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$49 GPS for the XDA. Works great. ---posted PICS---

I just bought an unlocked T-mobile pocket pc phone edition off of a person from up in the T-mobile area. I am currently with Cingular. I just input all the GPRS settings for Cingular and they work great.
I also have both models of the Digitraveler GPS from Radio Shack. They sold one for a laptop with a serial connection ,which is what I use with my Casio E-200. They also have model that comes with three cables one being for the Ipaq 3800. If you didn't know has the same connector as our XDAs. All you have to do is to unlock the connector housing with a small screw driver then unsoldered the wires and resoldered the three wires black GND to pin 5 on the XDA connector, Red TXD to pin 8 and Brown RXD to pin 10. I'm not at fault if you solder two pins together. Be very careful as 22 pins are in an area of an inch or so. Before you start up the Delorme Xmap software ,which is included with the GPS PDA version. You will need to go under the settings tab and uncheck the IR setting this will give you COM1 which is what the serial connection uses. When you connect the GPS with the software it should come up and say aquiring GPS. If not you may have solered to a wrong pin. This is a killer phone, PDA and GPS setup now. I will try to post some pics.
You could also solder two wires on for a charging circuit to the connector.
PICS of GPS
Dave

Yes that sound great I'm looking forward to see some pictures :lol:
P.s
I have Microsoft Pocket Street 2002 GSP feature can you recommend me a GPS unit to connect to my XDA :?:

Is the Digitraveler unit still available? I can't find it on their website... well, not in their online catalogue anyway. There's plenty of downloads, etc, for it
As I'm in Australia, its a long way to go just to drop in and see if there's any on the shop floor
Cheers,
PHB

uk gps £84 inc autoroute/pocket streets
http://www.mobtech.co.uk/ecbmob/item1286.htm

Hi XDA-rocks - is that the same unit rebadged? I suspect I don't actually need the s/w, and that the maps won't be of much use, given I'm in Australia... I can get local software for the Pocket PC for $50 AU [approx 15 UK pounds I think] and I have local maps already...
Also, newb question, do I pay VAT when ordering from outside of the UK???
Sorry to be a pain; any help appreciated!
Cheers,
PHB.

The link above is actully for an IPAQ (so you'd probably have to do some soldering).
The manufacturers site does mention XDA compatibility. Check out
http://www.royaltek.com
Sorry, but I don't know what the situation regarding VAT is.

That's cool - you've been a big help already!
Cheers,
PHB.

PHB said:
Hi XDA-rocks - is that the same unit rebadged? I suspect I don't actually need the s/w, and that the maps won't be of much use, given I'm in Australia... I can get local software for the Pocket PC for $50 AU [approx 15 UK pounds I think] and I have local maps already...
Also, newb question, do I pay VAT when ordering from outside of the UK???
Sorry to be a pain; any help appreciated!
Cheers,
PHB.
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Normally, you do not have to pay VAT (if the price does not include VAT).
But shipping charge may be high.

All good - I've approached the manufacturer directly to see what they offer [if anything] Failing that, I'll go retail.
Thanks for all the help guys,
Cheers,
PHB.

If you need shipping assistance, I'll be glad to be a middle man. I ship stuff to the UK all the time, and it is not expensive. You do not pay VAT but you do pay an import tax if the product is declared. I normally mark the customs for as "gift" which avoids the import tax.

Hey Dave, can you post more pics and maybe some more details about the soldering of the connectors?. I got my Xda, and I just got the Digitraveler, super cheap off ebay ($50!!). And I want to do this. Please help on how

I got it!, I succesfully followed Dave's instructions and now I have my Xda running Mapopolis with the Digitravel GPS. Is sooo cool!
I want to see If I connect the power suply, but the cable and the solder work came out really nice and neat. and I'm afraid to mess it up. I'll look into solutions, but so far the GPS works perfect, and cheapest solution!.
I will post a detailed tutorial with lots of pictures and diagrams on my website soon.
If someone needs me to help them out, or doesn't want to deal with the soldering and the hassle, let me know.
Question to the XDA-DEV gods. I'm a little confused. I see that the Xda car charger works on 6V according to this image and the Digitravel works also on 6V, according to the manual. Can I use just one car charger and splice the cables to each device?. Also, also I see in the diagram 6V I checked in the back of the phone and It says 5V. please help

RadioSHACK GPS
i took your advice and got me a DigiTraveler too!
Radio Shack #20-1601 $39
i rewired the cable as u discribed. THANKS DAVE!!!
it now works great with my T-Mobile PPC.
...is there a better program than the one that came with it tho?
i've seen somewhere, a program that have Voice prompts that
advice u as you're driving to turn right and left...
OH! by the way... you can also get a 2.5 to 3.5 audio jack converter
along with one of those CD to TAPE adaptors, and u can have all audio
play on the loud cas speakers! great for speaker fone option

