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supercharger
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Re: gps software for laptop....

Postby supercharger » Fri May 20, 2011 12:28 am

vash_h wrote:u going to use ur laptop for navigation?

if not, just to see map and such, i would recommend mapsource instead :)

nope. i have nuvi for my navi :mrgreen:
and i do have mapsource too :thumbsup:
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Re: gps software for laptop....

Postby ultrafire88 » Tue May 24, 2011 10:29 pm

I have got Garmin XT installed on my netbook. The prog launches fine. Prob is, it keeps looking for a Garmin bluetooth device and does not pick up my Holux bluetooth gps. Anyone has a solution or knows if i need to make any other settings? TIA
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Re: gps software for laptop....

Postby JayCee » Wed May 25, 2011 10:12 am

ultrafire88 wrote:I have got Garmin XT installed on my netbook. The prog launches fine. Prob is, it keeps looking for a Garmin bluetooth device and does not pick up my Holux bluetooth gps. Anyone has a solution or knows if i need to make any other settings? TIA


Brother, looks like you have installed a genuine GarminXT software on your device/notebook which will only work when pairing with proprietary Garmin BlueTooth receivers (e.g. GPS 10x which is discontinued). JC
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Re: gps software for laptop....

Postby moeyhc » Wed May 25, 2011 11:33 am

If you have downloaded it from Garmin's WEB site it will need a Garmin Bluetooth to connect. To let it connect to other Bluetooth GPS receiver you'll need to buy a Garmin XT SD card, but this product is also obsoleted... Try Google to see any sellers with old stock.
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Re: gps software for laptop....

Postby ultrafire88 » Wed May 25, 2011 1:02 pm

thks for the responses. guess i will give up trying to get it to work with my holux gps - it was just a fun project anyway. the latest mfm maps work so i can still use it for browsing.

for actual big screen navigation, i can still fall back on my ipad with papago although i hate the synthetic voice and the repetitive "......pleeeaaase......" (if u hv papago, u know what i mean)!
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Re: gps software for laptop....

Postby tankahn » Wed May 25, 2011 3:10 pm

Another one to use is Nroute which is also free.
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Re: gps software for laptop....

Postby Daris » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:29 am

Why do people recommend a mobile version for a laptop on Windows? I got a Win netbook, too, and I'd like to get some good free or cheap GPS software, but I thought about choosing from desktop versions, not mobile...
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Re: gps software for laptop....

Postby silverbeauty » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:36 am

Daris wrote:Why do people recommend a mobile version for a laptop on Windows? I got a Win netbook, too, and I'd like to get some good free or cheap GPS software, but I thought about choosing from desktop versions, not mobile...



Unless you lappy/PC has a built in GPS hardware to support the navigational software, you will need the external option GPS :-'
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