Qstarz Bt q1300s st User manual

Table of Contents

1. OVERVIEW 1

2. PRODUCT NOTICE 1

3. FEATURES 2

4. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 3

5. HARDWARE INTRODUCTION 4

5-1. APPEARANCE ............................................................................................ 4

5-2. HARDWARE FUNCTION ............................................................................... 5

5-3. CHARGING BATTERY................................................................................... 5

5-5. LED INDICATORS ....................................................................................... 6

6. SETUP BT-Q1300ST 7

6-1. INSTALL THE DRIVER AND SOFTWARE FOR BT-Q1300ST ................................... 7

6-2. INSTALL GOOGLE EARTH ........................................................................... 10

7. START TO USE 10

7-1. FULLY CHARGE THE BATTERY WHEN USING AT THE FIRST TIME........................... 10

7-2. SET BT-Q1300ST TO 5HZ LOG................................................................... 11

7-3. START THE SOFTWARE UTILITY .................................................................... 11

7-4. CHANGE LOG SETTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR SPORTS ACTIVITY................. 15

7-5. SWITCH TO EXTREME 10HZ SPORT MODE BY QSTARZGPSVIEW SOFTWARE………..15

APPLICATION ................................................................................................. 15

7-6. SAFETY NOTICE DURING SPORTS ACTIVITY .................................................... 17

8. USEFUL REFERENCE APPLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET 18

8-1. LOCR GPS PHOTO.................................................................................... 18

8-2. GPSBABEL ............................................................................................. 19

8-3. SPORTSMATE....................................................................................... 20

8-4. JETPHOTO STUDIO ................................................................................... 21

8-5. RACECHRONO ......................................................................................... 22

8-6. HOUDAHGEO .......................................................................................... 23

9. TROUBLE SHOOTING 24

10. SAFETY NOTICES 28

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1. Overview

Qstarz is dedicated to exceed customer’s expectation and give you

the extraordinary experience beyond navigation ever more. Now,

with the BT-Q1300ST Sports Recorder™, which includes dual

software: QTravel for travel log and photo geotag; QSports™ for

sports activities, you are able to easily schedule your training plan,

control your health status, and analyze your sports data.

event, and product information.

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2. Product Notice

On Handling

If BT-Q1300ST isn’t used in temperature between -10℃~ 60℃,

its battery charging capability will decrease. Leave the

BT-Q1300ST far from heat or high temperature environment.

And also, do not expose your BT-Q1300ST in temperature

higher than 140℉/60℃to prevent the battery inside

BT-Q1300ST from overheating, exploding or burning itself. The

built in battery inside the BT-Q1300ST should be recycled.

Do not leave the unit staying below car’s wind shield after car

parked during hot summer season. Some position below wind

shield may generate high temperature over 158℉/70℃. Such

temperature may melt the unit and damage the battery.

It is recommended to turn BT-Q1300ST off in the hospital.

Wireless GPS receiver may interfere with the medical

equipments which use radio frequency.

The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for any damages

and loss resulting from the use of this manual, or from deletion

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of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or from misuse

of the product in any way.

Please clean the unit with a dry and clean soft close. Do not use

harsh cleaning solvents, chemicals, alcohol, or strong

detergents.

Do not attempt to open BT-Q1300ST by yourself. Unauthorized

hacking may damage the unit, and void your warranty.

On Battery & Safety

Charging time is about 1 hour typically for this unit. We suggest

disconnecting the unit from the cigarette charger or AC charger

after the unit has been fully charged.

When the unit is not in use or not charged, we suggest

disconnecting the unit from the cigarette charger. Otherwise

battery drain may result.

Note that the built in battery cannot be charged outside the

temperature range 0℃~ 45℃.

The charging time might be extended if you use the product

while charging

Do not heat or leave the unit in high temperature or direct

sunshine for a long period of time as the built-in battery

capacity will deteriorate, or will become unchargeable.

3. Features

Adopt the MTK II chipset with high sensitivity -165dBm and

Super High 66-Channel performance tracking

Record and manage your various exercise/sports

Stand-Alone sports recorder to log up to 200,000 waypoints(*)

Slim, Thin, Light, and Stylish design, only 62L x 38W x 7H (mm)

Support button push manually to memorize your location

immediately

Support Multi-mode setting to record data (Vehicle, Bicycle,

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Jog)

Fast Position Fix, Cold start 35s, Warm start 33s, Hot start 1s

Auto On-Off function for smart power control

Personal/Portable Navigation (PDA, Smartphone, PC, etc.)

