TomTom Navigator 5 on a MDA Compact III

rmarshp · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 14, 2005 Posts: 4

Hi. I've been running TT Nav 5 on my MDA Compact III happily for some months. Only complaint is that it sometimes takes an inordinate amount of time to lock on to a signal.
However the phone recently locked up completely, after which TT couldn't locate a GPS device. Can anybody out there with a similar HTC variant advise what configuration settings I should choose (GPS hardware, port etc).
I forgot what I set it to by trial and error last time. It's working but takes 15 mins to burst into life. Phil
Sad

mikealder · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:52 am Post subject:

Other NMEA GPS device
Baud rate 9600
Comm 4

Also have you recently updated the aGPS by downloading new data, keeping this upto date every three days help with quicker gps signal acquisition - Mike

rmarshp · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 14, 2005 Posts: 4

Thanks .Tried that but there isn't a comm 4 option. just com7 com9 GPS Port com0 com2 & Serial Port.

mikealder · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:28 am Post subject:

Have you been messing with the GPS applet on the phone? Start/ Settings_System Tab/ External GPS

GPS program Port "COM4"
Hardware Port (None) Baud Rate 9600
Access Manage GPS Automatically ticked

With the above settings dialed into the phone, go back to TomTom GPS setup and re-select as I defined above - what version of TomTom Navigator have you got on the device? - Mike

rmarshp · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 14, 2005 Posts: 4

mikealder · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject:

Moving off before your GPS receiver has acquired a signal will compound the problem of time to first fix, it should only take around 30 seconds to achieve this when stationary, switch the unit on as you leave the house, by the time you set off it will have worked out where it is - Mike

rmarshp · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 14, 2005 Posts: 4

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