Qstarz BT-Q1000XT, User Manual

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Page 3: ...ARTH 14 7 START TO USE 14 7 1 FULLY CHARGE THE BATTERY WHEN USING AT THE FIRST TIME 14 7 2 GETTING SATELLITE FIX WITH Q1000XT 15 7 3 CONNECT BT Q1000XT WITH YOUR PC 15 7 4 START THE SOFTWARE UTILITY 15 8 USEFUL REFERENCE APPLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET 16 8 1 LOCR GPS PHOTO 16 8 2 GPSBABEL 17 8 3 SPORTSMATE 18 8 4 JETPHOTO STUDIO 19 8 5 VEOGEO 20 8 6 RACECHRONO 20 9 TROUBLE SHOOTING 21 10 APPENDIX 23...

Page 4: ...vel Recorder 1 www Qstarz com PC 24 10 3 CONFIGURE THE GPS INTERMEDIATE DRIVER 28 10 4 START YOUR NAVIGATION SOFTWARE 29 10 5 SWITCH TO EXTREME 5HZ SPORT MODE BY QSTARZGPSVIEW SOFTWARE APPLICATION 30 10 6 SAFETY NOTICES 32 ...

Page 5: ...onal travel record All tracking records can be downloaded saved and also can display directly on Google Earth with photos by integrated Geotagging function 2 Product Notice z Please take out the battery and store it in dry cool places when not use for a long period z If BT Q1000XT isn t used in temperature between 10 60 its battery charging capability will decrease Leave the BT Q1000XT far from he...

Page 6: ...ng may damage the unit and void your warranty 3 Features z Adopt MTK II latest chipset with high sensitivity 165dBm and 66 Channel tracking z Ultra lower power consumption up to 42hrs operation z Less than 15 Sec AGPS fix support download almanac data to realize faster TTFF and positioning under warm start z Stand Alone travel recorder to log up to 400 000 records z POI button design to record you...

Page 7: ...ix Cold start 35s Warm start 33s Hot start 1s z Personal Portable Navigation PDA Smartphone PC etc z DGPS WAAS EGNOS MSAS support The waypoints would be decreased when the more options of Log Format are selected 4 Product Specification General GPS Chip MTK II GPS Module Frequency L1 1575 42MHz C A Code 1 023MHz chip rate Channels 66 CH Performance Antenna Internal Built in patch antenna with LNA S...

Page 8: ...on battery Up to 42 hrs after fully charged Bluetooth Standard Fully compliant with Bluetooth V1 2 Bluetooth Profile Serial Port Profiles SPP Up to 10 meters Others Size Weight 72 2 L X 46 5 W X 20 H mm 64 7g battery included Operating Temperature 10 to 60 Storage Temperature 20 to 60 Charging 0 to 45 5 Hardware Introduction 5 1 Appearance 1 Power jack mini USB type 2 Mode switch OFF NAV LOG 3 Bat...

Page 9: ...0XT Mode Switch NAV When switch to NAV mode BT Q1000XT can be used to navigate and handheld devices PDA Smartphone Laptop and the Log function will be enabled if the present time is within the preset time schedule Mode Switch LOG When switch to LOG mode BT Q1000XT can be used to record your travel path and navigation function is still enabled POI Button Push the POI button to log favorite Point of...

Page 10: ...A GPS Travel Recorder 7 www Qstarz com 5 3 Battery installation 1 Press the PUSH button on the bottom side of the unit 2 Pull out the battery cover Insert battery in the unit 3 Put battery cover on to the cabinet ...

Page 11: ...power cable and connect it to the power jack mini USB type and recharge through USB cable travel charger or car cigarette adaptor This will begin to charge the battery Charging time is about 3 hours typically When the Power LED is Red battery power is low status Please recharge When the Power LED is Green the battery is under charging mode When the Power LED is off the battery is fully charged 5 4...

Page 12: ...of Interest is recorded Memory is full Log Mode is off 5 5 Function of Vibration Sensor Vibration Sensor Vibration Sensor is functioned for power saving and waypoint saving It will detect the physical movement of the device When it detects the device not moving more than 10 minutes Q1000XT will enter sleep mode so that the Blue LED will turn to flash every 5 seconds Under sleep mode the log will b...

Page 13: ...le video card with 16Mbytes of VRAM 800x600 16 bit High Color screen Windows XP Pentium 4 2 4GHz or AMD 2450xp 512M RAM 2 GB of free disk space Network speed 768 Kbits sec or better DSL Cable 3D capable video card with 32 MB of VRAM or greater 1280x1024 32 bit True Color screen 1 Please insert the Software CD to your computer The autorun window will appear and please select Q1000XT Please press In...

