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problem with gps receiver

I connect my alpine to the gps receiver, but after few minutes, the conenction drops. I have not figured any problems with my bt hansfree.
Can anyone help??

turn off bluetooth

dropped connection
I have a similar problem . Alpine and BN806F , It pairs , wont talk then drops out ? I wonder if there is a time out after no activity ?
As my post says I am having a problem getting tom tom to see my gps reciever , do you have the some problem ? what am I doing wrong ?
Astro1

I downloaded a bt patch but the problem remains. I wonder whether it's a software or hardware problem..
Yes, I can't make my navigation program to see the gps receiver and after a while it gets disconnected...

To the OP - you said you cant get your navigation software 'see' the GPS - this is the root of the problem.
If your BT GPS unit doesnt see any requests to send data to the PDA, it will auto-switch off after a set period of time.
Once you can successfully configure your nav software to receive the GPS data, your bluetooth GPS unit will remain powered on.
You should have a software CD that came with the GPS unit (if not there are a number of freely downloadable GPS utilites for PDAs, some of which can scan for the unit to find it)- there's usually some very low-quality GPS checking utility that displays what satellites the unit can see, signal strength and so on: try using these programs to see if you can connect to your GPS, and if the unit than keeps the BT link open.
Maybe finding out which COM port the GPS unit appears on, will allow you to configure your nav software correctly to see the GPS.
Joe Pinball

I managed to connect it succesfully some times. Usually, it connects via bluetooth but it drops until I load navigator ( my navigation program). When I close the program, the bluetooth is off. I tried to search windows for power save settings but I didn't find something that would help.

GPS problems
Joe
Thanks for your advice I am still haviong big problems .
I have managed to get Tom tom to recognise a wired reciever ( but only once , and then when the cigarete lighter plug moved the unit powered down all was lost.
Do you know of any utilities that will show what is connected to what port as I believe this is the real problem . Aparently tom tom has a bad history of hijacking ports ?
It would be good to see what was actually going on .
Astro1

Bluetooth GPS setup for IG0 8

Due to lag problems with the internal GPS i would like to use an esternal bluetooth GPS reciever with with IGO8. I have got this to work with TT& but only have the local map for this. When I try to set up in IGO8 I can't find a settings page. Is it possible to do this or am I missing something obvious.

You have to make connection to your bluetooth GPS receiver, assign COM port and then in iGO select that COM port and speed. And it'll work ;-)

angus99 said:
Due to lag problems with the internal GPS i would like to use an esternal bluetooth GPS reciever with with IGO8. I have got this to work with TT& but only have the local map for this. When I try to set up in IGO8 I can't find a settings page. Is it possible to do this or am I missing something obvious.
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check also settings/external GPS.

Can I use internal gps receiver with Tomtom mobile 6

Sorry about the noobie question, but I would like to know if it is possible to use the GPS receiver with the Tytn II with TOMTOM 6 software or is the only option to use an external gps reciever?

You do not need an external GPS recevier. The map applications are compatible with the built-in GPS receiver, just configure the appropriate COM port for GPS...
More info HERE

This is the most awsome thread ever. We should sticky it.

How to use BT GPS instead of Build-in GPS?

I am wondering how to use the Bluetooth GPS for my X1.
I find that I can't use my BT GPS in my X1. Even Mapking or Google Map, I can only use my build-in GPS.
When I want to change my "GPS Hardware Port", I can't do it. It reset to "none". I already set a port for the BT GPS.
Maybe someone would say I should use the build-in one, but it use much battery.
And I can't connect the GPS for long time while I am hiking or cycling, I don't want to take the X1 out > connect GPS > see where I am.
By using BT GPS, I could log the track and find out where I am easily.
Sorry for my poor English. Could anyone help me? Thanks.

Which program do you use and which external gps?
I use TomTom 7. I just pair the external with the X1 and then open tomtom select external gps and voila... it is working automatically. I don't have to select any port or baud rate or anything else.

The bluetooth will also eat up your battery.
But in in any case, in your control panel/settings there is an icon for "external GPS", which you need to set.

a gps is only a receiver where bluetooth is a transceiver
and transceivers use more power and they have to transmit too
so i'd say that it would cause faster batt being empty

[Q] External GPS+Bluetooth vs Internal GPS-Bluetooth

Hi
I'm interested in this question from primarily a battery life perspective. I did some searches, but couldn't find any info on this.
I have an external bluetooth GPS module I could use. If I were to use a Galaxy Ace with bluetooth enabled, but GPS off, would this be more power efficient than using the GPS of the Ace with bluetooth off?
(Assuming all other power factors to be the same).
I guess it boils down to: Which is more efficient on the Ace; using GPS only or bluetooth only? And is it actually significant?
If there are any other aspects that should be considered, please edumacate me!
Thanks
ws

Personal experience and logic says Bluetooth consumes lesser battery juice than using GPS

Yes you are right wit an expternal GPS you will save battery, I use ana pplication called BlueGPS for pair the GPS and connect with Copilot

Thanks for the replies.
Now I've bought an Ace and had a chance to play a little bit, there's one thing that confuses me.
Once I connect the external GPS via bluetooth, and select it as the GPS source, I still have to enable the internal GPS for GPS to function.
(I can test that GPS is working via the external GPS by putting the bluetooth GPS unit on my window sill, and have my Ace inside where it can't get a GPS lock from inside via internal GPS).
So, doesn't this mean that the Ace is using battery for the internal GPS as well as bluetooth??

wiresquire said:
Thanks for the replies.
Now I've bought an Ace and had a chance to play a little bit, there's one thing that confuses me.
Once I connect the external GPS via bluetooth, and select it as the GPS source, I still have to enable the internal GPS for GPS to function.
(I can test that GPS is working via the external GPS by putting the bluetooth GPS unit on my window sill, and have my Ace inside where it can't get a GPS lock from inside via internal GPS).
So, doesn't this mean that the Ace is using battery for the internal GPS as well as bluetooth??
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I guess what's actually happening is that when u "enable the internal GPS", you're basically enabling the phone to use the GPS source you initially selected in the location settings, i.e. the external one.
So all in all, when you have the bluetooth on without switching on GPS, bluetooth is idling, and when you enable GPS, it starts interacting with the bluetooth GPS.
cheers

you vowebt
hi
I am using external bluetooth GPS too.
I did flash my phone two days ago and find out that I don't need another app to use external GPS.
My phone is flashed with CM10-nightly.
Problem is that after each time when I want to used external GPS I need to unpari and then pair that bluetooth device.
example:
a) switch on bluetooth, and pair external GPS device
b) choose that new device in GPS source
c) switch on GPS
perfekt I can use maps ...
after while I switch off GPS and bluetooth and device
then
d) switch on bluetooth, device is already paired
e) switch GPS, external source is already choose
BUT phone is not getting any data from external GPS device
f) I have to go to bluetooth devices and unpair and then pair external GPS device
I think it is a bug, what do you think?