BT-338 from Ebay

schander · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 09, 2005 Posts: 4

Hi,

Has anyone bought one of these from Ebay. They seem to be going for about £100 as opposed to the £130 from the normal online shops. Some of those on Ebay are UK sellers.

Anyone else bought from Ebay??/

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StevenGourlay · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:36 pm Post subject:

never used one so i am affraid i cannot comment but they look big Laughing

ooks close to the size of the PDA which is the pic looks like an imate jam from the imate below sorry for the size of the link straight from google.

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gpspassion.com/pics/ss3/1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp%3Ftopic_id%3D23895&h=480&w=640&sz=83&tbnid=x5FwPsCwr70J:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&hl=en&start=5&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbt%2B338%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
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Realist · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 29, 2005 Posts: 10

Im using one purchased from Ebay for £117 with postage. Works great with my 6630.

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StevenGourlay · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject:

what you think of the size of the GPS is it bigger than your phone?
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schander · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 09, 2005 Posts: 4

Steven,

What are your using? What would you recommend?

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StevenGourlay · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:01 pm Post subject:

At present I am testing a Holux 236 with sirf 3. I would recommend this product as it is compact and does get a lock fast. I got a lock on the dashboard then put it in the glove box of the a Ford Focus and it still held the GPS signal for sometime. Really am impressed as I work in the industry I see a lot of different products coming through some good and some not so good. I don’t know how much they will be selling for but I would recommend you look at the 236 before you buy anything.
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HellFire · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 25, 2004 Posts: 126

I got my 338 from ebay for £84 including delivery and I’m very pleased with it

StevenGourlay · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:24 am Post subject:

how many sats do you pick up in average.
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HellFire · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 25, 2004 Posts: 126

8 - 10 sats

footman · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:41 am Post subject:

got mine from vita system on ebay. generally the 338 is great, had a hiccup the other day when testing it out on memorymap, wouldnt get a fix during a 30 minute walk.
I thought I would have to do a factory reset, but it righted itself.

HellFire · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 25, 2004 Posts: 126

30 minutes that’s strange why it would take so long even in the house it wouldn’t take more than a minute

footman · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:53 am Post subject:

it is odd. Ive just turned it on now and its sitting by my window..ahh its just fixed. took about 2 minutes. I think I'll give it a factory reset and see if it improves.

HellFire · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 25, 2004 Posts: 126

If its been off for a long time then 2 minutes seems normal but if it ever takes anything like 30 mins then maybe its faulty because I know in the holux 236 theirs a few early ones that take a long time to get a fix something to do with a dodgy firmware I think

footman · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject:

Ive just put it back to factory settings its on fire now!! (not literally)

LostAtSea · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject:

In reference to the size comments, I have a BT338 (bought off ebay - Zabara1) and I have an MDA compact.

The GPS is about 60% of the size of the MDA, although a lot deeper. It is the same width as an Sony T610, and 2/3 the length (but twice the depth).

GPS works fine (6 sats when indoors), and delivery was quick too - with tracking etc.

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