Guest nedge2k Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 [teaser] BT GPS receivers are all much of a muchness these days. Sure they're getting smaller, more accurate and some even come with the ability to datalog but unfortunately most are ugly and rather, well, bland. Now, although the Qstarz receiver is a mere 2 inches square (59x44x21mm) and has a 20 channel SiRF Star III chipset with a 12 hour battery life, it almost falls into the bland category. Almost, that is, if it weren't for the addition of none other than an FM transmitter and, as some of you will know, short range FM transmitters have just been legalised in the UK :D Specs after the jump:[/teaser] • Adopt SiRF Star III chipset • 20-Channel GPS Receiver for fast acquisition and reacquisition • The compact GPS receiver with stylish design • Smart power saving and support 12 hours usage • High sensitivity (to -159dBm) • Excellent performance - Cold/Warm/Hot start time: 42/38/1 sec. (average) • Support standard NMEA-0183 at 4800 ~ 38400 bps baud rate • Compatible with Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP) in 10m wirelessly Another handy feature to note here is that the BT-Q920 charges via miniUSB meaning you can use the bundled car charger to charge your device as well (if your device is miniUSB too that is), cutting down on extra wires! Hmmm....time for a review me thinks? :) Product Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kallisti Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Not being funny, but what exactly does the FM transmitter transmit? Has it just got a stereo jack to connect an ipod or something? For what it's worth, I think the best advance on the in-car GPS units are those that turn off when not used and have a solar panel to charge themselves. MEans you can leave it on the dash completely unattached and just press the on button when you need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nedge2k Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Yeh, the basic idea is that you plug it into your iPod / Phone / PSP etc. and tune your radio into the transmitting frequency. Can be very handy :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sp00k Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 ......... For what it's worth, I think the best advance on the in-car GPS units are those that turn off when not used and have a solar panel to charge themselves. MEans you can leave it on the dash completely unattached and just press the on button when you need it. Not in this city you can't! You'd quickly gain a smashed window or a busted door-lock... and lose a GPS unit! Some drivers have taken to removing all goodies and leaving the glove-box open to show the smash-and-grab morons that there's nothing worth taking... Nice, convenient idea though, if only it were practical! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nedge2k Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Some drivers have taken to removing all goodies and leaving the glove-box open to show the smash-and-grab morons that there's nothing worth taking... Yep, thats what most people have to do these days - depending on where you live. Be nice if Eten / HTC could come up with a device with an FM tansmitter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Metoo Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Yep, thats what most people have to do these days - depending on where you live. In our neck of the woods, the scrotes even look for the ring mark left by the windscreen sucker mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest looeee Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 is the idea that as well as the gps, you pair the audio like you would with a headset which it retransmits over fm so you can hear tomtom and music at the same time? looeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nedge2k Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 With this one you connect it to the headphone socket but an A2DP FM transmitter would have been cool. Actually, I can't confirm that either way at the moment. It's possible that you could connect to it via A2DP as the transmitter part is connected to the reciever via miniUSB. However, if that is the case then it'll be a world's first as currently there are no A2DP FM transmitters on the market (not counting addons for certain Parrot car kits). No, whats more likely is that it'll just connect to the headphone socket but hopefully I'll know more soon :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikeeey Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 With this one you connect it to the headphone socket but an A2DP FM transmitter would have been cool. Actually, I can't confirm that either way at the moment. It's possible that you could connect to it via A2DP as the transmitter part is connected to the reciever via miniUSB. However, if that is the case then it'll be a world's first as currently there are no A2DP FM transmitters on the market (not counting addons for certain Parrot car kits). No, whats more likely is that it'll just connect to the headphone socket but hopefully I'll know more soon :) i sure wish it was like that with the gps. that way u could plug the gps strait into ur phone and if u wanted u could plug the FM transmitter in to the bottom of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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