lotust
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Hi guys, I have both a laptop with streets and trips 2008 and a magellan miestro 3250. I like not always having to have the laptop open in the truck. BUT the older usb gps receiver I bought 3 years ago off Ebay kinda stinks. Its no where as sensitive as the Magellan is. I can get reception in our 2 story home on the first floor with the magellan. I get no signal at all wih the oldusb gps receiver.
Does anyone have a recomendation on a usb gps receiver? How is the SIRF III chipset?
PS: you cant beat the detail and ability to zoom in and out with streets of trips and a 15" LCDscreen 
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Big Katuna
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I don't have one but I undersand the new TESEO chipset is the fastest and bestes, The new Delorme 2009 Street Atlas with their TESEO hockey puck is $79 right now.
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SCVJeff
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lotust wrote:Hi guys, I have both a laptop with streets and trips 2008 and a magellan miestro 3250. I like not always having to have the laptop open in the truck. BUT the older usb gps receiver I bought 3 years ago off Ebay kinda stinks. Its no where as sensitive as the Magellan is. I can get reception in our 2 story home on the first floor with the magellan. I get no signal at all wih the oldusb gps receiver.
Does anyone have a recomendation on a usb gps receiver? How is the SIRF III chipset?
PS: you cant beat the detail and ability to zoom in and out with streets of trips and a 15" LCDscreen
thanks Don't know who has what, but yes, SiRF front end is what you want. The 600 series Garmin I had had full lock on the ground floor of a 2 story house. My Quest and GPS/V have nothing.
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heitjer
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I didn't like to leave the laptop in the open either and decided to go with a touch screen.
This works nicely in case you don't want to buy a second receiver.
Lot more details when you click the link in my signature.
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lotust
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Nice setup. How much was the TS? what OBDII program are you using?
heitjer wrote:I didn't like to leave the laptop in the open either and decided to go with a touch screen.
This works nicely in case you don't want to buy a second receiver.
Lot more details when you click the link in my signature.
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Corky52
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heitjer,
You need to go look at the specs for the new Street Atlas 2009 from DeLorme, with that setup you may be in hog heaven!
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Corky52
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DeLorme has just come out with a new receiver, the LT-40, specs look great and packaged with the new Street Atlas it's around $60.
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lotust
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Corky52 wrote:DeLorme has just come out with a new receiver, the LT-40, specs look great and packaged with the new Street Atlas it's around $60.
Funny I was looking at that unit too.
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Big Katuna
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The LT 40 uses the TESEO chipset which is supposedly better than the SIRF chipset.
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lotust
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Big Katuna wrote:The LT 40 uses the TESEO chipset which is supposedly better than the SIRF chipset.
thanks again!
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