Can i put a 32 channel bluetooth reciever under my dash?

Ultra_Extreme · 22 Aug 2006 at 23:33

Hi all, currently using an Ipaq with jacket for GPS, but what with 32CH recievers that dont need a dirct visual line to the sky to work available on ebay for 30 odd squids i was wondering about mounting one under the dash.

Id wire it directly to the car electrics obviously, then have my PDA in a cradle bluetoother to it.

Anyone done this? do 32ch recievers really work without line of sight?

surely someone here has tried

[TW]Fox · 22 Aug 2006 at 23:37

I use my Holux GPSlim236 receiver all over the plate, glovebox, under dash, under passenger seat after being hurled across the car following a sharp turn, etc etc - always works fine.

Ultra_Extreme · 22 Aug 2006 at 23:38

[TW]Fox said:
I use my Holux GPSlim236 receiver all over the plate, glovebox, under dash, under passenger seat after being hurled across the car following a sharp turn, etc etc - always works fine.

ooo thats the one im bidding on, is it any good? (sounds to be)

mightynimrod · 22 Aug 2006 at 23:39

Same thing here mate, got mine velcro'd under my parcel shelf hard wired in.

Can take a while to lock on to satellite but hardly ever drops signal.

[TW]Fox · 22 Aug 2006 at 23:41

Ultra_Extreme said:
ooo thats the one im bidding on, is it any good? (sounds to be)

Yes, it's absolutely brilliant and I cannot fault it. I had a Polstar PBT-111 but was SO impressed with the Holux I bought one after seeing how good it was..

DannyDan · 22 Aug 2006 at 23:52

My TomTom one works in the passenger footwell, not too sure how its meant to see satellites from down there but it works

jpmonkey69 · 23 Aug 2006 at 09:55

Would I need this if I wanted GPS in my car (on my PDA)?

or do you need one even if you have a tomtom unit ?

FTM · 23 Aug 2006 at 10:01

if you have a bluetooth enabled PDA then a bluetooth gps receiverworks fine

I have an ipaq rx3715 and bought the same gps receiver as the guys above

works fine from the glovebox or from my sunglasses storage box on top of the dash..

I bought the tom tom 5.21 software from ebay as well

Hate · 23 Aug 2006 at 10:01

damn, i always thought you needed line of sight

Ultra_Extreme · 23 Aug 2006 at 10:36

Hate said:
damn, i always thought you needed line of sight

you do with older ones, my 8ch GPS jacket loses signal if i put my hand on the antennae lol

jpmonkey69 · 23 Aug 2006 at 15:18

FTM said:
if you have a bluetooth enabled PDA then a bluetooth gps receiverworks fine

I have an ipaq rx3715 and bought the same gps receiver as the guys above

works fine from the glovebox or from my sunglasses storage box on top of the dash..

I bought the tom tom 5.21 software from ebay as well

So all I'd need is:

PDA with B/T capabilities.
GPS Reciever
TomTom software?

Scottland · 23 Aug 2006 at 18:35

[TW]Fox said:
Yes, it's absolutely brilliant and I cannot fault it. I had a Polstar PBT-111 but was SO impressed with the Holux I bought one after seeing how good it was..

I also upgraded mind from a Polstar, and it is much better.

Once thing I have noticed though, is that sometimes I will turn it on and it will not get signal for love nor money. Yet if I leave it with the battery out for ~5 mins it picks it up within about a minute?

Mine might be a dodgy unit, but 90% of the time it's fine. Bargain for ~£40 from the bay too.