Silly question... help with GPS unit please?

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DaRuSsIaMaN

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I'm thinking a lot of these GPS units are designed very similarly... so maybe any of you guys could help me out even if you don't have the same one I do. But my unit is a PND-K3 by Alpine.

My question is, how do I attach the suction thing into the gps device? The manual doesn't address that AT ALL. Seems like a stupid omission...
My initial thought was to just snap the suction thing into place, of course. But when I tried, it would not go in easily, so now I'm afraid I'll just break the whole thing if I try to force it...

Here's the closest thing I can find about that, taken from manual:
gpsmanualss.png

By darussiaman at 2009-12-19

So, what is it talking about with the machine screws? Use "metric m4 8mm machine screws" ... for what, exactly?

I thought maybe the thing with the machine screws is the answer... somehow loosen it up then tighten it again? But that seems pretty dumb; and the socket doesn't seem designed with any complicated mechanism like that. So do I just need to quit worrying and just push it in?
 
No but that shows how to put the gps into the cradle. I did that already. But you see the lever going from the cradle and it ends in the suction thingy stuck to the windshield? In the box, those come separate. Like in my picture, the cradle and the suction device are shown assembled. But in the box it came dis-assembled. I need to figure out how to put THOSE two together...
 
If it's just the little ball joint that's not connected, I'd just push it in there until it pops in.
 
Alright, yeah that does it! Sorry about the stupid question... I was just afraid I might break it by trying to do that.
 
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