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Don't know if anyone else here has tried this workaround at all?
Using the remove programs in settings or activesync, remove Tomtom Bluetooth GPS Support (or whatever it's called).
Instead of setting up TT5 to use "Other Bluetooth GPS", set it up to use "Other Cable NMEA GPS".
Set the GPS Baud rate to 9600 or 19200 (both work fine for me).
Then set the COM port to "Bluetooth Serial Port COM6:" (or whatever your outgoing port number is for your BT GPS device.
The only downside is that you have to turn BT on manually before you start TT5 but it doesn't disconnect BT when it exits.
Used this setting on 3 different roads which lately caused me no end of lock-ups and not once has it happened. I think the problem is with Tomtoms bluetooth support drivers, constant problems with them since TT3.
I've only used this for 3 days and 400 miles but everything seems to be fine up to now, including traffic...........we'll see.
TT5
Did your TT5 load onto the XDA with no problems?
I have an XDA IIi and it loaded on no problems at all.
I have an XDA IIi and it loaded on no problems at all.
Great suggestion. I was getting really fed-up with TT5 and about to give up on it. Just back from France/Switzerland where it kept freezing, useless.
Simply uninstalled the TT GPS Support as suggested and used the existing BT Partnership with the TT Receiver and hey presto ... TT running smoothly again, shame I'm back in the UK on roads I know!
Does not work for me. But well worth a try.
This is doing my head in now £200 worth of TomTom software and dongle and unusable with the phone on!
arh help please
I have a problem with my XDA11 whilst trying to upgrade my navigator 3 software to navigator 5......
After I load the main program upgrade and then try to install the map disc one my pc ( desk top XP Profesional os ) it come up with tempory folder full, does'nt say if it it the pc or the xda11.
I have gone into all the temp folders on the pc and emptied them and it had not resolved the problem and I cant find any in the search function on the XDA
Any ideas??
Its a genuine copy of the Tom Tom software as well and there are no contact details on there sites including e-mail links
Regards Lee
there are known issues with Bluetooth device support using TomTom5, i was advised to use the 'Other Cable NMEA GPS' option when connecting a non TomTom bluetooth GPS unit.
also, i connected at the baud rate recommended by the manufacturer which i think was 9600, this worked fine without removing any parts of the software but meant manual switch off of Bluetooth in my MDA after use.
in addition to this, the Bluetooth connection issues with non TomTom GPS units should be resolved in the 5.10 upgrade, just installed it and re-paired an MDA3 to the Globalsat GPS receiver...it now auto switches off Bluetooth after use and the connection can be made using 'Other Bluetooth Receiver'.
another bonus of the 5.10 update is the keyboard shows on the display without having to use the hardware keyboard on the MDA...lovely.
for more info:
How to manually configure TomTom NAVIGATOR 5 for Bluetooth GPS receivers.
answer to last question about free memory during install problem can be found here:
When I install the TomTom NAVIGATOR 5 Upgrade the following error occurs: - Not enough free space occurs on temporary folder. Cannot run Setup
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Thanks for the link dont know how I missed that....
Only problem now is when I tap Start etc there is no Run command to enter the %......% command line
I tried the search in explorer option with no results any ideas?
Sorry I'm not the brightest lamp on the planet
you are tapping Start on your PC right?
maybe the 'Run' command has been disabled or does not appear in your Start menu because it's been disabled.
are you the Administrator of your PC? are you running XP?
you may have to go into 'Control Panel', 'Taskbar and Start Menu', Start Menu tab and choose 'Classic Start menu'
trying to cover as many bases here so you can make some headway without too much back an forth as i'm signing off now....if you can get to the 'Run' command on your PC then you'll be able to solve the problem and proceed with the fix from the TomTom site.
good luck.
