• Blumax Bluetooth GPS-4043 Recorder uses Lithium battery. If Blumax Bluetooth GPS-4043 Recorder is used in temperature lower than -10°C or higher than 60°C, its battery charging capability will decrease. Please leave the Blumax Bluetooth GPS-4043 Recorder far from heat or high temperature environment. In addition, do not expose your Blumax Bluetooth GPS-4043 Recorder in temperature higher than 140°F/60°C.
1.2 Introduction This Blumax Bluetooth GPS-4043 Recorder features an all-in-one, cost-effective portable GPS logging solution. With its on-board memory, it allows you to log your routes by ways of time/ distance/ speed. Points of interest can also be recorded by a push button.
1.4 Applications • Route recording • Business trip expense management • Fleet management • Driving behavior monitoring • Saving of Point of Interest 1.5 Appearance 1. DC jack (mini USB type) 2. Mode switch (Power off/ Navigation/ Navigation&log) 3. Bluetooth status LED (blue) 4.
Push to log points of interest, LED blinks 3 times. Difference between NAV and LOG: You can use the GPS-4043 Recorder as a Bluetooth GPS receiver to navigate when you have a Bluetooth enabled PDA/ Smartphone in your car. The logging is off.
1.7 LED Display The Blumax Bluetooth GPS-4043 Recorder has three LED lights, one is Blue- tooth Status LED, the 2nd one is Battery Status LED, the 3rd one is GPS Status LED/ Push to log LED. The status table of LED shows as follows:...
Congratulations on your purchase of the GPS-4043 Recorder with built-in Lithium rechargeable battery. Before you start using GPS-4043 Recorder, please make sure if your package includes the following items. If any item is damaged or missing, please contact your dealer at once.
Charging time is about 3~4 hours and you can charge from PC/ Notebook’s USB HOST or from cigarette-lighter in car. For the 1st time you use the GPS-4043 Recorder, please charge battery until it is full (the green LED blinks). The LED that represents the battery is the right-most battery icon (shown in below).
Step 3 Connecting your PDA device with GPS-4043 Please refer to the user manual of PDA to enable the Bluetooth connectivity. If the connection between your device and GPS-4043 Recorder is successful, the blue LED of GPS-4043 Recorder will be blinking.
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1. Open “Bluetooth Manager” on pocket pc, and establish new connection. Start > Bluetooth Manager 2. explore a Bluetooth device, and find the “Blumax Bt-GPS” Explore A Bluetooth Tap Blumax BT-GPS device >Next - 10 -...
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3. (Optional) Passkey 0000 (if your PDA ask for the passkey) 4. Connect to Serial Port Profile (SPP) Slave Select SPP slave->Next Finish - 11 -...
Step 4 Loading your GPS mapping or routing software You should have mapping software on your PDA/ Smartphone/ laptop or you need to install it before using the GPS-4043 Recorder for navigation. Step 5 Starting the application Select the correct COM port & baud rate within the application Note: The Bluetooth device in most of the applications has an “auto-detect”...
- Note that GPS-4043 Recorder may not work indoors where it can not see the sky. - For the 1st time you use the GPS-4043 Recorder, it will take 1 to 3 minutes to obtain the satellite constellation information and fix your position, this is called “Cold Start”.
Photo tagger software > Help > User Manual to use a mini-USB cable to connect the GPS-4043 recorder to your PC, you have to power on the GPS-4043 unit. Please keep in mind to switch to LOG mode while using Photo tagger software.
Appendix A. Specifications General Frequency L1,1575.42MHZ C/A Code 1.023MHZ Datum WGS84 Performance Characteristics Position Accuracy Without aid: 3.0m 2D-RMS < 3m CEP (50%) without SA (horizontal) DGPS (WAAS,EGNOS,MSAS): 2.5m Velocity Accuracy Without aid: 0.1m/s DGPS (WAAS,EGNOS,MSAS): 0.05m/s Acceleration Without aid: < 4g DGPS (WAAS,EGNOS,MSAS): <...
Power Consumption 40mA Battery Rechargeable 1000mAH Lithium battery Available Baud Rates 115200 bps Protocols NMEA 0183 v3.01 environment Operating Temperature -10°C ~ 60°C Storage Temperature -20°C ~ 60°C Charging Temperature 0°C ~ 45C°C Bluetooth Standard Fully compliant with Bluetooth V1.2 Output Power 0dBm (Typical), ClassII Range...
Appendix B. locr GPS Photo With GPS-4043 data logger and locr GPS Photo software, users are allowed to import geotagging adds information to photos. The position (latitude/ longitude) then be written into the EXIF header for the further application. Also, locr GPS Photo can integrated travel log and digital photos by date/ time to show photos on the map directly.
Step 2 Open the cover Step 1 Press the button of battery to right side Step 3 Take out the battery Step 4 Fit new battery into GPS-4043 Step 5 From R to L close Step 6 Done the cover - 18 -...
Appendix D. Certification FCC Notices This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interface, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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Ce Notices Is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic Compatibility (89/336/eeC), Low-voltage Direc- tive (73/23/eeC) and the Amendment Directive (93/68/eeC), the procedures given in european Council Directive 99/5/eC and 89/3360eeC.
Appendix E. Warranty Information thank you for your purchase of GPS product from the company. The company warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and work- manship for one year from the date of purchase. The warranty for accessories is six months.
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