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BT-328
Bluetooth GPS Receiver
User manual, version 1.0

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BT-328 User Manual page 2 of 10 1. Overview Power button AC adapter jack Power status LED GPS status LED Bluetooth status LED Car charger AC adapter

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BT-328 User Manual page 3 of 10 2. System Specification Model Name BT-328 Electrical Characteristics (Receiver) Chipset SiRF GSC2 Frequency L1, 1575.42 MHz C/A Code 1.023 MHz chip rate Channels 12 Tracking Sensitivity -155 dBm Accuracy Position Horizontal 10m 2D RMS WAAS enabled 5m 2D RMS Time 1 micro-second synchronized to GPS time Velocity 0.1m/sec 95% Datum Datum WGS-84 Acquisition Rate Hot start 8 sec. average (with ephemeris and almanac valid) Warm start 38 sec. average

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BT-328 User Manual page 4 of 10 3. Bluetooth Specification Bluetooth V1.2 Compliant Supply Voltage 2.8V ~ 3.3V Frequency Range 2.042 ~2.480 GHz Receiver Sensitivity – 80 dBm Transmit Power Class 2 Transmitting Range 10 m Power Consumption 45 mA (Typical) 4. Features New SiRF GSC2 high performance and low power consumption chipset Communication with Host Platform via Bluetooth Serial Profile Built-in ceramic patch antenna Support NMEA 0183 data protocol 3 LED to show the

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BT-328 User Manual page 5 of 10 6. Getting Started Turn the device on and off Power on: Press the power button for 1 second until the GPS status LED is on. Power off: Press the power button for 1 second until the GPS status LED is off. AC Adapter jack The power jack allows you to connect either a DC car charger (included) or AC adapter (included) to recharge the internal battery. Please note that the adapter is rating 5V, 1.2A, positive pole center. LED Function Power Status LED (Re

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BT-328 User Manual page 6 of 10 7. Usage 7.1 Connect BT-328 to your Bluetooth device (1) Press the power button to turn on the BT-328. (2) The Bluetooth device could be “a PDA with built-in Bluetooth”, “a PDA with Bluetooth Compact Flash card”, or “a Notebook with Bluetooth device”…etc. (3) Please refer to the user manual of your Bluetooth device and enable the it for connecting to BT-328. Some Bluetooth device may need the Bluetooth passkey, the passkey is “0000“. (4) Check the number o

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BT-328 User Manual page 7 of 10 5. It will search for all the Bluetooth 4. Tap the “Devices” tab, and tap devices. “New Partnership…”. 6. Select a device (for example “BT-GPS-328EB2”) and tap Next. 7. Enter Passkey “0000” and tap 8. Check “Serial Port” and tap Finish. Next.

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BT-328 User Manual page 8 of 10 9. The device will be shown on the 10. Tap the “COM Ports” tab, and list. select “New Outgoing Port”. 11. Select the device and tap Next. 12. Uncheck “Secure Connection” and from the drop down box select a COM port number (for example, COM8), and then tap Finish.

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BT-328 User Manual page 9 of 10 13. The device with it’s COM port 14. Now you can go to GPSinfo number will be shown on the list. program, set the correct COM port and test the GPS receiver.

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BT-328 User Manual page 10 of 10 8. Test the BT-328 Bluetooth GPS Receiver Please install the GPS Information program. It is included in the CD, file name could be “GPSinfo.exe” or “GPS Information.exe”. This testing program only supports the Microsoft Windows CE & Pocket PC based PDA platform. Please refer to the GPSinfo User Manual for more detailed guide. 9. Troubleshooting Bluetooth is unable to connect (1) Check if the Bluetooth status LED is flashing normally. (2) Check i