Qstarz BT-Q1000X, User Manual

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Page 3: ...G AT THE FIRST TIME 13 7 2 CONNECT BT Q1000X WITH YOUR PC 13 7 3 START THE SOFTWARE UTILITY 13 8 USEFUL REFERENCE APPLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET 18 8 1 LOCR GPS PHOTO 18 8 2 GPSBABEL 19 8 3 SPORTSMATE 20 8 4 JETPHOTO STUDIO 21 8 5 VEOGEO 22 8 6 RACECHRONO 23 9 TROUBLE SHOOTING 24 10 APPENDIX 29 10 1 ACTIVATE THE BLUETOOTH FUNCTION IN YOUR PDA SMART PHONE OR PC 29 10 2 CREATE BLUETOOTH SETTING WINDOW...

Page 4: ...ports Smart Power control for power saving Register your Qstarz Product Register your Qstarz product to get the latest news software update event and product information http www qstarz com register Product_reg page asp 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 Q1000X isn t used in temperature between 10 60 its battery cha...

Page 5: ...s or strong detergents z Do not attempt to open BT Q1000X by yourself Unauthorized hacking may damage the unit and void your warranty 3 Features z Adopt MTK II chipset with high sensitivity 165dBm and 66 Channel Performance z Stand Alone travel recorder to log up to 200 000 records Waypoints would be reduced due to more options of Log Format z Easily switch Travel Recorder to LOG mode or NAV mode ...

Page 6: ...sed 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 Sensitivity Tracking 165dBm Datum WGS84 Performance Characteristic Position Without aid 3 0m 2D RMS Accuracy 3m CEP 50 without SA horizontal DGPS WAAS ENGOS MSA...

Page 7: ...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 Battery status LED Red Green 4 Bluetooth status LED Blue 5 GPS status LED Orange Log Status LED Red ...

Page 8: ...switch to NAV mode BT Q1000X only can be used to navigate with handheld devices PDA Smartphone Laptop and the data log function is disabled Mode Switch LOG When switch to LOG mode BT Q1000X can be used to record your travel path and navigation function is still enabled POI Button Push to log the favorite Point of Interest Mode Switch OFF Mode Switch NAV Mode Switch LOG 5 3 Battery installation 1 P...

Page 9: ...yond Navigation BT Q1000X Travel Recorder www Qstarz com 6 2 Pull out the battery cover Insert battery in the unit 3 Put battery cover on to the cabinet 4 Then push down and force it forward to fit firmly ...

Page 10: ...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 LED Indicators LED Status Flash ON OFF Power Red Green Recharging Green Low Power Red Fully charged Bluetooth Blue Flash per 2 sec Bluetooth connected and transmitting Mode Flash per 5 sec Power sav...

Page 11: ...onds Thus you can always power it on with very low power consumption Under power saving mode when detecting Bluetooth is being connected BT Q1000X will auto wake up itself and the blue LED will turn to flash every 2 seconds and GPS Orange LED will be also On Note Power saving mode would not function if log is enabled Auto Log On Off Under Log mode BT Q1000X will automatically stop log after the GP...

Page 12: ... 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 Q1000X Please press Install QTravel to install the main program If the autorun windows did ...

Page 13: ...0 2 System would pop up the utility installation dialog Please click Next for the next step 3 Please select 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 ...

Page 14: ...w Qstarz com 4 Click Next if you want to install the program in default target folder or you can click Explore to change the install folder 5 Give a folder s name for quick links in start menu and click Install to install the program ...

Page 15: ... Navigation BT Q1000X Travel Recorder www Qstarz com 12 6 When the utility installation is completed please click Finish to reboot Or you can also reboot later by selecting No I want to reboot later by myself ...

Page 16: ...with your PC 1 Power on BT Q1000X 2 Please connect BT Q1000X with your PC by mini USB cable 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 QTravel only supports BT Q1000X Any intention to use QTravel connecting GPS units other than BT Q1000X would result in software disconne...

Page 17: ...new trip Create a new trip to save the tracks Select trip to import tracks and photos Save the tracks into an existed trip Import whole trip from project file itm Import a trip from a project file saved by Travel Recorder software 2 3 QTravel will automatically detect the com port and baud rate and load in the GPS tracks 2 4 A track list window will be popped up Select the tracks to import 2 5 Ple...

Page 18: ...nection Setting I Auto Scan GPS Module Recommended The program will automatically detect the com port It is recommended to set to auto scan II Manual Setting Users can also manually set the port Please refer to users manual for more detail information 5 2 GPS Device Name Unique ID Name your Travel Recorder here and your downloaded log data will come with this unique ID 5 3 GPS Log Setting There ar...

Page 19: ...nac data via Bluetooth interface 7 Photo Media Add Media Files Users can add media files from a file folder or selected files 7 1 Add media files from a folder Select a folder to add media files Add media files from selected files Use Ctrl Click or Shift Click to select multiple files 7 2 After photos are added all photos will be shown on the Photo View and Photo List window Under Photo View windo...

