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wibbly
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| Dave wrote: | | I haven't produced any exhaustive tests, but have been getting at least 7 hours use out of them |
Does it look like a proprietary battery, or a standard mobile phone one (eg Nokia)?
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wibbly
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave wrote: | | If you're using the Fortuna in XTrac mode and it's XT1 then it will be better. |
As part of an in-car solution, would you rate it better than the Fortuna clip-on at the moment.
Price ~ same
Battery life ~ same
Size - Fortuna has slight advantage
Design - Fortuna older but more "developed" (firmaware update already available), Holux more state of the art, but maybe less stable at, the moment
Build quality - Holux a little better?
Performance - Holux a little better (one review [not here] *suggests* XTRAC mode automatically comes on only when required???).
Any insights? Holux would *seem* to be the better compromise...
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forumhound
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Well, mine is currently on charge...
I read somewhere that the battery is the same as a Nokia mobile phone.. which phones take this type of battery ?? |
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Dave
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| It's close to a Nokia battery, although I don't have one to hand. |
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forumhound
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| Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| right.. I'll do some research...would be handy to have a spare |
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Mapwalker
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| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Did someone find out which Nokia battery can be used in the GR 231? |
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forumhound
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| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Well I haven't yet.. currently battling TomTom to let me activate my Navigator 3 Software on my Ipaq 2210... they will not give me an activation code. |
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wibbly
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| Mapwalker wrote: | | Did someone find out which Nokia battery can be used in the GR 231? |
I spotted this thread. Holux tech support claim it's "- battery is the same as Nokia 7X/8X series - but the HOLUX battery can withstand greater temperature such as is typically found on the dashboard of cars!"
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=10516 |
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Mapwalker
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:19 am Post subject: |
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One more question before I buy a RD-231:
Is the BT-connection really stable?
On gpspassion.com a few people are suggesting ther could be a problem with it.  |
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wibbly
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:23 am Post subject: |
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GR-231 Bluetooth connection is rock-solid for me...
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davast
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I have used the GR231 with my iPAQ 2210 for two weeks now & never lost the blutooth connection. I now need to find out how I can hard wire the GR231 into my car's electrics and leave it permantly switched on, on the rear parcel shelf. |
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Mapwalker
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| Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for your answers, I definetely want to buy one now. |
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wibbly
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| davast wrote: | | I now need to find out how I can hard wire the GR231 into my car's electrics and leave it permantly switched on, on the rear parcel shelf. |
The issues seems to be to figure out how to stop it powering down by itself when there's no Bluetooth connection. It *may* be that it detects external power to prevent this... Not that this would help someone using a serial cable when running off batteries
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rome13
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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| i have a dell x30 and i keep losing bt connections with mine?ne1 able to help? |
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Lobo
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| wibbly wrote: | | Mapwalker wrote: | | Did someone find out which Nokia battery can be used in the GR 231? |
I spotted this thread. Holux tech support claim it's "- battery is the same as Nokia 7X/8X series - but the HOLUX battery can withstand greater temperature such as is typically found on the dashboard of cars!"
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=10516 |
I can confirm that the 8850 batt (BLB-2) is identical to the one in the GR-231 except for being 3.6 instead of 3.7V. Worked fine though. |
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