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PJ.zook
03-06-2007, 05:55 PM
Gday, my brother just gave me an ipaq HX4700 with tomtom already on it. I need a bluetooth gps unit for it tho. Did a bit of a search and seems the qstarz unit is favoured. Are they the best to use?
Im looking on ebay and wondering why the price seems to vary from $69 to $109 for what seems to be teh exact same unit?
Emo
03-06-2007, 06:30 PM
Gday, my brother just gave me an ipaq HX4700 with tomtom already on it. I need a bluetooth gps unit for it tho. Did a bit of a search and seems the qstarz unit is favoured. Are they the best to use?
Im looking on ebay and wondering why the price seems to vary from $69 to $109 for what seems to be teh exact same unit?


I've had a qstarz for a few weeks now and it's great. Highly recommended.
hillbilly123
03-06-2007, 08:02 PM
This one is really good Even works in your pocket or glovebox

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BT-338-BT338-SiRF-Star-III-Bluetooth-GPS-Receiver_W0QQitemZ160122899953QQihZ006QQcategoryZ3 4290QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem:thumb:
Jules @ Aawen4x4
03-06-2007, 09:45 PM
PJ.zook,

The reason for the different prices is usually the shipping from hong kong, if they are the indeed the same unit carefully calculate the different costs involved in shipping, you may be surprised. Otherwise most of these units are essentially the same, the chipset in each of the recievers is the important part, most are SirfStarII or SirfStarIII but there are a couple of others out there.

The really important thing the check is the sensitivity rating as far as I can see the qstarz' is -158dBm and the SirfStarIII is -159dBm so roughly the same. What this equates to is how little signal is necessary for the GPS to keep an active lock on the satellites.

Jules @ Aawen 4x4
PJ.zook
03-06-2007, 09:56 PM
Ok thanks for that everyone
PJ.zook
05-06-2007, 10:02 PM
Well i went and picked up one of the qstarz units today, seems to work alright, will give more info when i take it out this weekend.
Anyone know of any decent holders i can screw into the dash to hold the ipaq?
Emo
06-06-2007, 01:31 PM
Well i went and picked up one of the qstarz units today, seems to work alright, will give more info when i take it out this weekend.
Anyone know of any decent holders i can screw into the dash to hold the ipaq?


Do a Google search for Ram mounts. They're probably the best around.
tempestv8
06-06-2007, 02:46 PM
You can also find mounts here:

http://www.bitdistribution.com.au/?stg=7
PJ.zook
20-06-2007, 07:34 AM
Thanks for that guys, will look into it
PJ.zook
20-06-2007, 07:58 PM
Found a car mount and in car charger for the hx4700 for under $50, bargain.
http://www.expansys.com.au/p.aspx?i=135603

EDIT: Even better for pocket change more http://www.expansys.com.au/p.aspx?i=147484&sbadd=147484