Fun in the SUNSHINE Solar Powered Bluetooth GPS

Advantages: No more cables and extended battery power
Disadvantages: LEDs are a little bright for night use

...Yes I know yet another gadget but hey that's my bag, and when I first found this item I knew it would be the answer to my recent problem. My previous receiver a Rickaline 6030 had given up the ghost, after many journeys of unblemished and accurate service. So off it was to the best shop in town, which never closes "yep" the World Wide Web. Now I had an inkling that I wanted a Bluetooth version GPS receiver, to dispense with the myriad of cables and wires snaking round my dashboard. Like most I was concerned about battery life and connectivity. After searching for several hours I had discovered several and was about to purchase Tom Tom's own branded GPS receiver. However always researching till the last before making the final purchase, I discovered a solar powered one. Well my cup certainly runeth over. Though my initial concern was...

johnny760 18.10.2005 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Solar Bluetooth GPS receiver

  AUDI'D RICHADA RATE THE A4 2.0 TFSI S LINE?

Advantages: Acceleration. Style. Build Quality.
Disadvantages: Power Delivery. Driving Position. Price. Equipment. Soulless. Fuel Consumption.

...THE GARAGE? At 4703mm long and 1826mm wide, unless you have a particularly small one, yes it should indeed fit inside your garage. WHICH SPECIFIC MODEL? At £27,830 (aren?t these modern day ?Cortinas? getting pricy?) and packing 211bhp, the Audi A4 2.0TFSi S Line, that I am reviewing here, is towards the top of a bewilderingly comprehensive range of models. It is the most powerful and expensive four cylinder front wheel drive A4 saloon. The A4 range starts at £20,485 for the 118bhp 1.8TFSi and tops out at a whopping £33,700 for the 237bhp 3.0 TDi Quattro (four wheel drive) Executive S Line. With each engine configuration Audi offer a quattro (four wheel drive) variant ? indeed I will be offering an argument for not offering certain models, the 2.0TFSi included, with only front wheel drive. IN WHAT CAPACITY AM I REVIEWING THIS CAR? This is...

RICHADA 03.07.2009 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Review of Audi A4 2.0 TFSI

GPS extraordinaire

Advantages: Very fast connection speeds
Disadvantages: None

...your position. After failing to be impressed by this Compact flash GPS receiver, I was beginning to loose faith with the whole concept, but thought that I would give one last punt at buying a Bluetooth connecting GPS receiver off Ebay, which praised itself at being all singing and dancing with incredible battery life and super connection speeds. It proved to be just that. External Features The receiver itself is a black rectangular box shaped device with 3 LED lights on the top, one orange which flashes once a GPS signal has been achieved, one blue which signals a bluetooth connection to an external device, and one further light to indicate low battery life remaining. It also has a USB connection input for connection to computers without Bluetooth and is also the charging connector. The base of the device has two rubber sections...

Pilotgavw 18.10.2009 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Holux M-1000 32 channel GPS receiver module

TomTom Wireless GPS Receiver 20 channel GPS receiver module

Advantages: good
Disadvantages: none

...I dont have a 20 channel receiver however I do have a 12 channel receiver which came in the box with my Tom Tom Navigator 5 for PDA, whichi I use in my Treo 680 Smart Phone. The whole thing works perfectly and I couldn't ask for more as Sat Nav goes. The GPS receiver looks identical to the 20 channel one shown here and if this one works as well as mine does then you can't go wrong. It has a matt cover which makes it stay put where ever you place it on the dashboard and in use I've found that it picks up a signal very quickly and once linked to the PDA by bluetooth it keeps the signal so long as it can see just a tiny bit of sky. Once linked I take the unit off the dash and place it on the floor of the car in between the seats and it keeps the signal through motorway tunnels and even during a traffice halt under a bridge! It does link...

tan78 18.06.2009 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of TomTom Wireless GPS Receiver 20 channel GPS receiver module

GPS ... Where am I and where have I been ?

Advantages: Datalogger, Sat Nav, so many plusses !
Disadvantages: Slightly difficult to set up

...now and it really does work. As usual I've included a few specifications at the bottom to let you compare with other devices. TIP : Like all GPS systems, give it a chance to acquire a signal before you set off, Ive driven across town once and the GPS still hadnt gained a signal when I got to where I was going !! Specifications 12 channels wireless GPS receiver Support 2D/ 3D information RF MCX connector for external GPS antenna On/ Off power switch Support standard NMEA-0183 at 57600 bps baud rate Compatible with Bluetooth devices with Serial Port Profile (SPP) Three LEDs of the device show the status of Bluetooth, GPS and battery Minimum 10 hours continuous operation Lithium-ion battery Mobile Data-logger In the standard package you receive .. RBT3000 (GPS Datalogger) Car Charger CD...

damionh 12.04.2006 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Royaltek Bluetooth GPS (Datalogger)

The best GPS receiver I have seen yet!

