BT‐Q1300 A‐GPS Travel Recorder™ nano ………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………. 1. Overview Thank you for choosing Qstarz eXtreme 66‐CH BT‐Q1300 – Bluetooth® A‐GPS Travel Recorder™ nano, built‐in second generation GPS chipset MTK with 66 channels performance for your navigation and travel log, and also, provides stand‐alone logging up to 200,000 records with 12 hrs recording, and supports Smart Power control and Auto Log On‐off to extend usage time and save memory even more. Besides, BT‐Q1300 software utility supports multi‐condition setting which allows you to customize and personal travel record by 3‐level detail adjustment and provides download, save, and split to arrange tracking record; moreover, you can display travel path directly on Google Earth and combine geography information with photos by Geotagging. 2. Product Notice On Handling If BT‐Q1300 isn’t used in temperature between ‐10℃ ~ 60℃, its battery charging capability will decrease. Leave the BT‐Q1300 far from heat or high temperature environment. And also, do not expose your BT‐Q1300 in temperature higher than 140℉/60℃ to prevent the battery inside BT‐Q1300 from overheating, exploding or burning itself. The built in battery inside the BT‐Q1300 should be recycled. It is recommended to turn BT‐Q1300 off in the hospital. Wireless GPS receiver may interfere with the medical equipments which use radio frequency. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for any damages and loss resulting from the use of this manual, or from deletion of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or from misuse of the product in any way. Please clean the unit with a dry and clean soft close. Do not use ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... ...
BT‐Q1300 A‐GPS Travel Recorder nano .................................... harsh cleaning solvents, chemicals, alcohol, or strong detergents. Do not attempt to open BT‐Q1300 by yourself. Unauthorized hacking may damage the unit, and void your warranty. On Battery & Safety Charging time is about 1 hour typically for this unit. We suggest disconnecting the unit from the cigarette charger or AC charger after the unit has been fully charged. Be sure to use the supplied cigarette charger including in package; otherwise excessive voltage may be applied to the unit and may cause smoke, fire, or accident. When the unit is not in use or not charged, we suggest disconnecting the unit from the cigarette charger. Otherwise battery drain may result. Note that the built in battery cannot be charged outside the temperature range 0℃ ~ 45℃. The charging time might be extended if you use the product while charging Do not heat or leave the unit in high temperature or direct sunshine for a long period of time as the built‐in battery capacity will deteriorate, or will become unchargeable. 3. Features Hardware: Adopt the MTK II chipset with high sensitivity ‐165dBm and Super High 66‐Channel performance tracking Lower power consumption to 12hrs for travel recording Stand‐Alone travel recorder to log up to 200,000 waypoints(*) Slim, Thin, Light, and Stylish design, only 62L x 38W x 7H (mm) Built‐in Photo Geotag and visualized travel path Support button push manually to memorize your location ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 2 ...
Power Button Press power button and hold for 2 sec again (Disable Log to disable log mode. The LOG status LED mode) (green) would be off, and stop logging. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com ...
‐ When the Power LED is off, the battery is fully charged. NOTE 1: The Cigarette Adaptor can only be used to charge BT‐Q1300. Please don’t make use of it with devices other than BT‐Q1300. NOTE 2: Please recharge the battery on a regular interval if the unit is not used for a long time. 5‐5. LED Indicators LED Status Flash ON OFF Recharging Power (Green) Fully (Red/Green) Low Power charged (Red) Flash per 2 sec.: GPS not Bluetooth connected Not Bluetooth powered / and transmitting Mode connected (Blue) Log Mode is Flash per 5 sec.: Power /Pairing on saving mode ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 6 ...
6‐1. Install the driver and software utility for BT‐Q1300 System Requirement (Only compatible with Microsoft Windows XP / Vista) Recommended Minimum System Requirement System Requirement ‐ Windows XP ‐ Windows XP or Vista ‐ Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD ‐ Pentium 3, 500Mhz 2400xp+ ‐ 128M RAM ‐ 512M RAM ‐ 128MB disk space ‐ 2 GB of free disk space ‐ Network speed: 128Kbits/sec ‐ Network speed: 768 Kbits/sec ‐ 3D‐capable video card with or better (DSL/Cable) 16Mbytes of VRAM ‐ 3D‐capable video card with 32 ‐ 800x600, "16‐bit High Color" MB of VRAM or greater screen ‐ 1280x1024, "32‐bit True Color" screen 1. Please insert the Driver CD to your computer, and find the folder “Utility\PC Utility V4\”. Double click “TravelRecorderV4_installer.exe” to install the software utility package. This software package contains USB driver and PC Utility V4 software inside. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 8 ...
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3. Please select “Travel Recorder PC Utility V4” and “GPS Data Log Device Driver”, and then click <Next> to the next step. If you already installed USB driver, please unselect “GPS Data Log Device Driver.” ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com ...
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Beyond Navigation ™ BT‐Q1300 A‐GPS Travel Recorder nano .................................... 4. Click <Next> if you want to install the program in default target folder or you can click <Browse> to change the install folder. 5. Give a folder’s name for quick links in start menu and click <Install> to install the program. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 10 ...
7. Start to use 7‐1. Fully charge the battery when using at the first time A fully charged battery can last up to 12 hours continuously operation. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com ...
