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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jethro" data-source="post: 511351" data-attributes="member: 12381"><p>The reason they like it further than 2' is the algorithm is based on triangulation and the further away it is from the TM head, the easier the computer can do the math. That said I've encountered plenty of installs just like yours and not heard it to be a problem. I mounted mine near my drivers side console, in front of the windshield on the gunwale because there is power there. It's not really a compass, it has nothing to do with magnetic north, it's only purpose is to tell the head unit which way is dead ahead. That's why it get's installed in perfect line with the keel of the boat, which is the most important detail to adhere to during install.</p></blockquote><p></p>