Advantages: Tiny, appealling, accurate, powerful and desirable.
Disadvantages: Rubber cover for DC power supply breaks off easily.

.... This back cover also plays host to a couple of long oval rubber feet, which seem to grip pretty much everything - certainly, on my desk, you have to really drag the receiver to overcome the friction of these feet. OK ... switching the device on entails holding down the power button for about 1 second. That's as difficult as the device gets. It has just one button, and three LEDs. Once the device is on, it begins it's search for GPS satellites. The three LEDs are pretty simple. The one with the battery symbol next to it indicates when you need to charge the battery (and with a 17 hour battery life, it's not very often). The middle LED, the green one, indicates your current GPS lock, whilst the bottom, blue LED, indicates your Bluetooth connection status. Incidentally, the green LED flashes when you have a GPS lock, and is constant...

sexyjw 27.07.2005 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Review of Globalsat BT-338 20 channel GPS receiver module

Great GPS receiver

Advantages: light, portable, good reception, accutate
Disadvantages: none

...A slim GPS Receiver that connect to your device using 'Bluetooth' a handy product that will enable your smartphone or windows mobile phone to connect to the GPS satalite network for trip guidence and other similar sat-nav tasks. I have used this with my O2 XDA mini phone and found it to be very reliable. I loaded the Destinator sat-nav software onto my phone, launched the application and swithched on the Holux receiver and once i had set up the pairing in my phone it was good to go! Reception was excellent and accuracy very good. In fact because it is so portable i was able to compare it with my friends Pergout car's factory fitted sat-nav and it beat it for accuracy hands down. I also use it with some Geocaching software for paperless caching - look up Geocaching on google if you want to know what it is? Some phones now have...

GriffMedia 09.02.2008 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Holux GPSlim236 20 channel GPS receiver module

Ford Focus 2.0 ESP

Advantages: Great driving, reliable car
Disadvantages: Ford service department

...I bought my Ford Focus in June 2006, second hand from Ford with 38,000 miles on the clock. The model I own is a 2.0 ESP facelift, with the revised headlights which include the indicator, revised bumpers with bump strips & revised metal flush skirts. Now, in August 2007 the car is on the brink of hitting 70,000 miles and it literally hasn't missed a beat. The only parts that I have had to replace that are none wear and tear are the thermorstat housing seal (Ford however will try and charge you to replace the whole housing, where infact it is invariably just the rubber seal which perishes), and a n/s/f ball joint due to excessive play when being tested for an MOT, a grand total of about £50 non-expected maintenance. Not bad at all for 30,000 miles of motoring in just over a year. And as a furthur point of note, the Michelin Pilot...

elude 29.08.2007 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Ford Focus 2.0

Spice up your Sat Nav

Advantages: Improves reception, loading time is dramatically reduced, Much better accuracy
Disadvantages: plating is wearing off the connector

...Finder Hunt, Hunt C, iFinder Map & Music, iFinder PhD, iFinder Pro, iWay 100M, AirMap 500 Holux GM-100, GM-101, GR-230, GM-250, GM-251, GM-270CF Billionton CF GPS, Emtac Bluetooth GPS, Emtac BTGPS II Trine, Emtac GPS jacket, Motorola Encore GPS, Belkin Bluetooth GPS, GlobalSat PCMCIA cf card, RoyalTek RBT-3000, Fortuna Pocket Xtrack, Fortuna Clip-on, CoPilot # Features: High signal gain: 32 dB to 55 dB Gain # Low power consumption: 6 to 11 mA (max) # Low noise: noise figure less than 1.8dB at f0 # Magnetic mount # Power Protection Circuit # Power Input Sensor: Reverse polarity short circuit shutdown # Over-Current Sensor: Thermal over-current shutdown # Output Impedance: 50 ohms # Power Input: 2.5V DC to 12V DC input # Super strong polycarbonate radome # MMCX antenna connector # Physical dimensions: 1.4"(W) x 1.7"(L) x .5"(H...

JeffFromPoole 21.08.2006 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of GARMIN GA 25MCX GPS aerial

2009 Scirocco GT 2.0 TSI

Advantages: Looks fantastic, build quality, good engine.
Disadvantages: Rear seats are hard to get into.

...in the rear as well (note that it only has two rear seats). Inside of course it has a range of toys to play with, from watching DVDs to Sat Nav to voice controlled Bluetooth to iPod connectivity, you won?t run out of things to do while waiting around in the car Performance, pretty much as you?d expect, pars with the new Golf GTi having the same engine and all. It may even slightly exceed it as it is slightly lighter. It?s around 200Bhp from the 2 litre turbo. There are also 3 modes, Comfort, Normal and Sport. The Sport mode stiffens up the suspension and sharpens up the steering and throttle, which is a nice touch. The comfort does the opposite of course. You?d think that this engine would make it very loud, but when the windows are wound up it?s fairly quiet in the cabin (not completely, as this would take the fun out of it!). When...

Tsportmat 23.04.2009 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Volkswagen Scirocco GT 2.0 TSI