Using Car Kit & Tom Tom GPS Kit - MDA, XDA, 1010 Accessories

Hi,
Has anyone tried to use both the Full XDA Car Kit and the Tom Tom GPS Kit together??
I'm not sure they will work as the Tom Tom GPS kit appears to use it's own crade to connect to the XDA.
I need to use the full car kit and not the bundled Tom-Tom Car Kit as I need all of the hands-free functions.
If the Tom Tom GPS Kit will not work, can anyone recommend a GPS Unit with an SDK or with any software/interface that will allow the GPS Data (Lat, Long, Speed,etc) to be extracted then sent over SMS or GPRS.

I have heard that teletype is capable of sending this information, however I have not confirmed this
I am sure that if you search this site you will find quite a bit about wiring gps to car kit and links also.

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O2 XDA Car Kit vs Home Made Car Kit

I am looking for info / help on Car Kits.
I have a TomTom Navigator SatNav System and am trying to decide whether or not to by an O2 Car Kit or Start modifying what I allready have to do the same job.
1. Does the O2 Car kit have voice cancellation Circuitry to reduce bounce back to my caller.
2. Does anyone have any circuit diagrams that will create the Radio Mute function on audio output from the XDA (I also want the radio to mute on voice navigation prompts)
3. Does the O2 Car Kit have a socket to enable me to attach my TomTom GPS Reciever or will i have to modify the Car Kit if i decide to buy rather than make.
4. Whats the cheapest place in the UK to buy the car kit from.
5. Does anyone have any other advice on this topic as it would be very usefull to me.
roycruse said:
I am looking for info / help on Car Kits.
I have a TomTom Navigator SatNav System and am trying to decide whether or not to by an O2 Car Kit or Start modifying what I allready have to do the same job.
1. Does the O2 Car kit have voice cancellation Circuitry to reduce bounce back to my caller.
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I think, the Car kit does include such a system. The "voice quality" is quiet good, like on other car kits....
roycruse said:
2. Does anyone have any circuit diagrams that will create the Radio Mute function on audio output from the XDA (I also want the radio to mute on voice navigation prompts)
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This is the same function like the original Car kit do. It does mute the radio on all audio ouputs from the xda. There is no difference if the audio output is either from a calling, nor from the Navisystem, nor if the mediaplayer is used. But this is also a little problem. It turns off radio too, when you tap on the startmenu and get the "tap-beep"....
roycruse said:
3. Does the O2 Car Kit have a socket to enable me to attach my TomTom GPS Reciever or will i have to modify the Car Kit if i decide to buy rather than make.
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You have to modify it a little bit. Most of the GPS Recievers have a PS2 Connector to attach it to the XDA. The Car kit have an other Connector (don't know what it is..). i change the connectors of the Car kit to PS2 and it works fine....
roycruse said:
4. Whats the cheapest place in the UK to buy the car kit from.
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I buyed my Car Kit at Ebay for 149.- €uro. This was the cheapiest place i found... (I live in Germany)
roycruse said:
5. Does anyone have any other advice on this topic as it would be very usefull to me.
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There is a thread about FVH an he has also a review of the original car kit.
Search here in the forum...
Regards
Stefan
One more question
I notice the O2 car kit claims to require professional installation and an external antenea
I presume the external antenea is optional and not required.
What is actually involved in connecting it all up - both electrically and physically.
In every car kit, there is a hint, to go to an "professional" to install it.
But you can do it yourself, when you're able to do some basic "electrical an pysical" installations.
You need to connect it to circuit of the car and to your radio and you have to install the speaker and the microphone. That's all.
The external antena is optional and not required. The same thing with the gps-receiver.
At the car kit are connectors for:
battery +
battery -
icognition or also battery +
Radio mute
2 x speaker output
microphone
external antena
gps
That's all...

is there a software for routeplanning

I mean like microsoft autoroute..
I have sat nav separate to my PDA in my car but wanted a rout planne/ maps program
PocketStreets ??
www.tomtom.com
I have used Navigon 5.0 under WM2003se & WM5 without any issue. Purchased a bluetooth GPS receiver (Socket Communications) online.
Or Alturion: http://www.alturion.com/products/details.php?id=68

XDA2s - Tomtom 5 doesn't connect to BT GPS

I have a XDA 2s with Tomt Tom 5 on.
I have paired the Bluetooth gps receiver and although the GPS Viewer program picks up the gps signal on the pda via the Bluetooth receiver, for some reason Tom Tom doesn't connect to The Bluetooth Receiver.
It was working and it's suddenly just gone off.
I have tried uninstalling and re-installing Tom Tom but no luck.
Can someone help me please.
Daft question, but have you disabled InfraRed Beam in connections?
No i haven't but i can sure try
and i'll try anything at the moment.
I've disconnected all beams but no luck, i've even tried doing a hard reset but that didn't work either.

