Some newbie questions

[Spesh]

Hey all

Just aquired a hp1940 with Tomtom3 from an old mate who had his car stolen, so i dont have cradle/gps reciever/etc to go with it. Kinda new to the whole pda thing and a little confused as to what i need to get it up and running again, could someone point me at what i would require for the car and also reccomend what bits to buy?

Many thanks in advance

Mark

[Charlie]

Welcome to our forum.
Is it a cabled or Bluetooth receiver you have with the iPAQ.

[Spesh]

Originally Posted by Charlie

Welcome to our forum.
Is it a cabled or Bluetooth receiver you have with the iPAQ.

Hi Charlie, I literally have the PDA and pc associated stuff, the original 'car' related items went walkies with the car. I intend to hardwire the kit to the car so there is no need for bluetooth (i dont think?)

Rgds

Mark

[Charlie]

With the 1940 you can only use Bluetooth or IR to connect your receiver. Bluetooth is best in my opinion. You'll need a car kit, look @ the one @ http://www.totalpda.co.uk/TomTom-Car...iPAQ-1940.aspx . Then you'll need a receiver, have a look @ http://www.totalpda.co.uk/Leadtek-Bl...M-Version.aspx . You may need a memory card as well depending on which maps you want to use. Then internal iPAQ memory can take a 16MB map with no problems but I'd recommend a 128MB card for the full UK map.

[Spesh]

Thanks for the advice so far.

Didnt realise that the 1940 was bluetooth/IR only (new to this pda thing ). As the Bluetooth reciever you have reccomended is 129 and the full tomtom kit is 149 i am thinking that it may well be better for me just to buy the whole kit as the tomtom i have inherited is missing manuals etc.

If i was to buy the full tomtom bluetooth kit and the 1940 cradle (for 149 and 39 respectivly, +vat of course) that would be all i required? Would the bluetooth reciever power from the tomtom car mount?