DGPS(WAAS+EGNOS+MSAS), QZSS support

A-GPS support boosts the fix speed to 15sec faster

Built-in Photo Geotag and visualized travel path

Smart training plan and track for personal analysis

Share your tracks of sports or travel with friends

Be your Sports Mate for Health control

4. Product Specification

General

GPS Chip

MTK II GPS Module

Frequency

L1, 1575.42MHz

C/A Code

1.023MHz chip rate

Channels

66-CH Performance

Antenna (Internal)

Built-in patch antenna with LNA

Sensitivity

Tracking -165dBm

Datum

WGS84

Performance Characteristic

Position

Without aid: 3.0m 2D-RMS

Accuracy

<3m CEP(50%) without SA (horizontal)

DGPS (WAAS, ENGOS, MSAS): 2.5m

Velocity

Without aid: 0.1m/s, DGPS (WAAS, ENGOS,

MSAS): 0.05m/s

Time

50 ns RMS

Cold/Warm/Hot Start

35/33/1 sec, average

Dynamic Condition

Altitude

<18,000m

Velocity

<515m/sec

Acceleration

<4g

Protocol

GPS Output Data

NMEA 0183 (V3.01) -GGA, GSA, GSV, RMC

(Default)

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VTG, GLL(Optional)

Baud Rate

115,200 bps

Power

Built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery

Bluetooth

Standard

Fully compliant with Bluetooth V1.2

Bluetooth Profile

Serial Port Profiles (SPP), Up to 10 meters

Others

Size / Weight

62 (L) X 38 (W) X 7 (H) mm/ 22g

Operating

Temperature

- 10 ℃to + 60 ℃

Storage Temperature

- 20 ℃to + 60 ℃

Charging

0 ℃to + 45 ℃

5. Hardware Introduction

5-1. Appearance

1. Power Button (ON/OFF/Enable LOG mode/Disable LOG mode /

Push to LOG)

2. Power jack (mini USB type)

3-a Bluetooth status LED (Blue)

>BT-Q1300ST with Bluetooth

3-b Bluetooth status LED (OFF)

>BT-Q1300ST without

Bluetooth

4. Battery status LED

(Red/Green)

5. GPS status LED (Orange)

6. Log status LED (Green)

7. Internal antenna

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5-2. Hardware Function

Hardware

Function

Description

Power Jack

Take the power cable and connect it to the

power jack (mini USB type) for charging only

Power Button

(On)

Press power button and hold for 4 sec to

power BT-Q1300ST on.

Power Button

(Off)

Press power button and hold for 4 sec to

power BT-Q1300ST off

Power Button

(Enable Log

mode)

Log is on when BT-Q1300ST is powered on by

pressing power button and hold for 4 sec.

The LOG status LED (green) would blink, and

start to log.

Power Button

(Disable Log

mode)

After power on BT-Q1300ST, press power

button and hold for 2 sec to disable log

mode. Then BT-Q1300ST would stop logging

with the LOG status LED (green) Off. Press

power button and hold for 2 sec to enable log

again.

Power Button

(Push to Log)

Press power button once to push to log the

favorite Point of Interest.

5-3. Charging Battery

For the first time using the BT-Q1300ST,

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. This will begin to charge

the battery. Charging time is about 1 hours

typically.

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- When the Power LED is Red, battery power is in low status. Please

recharge.

- When the Power LED is Green, the battery is under charging mode.

- When the Power LED is blinking (Green), the battery is fully

charged.

NOTE: Please recharge the battery on a regular interval if the unit is

not used for a long time.

