BT Receiver

Colin58 · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:13 pm Post subject: BT Receiver

I am looking to upgrade my system with a new BT receiver, I have a HP 4700 and Tom Tom 5, any recomendations on the best unit out there at present.

Maxi · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 147

I'm more than happy with the Tomtom Bluetooth MKII receiver. Always get plenty of satellites, works anywhere in the car and you know theres not going to be any compatibility issues. Its small and looks pretty good too :D

Colin58 · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 12:54 am Post subject:

Thanks Maxi,

I thought this looked a good choice but wanted to hear somebodys opinion of it. The only minus I can see is that the battery is built in and not replaceable.

Col....

ttrevor · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject:

I have just purchased a Holux 236 slim BT, and it is brilliant you can also have it wired if you require.well worth a look before you decide.i am morethan pleased with mine :D
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Maxi · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 06, 2005 Posts: 147

Privateer · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:43 pm Post subject:

Hi Colin58,

If you want a replaceable battery in a Bluetooth GPS receiver then have a look at the fantastic GlobalSat BT-338. The dimensions of BT-338 are approximately 42mm (width) 72mm (length) 23mm (height)

I’m very happy with the performance of my BT-338.

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alFR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 11, 2004 Posts: 27

Robert, are you using TT5? Any problems getting it to talk to your 338?

Privateer · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject:

Hi alFR,

I'm using TTNav 5 on an iPAQ 4700 and 2210. The BT-338 works well with TTNav 5 on both of them.

Settings are (for the 2210):

Other Cable NMEA GPS
Baud Rate 38400
Bluetooth serial port COM8

Regards,
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iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D

alFR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 11, 2004 Posts: 27

Cheers!

Al

DavidHobbs · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject:

Where would be the best place to look for a new BT receiver?

Colin58 · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject:

Thanks for all the suggestions people. The bt 338 souns excellent. The only reason I like the idea of the replaceable battery is if the inbuilt one fails, if this occurs it is a big plus to be able to replace it rather than return it to the manufacturer. Any suggestions on the bet source for the Bt 338 or should I just go and search.

Col...

Colin58 · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject:

Has anyone had any experience of the Rikaline 6033. I read an add on one of the internet retailers which suggested it was a higher spec that the Globalsat. I would be interested to here anyones reviews.

Col....

DavidHobbs · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject:

keithmroberts · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 11, 2005 Posts: 4

A word of caution.

I have the same setup, IPAQ4700, Tomtom 5 and the BT338.

I had problems upgrading from TT3. It is important to note the small upgrade to tt5 that makes it verssion 5.01. If you software is 5.0 you can pull it down from the TT website.
I also found it necessary after advice from TT to reboot the receiver, by removing the battery, as I could not persuade the systems to work together until I had done that. Now - its excellent - but I had a bit of a struggle getting there.

Colin58 · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 1:19 am Post subject:

Thanks Keith, I will take note of this. Reading through the forums there seems to be problems wit Sirf III chipsets at present, I think I will hold off till the s/w issues are resolved.

Col.....

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