Please help a newbie

[davebear]

Bought my first GPS - HI203-e I have a thinkpad but I want to connect the GPS to my IPAQ 5550 - I have the correct charger and cable but cannot work out from the manual how I make the work - what do I need to do to have the GPS recognised by my pocket pc and active

Please anyone who wnats to feel good help me out

[Dave]

Use NMEA 4800.

[davebear]

so when I plug the GPS intio the IPAQ how do I set it to NMEA ? Im at at the stage of not uinderstanduing how drivers are installed onto the IPAQ, is that done via activesync with my laptop - im feeling really like a brginner here - and im reasonably technical for a home user !

[kiwiruss]

I have a 5455 and a h303s so I'll try to assist.

The cd that came with the haicom has a utility on it that you need to install on your pda.

once installed, run the util on your pda with the gps connected. it will tell you if your getting a fix and if everythings working ok.

Then you need to get a good map program and a real big sd memory card.
I use destinator 3 and have a 1gig sd card in my 5455. (I can only cram 3-4 zones on it though. If you want the whowl USA on iy you'ss need a 2 gig sd card !

Destinator is good but expensive. my father in law uses pocket map navigator which is ok and a little cheaper.

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