5-5. LED Indicators

LED Status

Flash

OFF

Power

(Red/Green)

Low Power (Red)

Fully charged(Green)

Recharging

(Green)

GPS not

powered

Bluetooth

(Blue)

Flash per 2 sec.:

Bluetooth connected

and transmitting Mode

Flash per 5 sec.: Power

saving mode

Not

connected

/Pairing

GPS not

powered /

Log Mode is

GPS

(Orange)

GPS position is fixed,

Navigation

Detecting

Satellite,

GPS

position not

fix

GPS not

powered

Log (Green)

Log Mode is on

1Hz Log Mode:

Flash per 2 sec(Green)

5Hz Log Mode:

Flash per 1 sec(Green)

POI(Point of Interest) is

recorded:

Flash 3 times

Memory is

full

GPS not

powered /

Not

connected

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6. Setup BT-Q1300ST

6-1. Install the driver and software for BT-Q1300ST

System Requirement (Only compatible with Microsoft Windows XP

/ Vista/ Win7)

Minimum System Requirement

Recommended

System Requirement

- Windows XP or Vista

- Pentium 3, 500Mhz

- 128M RAM

- 128MB disk space

- Network speed: 128Kbits/sec

- 3D-capable video card with

16Mbytes of VRAM

- 800x600, "16-bit High Color"

screen

- Windows XP

- Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD

2400xp+

- 512M RAM

- 2 GB of free disk space

- Network speed: 768 Kbits/sec

or better (DSL/Cable)

- 3D-capable video card with 32

MB of VRAM or greater

- 1280x1024, "32-bit True Color"

screen

1. Please insert the software CD to your computer, and find the

folder “Utility\Qstarz PC Suite\”. Double click

“Qstarz_PC_Suite_installer.exe” to install the software utility

package. This software package contains USB driver,QTravel™, and

QSports™ inside.

2. System would pop up the utility installation dialog. Please click

<Next> for the next step.

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3. Please select “QSports”“QTravel” “GPS Device Driver”, and then

click <Next> to the next step.

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4. Click <Next> if you want to install the program in default target

folder or you can click <Browse> to change the install folder.

5. Give a folder’s name for quick links in start menu and click

<Install> to install the program.

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6. When the utility installation is completed, please click <Finish> to

reboot. Or you can also reboot later by selecting “No, I want to

reboot later by myself.”

6-2. Install Google Earth

BT-Q1300ST 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/

7. Start to use

7-1. Fully charge the battery when using at the first

time

A fully charged battery can last up to 10 hours continuously

operation (under 1Hz mode), and 4 hours under 5Hz mode.

Note: BT-Q1300ST is for outdoor use, we strongly recommend using

it outdoor under open sky environment for better GPS signal

reception.

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7-2. Set BT-Q1300ST to 5hz log

1. Power on BT-Q1300ST

2. Please connect BT-Q1300ST with your PC by mini USB cable.

3. Switch Q1300ST to 5Hz Log mode

Please connect the device with computer and open QTravel/QSports

software, in Config GPS select “Turn on 5Hz log”checkbox to switch

to 5Hz log mode.

NOTE: 5Hz Log feature is highly consumed more power and please

make sure to recharge Q1300ST each time using this feature.

7-3. Start the software utility

NOTE 1: Before starting the software utility, please make sure that

the USB driver and the software utility has been installed

properly.

NOTE 2: QSports and Travel Recorder only supports BT-Q1300ST.

Any intention to use QSports and QTarvel connecting GPS

units other than BT-Q1300TST would result in software

disconnection automatically.

QSports™ - Your Virtual Sports Coach

QSports™is software with database structure

QSports™can record, manage, and analyze all your

daily/weekly/monthly activities with various sports gear such as

Cycling, Skiing,Running, Jogging, Climbing etc.management and

analysis.

1. Click from <Start> / <All Programs> / <Qstarz PC Suite> / QSports

Users have to input product key at the first time of use. The product

key is located on the envelop of the software CD.

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Important Notice: Do not lose your Product Key. Keep the packaging,

or write the number down and keep it in a safe

place.

2. Add New User

QSports™ supports multiple users. User information includes “User

Name”, Gender, Birth Date, and Weight. In order to get correct

calories calculation, please fill in the correct personal data.

3. <File> \ < Import Wizard >

Import Wizard can guide you to load the tracks from GPS device

easily.

3.1 Select default “Sport Type”. QSports will create tracks with

the default sport type, and users can change the sport type

after import.

3.2 PC Utility will automatically detect the COM port and baud

rate and load in the GPS tracks.

NOTE: Make sure to Power on GPS unit first before connecting with

computer for downloading tracks.

4. <Ski track Analysis>

Ski track analysis allows you to compare the data of each ski track

by user defined start/finish point, by distance, or by time.

4.1 Add Start/Finish point: click on the green/red fence icon

on the right side of Google Map, and then choose to add a

start and finish point of the track.