Page 14: ...PS Travel Recorder 11 www Qstarz com to install the software utility package This software package contains USB driver QTravel 2 System would pop up the utility installation dialog Please click Next for the next step ...

Page 15: ...t QTravel 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 4 Click Next if you want to install the program in default target folder or you can click Explore to change the install folder ...

Page 16: ...ecorder 13 www Qstarz com 5 Give a folder s name for quick links in start menu and click Install to install the program 6 When the utility installation is completed please click Finish to reboot Or you can also reboot later by ...

Page 17: ...vel path directly on Google Earth Please go to http earth google com for the free download of Google Earth and then install it to your computer For the operation procedure of Google Earth please refer to http earth google com support 7 Start to use 7 1 Fully charge the battery when using at the first time A fully charged battery can last up to 42 hours continuously operation ...

Page 18: ...PC 1 Power on BT Q1000XT 2 Please connect BT Q1000XT with your PC by mini USB cable 7 4 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 QTravel only supports BT Q1000XT Any intention to use QTravel connecting GPS units other than BT Q1000XT would result in software disconnection ...

Page 19: ...Manual or Quick Guide 8 Useful reference Applications on the internet 8 1 locr GPS Photo BT Q1000XT 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 in...

Page 20: ...BT Q1000XT A GPS Travel Recorder 17 www Qstarz com 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 ...

Page 21: ... A GPS Travel Rec ord www Qstarz com 18 8 3 SPORTSMATE This web site can share your travel log with your friends Before sharing your trip please apply a new account first Please go to http www ttsm com for the further information ...

Page 22: ...lity 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 ...

Page 23: ...urther information and register for a free new account 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 lap times for example for motorbikes bicycles cars water jets and quadbikes Most important of all it supports 5Hz update rate Please find the installation file in ...

Page 24: ...sed to navigate when travel log is on Yes you can use BT Q1000XT to navigate when travel log is on simultaneously I lost my travel charger and battery Where can I find replacements DC Input range of BT Q1000XT is 4 5 5 5V You can use a travel charger which support DC output range from 4 5 5 5V You can also use a common mini USB cable to charge your unit via ...

Page 25: ...an use 42 hours under the optimum environment GPS would spend more power consumption when keep trying a position fix seeking Bluetooth connection beeper enabled and pressing POI button frequently or under an unstable environment bad weather forest buildings Those would take GPS more calculation and power consumption So it would spend more power consumption After the battery Red LED light is blanki...

Page 26: ...ctivating the Bluetooth function in your PDA PC please switch BT Q1000XT to NAV or LOG position 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 Q1000XT would be identified as Qstarz GPS under Bluetooth Manager In further use you just need to click it to connect to this GPS Travel R...

Page 27: ...r navigation software Most of navigation software can auto detect Bluetooth Com port so you do not need to setup manually 10 2 Create Bluetooth Setting Windows Mobile 5 6 for Pocket PC 1 Switch BT Q1000XT on 2 From the Start menu click Settings On the Connections tab click the Bluetooth icon 3 On the Devices tab click Add New Device The settings application will search for your device When it is f...

Page 28: ...0XT A GPS Travel Recorder 25 www Qstarz com click Next 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 ...

Page 29: ...Beyond Navigation BT Q1000XT A GPS Travel Rec ord www Qstarz com 26 checked 7 Select the COM Ports tab and click New Outgoing Port ...

Page 30: ...XT 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 ...

Page 31: ...d way to configure the registry to work with your GPS device is the GPS Settings icon 1 From the Start menu click Settings On the System tab click the External GPS icon On some devices this item has a different name 2 On the Programs tab select any available COM port from the GPS Program Port drop down list The GPS data sent through the GPS Intermediate Driver is streamed to applications through t...

Page 32: ...e COM port BT Q1000XT is configured to use from the GPS Hardware Port drop down list 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 ...

Page 33: ...ease delete other GPS settings under Tomtom software and keep one only 10 5 Switch to eXtreme 5Hz sport mode by QstarzGpsView software application eXtreme 5Hz sport mode allows your GPS to get the same or even higher positioning and accuracy ability during eXtreme sports NOTE The default setting for Q1000XT is 1Hz If you are no longer to use eXtreme 5Hz sport mode either to switch it from software...

Page 34: ...starz com 4 Select COM port refer to software manual item 5 1 II and set the baud rate to 115200 5 Click On button to establish the communication between BT Q1000XT and your PC If the connection is successful the NMEA stream will keep showing ...

Page 35: ...otices R TTE CE Notice This device is confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility 89 336 EEC Low voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and the Amendment Directive 93 68 EEC the procedures given in European Council Directive 99 5 EC and 89 336 EEC The equipment was passed The test wa...

Page 36: ...with part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 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 ...