Page 20: ... your Product Key You can register your product key in software about Input Product Key by an email account This email with a registered product key will be saved in Qstarz database You can check your product key by presenting the corresponding email to Qstarz at any time Update the Software Please always go to Qstarz download page to check if there is any latest software update http www qstarz co...

Page 21: ...egrate 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 Compatibility Windows XP Vista Windows Mobile ...

Page 22: ... Travel Recorder 19 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 Compatibility Windows XP Vista Mac Linux ...

Page 23: ...00X Travel Recorder www Qstarz com 20 8 3 CoachR 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 coachr com for the further information ...

Page 24: ...avel 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 Compatibility Windows XP Vista Mac ...

Page 25: ...l Recorder www Qstarz com 22 8 5 VeoGeo This website allows you to combine travel log and video by date time to show your video on the map directly Please go to www veogeo com for further information and register for a free new account ...

Page 26: ... 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 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 Compatibility Symbian ...

Page 27: ...attery model is BL 5C Why does BT Q1000X only can log 150 000 160 000 waypoints We active more options previously to provide detailed GPS information for user s reference and download So it would use more memory If you reduce the options under Log Format for your log it would save the memory and increase more waypoints My BT Q1000X could not use 42 hours BT Q1000X can use 42 hours under the optimu...

Page 28: ...ogram will rule out the GPS not fix data so make sure to log valid GPS data under open sky environment Invalid operation 1 Unplug and plug in the USB cable 2 Switch off and on the device Failed to read data from GPS module Com port detection error 1 Manually select connection com port at Config GPS and check connection com port at Windows Device Manager Com LPT GPS USB or CP210X 2 Change another U...

Page 29: ...r and please select Also delete device driver software And reinstall the driver not turn on the device 1 Turn on the device 2 Unplug and plug in the USB cable Switch is not turned on or incompati ble GPS device Incompatibl e GPS device Check the compatibility of your Qstarz GPS module QTravel is compatible with following Qstarz GPS Q1000P Q1000X Q1200 Q1200Ultra Q1300 Q1300S Q2000 GPS not correctl...

Page 30: ... USB Serial Interface Driver at Device Manager and right click on it and press Uninstall Then the confirmation dialog will appear and please select Also delete device driver software And reinstall the driver GPS USB connection chip is faulty 1 CP210x or GPS USB does not appear at Windows Device Manager Com LPT when the device connected with PC 2 Request a RMA to the store you bought from Failed to...

Page 31: ...ectly paste your product key The product key should be in the format of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Product key lost The software key application is easy Just email your product serial number not FCC ID to us to get a new key But please notice that this key application is just allowed once So it s important to keep the key in safe Every time when you feel the device works abnormally please perform both ha...

Page 32: ...th function If not you may need to acquire an optional CF SD Bluetooth card or Bluetooth dongle NOTE 1 BT Q1000X 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 b...

Page 33: ...ws Mobile 5 6 for Pocket PC 1 Switch BT Q1000X 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 found click Next 4 Enter the passcode 0000 and click Next ...

Page 34: ... Q1000X Travel Recorder 31 www Qstarz com 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 ...

Page 35: ...Beyond Navigation BT Q1000X Travel Recorder www Qstarz com 32 7 Select the COM Ports tab and click New Outgoing Port 8 Select Qstarz GPS from the Add a Device list and click Next ...

Page 36: ...rol 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 re...

Page 37: ...gram Port drop down list The GPS data sent through the GPS Intermediate Driver is streamed to applications through this port This should not be the same port that your GPS receiver is configured to use If your application can t receive GPS data stream leave GPS Program Port for empty Applications will use GPS Hardware Port as communication port 3 On the Hardware tab select the COM port BT Q1000X i...

Page 38: ...e 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 s...

Page 39: ...rt mode either to switch it from software or to hard reset the GPS by unplugging the battery over 5 mins NOTE2 The update rate stands for the rate of GPS refreshing nmea data received from satellites Thus 5Hz update rate only means GPS can receive or refresh nmea data 5 times per second and it s irrelevant with 5Hz logging 1 Connect BT Q1000X with your PC by mini USB cable 2 Switch BT Q1000X on 3 ...

Page 40: ...BT Q1000X Travel Recorder 37 www Qstarz com 5 Click On button to establish the communication between BT Q1000X and your PC If the connection is successful the NMEA stream will keep showing ...

Page 41: ...el Recorder www Qstarz com 38 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 ...

Page 42: ...EEC The equipment was passed The test was performed according to the following European standards EN 300 328 2 V 1 2 1 2001 08 EN 301 489 1 V 1 4 1 2002 04 EN 301 489 17 V 1 2 1 2002 04 EN 50451 2002 EN 60950 2000 FCC Notice This device complies 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 acc...