4.2 Add split points: click the red flag on the right side of

Google Map, and then put the red flag on the place of the

track that you want to know more detail about it.

4.3 <Update Lap Info Now!>

Show the ski track analysis info instantly by user defined

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start/finish point, distance, or time.

<By user defined start/finish point> -recommended

Data will be split and shown by user defined start/finish

and split points.

Data will be split and shown by each distance value.

Data will be split and shown by each time value.

4.4 <Comparison>

4.1 Select tracks to compare to the current track. The

comparison is meaningful when the paths are similar.

For detail QSports functionality, please refer to QSports User’s

Manual attaching with Software.

QTravel™:

QTravel™is the best Geotagging software to integrating your travel

track and photo together easily. Support track editing, playback, and

import/export Wizard.

1. Click from <Start> / <All Programs> / <Qstarz PC Suite> / Travel

Recorder

Users have to input product key at the first time of use. The product

key is located on the envelop of the software CD.

2. <File> \ < Import Wizard >

Import Wizard can guide you to proceed the Geotag process easily.

2.1 The Import Wizard will jump out every time during

program startup. You can also launch it by clicking <File> \

<Import Wizard> or the quick link icon.

2.2 PC Utility will automatically detect the com port and baud

rate and load in the GPS tracks.

2.3 A track list window will be popped up. Select the tracks to

import.

2.4 Please select the photo folder to import photos for geotag.

You can also skip this step by clicking <Finish> directly and

then there will be only tracks shown on Google Map.

NOTE: Make sure to Power on GPS unit first before connecting with

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computer for downloading tracks.

3. <File> \ <Export Wizard>

Export Wizard can guide you to proceed export process easily.

3.1 HTML: Pack selected tracks and photos into editable html

files or a single easy sharing mht file.

3.2 Google Earth: KML and KMZ are Google Earth files formats.

KML file contains detail waypoints and tracks info.

KMZ file contains both simple track and photos info.

3.3 Track File: Export tracks and placemarks as GPX, NMEA,

and CSV file formats.

4. <File> \ <Download AGPS Data>

Update the AGPS data from internet assistance server to boost warm

start speed to 15sec.

A-GPS is a system where outside sources, such as an assistance

server and reference network, help a GPS receiver boosts

performance beyond that of the same receiver in a stand-alone

mode by downloading the almanac data from an assistance server.

Note1: A-GPS can boost GPS warm start speed to always lower than

15sec fix after the first fix. The A-GPS efficiency will decrease

when time goes by. If it expires, you would have to download

almanac data again because the acceleration efficiency of fix

will become totally ineffective.

Note2: Please don’t update the almanac data via Bluetooth

interface.

For detail Travel Recorder functionality, please refer to Travel

Recorder User’s Manual attaching with Software.

You can register your product key in “software -> about -> Input

Product Key”by an email account. This email with a registered

product key will be saved in Qstarz database. You can check your

product key by presenting the corresponding email to Qstarz at any

time.

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Update the Software:

Please visit Qstarz download page for Multi-language Quick

Installation Guide and latest software update.

http://www.qstarz.com/download.php

Please uninstall the old version before installation.

Note: The license of Qstarz PC Suite is different from that of

stand-alone installation package of Travel Recorder™. Thus you are

unable to update Travel Recorder software only. Please make sure

to download the PC Suite installation package for update.

7-4. Change log setting in accordance with your

sports activity

The default log setting is logging every 5sec a waypoint which is

sufficient for common usage, but for sports activities, you may need

higher accuracy of sports data for analysis. We recommend changing

the log setting to log every 1sec a waypoint at “Travel Recorder™” or

“QSports™” -> “Config GPS”-> “GPS Log Setting”

7-5. Switch to eXtreme 10Hz sport mode by

QstarzGpsView software application

eXtreme 10Hz sport mode allows your GPS to get the same or even

higher positioning and accuracy ability during eXtreme sports.

NOTE1: The default setting for Q1300ST is 1Hz. If you are no longer

to use eXtreme 10Hz sport mode, please switch it back from

software.

NOTE2: The update rate stands for the rate of GPS refreshing nmea

data received from satellites. Thus 10Hz update rate only

means GPS can receive or refresh nmea data 10 times per

second, and it's irrelevant with 10Hz logging.

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