New user - iPaq 1940 and TomTom bluetooth GPS

shammy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 10, 2003 Posts: 19

Hi

New to this forum - have just purchased an HP iPaq 1940 with TomTom Bluetooth GPS. Several questions, hope somebody *kind* out there can help?

1. Is the car cradle supposed to act as a charger for the iPaq? I get the power warning light flashing whenever the iPaq is in the cradle and it doesn't seem to charge the battery at all.

2. Is it possible to activate TomTom Navigation when the GPS unit isn't connected up - eg when I'm at home route planning and there is no satellite signal available.

3. Is it possible to save routes ahead of time so that a whole day's route planning can be done before leaving the office?

4. How am I supposed to wire up the charger from the car lighter socket to both the GPS unit and the iPaq cradle? I've got so many leads and yet can't get the right combination to fulfil both needs! (I do have a socket doubler).

Sorry for the multiple questions - finding the lack of info in the instruction books very frustrating!

Shammy

BoPeep · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 1:20 pm Post subject:

Hi Shammy,

Welcome to the forum. Smile

I do not have a PDA or GPS unit myself, so the only advice/comments I can give are from second-hand experience (my boyfriend has a PDA with TomTom Navigator.)

In answer to your second question, I am pretty sure that you can start up the program TomTom Navigator even when the GPS unit is not connected, but it won't be able to find where it is and will probably keep showing the message 'GPS position unreliable' or something similar.

Therefore you should be able to open the program OK and access things like the settings and POI lists, but you wouldn't be able to plan a route or do anything which would require it to find a location.

I hope this is helpful. Sorry I can't be more helpful on your other questions, but I'm sure you will get many more responses soon from people who know slightly more than me about the subject, and I wouldn't want to risk giving you the wrong advice. Wink

Bo Peep.
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Dave · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:19 pm Post subject:

BoPeep · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:32 pm Post subject:

thax1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 05, 2003 Posts: 28

Shammy,

I have the same setup as you.

1. Yes, the cradle for the Ipaq will charge it. If you're seeing a flashing orange light under your power button then it's charging - just like with the mains adaptor that you'll use at home.
If the light on the ipaq is flashing blue then its not - you need to re-seat the ipaq (or start the car engine, plug it it... etc!)

My ipaq cradle was initially very stiff to accept the port on the ipaq - so I took it apart to adjust it.

2. I really, really recommend the registry hack (see sticky post in TomTom forum). This will allow you to start TT without that annoying bluetooth manager window ever popping up. This works whether or not the bluetooth device is nearby. Perfect.

3. Once you've done the above - from Navigator mode, select Navigate To... Address. Let it plan the route if you want. Do this for all destinations.
These will then be selectable from "Recent Destinations", later in the day. It will need to recalculate. (you'll be in a different start location for one!)

4. You should find that the cigarette lighter adaptor has one anchored cable, and one extra, round, port. Use the cable that has round yellow tips at both ends. Either can be plugged into the ipaq adaptor and the bluetooth device.

If you wish to use the ipaq car cradle, use the cable that looks like it has a modem cable plug on one end. Plug this into the right hand side of the cradle and the other into the bluetooth device.

Note that there are two lights on the bluetooth device - the one on the right indicates charging. I say this because my connection is not so good, and sometimes needs a wiggle to ensure it keeps charging. A red light on the left means the unit battery is about to go completely flat! It usually needs turning off for half an hour whilst charging to recover from this point.

Hope this helps.

Thax.

hbanzon · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 03, 2004 Posts: 8

Thax1: I have the TomTom ipaq cradle for my 1945 and I have the same problem as you - it doesn't connect when I slide it into the cradle. You said you "took it apart to adjust it" - what did you take apart - the ipaq or the cradle? If it was the cradle, which how did you take it apart? What exactly did you have to do to get it to fit? Thanks!

gregh · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:55 pm Post subject:

how's the 1940 for sound volume, can you hear it routing above the radio at motorway speeds?

I've currently got a 3970 which is fine but am thinking of going smaller.....

regards,

greg

thax1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 05, 2003 Posts: 28

Sorry hbanzon, I wasnt watching this thread for replies...

I took the TomTom carkit cradle apart. The 1940 wasnt sitting down into it properly.

If you take it apart, you can see that the rather delicate connector at the bottom is perfectly capable of sliding fully into the ipaq's sync socket.

Its only a slight alignment issue that stops it. Slacken the screw that holds this connector, and clip it into the ipaq to get the alignment perfect. Tighten the screw again and check - I had about 4 attempts.

Once the cradle is rebuilt, the Ipaq should 'snap' down into place firmly.

Good luck.

Gregh,
The ipaq1940 is perfect - just get a fast SD card from panasonic or lexar.

You can hear it ok if its on the dashmount etc. You will need to have the radio at a lower volume, and stop singing to hear it. Laughing

I've never not been able to hear it when I want to. I'll turn the radio down if I want to concentrate on directions anyway.

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