newbeeeee help

MaLice · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 22, 2004 Posts: 6

hi today i bought a ipaq 2210 and i love it, i want to put gps on it, i want to get a mount and a gps receiver im not sure weather to go wired or bluetooth, is there any need to go for one over the other ?? it wont really need to be swapped from car to car and if i do it will be easy enuff to get out.

so recomendations on a mount and also what type of receiver to go for and where from, also any programs i should get (besides gps software) any sites etc for themes or any thing like that ???

Regards

James

Steve999 · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:22 am Post subject:

Hi there,

Recommend that you put a few hours aside and do some extensive research on these forums before you spend any cash at all.

Here are some of my personal starting points though:-

1. Check out the mounts pics in Members mounts - much depends on your own personal preferences. Simple can often be best.

2. Choice of receiver can also be mostly determined from personal preference but as you have a 2210, you may find some technical issues to resolve if you choose a BT receiver. If you don't like to tinker, then a wired Tomtom receiver is a good reliable 'plug & play' option that works exceptionally well and will not disappoint.

3. Choose your storage media carefully if you go for SD for your maps as this can have a huge effect on performance and user enjoyment to say the least. I would wholeheartedly recommend CF for your maps as a cheap and reliable option on the 2210, especially if you choose a BT receiver.

4. If you go for BT and you have other BT devices, then pay some attention to which Tomtom GPS version you use - v2.07 is a safe and reliable option that does everything required even though it goes against the grain to use an 'old' version.

5. On the software front - again, personal preference rules but make sure that you buy Sprite Backup in it's latest version and use it to make executable backup files on your storage media. Costs about £5 in it's 'light' version and is the best bargain in software.

6. If you are using your 2210 essentially for navigation, don't be tempted to put too much other software on it - keep 15 to 20mb free on program memory to run Tomtom.

7. Do a 'soft' reset before every navigation journey.

Hope that gets you going - good luck.

Regards,
Steve
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MaLice · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 22, 2004 Posts: 6

icsys · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject:

I'm not quite sure what technical issues you will need to resolve if you choose a BT receiver, I use one and don't have an issue with it other than occasionally forgetting to switch Bluetooth Manager on.
Once you get used to the setup, switching it all on is a breeze.

On the plus side, when out walking using Ordnance Survey maps the BT receiver is a boon as it does not drain the 2210 battery so I get a respectable 6+ hours of use out of it from a full charge. The only exception is heated/athermic windscreens which degrade the GPS signal.

If you do not intend to use your GPS anywhere other than in-car for street navigation then as Steve999 rightly says, wired is the simplest reliable option that wirks well.

Doing a 'soft' reset before every navigation journey is a little over the top but I guess it won't do any harm if you do.
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MaLice · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 22, 2004 Posts: 6

thanks for your help, i dont have a heat reflective screen so im ok, i think wired seems to be the way to go, or looking at a review on here the SD GPS receiver that plugs in to my free sd slot ?

Steve999 · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:58 pm Post subject:

Hi

DavidW · Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:47 pm Post subject:

There's a lot of excellent material already in this thread - particularly from Steve999.

Mounts - be aware that the iPAQ h2210 has its speaker on the back. You may want an amplified mount - or at least one that doesn't obscure the speaker. I like the products from Brodit - both the mounts and the ProClips.

Memory cards - CompactFlash is recommended for maps on an iPAQ h2210, especially if using a Bluetooth GPS. SD seems to cause problems on many people's setups which cannot easily be overcome.

Sprite Backup - be aware that there's a cheap upgrade for those who have a built in iPAQ Backup. See here for details. I highly recommend Sprite Backup.

TomTom GPS - the very latest versions can be a bit less troublesome - some late 2.0x and early 3.0x versions really did cause problems. 2.07 is one option if it works for you, otherwise I'd go for 3.07 (which I'd always recommend for WM2003SE machines - though the 2210 isn't Second Edition). If you hit trouble using other applications with 3.07, there is a work-round.

Keeping plenty of memory spare is always a good idea - I try not to go below 30MBytes available for program memory on my hx4700. It helps that I've got a large iPAQ File Store where I can put much of my software (though a surprising amount has to go in main memory). There are some very large Pocket PC programs these days - TextMaker is one that comes to mind.

SDIO GPSes have proved disappointing for many - it seems that there's still compatibility issues, and I'd be worried about snapping off the top part of the GPS.

Finally - applications minimising. In Pocket PC, the X button in the top right minimises rather than closes an application. There is third party software available that allows you to change that to closing - which I prefer. I use Spb Pocket Plus to do this and various other tasks on my Pocket PC. It's commercial software, but it has a trial period and is inexpensive to register.

David

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