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  • Page 1 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ATTERY INSTALLATION 5-4. LED I ....................8 NDICATORS 5-5. F )..........9 UNCTION OF OWER SAVING MODE 6. SETUP BT-Q1200 ....................9 6-1. I USB D ..................9 NSTALL RIVER 6-2. I BT-Q1200..........10 NSTALL THE SOFTWARE UTILITY FOR 6-3.

  • Page 3: Overview

    200,000 records with 48 hrs recording under sufficient sunlight, and supports Smart Power control for power saving to extend usage time even more. Besides, BT-Q1200 software utility supports multi-condition setting which allows you to customize and personal travel record by 3-level detail adjustment and provides download, save, and split to arrange tracking record;...

  • Page 4: Features

    Auto On-Off function for smart power control Personal/Portable Navigation (PDA, Smartphone, PC, etc.) *1 BT-Q1200 can be extended up to 48 hours usage under enough sunlight (24 days usage with 2 hours navi per day) *2 The waypoints would be decreased when the more options of Log Format are...

  • Page 5: Product Specification

    ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder Product Specification General GPS Chip MTK GPS Module Frequency L1, 1575.42MHz C/A Code 1.023MHz chip rate Channels 51-CH Performance Antenna (Internal) Built-in patch antenna with LNA Sensitivity Tracking -158dBm Datum WGS84 Performance Characteristic Position Without aid: 3.0m 2D-RMS...

  • Page 6: Hardware Introduction

    BT-Q1200 on. Press power button and hold for 3 sec to power Power Button (Off) BT-Q1200 off After power BT-Q1200 on, press power button once to Power Button enable log mode. Then BT-Q1200 would start logging (Enable Log mode) with the blinking LOG status LED (blue).

  • Page 7: Battery Installation

    ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 5-3. Battery installation - Put Battery in place: 1. Press the PUSH button on the bottom side of the unit 2. Pull out the battery cover. Insert battery in the unit 3. Put battery cover on to the cabinet. Then push...
  • Page 8 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder - Take Battery out: 1. Press the PUSH button on the bottom side of the unit 2. Pull out the battery cover and take out the battery from the unit.

  • Page 9: Led Indicators

    BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder - Charging your battery For the first time using the BT-Q1200, please charge battery until it is fully charged. Take the power cable and connect it to the power jack (mini USB type) and recharge through USB cable, travel charger, or car cigarette adaptor.

  • Page 10: Function Of Auto On-Off (Power Saving Mode)

    Note: Power saving mode would not function when log is enabled. 6. Setup BT-Q1200 6-1. Install USB Driver NOTE: The USB driver of BT-Q1200 only supports Microsoft Windows system (Win XP / Win Vista). 1. Please insert the Driver CD to your computer, and find the folder “USBDriver\Windows_2K_XP_S2K3_Vista”. Double click...

  • Page 11: Install The Software Utility For Bt-Q1200

    Driver installation dialog will show up. Please click <Install> to install the driver. 6-2. Install the software utility for BT-Q1200. 1. Please insert the Driver CD to your computer, and find the folder “Utility”.
  • Page 12 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 2. System would pop up the utility installation dialog. Please click <Next> for the next step. 3. Please select “I accept the terms in the license agreement”, and then click <Next> to the next step.
  • Page 13 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 4. Please entry user name and organization and then click <Next> to the next step. (You can also click <Next> directly without any entry) 5. Please select “Typical” and then click <Next> to the next step.
  • Page 14 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 6. Check again if all the settings are correct. Then please click <Install> to start the utility installation. 7. When the utility installation is completed, please click <Finish> to exit the installation dialog.

  • Page 15: Install Google Earth

    BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 6-3. Install Google Earth BT-Q1200 supports showing your travel path directly on Google Earth. Please go to http://earth.google.com for the free download of Google Earth, and then install it to your computer. For the operation procedure of Google Earth, please refer to http://earth.google.com/support/...

