya pal, keep your hands on the wheel please, there are too many people like you on the road and you need all the help you can get!






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