X30Guy

I read and read and read, and felt like I finally made an informed decision and bought the GlobalSat BT-308. Now I'm thinking I've made a mistake. I've got two big problems with the unit. First, the bluetooth range is horrible. At best, I get a good signal when I'm less than 2 feet away from the unit. Anything over 5 feet and the signal is almost too weak to work. Second is the WAAS. For whatever reason, I can't get it to work. It just won't get a DGPS signal. Also it seems I never get more then 5 sats with a good signal. A couple of times I got 7, but for very short time periods....

So I'm at the point where I can try another BT-308, or go with the Holux GR-231. There's not a whole lot on the board about the Holux. Anyone using it? Comments? Should I try another GlobalSat. They seemed to have a really good rep.

Thanks

mr_ding

I've been using BT-308 over a few months. I never had that problem.

At one time, I took my x30H + BT-308 from Toronto->Quebec and back, and I never lost a signal once during the whole trip.

mr_ding

The following trick might help to get faster connection:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\WIDCOMM\BtConfig\AutoConnect\000n

Where 000n is the COM port assigned to the GPS. For example if the COM port is 7 then 000n would be 0007. Add the DWORD BtBrowserEnabled with a value of 0. This is not really a glitch, this is as designed. To return to the default behavior either remove the entry or make the value 1.

FYI: BT-308 uses port 7.

ironhelix

and waas was annonce to be disable on all unit after they claimed

it was going to be included...

JakeRich

Originally Posted by ironhelix

and waas was annonce to be disable on all unit after they claimed it was going to be included...

I think that was the 338. He's using a 308. The 308 is supposed to have WAAS.