actually i have a question sicne it worked inside my home when i used it, what if i dont connect the gps to the mount. and jsut say lay it on soemthing shouldnt that work, i mean it worked inside my house and if your saying the problem lies in the harness, i dont even use the harness so doesn tmake sense that knows im in a car if it worked inside my room but when i step in my car it doesnt let me, even though i dont have harness conencted and all i have is gps to ciggearte lighter and the ipod cable connected.