hx 4700 and tomtom 3

ruffnexx_uk2003 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 07, 2004 Posts: 1

for those of you who purrchased ipaq 4700 and tried to make tt3 work to no avail,... Sad

a solution is at hand! i tried everything for a few days culminating in sleepless nights and a whole heap of frustration ....it seems the problem is the gps software which seems to set the bt serial port to 5, i downloaded tomtom gps version 2.24 and loaded it then from the gps screen selected bt serial port 8 and eureka! it worked... :D and has been fine for days. make sure you tick the box for automatic pairing.

sdharris · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 6:39 pm Post subject:

Also don't forget this patch http://www.pocketpc-club.nl./content.php?id=3441 which forces the com port to com8 instead of com5 so that TomTom 3 and other apps can use it.

lucbu · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 16, 2004 Posts: 1

The patch works well. Thanks for this nice solution. :P

dazednotconfused · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 10, 2004 Posts: 18

This may be a little off topic as above but I've been using a 4700 with TTN3.03 and wired TT gps unit with absolutely no problems at all...I've just installed a program called SE_VGA which allows true VGA viewing. When TTN is running in 'true' VGA and landscape mode, the map and navigator views are fantastic!! Does anyone know of a car mount that allows horizontal / landscape viewing? thanks

jackfrost · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 22, 2004 Posts: 1

Thanks for the details on the patch. My dutch is trash and altavista didnt translate too well.. Can you tell me what you have to do with this file

Br Sad

japester36 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 23

You just copy the patch to your iPAQ and then run it from File Explorer by opening it. Follow this by a soft reset and voila, one extra option for Bluetooth on COM8: in GPS 3.03.

I use NMEA 0183v2 Bluetooth as the GPS selection in combination with the COM8: option.

On the first connect with TT after pairing to my Fortuna ClipON I checked the automatic connection option when it asked which Bluetooth connection to use and ever since it has been fully automatic.

Hope this helps.

John
PS I forgot to do the soft reset and thought it hadn't worked..... remembered after 10 mins and then it all worked fine.
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Kaiser WM6 & TT6 with TomTom Wirelss GPS II
iPAQ hx4700, Holux GM-210, TomTom Wireless GPS, (TTN1, TTN2, TTN3), TTN5, Maps of GB, Maps of Western Europe, Maps of USA, Traffic.

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