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TomTom and HP IPAQ. How do I use it without a GPS connected?
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| jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk 2007-03-13, 10:33 am |
| TomTom and HP IPAQ. How do I use it without a GPS connected?
seems like a strange question!
What I mean is. As soon as it starts a thing pops up asking me to
connect.
I just want to add a favourite, which involves trying to find a
place.
But every few seconds the thing pops up asking me to connect.
I guess maybe configuring it to the wrong GPS (to bluetooth gps
instead of 'other nmea gps), may stop the thing popping up. But, seems
a bit ridiculous. Or I could use it with the GPS. But, any other way?
I have other software - memory map. Which tries to connect, I press
cancel and it gets the message. TomTom doesn't.
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| Jack Erbes 2007-03-13, 10:33 pm |
| jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> TomTom and HP IPAQ. How do I use it without a GPS connected?
>
> seems like a strange question!
>
> What I mean is. As soon as it starts a thing pops up asking me to
> connect.
> I just want to add a favourite, which involves trying to find a
> place.
>
> But every few seconds the thing pops up asking me to connect.
>
> I guess maybe configuring it to the wrong GPS (to bluetooth gps
> instead of 'other nmea gps), may stop the thing popping up. But, seems
> a bit ridiculous. Or I could use it with the GPS. But, any other way?
>
> I have other software - memory map. Which tries to connect, I press
> cancel and it gets the message. TomTom doesn't.
I used TT 5 on an iPAQ for a while but am not using it any longer. Does
it not have an Advance Planning choice? That will let you select a
destination. Then, as soon as it has a NMEA input and is ready it will
start navigating.
I finally got into the habit of using it with the receiver attached
(even in the house) to do any planning. I nearly always wanted to
create an Itinerary in order to control routing and I couldn't plan the
routes and see them with having the GPS input.
Once I got into the habit of creating Favorites for all the via points I
used in nearly all my Itineraries, planning and saving itineraries
became the primary way I used it. It was usually easier to open one of
the saved itineraries and modify it to create a new one than it was to
do the same thing from scratch.
Having the GPS receiver attached and with a fix, made it all a lot
easier. I was using a cabled receivers, an Altina and then later a
Rikaline.
Jack
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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA (jackerbes at adelphia dot net)
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine dot com)
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