According to some reviews, Mapopolis is the all around solution. Faster, cleaner and easier to use. It has voice prompts too. Destinator is too big and complicated to use, of course, I only have tried for a couple of hours, but I will continuing testing it. I've been looking to TomTom USA Maps (Florida), but I can't seem to find any source, if someone can direct me for a Florida Map, would be greatly appreciated it.

would somebody post a couple of these cheap digitravelers that radio shack sells? I live in uk

Radio Shack #20-1601 $39
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Is it on sale now, or is that the regular price now? I can't find that part number in the online catalog, anybody got a URL? Or is it only available in stores?
would somebody post a couple of these cheap digitravelers
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I ship stuff to Europe all the time and would be happy to assist. I don't know what it weighs, but shipping is not all that bad to the UK.

you can get them cheap off Ebay

What are you using for soldering setup?
:?: :?: :?:
Curious. What are you using for your soldering setup? I opened up the car charger connector end and the pins are soooooo small I can barely see them. What I'd like to do is solder the speaker pins to the tape converter so that I don't have to use the 2.5 - 3.5 connector (thus having to only connect one thing). I'd also be able to connect the gps to it too.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thx
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I got it from RadioShack, costed me $7.50, and it came with the solder iron, a soldering iron stand, so you don't burn up anything, heatsink clamp, a very handy soldering tool, and the solder. Is very cheap, and Is small snough to use it for this job. Is helpful to just move the other pins to the side in order to isolate the pin that you are soldering, after you are done with each, and the solder is hard, move to the side and continue to the next one. Of course, move them slighty and slowly, don't yank it.

oh yeeeahh!. Now I have POWER!. I just finished soldering the connectors to a Xda power supply and now I can connect the Xda with the Digitraveler and charge the phone at the same time!. I adapted a retractable sync'n'charge cable to it (I used one of the other cables included, I think the one that I used was the Palm connector, since I didn't want to mess up the original cable that I did, in case something goes wrong) and just removed the syncing cables and left the ones for charge. One thing though I think the diagrams for the charger in the Xda-dev page is wrong, I got it working with pins 16,17,18 for (-) and 20,21,22 for (+). In the page shows 15,17,18 for (-) and 19,21,22. I got my conclusion dissasembling a car charger and examining the pins. Since this is a USB charger, it charges from the computer, and also, since I have the adapter to charge it for the car. It works perfect so far, I get the light on when I connect and the message that is charging!. I'll test drive it tomorrow with the GPS. Since the GPS accepts a regular a regular charger (available at RadioShack), I just connect everything with a Y-cable and that's it. A super cheap GPS system with full power! for less than $60 bucks!.
I'll post pictures and a turorial how to do it (including the charging connector) in my website soon

Is there an in car kit for an XDA (Wallaby)

Hi,
I'm new to this forum and have just bought an XDA, I've done the ROM upgrade and I love it!!
However I'd like an incar kit so I can use the SatNav. I currently have a Dell X30 with TomTom and bluetooth GPS but I'd like to replace with a full incar kit for the XDA. (I know I'll also have to replace the GPS as XDA don't got BT. )
Any leads, vendors or second hands out there?
Cheers
Emo

I've just purchased a GPS cradle from eBay for £81.00 all in. Will let you know how it works once I've got it up and running with Tom Tom.
Let me know if you want the actual URL.

