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Ringing the changes
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Driving a truck is a demanding enough job at the best of times, without having to worry about being prosecuted for using a hand-held mobile phone. "It's just not worth the risk," reckons Darren Maskell.
He's regularly to be found at the wheel of an R-registered Scania 124L 360 6x2 rear-lift tractive unit operated by H Maskell & Son, his family's business, based at Wilstead, near Bedford. The Scania's frequently rJ married to a King low-loader trailer that's used to transport all sorts of machinery. Maskell called in Chameleon to equip his Scania with a hands-free kit a THB Bury System 8. Having established where the microphone, speaker, and cradle were to be mounted, f itter Dale Hiliyer checked all the electrical functions on the truck to ensure they worked properly. Maskell signed a worksheet to prove this had been done, which protects the installer should the customer subsequently hold him responsible for any problems which are already afflicting the vehicle.
Hillyer had to access the tuck's fuse box because he needed to take power for the system from the main feed running into it and install a junction box. `We have to f it a voltage dropper in the fuse box too,' he remarked. He also needed to remove some of the cab's interior trim on the A pillar on the passenger's side. for instance to route wiring.
After Maskell had decided on the optimum positions for the components, Hillyer fixed the microphone where the radio is-just above the windscreen on the driver's side. "Put it at the top of the A-pillar and you can end up with wind noise if the driver smokes and tends to drive with the window partly open," commented Chameleon technical auditor James Hawkes-Reed. An interesting point it's worth asking for advice on optimum component positions from your fitter.
Both the speaker and the bracket to hold Maskell's Nokia 3410 phone in its cradle were attached to the dashboard, and some drilling was required to make sure that it would be held securely and permanently. An exter aerial was fixed to the top of the windscrE using a silicon pad, with the wire leading it fixed to a silicon pad on the inside of thi glass. It's a good way to avoid any drillinc The job took about an hour, no prob1( were encountered and everything workE fine. "We warranty all our installations for months," Hawkes-Reed remarked.