GPS box for Toshiba e400?

gshaw · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 6

Hi,

I've just been given a Toshiba e400 Pocket PC and was thinking about using it for satnav as it has a larger screen than my Nokia 7610 I'm using at the moment but I'm not sure what to do about the GPS box...

- get a USB one but how does that plug into the pocketpc - do you use the USB cable you normally plug into the PC to connect to the GPS box - do I have to get a special type etc?

- I already have a bluetooth box and I've seen that you can get Bluetooth SD cards but that seems a bit pointless as I need the memory card slot to run the software in the first place!

Some advice would be much appreciated - looking to sort this as cheap as possible say round the £50 mark - don't mind 2nd hand, eBay etc as long as it works!

Thanks in advance,

Gerrard Shaw

Pc-Mobile · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject:

There were some mouse GPS for e400 but they were rare then so you will have hard working getting one now.
Even if you can get one there are plenty of problems getting it to work, having to install drivers etc.
So if you do get one from ebay, and I think that is probably the only place you can get one, there is a possibility that you will not get it to wrok as the seller is probably not able to help you, and of course you will not be able get help from the manufacturer either.

There you are.
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gshaw · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 6

Got one of these multi-GPS boxes off eBay - says it works with an e400 but when I plug it in it starts asking for drivers (please type in name of driver?)

Do I need to do this or should it pick up as a general serial device?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=9720131543&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

Pc-Mobile · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 5:17 am Post subject:

Did you see the reply above?

Yes it should work IF you get the correct cable AND driver. The driver should have been supplied with the GPS/cable.

Yes you MUST need a driver. There is no direct serial GPS for e400.

Did you see my reply above?
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gshaw · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 6

Yes I did - as the ad on eBay stated it works with TomTom and e400 so hoped there would be a driver with it

Edit: just got an email with the driver attached so I'll give that a go tonight :D

Thanks for your help Pc-Mobile

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