I have had so much trouble with satnav on pda's, especially with bluetooth that although I have xda 1 with wired gps and spv M1000 with bluetooth gps I have just boght a Mitac Mio 269 dedicated gps system. It has a 2.5 gb hard drive, 500 megs for mp3, the whole of europe, which is millions of miles, preinstalled on the system. Comes with remote and different mounts and has sd card expansion. Obviously it isnt any good for phone calls or word processing etc but it gives me peace of mind when travelling as I have zero sense of direction and very little patience. I still leave my other gps in the car though, as a backup. :shock:
I have had so much triouble with satnav on pda's, especially with bluetooth that although I have xda 1 with wired gps and spv M1000 with bluetooth gps I have just boght a Mitac Mio 269 dedicated gps system. It has a 2.5 gb hard drive, 500 megs for mp3, the whole of europe, which is millions of miles, preinstalled on the system. Comes with remote and different mounts and has sd card expansion. Obviously it isnt any good for phone calls or word processing etc but it gives me peace of mind when travelling as I have zero sense of direction and very little patience. I still leave my other gps in the car though, as a backup. :shock:
Thanks
Decoy-7
Many thanks I told you I wasn't to bright you hit the nail on the head with the ( PC comment ) I was looking for the run command on the XDA11...
deleted the exe and evrything is loading up as we speak....
thanks again for your patientence....
Crusin-thru' I can see why you have gone your route its a lot less trouble I just use mine now as a back up phone because I spend a lot of time away from home and just simply use a Nokia 6680 on 3G.....
Also since I stopped using the XDA11 as a phone the pda doesn't keep resetting itself every ten minutes like it did!!
cash_13,
it happens to the best of us...had to think about it myself, instructions on the TomTom site could have been more specific saving many people a lot of time...but you dont always realise this until you have to follow the instructions yourself....glad you got it sorted now.
Hi there, I have an XDA2 and a bluetooth gps reciever I bought off ebay.
I loaded tomtom software but do not know how to connect the gps to the tomtom software.
Please help step by step.
Cheers!
Please,,,, I really dont get it.
I have bonded them but then i go into tomtom and tell it I have a bluetooth reciever and it comes up with loads of things saying like com4, com5 etc...
Heya
First step is to pair the GPS and Phone. This is done in the usual way. Once you have set this up once you will only need to "start the device" in Bluetooth manager.
Second. Go into Tom Tom, which if its anything like mine, will take maybe 20seconds to start and appear to of done nothing.
Change Preferences->
Show GPS Device->
(assuming its not showing) Configure->
Select "Bluetooth GPS" by scrolling through the options
You will then be asked to select your "Bluetooth Serial Port...." This is where you will need to play a bit and get the right one. I only have two listed so it only took me a few minutes but, be patient with it .... it may take a minute or two to start pulling in data.
Hope this helps and good luck!
I also run TT5 and a Bluetooth GPS (GlobalSat BT388) and I can never get the damn things to sconnect using the Bluetooth setting.
This is the way I sorted it:
1) use Bluetooth Manager to 'discover' your BT device (the GPS)
2) Pair your Device in Bluetooth Manager.
3) Start TomTom (ideally updated to 5.1 or 5.21), select Prefs...GPS Device...Configure and select "Other Serial" and NOT Bluetooth.
4) now select the Bluetooth port (try com6 first, then com5 if offered, you should be able to spot the GPS in the list) I find 3800 baud speed works perfectly for me.
You know you've struck gold when the little wheel starts spinning (it helps to have got a lock with the GPS as this is set up) so if no joy after 15 seconds, select configure again & have another try with a different "Other Serial" port (there should be TWO BT serial ports in the list)
once this is set and it's receiving GPS info, click done and go back to the main Nav screen
Rest awhile & bask in the glory of now knowing yr position 8)
Finally, Exit the program in the normal way, give the PDA a couple of seconds, then start it up again, after it loads it WILL say "No GPS Device!" - DONT PANIC...after a short delay (10-30 seconds depending on the speed of yr device) it should automatically connect to the GPS)
Hope this helps - Joe
P.S. I have to turn my Bluetooth ON before starting TT5, as it doesnt seem to do this automatically like with my old FSC600, but I believe there are BT programs out there that can automatically do that, but seems a lot of extra stuff for what is, after all, two stylus taps from the Today screen! - JP
if you updat eto the lastest version then you can use other bluetooth if not id use other wired also if an xda2 and not an i then have a look at pocket bluetooth tool this will change the comport to com 7 if memory serves correct
Still wont connect, am clicking on all the comms......