Yes please, the web address would be great.
Cheers
Emo

PocketPCTechs Headphones Adapter - Caution

I'm not in the habit of complaining about ne1's products but this one takes the cake. This short note is just to warn my fellow forum members:
- In Feb 06, I got a new HP Hw6515 phone. I bought a bunch of stuff from pocketpctechs, screen shields, stylus and these headphone adapters that allows me to hook up my 3.5mm headphones and jacks to the phone's 2.5 mm jack.
- I have an 3.5mm aux input on my car stereo also and pocketpctech's angled 2.5mm/3.5mm adapter allows me to use the phones mic when I'm on the phone.
- One day, I find my phone's audio totally silent. Sure, it's probably the switch in the phone's jack which may get stuck occassionally and as commonly reported in these forums as well.
- Alas, that is not to be. This time the tip of the pocketpctech's phone plug has dislocated and lodged itself in my HP's phone jack. All attempts to remove it were furtile.
- The end result was a whole bunch of hassle, the phone can only be used with a bluetooth headset since that's the only thing that will bypass the phone's speaker output.
- I requested for a Cingular warranty replacement and they sent me a refurbished one. I was ticked off about the replacement but subsequent phone calls to Cingular did not yield any progress in getting a new replacement unit.
- I decided to sell the replacement refurb to a friend at a $200 loss.
- I called pocketpctechs and told them about the adapter, they apologized and sent me a replacement promptly.
- I then went out and bought a Cingular 8125.
- I was informed the mic won't work using these pocketpctech adapters with the 8125 but (a) I already have them and (b) the angled design places less stress on the phone jacks.
- Well, guess what? On week two, I took a call one evening and could not hear anything. That's right, I had earlier on, used another pocketpctech adapter, this time was the one in the car on my commute home. To my horror, I discovered the end tip of the pocketpctech adapter in my car was missing!!
- I attempted to remove the tip with an assortment of tools, screwdriver, wire e.g. to no avail as the whole plug itself was starting to loosen up.
- I later found out that one can access the plug from the battery compartment but at this point the plug was messed up.
Post-mortem
- I used the warranty service again and yes, I received a refurb one as well.
- I searched the boards for similar issues but have only seen one mention where the 'tips' may come off. I can only guess that with bluetooth, using the headphone jacks may not be too popular so folks may not have encountered this phone yet.
- I called pocketpctechs just to inform them about this 2nd incident. They asked me what I would need and I told them I don't want ne thing but just wanted to let them know so others don't suffer my fate.
- BTW, the $3 stick adapters I bought from a local electronic store are working dandy.
- The next day, I decided I will keep and use the refurb replacement one since it looks fairly new.
- I emailed pocketpctechs and requested for (a) replacement phone adapter (this time I will yank and pull to make sure it don't come off) and (b) a replacement write shield (except I would like the clear model).
- The following is her reply to my pain and suffering. Like I keep busted adapters lying around! If and when Cingular sends me a bill for repairing the phones after they discovered the tips lodged in the phone jacks, I'll be forwarding them on to pocketpctechs. I would be nuts to send them ne more money!
"We will send you one more PPCPADPT11. However, we will need you to send back all the faulty adapters you have received from us so we can submit them to our manufacturer. We need to have the faulty adapters back in our office before we can send you a third replacement. We have been making these adapters for years and never had this complaint. We need proof to show both my supervisor and our vendor so we can justify sending you three replacement adapters. Before we send you a third replacement, we will have our head technician inspect and test the adapter. It will not be faulty.
We will not be able to send you a C2 WriteSHIELD to replace the AG you orignially ordered. We can only send you what you ordered. If you would like a C2 WriteSHIELD for your Cingular 8125, you will need to pay for one. Please advise. "

I bought the one from boxwave and have never been happier
http://www.boxwave.com/products/dua...free-stereo-adapter-cingular-treo-650_550.htm
and yes i have an 8125

exstatica said:
I bought the one from boxwave and have never been happier
http://www.boxwave.com/products/dua...free-stereo-adapter-cingular-treo-650_550.htm
and yes i have an 8125
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Nice! I think I'll order two of these. Thanks.

Where in UK I can get this - HTC TyTN II Powered Mount with Handsfree Kit ( in car ).

Apparently this is the best car holder / hands free in car for Kaiser at the moment. I found it on sale on the link below but the company is saying they will be stocking only in the end of the month !!!
Anyone know this on sale in UK right now ??
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=11918

I bought this around 2 weeks ago. If I'm not mistaken, gpsForLess use ebay.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...trksid=p3984.cTODAY.m238.lVI#ebayphotohosting

Do you buy this new at ebay ? I thought ebay is only second hand ..

3uk - you can buy new AND 2nd hand stuff on ebay mate
Matt

3uk said:
Do you buy this new at ebay ? I thought ebay is only second hand ..
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Theres probably more shops and dealers selling new stuff with warranty, than people selling used goods.
You can buy both from there.

Looks nice ! But still not able to let you hear the GPS (Tomtom etc) sound??

London luke said:
Looks nice ! But still not able to let you hear the GPS (Tomtom etc) sound??
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I think it should be able to play sounds from the TYTN II . The good thing about this one is that you get a hands-free. .i.e u get a call , u press a button on the charger and talk. ( The sound comes from the lighter-charger ) it also has a built-in microphone in the corpus of the cradle …. And we know how reliable TYTN II is on speaker…

3uk said:
Do you buy this new at ebay ? I thought ebay is only second hand ..
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I bought my Kaiser on eBay , and my bluetooth headphones, SD Card, and car kit... All brand new, all work a treat. You haven't lived if you've never bought off ebay
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Theres probably more shops and dealers selling new stuff with warranty, than people selling used goods.
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I agree.

