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Re: configure bluetooth GPS

HyperVerbal <stanmo...@gmail.com>

Thanks man I'll give this a try when i have some time...

On Feb 3, 11:13 am, GPS Geek wrote:

> On a Cingular 8125 and I assume others this is how you make it work:

> First use the Bluetooth manager to pair up your GPS unit with the
> phone.http://www.db75.com/new_blog/?p=235

> Find a registry editor and install it. I use Total Commander,http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm

> Follow the registry path described here unhide the GPS function in
> your Main Menu / Settings (Tab-System)http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/06/07/620387.aspx

> Hint: You must wait about 1 minute after you make the registry change
> before you reset the phone. Most WM5 systems use a write cache for the
> registry. If your GPS function is not shown, go to the registry path
> described above and see if it is back. If the value you deleted has
> returned, then you must wait longer before resetting the phone.

> Now go to the GPS icon in your Main Menu / Settings (Tab-System) and
> set the Program Comm port to Com1. Click on the Hardware tab and set
> the Com port to the com port used by your Bluetooth GPS unit.

> Done

> Warning! Messing with the registry should only be done by people who
> are comfortable doing it. If you are new to making registry changes,
> BACK UP YOUR DATA!!!

> On Feb 2, 5:37 pm, conwayatt wrote:

> > I have a cingular 8525 and a bluetooth GPS unit. I have a program
> > called telenav that uses the bluetooth fine, but google maps doesn't
> > seem to find the GPS reciever.

> > Is there something I am missing?- Hide quoted text -

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