Generic BT GPS & TomTom 5

[Porkspeare]

I have just bought a Generic BlueTooth GPS (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5789496346&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1) for use with TomTom 5. I successfully paired the GPS with the XDA IIs, then the problem came of getting tomtom to find it. It will not see it as a Bluetooth GPS so I have to select "Other Cable NMEA GPS", set the baud rate to 38400 and set it to COM 6.

This will work for approx 40mins before TomTom5 crashes. It then takes a soft reboot to get it working again.

Is anyone else having similar problems?

I might have to go back to TomTom3.



My device info:
ROM Version: 1.40.00 WWE (i-mate ROM)
Radio Version: 1.12.00
ExtROM Version: 1.40.176 WWE

[Porkspeare]

Well after struggling with TomTom 5 for the last time, I'm going back to TomTom 3. I believe there is a patch out there to get the TomTom 5 maps to work with 3.

[d0z3y]

I use my pda2k with tomtom 5.1 and both the Tomtom 3 bluetooth gps and a BT-338 Globalsat GPS Bluetooth Receiver .

In order to get it to work, I have to switch on bluetooth and connect to the gps manually, and then start Tomtom. Occaisonally the gps wont connect or Tomtom just wont detect the gps. I then to a soft reset, try again and it works.

I have not had to do anything clever with the Tomtom settings, in fact I think I just use the Tomtom bluetooth setting for both receivers.

If someone phones me whilst using Tomtom, after the call, tomtom does not detect the gps and I have to quit and restart.

[Porkspeare]

Well I'm back on TomTom 3 now, it's lovely and stable, the BT connect first time everytime and I can make/accept calls on my BT headset.

Perfect!

If only the boys at TomTom had put some effort in and tested 5 before releasing it.

[Vavavoom]

Hello Porkspeare,

can you tell me which version of TomTom 3 you are using and what bluetooth stack? I have the problem that I cannot use my BT headset Bluetrek G2 after installing TomTom 3.01 , even though before the TomTom install it works fine. Would be interesting to know what combination works on your machine.

Thanks

[Porkspeare]

ROM Version: 1.40.00 WWE (i-mate ROM)
BlueTooth Version: 1.0.0 Build 3900
TomTom Version: 3.03 (427)
BT Headset Ver: Blue Trek G2

Hope this helps.

[cruisin-thru]

Vavavoom, are you using the very latest bluetooth driver from tomtom for version 3..

[JanR]

I have same problem...
The problem goes away if you turn off all POIs

some say copying poi.dat from tomtom3 maps will solve it..

also seen something about a vga registry hack, havent tried any - i have just turned off poi until some solution pops up...

Jan

[Vavavoom]

Hi cruising-thru,

I don't know what you mean by "bluetooth driver for TomTom3" - can you get a seperate update for just the bluetooth driver? The only update I found was for the Navigator (3.07) and GPS (3.07). Unfortunately I can only install the GPS update. If I try to install a Navigator update higher than 3.01 TomTom tells me it cannot find a map even though it's installed and activated. My current combination is therefore Navigator 3.01 and GPS 3.07.

If there is a sperate BT update could you please tell me where to find it?

Thanx

[Vavavoom]

Thanx porkspeare,

I have the same combination except I only managed to install TomTom up to version 3.01. Maybe if I somehow manage to update to 3.03 it solves my problem. Will keep trying

Cheers