How good is Sirf Star III?

ahardie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 14, 2004 Posts: 44

I am thinking of buying a Sirf Star III bluetooth receiver to replace my Fortuna clip on. The reason being that although it's OK for car navigation it is often useless for hiking. In one mode I have trouble geting a fix and in the other mode it doesn't report my position accurately.
The trouble is though, although I've searched extensively I cant find any info on whether a Sirf Star III receiver would be much of an improvement.
Has anybody used one outside the car? Does it maintain an accurate fix even under foliage cover?
I will be using it with MemoryMap.

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:31 pm Post subject:

All you need to do is switch off Static Navigation - then a SiRF III chipset is the best thing you can get for little money right now. They even grab a fix indoors, and have no trouble getting one under foliage. I'd say go for it!
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se4me · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject:

ive just bought the fortuna slim sirf III this is my first setup so im new to this, all working great i do get a fix indoors too

the thing is you dont get any intructions with it just a quick setup guide
how do i switch off Static Navigation ?

also why id there 2 power jacks conecte to the 1 power cord
thanks

se4me · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject:

oops sorry for the spelling mistakes 8O

just realised I can use the dual power cord to power the ppc aswell
using the adaptor supplied with my 4700

still need the Static Navigation question answerd
I also read somewhere that it might be possable to update the fortuna slims f/w not sure if this is possible, any ideas?

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