AudiPartner Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 I've got an Ipaq 1940 and a bluetooth TomTom receiver but can't get it working. When I try and set a destination it says it won't start the guidance until the GPS position is reliable. How do I do this?? On the screen of my Ipaq there is a little square on the bottom left with a power plug with a red cross over it. Is it telling me it needs to be plugged in to a power source? I'm running both devices off their own battery's, relying on bluetooth for communication (I don't do leads). Whats its beef?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 ok bluetooth can be a pain in the ass to get working , 1st have you set up a 'pairing' with tomtom and gps reciever ? is this a tomtom reciever or an ebay one ? when its paired do the following reset the PDA, turn on the gps reciever , now turn on the PDA go to blueooth and see if the two are communicating ( you will see data going between the two ) next go to tomtom and chose preferences , then go to gps and you will see the graphs of sats' are they all there ? you will need to see the graphs and have one or two 'in the red' to get a strong signal, id bet that the 2 devices are not 'talking to each other ' as yet so this part is not working , let me know how you get on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Right I've managed to get them paired, and when you look at the bluetooth manager it shows the two as connected. It doesn't show data being transmitted though. So it would seem they're connected, just not communicating. Got no sign of any "red" on the graphs either. Oh, its a tomtom receiver, not an Ebay one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 [ QUOTE ] let me know how you get on ! [/ QUOTE ] Ok, I will (well, I did!!). But don't dissappear!! Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 ok if they are paired ,click on it and chose connect, then in bluetooth manager are they showing as communicationg ? you need to set the tomtom as an 'authorised' device so it pairs automatically , when its shown as connected start tomtom and check then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted July 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 In the TomTom book it says that after setting the bluetooth connection, which I have done, I need to modify the properties of the software on the PDA. I need to choose the "NMEA protocol". Problem is, when I go to GPS status, where it gives me the option to do this there are several NMEA 0183v2 to choose from. They appear to have a speed next to them, eg. NMEA 0183v2 9400, and NMEA 0183v2 33000 etc then there's one called NMEA 0183v2 BLUETOOTH. I chose this one. To the left of the window which displays this there is a big "check box" thing that when you click, a tick appears. It suggests that it should be ticked to enable the chosen protocol. As soon as I tick this box the ipaq goes tits up. It locks up, runs really slow, and generaly can't be used. I've changed the NMEA thing to different ones but as soon as the box is ticked it locks up again. Getting pretty fecked off with it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 mmm not sure about that is this TT5 ? i did not have to do anythign like that ... when you start the program it will ask you which reciever you are using , you just click on the bluetooth one... thats all i needed to do ! just get the pda and the reciever talking to each other , then install TOMTOM do the update from the website then power tomtom up , it should run though the config 1st time its run, sounds like you have a probem just re install it , dont remove the maps , just the porg and it wont take more than a few mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted July 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Right, deleted everything and started again. This time with TOMTOM5!! All its saying now is "No vaild GPS signal". Why not???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Apologies if this causes offence but you're not trying this indoors are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted July 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Not such a daft question... I was, so then I went in to the conservatory, but still no joy. Do I have to be outside? Figured the conservatory was as good as being in a car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 are you getting the items paired and the communication between the two showing ? in tomtom the little yellow and green signal will spin if they are ' talking to each other' regardless of how the bars look . It may work in doors but i found it only really worked well outside... if anything open a window and put it outside , just make sure you are within 5 feet or so of it and it should still work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 You really need to be outside, it can work in a conservatory but it depends on the glass you have aswell. Dangle the GPS sensor out of the window should do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Its working, its working!! Its the tits mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 lol right what were you doing wrong ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Since I upgraded to TT5, all I was doing wrong was sitting indoors!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 grrr so my hard writen advice was usless lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 ahem...Told ya. ner ner ne ner ner ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 i just cant belive anyone is would try and use it indoors lol its like when peopel phone up in IT you spend hours trying to solve the porblem then just realise the cleaner has pulled the keyboard plug out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 I would have no expectation of receiving a GPS signal indoors. Can you imagine how surprised I was when 'bench' testing my RNS-E on the upstairs landing (totally internal - no windows) - I plugged in the GPS antenna just for the h*ll of it and it immediately found six satellites, and gave a fix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 must admit mine does work at home upstairs and at work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted July 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] i just cant belive anyone is would try and use it indoors [/ QUOTE ] Good point... Badly made!! [ QUOTE ] must admit mine does work at home upstairs and at work ! [/ QUOTE ] In my defence, I did try it in the conservatory and I did try it upstairs, sat by the window, with the receiver on the outside window sill!! So feck off you lot, I'm not an idiot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 lol i think we all are for trying to help ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted July 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] lol i think we all are for trying to help ! [/ QUOTE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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