Hi guys, I have a problem connecting a bt gps with Pocket map. I worked with Pocketap last year under wm2003se and it worked fine. It has a feature to search for your GPS device and it fids it within seconds. It doesn't work with wm2005. It only offers few com ports (1,2,3,6,and 9), but whenever I try to connect one of these com ports I get the same message "the com port could not be dreated. please check your settings and try again".
Does anyone have a solution please?
I'm not using Pocket map, but did you check if you haven't assigned your com ports already?
Installed the GPS by pairing it, selecting a free port. Then changed the GPS settings by selecting GPS under Settings -> System. Here you must select the same com port. Under the Access tab make sure that the Manage GPS automatically option is on. TT now automatically finds my GPS for me.......
My BT GPS mouse is connected to com4 and I can connect to 5 or 8, but none of them or seen by pocketmap. I can use these ports in TT5, but not in pocketmap. I need com 6 or 9! But if you try with bluetooth connection you (I) cannot connect with these ports, only 4,5 or 8!
I had the same problem
I had exactly the same problem.
I finally solved the problem by hard-resetting the device (power button + camera button + record button and the reset switch). Also clean then your registry (look for hard resetting wm2005 on xda-developers).
After that i was ably to assign the com-port for the bt-gps. (com 5) in my case.
and tomtom 5 works with my GPS (bt-gps).
good luck!
Martin Temmink
http://www.vrisned.com
Com ports
Thx for the response, but this is not working . I can connect to com4,5 or8 and I am working with TT5 since last year, but I can not connect to com6,7,9 which I need for my American pocketmap navigator.
I've recently installed navigator 6.01 with European maps. I'm assuming that the installation has taken effect ok as it has let me set my home location and the map for this displays ok, but I cant seem to get the sat nav working. tomtom asks me to select the gps device, and their isn't an option for 'built in' devices. I've tried selecting each of the devices within the menu that comes up (bluetooth device, wired device, etc), but selecting any of these is not working. Any ideas?
Cheers
James
badassmcfunk said:
I've recently installed navigator 6.01 with European maps. I'm assuming that the installation has taken effect ok as it has let me set my home location and the map for this displays ok, but I cant seem to get the sat nav working. tomtom asks me to select the gps device, and their isn't an option for 'built in' devices. I've tried selecting each of the devices within the menu that comes up (bluetooth device, wired device, etc), but selecting any of these is not working. Any ideas?
Cheers
James
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Try Other NMEA GPS Type, Max Baud Rate and COM4
You should use V6.032.
There you have an option in the gps device selection for the internal GPS of the cruise.
This ist the version which comes with the orbit 2.
TDO
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Try Other NMEA GPS Type, Max Baud Rate and COM4
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Nice one! Just got it working. Many thanks!
morning/afternoon/evening all
Recent got a Find X2 pro (had an S20 but was the worse phone i've had in years).... in general enjoying the phone but having issues with Android Auto (seen quite a few posts on AA but not my issue)
phone connects to bluetooth fine and makes/recieves calls without issues.... Plug my phone in to the cars usb (Citroen C3 18 plate) and it goes into charge only mode, maps then is offline but Spotify is online as normal , change the connection to file transfer/Android Auto it disconnects and relaunches AA but now maps is online and spotify is in offline mode.
Not had an issue with any other phone i've used with my car but this one is very temperamental.. i could switch to Sygic maps instead but rather carry on with the google maps.
Phone is updated to color V11 CPH2025CPW_11_c.68
any help would be great
have considered a factory reset as did a transfer from my Samsung last time
seem to have found the issue. done a factory reset
After being on wifi in my house, wifi is still in range when i plug into my car, once i drive off even though i usually have 3g/4g/4g+ signals it keeps offline until it seems i turn my screen on so might be another keep screen on job