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ahardie Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject: How good is Sirf Star III? |
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I am thinking of buying a Sirf Star III bluetooth receiver to replace my Fortuna clip on. The reason being that although it's OK for car navigation it is often useless for hiking. In one mode I have trouble geting a fix and in the other mode it doesn't report my position accurately.
The trouble is though, although I've searched extensively I cant find any info on whether a Sirf Star III receiver would be much of an improvement.
Has anybody used one outside the car? Does it maintain an accurate fix even under foliage cover?
I will be using it with MemoryMap. |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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All you need to do is switch off Static Navigation - then a SiRF III chipset is the best thing you can get for little money right now. They even grab a fix indoors, and have no trouble getting one under foliage. I'd say go for it! _________________ Lutz
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se4me Occasional Visitor
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Joined: Aug 07, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: London
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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ive just bought the fortuna slim sirf III this is my first setup so im new to this, all working great i do get a fix indoors too
the thing is you dont get any intructions with it just a quick setup guide
how do i switch off Static Navigation ?
also why id there 2 power jacks conecte to the 1 power cord
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se4me Occasional Visitor
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Joined: Aug 07, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: London
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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oops sorry for the spelling mistakes 8O
just realised I can use the dual power cord to power the ppc aswell
using the adaptor supplied with my 4700
still need the Static Navigation question answerd
I also read somewhere that it might be possable to update the fortuna slims f/w not sure if this is possible, any ideas? |
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