7‐3. Start the software utility NOTE 1: Before starting the software utility, please make sure that the USB driver and the software utility has been installed properly. NOTE 2: PC Utility V4 only supports BT‐Q1300. Any intention to use PC Utility V4 connecting GPS units other than BT‐Q1300 would result in software disconnection automatically. NOTE 3: PC Utility V3 is not compatible with BT‐Q1300. Please don’t make use of it with BT‐Q1300. Users have to input product key at the first time of use. The product key is located on the envelope of the driver CD. Important Notice: Do not lose your Product Key. Keep the packaging, or write the number down and keep it in a safe place. For more software instructions, please refer to the software user’s manual in driver CD or at Help ‐> Users Manual after software installation. For A‐GPS functionality, please also refer to User’s Manual or Quick Guide. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 12 ...
BT‐Q1300 A‐GPS Travel Recorder™ nano ………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………. 8. Useful reference Applications on the internet 8‐1. locr GPS Photo BT‐Q1300 is the member of locr GPS Photo certified product. This utility can integrate travel log and digital photos by date/time to show your photos on the map directly. After the integration, the current GPS coordinates also can be imported to your digital photos for the further application. Please find the installation file for Windows XP/Vista or Symbian system in Qstarz GPS CD. Go to http://www.locr.com for the further information. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... ...
Beyond Navigation ™ BT‐Q1300 A‐GPS Travel Recorder nano .................................... 8‐2. GPSBabel This utility can transfer your NMEA file to GPX file or other format. Please go to http://www.gpsbabel.org for free download. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 14 ...
Beyond Navigation ™ BT‐Q1300 A‐GPS Travel Recorder nano .................................... 8‐4. JetPhoto Studio This utility can integrate travel log and digital photos by date/time to show your photos on the map directly. After the integration, the current GPS coordinates also can be imported to your digital photos for the further application. Please go to http://www.jetphotosoft.com for free download. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 16 ...
Beyond Navigation ™ BT‐Q1300 A‐GPS Travel Recorder nano .................................... 8‐6. RaceChrono RaceChrono is a GPS based lap timing software for Nokia S60 smart phones. It can be used to measure lap times on almost any vehicle and track. It can be used to measure laptimes for example for motorbikes, bicycles, cars, water jets and quadbikes. The most important of all, it supports 5Hz update rate. Please find the installation file in Qstarz GPS CD or go to http://www.racechrono.com for the further information. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 18 ...
BT‐Q1300 A‐GPS Travel Recorder nano .................................... 10. Appendix Navigate as a Bluetooth GPS Receiver with Handheld devices 10‐1. Activate the Bluetooth function in your PDA/Smart phone or PC Before activating the Bluetooth function in your PDA/PC, please switch BT‐Q1300 on for paring and check if your device is equipped with Bluetooth function. If not, you may need to acquire an optional CF/SD Bluetooth card or Bluetooth dongle. NOTE 1: BT‐Q1300 would be identified as”Qstarz GPS” under Bluetooth Manager. In further use, you just need to click it to connect to this GPS Travel Recorder. NOTE 2: The pairing procedure is required to execute in the first time only. And the pass code is “0000” if required. NOTE 3: Select correct com port and baud rate : 115200 under your navigation software (Most of navigation software can auto‐detect Bluetooth Com port, so you do not need to setup manually). ...
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.................................... 5. On the Partnership Settings screen, select Serial Port and click Next 6. Select the Mode tab and check the Turn on Bluetooth checkbox if it is not already checked. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 22 ...
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8. Select “Qstarz GPS” from the Add a Device list and click Next ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... ...
.................................... 9. Uncheck Secure Connection. From the Port drop‐down list, select a port number. Remember the port you choose. You will need it when you configure the GPS Intermediate Driver. 10. Click Finish and exit the Bluetooth Control Panel item. 10‐3. Configure the GPS Intermediate Driver The GPS Intermediate Driver is a software layer between a Windows Mobile application and the GPS hardware drivers. This allows applications to work with a variety of GPS hardware. The GPS Intermediate Driver uses the registry to determine what COM port should be used to communicate with the GPS hardware. The recommended way to configure the registry to work with your GPS device is the GPS Settings icon ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 24 ...
4. On the Access tab, make sure that the Manage GPS Automatically checkbox is checked 10‐4. Start your navigation software Activate your navigation software and make sure to select the correct “COM Port”. NOTE 1: In the map software such as TomTom, you might need to change preference and set “Other Bluetooth GPS Device” according to PDA/phone model. In some case please consult map software company to vary the setting if you have issue on positioning. NOTE 2: There might be specific setting requirement per navigation software. Such as Tomtom, please delete other GPS settings under Tomtom software, and keep one only. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 26 ...
5. Click On button to establish the communication between BT‐Q1300 and your PC. If the connection is successful, the NMEA stream will keep showing. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com ...
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Beyond Navigation ™ BT‐Q1300 A‐GPS Travel Recorder nano .................................... 6. Click Setup tab, and you can change to eXtreme Sport mode under Fix Update Rate. The higher number means the device can bear extremer environment. After select an update rate, click Set to save the setting. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com 28 ...
This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Spec. is subject to change without prior notice. All rights reserved. All registered trademark is belong to their respected companies. ……….…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...... www.Qstarz.com ...