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Dave
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 Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:14 pm Post subject: REVIEW COMMENTS: Road Angel Cable |
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 As many of you who own Road Angel GPS Speed Camera Detectors know, you'll have an output port on the rear of the unit allowing you to export GPS data. I have had a Road Angel for well over a year now, but thought it was about time we reviewed one of the Road Angel power/serial cables from Holux which allows you to export the GPS data to a Pocket PC saving on the cost of having to purchase a GPS Receiver just for navigation.
So here it is! The full review is available here. |
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Talkingbollox
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| Quote: | | You will be able to navigate with 99% of applications but there maybe the odd application that requires the GPGSV signal to check that you are receiving a valid GPS signal. One application I did have problems with was CoPilot Live. |
I believe SmartST 1.96 is another such application. |
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mcalvey
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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I have two of these cables, one in the car and one on my motorbike and they work very well. The only comment I have is that the serial port plug is not robust enough. I remove the Road Angel from my car every day and from the motorbike every time I leave it (to prevent theft and for weekly updates) and the plastic cover over the metal connector pulls off and then the wires inside break off. I have had to resolder the wires back on a couple of times....
Mike. |
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stuart
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| Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:21 pm Post subject: Classic Road Angel - GPS output |
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This is all fine if you have the serial version, like I did until the radar alert socket fell apart. Got it replaced, but with a USB version....So has anyone got this to work as a GPS unit on a laptop, or anything else for that matter.  |
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JM-HoluxUK
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:53 am Post subject: |
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Hi Stuart,
We do supply RA cables for the USB Road Angel devices.
Give the shop a call and ask for Tes.
She'll be able to advise you.
Regards,
Julie |
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COLINRG
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I've had two of these and both have suffered from poor soldering.
The winding which reduces the voltage for the Ipaq charging breaks free after just over 12 months of use.
A quick five minutes with the soldering iron fixes the problem but feel the lack of quality when viewing the soldering on the board. |
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