First post - THB Bury problem

Hi,
This is my first post so please be easy on me
I am an ICT Engineer and I am having problems with one of my customers HTC Kaiser (re-badged as Orange TyTN II).
He has an THB Bury cradle. The Kaiser has TomTom installed (Orginal disc version 6 navigator), but when the phone is docked in the cradle it goes to Cra Kit profilr and he gets no sound from TomTom.
I have changed the profile, but still no sound from TomTom. I have checked the cradle it it works fine apart no sound for sat nav.
I have searched for hours on loads of forums to find a fix for this i.e. new ROM from Orange or patch from THB, but can't find anything.
Has anyone else had this problem and is there a fix i.e. registry alternation.
Is there anything within the TomTom settings for this.
It might be that this is the way it will work, afterall you do not want the TomTom coming out over the audio of the telephone call.
Thanks for the reply.
We used to use the Orange SPV M2000 (HTC BlueAngel) with TomTom using the same hands free kit (different cradle obviously) and never had a problem. The sat nav audio would work as normal, but when a call came in the sat nav would cut out until the call had finished.
I have have been through the TomTom settings (very limited) and cannot see anyway of changing the audio on it.
It seems more like a HTC Kaiser problem rather than TomTom or the cradle, because it worked fine with a BlueAngle.
Just found this on a THB Bury re-sellers site: -
"Please note: When the Phone is put into the cradle, the Phone will immediately go into car kit profile, which means the external speaker will be disabled [loss of sound for the Sat Nav directions]"
Is the registry hack to stop this happening?
Have you tried using the tomtom and checking there is audio working ok without putting it in the cradle?
Yep. TomTom works absolutly fine out of the cradle. I have even bought a new cradle to check if the original cradle was defect, but still no sound.
To summarise: -
TomTom audio working fine out of THB Bury HFK
TomTom stops working when in THB Bury HFK (enters Car Kit Profle)
Could you not move the handsfree cradle to maybe a vent mount solution so that when you are in the car you can view the TomTom directions instead of hearing them?
Personally I would find yor situation ideal as I hate SatNav voice commands and prefer to navigate from the map.
I got a response from THB Bury about this problem:
"Dear Alistair, many thanks for your enquiry regarding our Bury product range.
The Navigationcommand didn´t run over the carkit, because the Navigationsoftware got no software for muting.
Best regards
Dean Taylor
--Bury-Infoline-- "
Not really what I needed so.....
Does anyone know either how to doctor the USB connector so that it doesn't cause the phone to switch to 'car mode' OR a registry/software fix which stops the TnTY/Stellar from muting its internal speaker when in 'Car' mode?
Failing that I need a new car kit which, holds the phone, charges it, provides hands free phone service, allows TT6 audio instructions through and doesn't blow the USB port. Just like the THB Bury 'Universal' kit should do.
Any recommendations? Alistair

about bluetooth gps receivers

i plan to buy a bluetooth gps receiver.
i just have some question before buying one
- will any bluetooth gps receiver work with niki? are there known receivers that will not work?
- i currently have a mapking software on niki and a map of my city, is the bluetooth gps receiver all i need for it to work? by work i mean it'll tell you where you are, where to go, etc...
thanks!
I have an adapt AD-350 bluetooth GPS receiver.
Works like a dime! It 'only' cost me 50 euro's (dixons, the netherlands).
Works with any app that can use GPS, (for all I know).
dekoning said:
I have an adapt AD-350 bluetooth GPS receiver.
Works like a dime! It 'only' cost me 50 euro's (dixons, the netherlands).
Works with any app that can use GPS, (for all I know).
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looks nice thanks dude! i'll consider that brand, i hope they sell it in taiwan
my holux GPS (i forget the number) works great.
i use this : http://www.htcdirect.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=289&currency=GBP
solar powered sirf iii on my copilot7, all good
I use an Oasis BT GPS, wich are no longer available under that brand name but it works perfect with my downloaded tom tom software
you can find a lot on pdashop.be
succes!!
I use a Globalsat BT-338 and its wonderful.
I like the idea of a solar powered bluetooth gps
anyways thanks guys! will check out those you suggested! buying one tom
Navman B10
I just paired a NAVMAN B10 the $35 special from Expansys US. It is a SIRFIII and so far it works awesome. Cant really see why it was so cheap. Yet.....
kipmast said:
Cant really see why it was so cheap. Yet.....
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maybe made in China? lol
Can I use these with Google Map? I mean that I don't need TomTom or another program at all?
I use this, "http://www.bluenext.co.uk/bluetooth-gps/bn-806f-bluetooth-gps.html"
works real good, it's real fast, good battery and have the last chip sirf star III, and of course all this for a good price
How to setup
Could someone tell me how to setup GPS connection over Bluetooth? I have a Nokia GPS which was working on normal HTC Touch and I just can't get it work on Nike... This is what I did:
1. Turn on GPS
2. Turn on Bluetooth on Nike
3. Search for BT device, Nokia is found
4. Enter code
5. Select serial port (the only port offered)
6. I create an outgoing port (e.g. COM2) for Nokia (in settings/connections/setting/bluetooth)
7. I set GPS program port to the previously created outgoing port in setting/system/External GPS)
8. I set GPS port number in iGO...
What did I wrong? Please help me.
Thank you in advance
That's all correct. I can't see what's the problem there.
Me neither... On my old iPaq (WinMo 2003) is a lot easier to connect as there is a connect feature in Bluetooth manager. In WinMo 2006 there is no such possibility... How can a bluetooth connection to GPS initialized without iGO? How could I connect from Windows to test the connection?
mapping software
i live in the us where can i get a free mapping software with map? because i dont want to access any data...

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