  • Page 16: Start The Software Utility

    PC by mini USB cable, power it on, and switch it to start logging or BT-Q1200 would enter sleep mode after few minutes. NOTE 2: PC Utility V3 only supports BT-Q1200. Any intention to use PC Utility V3 connecting GPS units other than BT-Q1200 would result in software disconnection automatically.
  • Page 17 3. < CONFIGURATION > \ <User Mode> BT-Q1200 utility provides three user modes (Basic / Advanced / Professional) for your personal setting. You can complete the settings by each user mode per your requirement. Setup the user mode for your personal setting before logging your travel path.
  • Page 18 3.2.1 Basic Mode provides simple setting for you. Select the transportation gear (Vehicle / Bicycle / Jog) you will use, and then click <SET> to set specific values to BT-Q1200. The detail is as following. Output Basic Mode AutoLog Option...
  • Page 19 (60km/h as default) NSAT, HDOP How BT-Q1200 log waypoints with the settings (3secs, 60 km/h) When the speed is below 60km/h, BT-Q1200 would log one waypoint per 3 seconds. When the speed is above 60km/h, it would log one waypoint per second.
  • Page 20 When the speed is above 10km/h, it would log one waypoint per second. 3.2.3 Professional Mode provides three sections for your detailed settings manually, including Output Period, AutoLog Option, and Log Format. After complete all settings, click <SET> to set the values to BT-Q1200. The detail is as below. (1) Output Period - Description 1.
  • Page 21 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 4. Adjust the Period (s) for sentence update rate (For example, GLL (3) means GLL sentence is updated per 3 seconds. (2) AutoLog Option - Description 1. Provide three conditions (Time, Distance, Speed) for setting your log interval.
  • Page 22 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder - How BT-Q1200 log waypoints with different settings AutoLog Setting Description BT-Q1200 would log one waypoint per X Log every X seconds seconds. BT-Q1200 would log one waypoint per Y Log every Y meters meters.
  • Page 23 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder would log one waypoint per second. When the speed is below Z km/h, it would log one waypoint per Y meters or per X 1. Log every X seconds seconds, depends on which condition 2.
  • Page 24 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder points DSTA DGPS station ID number Differential Time in seconds since last DPGS Data DAGE update (Positional Dilution Of Precision) ; PDOP Position accuracy; 3D-coordinates (Horizontal Dilution Of Precision); HDOP horizontal accuracy; 2D-coordinates (Vertical Dilution Of Precision);...
  • Page 25 Setup the recording method for the flash memory of BT-Q1200 under <Other>. Click <CONFIGURATION> tab \ <Other> button. The default setting is <Stop>. When the flash memory is full, BT-Q1200 will stop logging data. If you want to record new data, you must erase all data in the flash memory.
  • Page 26 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 5. <SATELLITE INFORMATION> Display the current satellite viewer of your BT-Q1200 at < SATELLITE INFORMATION > tab. Click <SATELLITE INFORMATION> tab Please review the detail description of satellite information as below. Item Description...
  • Page 27 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder Speed Rate of motion PDOP (Positional Dilution Of Precision) ; Position accuracy; 3D-coordinates HDOP (Horizontal Dilution Of Precision); horizontal accuracy; 2D-coordinates VDOP (Vertical Dilution Of Precision); vertical accuracy; height Click <Hot> / <Warm> / <Cold> button to perform hot/warm/cold start immediately.
  • Page 28 Access the log data which is downloaded from BT-Q1200. NOTE 1: Before accessing your log data of BT-Q1200, please establish the communication between BT-Q1200 and PC with mini USB cable. (Refer to 7-3, item 2) NOTE 2: Please install Google Earth before trying to download and draw map on Google Earth.
  • Page 29 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder Click <Draw Map> button to display your log data on Google Earth. System will pop up a dialog box for setting the data period and drawing type. After click <OK> button, system will export the log data into Google Earth to...
  • Page 30 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder Your travel path will be shown on Google Earth as the following image. You can check the detail information for each log point.
  • Page 31 7. <Photo Manager> Allow you to manage the log files downloaded from BT-Q1200, combine GPS data with photos by Geotagging, and create KMZ file supported by Google Earth. 7.1 Click < Photo manager > tab \ <GPS Log Manager> button.
  • Page 32 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 7.1.3 Select one log file from “GPS Log File” column and then click <View Log> to show the log data on data grid.
  • Page 33 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 7.1.4 Adjust the shown time by selecting time zone according to the local time Note: all the date/time data is recorded as Greenwich time. 7.1.5 Click <Log Split> button to split the log file you select. System will pop up a...
  • Page 34 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 7.1.6 Input a time range on “Select from: ~ To:” you want to keep and click “Select” to include these data range, and then click “Save ” to save the split log file.
  • Page 35 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 7.3 Click <Geotag Photo> button to start Geotagging the photos. System will automatically geotag photos with GPS position data if one has the same time as the other. Note: Before Geotagging, please make sure to select the log file and corresponding photos.
  • Page 36 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder <Tool> \ <Security> Enable the security function to protect your setting from unauthorized modification. 8.5 <Language> Nine languages supported allow you to change language instantly depending on your preference, including Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, English, German, Japanese, French, Italian,...
  • Page 37 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 8.6 <Help> \ <Document> display the user manual. <Help> \ <About> display the software detail information.

