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yeah i just bought an M7 and I live in england! Marvin, if you are ever over here i will buy you a pint or quart or whatever the equivalent is!

Nrgizerbunny, that's excellent. Let us know how much of an improvement you will experience with your new i.Trek M7 in comparison to your "regular" 1Hz GPS receiver.

P.S. I'm in Richmond Hill (North of Toronto), in Canada. It's a bit far to travel for a pint or quart, but it is tempting .

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Marvin Hlavac

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hi guys as this is my first post just want to start off with i love this site, alot of info review on software and hardware looks to be the best i ve seen and u guys reply quickly with answer. very cool site find it on a youtube post of the garmin mobile pc, Anyway i called garmin early this morring cuz i had the same question but they did not know wat i was talking about update rate from 1hz-to 10hz i guess really only one way to find out and that's to test it out. So if anyone every gets to testing 10hz and see improvement let us know.

Great Site Guys Keep Up The Good Work!

Thanx in advance

Hi funny718,

to Laptop GPS World.

The i.Trek M7 GPS receiver (5Hz), with which I tested Garmin Mobile PC, is noticeable improvement over a regular 1Hz GPS receiver. A 10Hz GPS receiver, in my opinion, can achieve the same result, or even better - if Garmin Mobile PC is capable of handling even higher than 5Hz refresh.

A 10Hz unit, Wintec G-Rays I (WBT-300), has been mentioned in http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/gps-ha...receivers.html

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Marvin Hlavac

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I rely heavily on the speedo display as my speedometer is not working properly. I noticed when I changed from Que to XT on the PDA that the speedometer updated much more smoothly; and this was using the same GPS. I can't comment on 5hz improvements but have never noticed any jerky behaviour in Mobile PC.

Terry

That's I guess a personal opinion, and I agree Terry, I wouldn't use the word 'jerky' to describe the movement of the map in Garmin Mobile PC running on a plain 1Hz GPS receiver. The movement is relatively smooth. It is just fine the way it is for most of us. But people who are perfectionists have a chance to see improvement when higher refresh rate GPS receiver is used.

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Marvin Hlavac

Laptop GPS software reviews | Stores offering discounts to our members: Semsons & Co. Inc. and Deluo Electronics

Marvin, when you tried your M7, did you use a cable? can't get mine to seem to work when i use the cable but over bluetooth it seems fine.

mmm... after more chopping and changing! I've found that the usb baud rate is fixed at 115.2k. Unfortunately garmin doesn't support that so bluetooth it is!

But wow, its heaps better at 5hz! i think i'm going to leave the m7 plugged into the usb to get power but set over to bluetooth.

Yes, I tested it via Bluetooth. I briefly attempted USB with the same result as you've experienced. I suspected the baud rate to be the issue, but I didn't pursue it any further since Bluetooth worked very well.

I'm glad you find the difference between 5Hz and 1Hz beneficial!

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Marvin Hlavac

Laptop GPS software reviews | Stores offering discounts to our members: Semsons & Co. Inc. and Deluo Electronics

yeah thanks marvin, just for your information i guess, the only thing i have found that supports 115.2k down a cable is sygic drive. Igo doesn't either. it just messes up.

If you bought your i.Trek M7 from Semsons.com, then very likely you received a free license for Franson GPS Gate (I think Semsons includes GPS Gate with purchases of various GPS receivers). GPS Gate will adjust its output baud rate to the one required by the laptop GPS software program you are using. The unfortunate part at the moment is that the current version of GPS Gate does not support Garmin Mobile PC yet, but it should work with other of your programs.

I cannot experiment with i.Trek M7 anymore, as the unit is now somewhere between here (near Toronto, ON) and Regina, SK, where Ken lives.

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Marvin Hlavac

Laptop GPS software reviews | Stores offering discounts to our members: Semsons & Co. Inc. and Deluo Electronics

wow thats great, i shall try that. I did get a free gpsgate license but didn't bother trying that. You guys seem to know everything!

Been to Canada once, and thought it was ace! people were so polite. In case you were wondering what i was doing with garmin mobile PC, here's a link to the thread where i built my own carputer.

http://toyotaownersclub.com/forums/i...pic=79798&st=0

That's a very nice project you are working on, Nrgizerbunny! Feel free to share some pictures with us here: http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/all_albums.php

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