3uk said:
I think it should be able to play sounds from the TYTN II . The good thing about this one is that you get a hands-free. .i.e u get a call , u press a button on the charger and talk. ( The sound comes from the lighter-charger ) it also has a built-in microphone in the corpus of the cradle …. And we know how reliable TYTN II is on speaker…
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I have been reading that the cradles wont get the GPS sound as its not set to be put through the phones connector etc so will only work with the built in speaker

London luke said:
I have been reading that the cradles wont get the GPS sound as its not set to be put through the phones connector etc so will only work with the built in speaker
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Well , the cradle will play the calls sounds - that is something. PLUS it has got a microphone. I haven't tested the TYTN II in-car on speaker , but I know there are problems with the TYTN II microphne when on speaker. So the only reason for this cradle would be the external microphone..
BTW - such a cradle is already on sale - but for some reason it is 51 quid isntead of 24 as the one in dicussion.
http://www.pdahut.com/store/product.php?productid=19184

4 in 1 cable for u1000

I might be visiting singapore sometime soon.
I am looking for the 4 in 1 cable to be used with my dopod u1000.
Anyone knows the best place in singapore where i can have the best chance of finding a used 4 in 1 cable for u1000?
I really love the dopod u1000 and i use it together with my k800 mobile.
I am quite satisfied using the pocket pc functions without the phone function at the moment. The big screen is simply excellent for ebook reading, surfing the net and writing notes or reflections.
I also realized that with the proper softwares, u1000 can become an even a better phone than my normal sony ericsson k800.
It can be used to automatically send sms replies to callers when i am busy. (with k800, i can't automatically send sms replies to callers)
It can be used to voice dial phone numbers through bluetooth headset (with k800, i cannot dial phone numbers. I can only create voice tags for an existing contact and dial that contact.)
Although i love the u1000 very much, i am having a hard time to let go of my old Dell axim x51v. The Axim was my favourite pocket pc for a long time and the u1000 is the only worthy replacement of my axim 51v.

Ask the guys in www.ppcsg.com. They should be able to tell you where to go. The most popular place has been the Funan centre and Sim Lim Square, but that may be only for the device. Not sure about the cable itself.

4 in 1 cable
Thanks eaglesteve, I will check with these 2 places. By the way, i am a great fan of everything you have written about the u1000. I have learned a lot by reading your reviews and i find it easy to agree with many things you said. Thanks for sharing your experiences about pocket pcs.
With the Axim, i was rather adventurous with unofficial roms. One of the best rom for the axim was in fact created by a russian programmer that goes by the name, "Football." His rom made wonders out of the axim.
I am sure there are also great unofficial roms for the u1000. Although i do not have the courage yet to try any yet but i am rather interested with your experiences and reviews on the few unofficial roms available. Which rom are you using or have used by the way?

no 4 in 1 cable in funan, singapore
Came back from singapore. walked the whole of funan it mall. a few shops carry the u1000 but no one has the 4 in 1 cable in their stocks. I may be wrong but i felt that the retailers there were not much in touch about what pocket pc lovers need. I am not just talking about the u1000 but other range of pocket pcs as well. maybe they need to read up articles on forums like this one a bit.

Why not just bite the bullet and order it from Expansys.
I ordered it on a Monday and had it Tuesday am.

4 in 1 cable
Yes, i was thinking of doing just that. i have also found some external chargers that might work with my dopod u1000.
hey, i noticed that you too like me have moved from the Dell axim x51v to the advantage htc. It seems that those who appreciate the Axim will also most likely be able to appreciate the Advantage (dopod u1000).
I am supposed to sell my axim to earn back some money. at least that was what i told my wife i would do when i bought my u1000. But until now i am kind of reluctant to do that. The axim was such a fabulous device especially with the unofficial wm6.1 rom update from a russian developer "football."

TV out from 4 in 1 lead
Hi all,
While on the subject of 4 in 1 leads, does anyone know if any of the outputs will play sound as well as video from these leads. I got video only working off the yellow av plug. not tried the others yet
Jay

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responderman said:
Hi all,
While on the subject of 4 in 1 leads, does anyone know if any of the outputs will play sound as well as video from these leads. I got video only working off the yellow av plug. not tried the others yet
Jay
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as far as i know, it is meant for shwing slide presentations so you get only the pictures. If you want the sound, you will have to get a cable that connects to the ear phone socket at the side of the Advantage (u1000).
The Axim i had works this way.

Maybe a silly question but are there any alternatives to the 4 in 1 cable... I just want a simple direct htc to usb cable.
Thanks

Hi there cphilip,I too have a Axim50V around and am using it as a multi-dictionary (English,Chinese,French,German)may I know where I can get the up
grade rom "football"would like to give it a try on rom up-grading
tks

nor11wan said:
Hi there cphilip,I too have a Axim50V around and am using it as a multi-dictionary (English,Chinese,French,German)may I know where I can get the up
grade rom "football"would like to give it a try on rom up-grading
tks
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Hi nor11wan,
Yes, dell axm is really a great pocketpc. I have been using football, lenny L11 and now Makuu A09 VOIP gold found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=439586
Unfortunately, I have not been following up on axim 50. I think it is possible that football might have produced something for the dell axim 50. Hope you can find it.