  • Page 38: Useful Reference Applications On The Internet

    Useful reference Applications on the internet 8-1. locr GPS Photo BT-Q1200 is the member of locr GPS Photo certified product. This utility can integrate travel log and digital photos by date/time to show your photos on the map directly. After the integration, the current GPS coordinates also can be imported to your digital photos for the further application.

  • Page 39: Gpsbabel

    ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 8-2. GPSBabel This utility can transfer your NMEA file to GPX file or other format. Please go to http://www.gpsbabel.org for free download. 1. Select “NMEA 0813 sentences” 2. Open your NMEA file 3. Select “GPX XML”...

  • Page 40: Sportsmate

    ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 8-3. SPORTSMATE This web site can share your travel log with your friends. Before sharing your trip, please apply a new account first. Please go to http://www.ttsm.com for the further information.
  • Page 41 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 8-4. JetPhoto Studio This utility can integrate travel log and digital photos by date/time to show your photos on the map directly. After the integration, the current GPS coordinates also can be imported to your digital photos for the further application. Please go to http://www.jetphotosoft.com...
  • Page 42 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 8-5. VeoGeo This website allows you to combine travel log and video by date/time to show your video on the map directly. Please go to www.veogeo.com for further information and register for a free new account.

  • Page 43: Trouble Shooting

    Yes, you can use BT-Q1200 to navigate when travel log when travel log is is on simultaneously. DC Input range of BT-Q1200 is 4.5~5.5V. You can use a I lost my travel travel charger which support DC output range from charger and 4.5~5.5V.

  • Page 44: Appendix

    10-1. Activate the Bluetooth function in your PDA/Smart phone or PC Before activating the Bluetooth function in your PDA/PC, please switch BT-Q1200 to <NAV> position for paring and check if your device is equipped with Bluetooth function. If not, you may need to acquire an optional CF/SD Bluetooth card or Bluetooth dongle.

  • Page 45: Create Bluetooth Setting (Windows Mobile 5 For Pocket Pc)

    ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 10-2. Create Bluetooth Setting (Windows Mobile 5 for Pocket PC) 1. Switch your Bluetooth Receiver on. 2. Tap the Bluetooth icon at the bottom. 3. Check “Turn on Bluetooth”.
  • Page 46 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 4. Tap the “Devices” tab, and then tap “New Partnership”. 5. System will search for all Bluetooth devices. 6. Select “iBT-GPS” device, and tap “Next”.
  • Page 47 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 7. Enter Passkey “0000” if required, and then tap “Next”. 8. Check “Serial Port”, and then tap “Finish”.
  • Page 48 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 9. The “iBT-GPS” device will be established in the list. 10. Tap the “COM Ports” tab, and select “New Outgoing Port”.
  • Page 49 ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 11. Select the “iBT-GPS”, and then tap “Next”. 12. Uncheck “Secure Connection”, and select a COM port (for example, COM 8) from the “Port:”. Then tap “Finish”.

  • Page 50: Start Your Navigation Software

    ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 13. The “iBT-GPS” with its COM port will be shown on the list. 10-3. Start your navigation software Activate your navigation software and make sure to select the correct “COM Port”. NOTE 1: In the map software such as TomTom, you might need to change preference and set “Other Bluetooth GPS Device”...

  • Page 51: Safety Notices

    ® BT-Q1200 Super 99 GPS Travel Recorder 10-4. Safety Notices R&TTE / CE Notice This device is confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to...

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