Qstarz Travel Recorder NANO BT-Q1300 User manual

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BT‐Q1300QuickInstallationGuide
A.StandardPackage
GPSUnitBT‐Q1300(1)+CigaretteAdapter(2)+miniUSBCable(3)+
DriverCD(4)+WarrantyCard+QuickInstallationGuide.
NOTE1:TheCigaretteAdaptorcanonlybeusedtocharge
BT‐Q1300.Pleasedon’tmakeuseofitwithdevicesother
thanBT‐Q1300.
NOTE2:Pleaserechargethebatteryonaregularintervaliftheunit
isnotusedforalongtime.
1.2.3.4.
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B.Appearance
1.PowerButton(ON/OFF/EnableLOGmode/DisableLOGmode/
PushtoLOG)
2.Powerjack(miniUSBtype)
3.BluetoothstatusLED(Blue)
4.BatterystatusLED(Red/Green)
5.GPSstatusLED(Orange)
6.LogstatusLED(Green)
7.Internalantenna
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C.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‐Q1300on.
PowerButton
(Off)
Presspowerbuttonandholdfor4sectopower
BT‐Q1300off
PowerButton
(EnableLog
mode)
AfterpowerBT‐Q1300on,presspowerbutton
andholdfor2sectoenablelogmode.Then
BT‐Q1300wouldstartloggingwiththeblinking
LOGstatusLED(green).
PowerButton
(DisableLog
mode)
Presspowerbuttonandholdfor2secagainto
disablelogmode.TheLOGstatusLED(green)
wouldbeoff,andstoplogging.
PowerButton
(PushtoLog)
Presspowerbuttononcetopushtologthe
favoritePointofInterest
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D.SafetyNotice
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zCharging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.
zBesuretousethesuppliedcigarettechargerincludedinpackage;
otherwiseexcessivevoltagemaybeappliedtotheunitandmay
causesmoke,fire,oraccident.
zWhentheunitisnotinuseornotcharged,wesuggest
disconnectingtheunitfromthecigarettecharger.Otherwise
batterydrainmayresult.
zNotethatthebuiltinbatterycannotbechargedoutsidethe
temperaturerange0℃~45℃.

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zThechargingtimemightbeextendedifyouusetheproduct
whilecharging
zDo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.
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E.Chargingyourbattery
ForthefirsttimeusingtheBT‐Q1300,
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1
hourstypically.
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‐WhenthePowerLEDisRed,batterypowerislowstatus.Please
recharge.
‐WhenthePowerLEDisGreen,thebatteryisunderchargingmode.
‐WhenthePowerLEDisoff,thebatteryisfullycharged.
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F.SetupBT‐Q1300
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F‐1InstalltheUSBDriverandsoftwareutility(Onlysupport
MicrosoftWindowsXP/Vista)
PleaseinserttheDriverCDtoyourcomputer,andfindthefolder
“Utility\PCUtilityV4\”.Doubleclick“TravelRecorderV4_installer.exe”
toinstallthesoftwareutilitypackage.Thissoftwarepackagecontains
USBdriverandPCUtilityV4softwareinside.
F‐2InstallGoogleEarth
BT‐Q1300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.
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G.Starttouse
G‐1Fullychargethebatterywhenusingatthefirsttime
Afullychargedbatterycanlastupto12hourscontinuously
operation(underoptimumconditions).
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G‐2ConnectBT‐Q1300withyourPC
PleaseconnectBT‐Q1300withyourPCbyminiUSBcable,andthen
poweronBT‐Q1300.
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G‐3Startthesoftwareutility
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NOTE1:Beforestartingthesoftwareutility,pleasemakesurethat
thedriverandthesoftwareutilityhasbeeninstalled
properly.
NOTE2:PCUtilityV4onlysupportsBT‐Q1300.Anyintentiontouse
PCUtilityV4connectingGPSunitsotherthanBT‐Q1300
wouldresultinsoftwaredisconnectionautomatically.
NOTE3:PCUtilityV3isnotcompatiblewithBT‐Q1300.Pleasedon’t
makeuseofitwithBT‐Q1300.
1.Clickfrom<Start>/<AllPrograms>/<QstarzTravelRecorderV4>/
TravelRecorderPCUtilityV4
Usershavetoinputproductkeyatthefirsttimeofuse.Theproduct
keyislocatedonthecoverofthedriver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

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thentherewillbeonlytracksshownonGoogleMap.
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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.
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4.<File>\<ClearLog>
ClearthedatastoredintheTravelRecorder.
5.<File>\<ConfigGPS>
ConfiguretherecordingmethodoftheflashmemoryofTravel
Recorder.
5.1ConnectionSetting
I.AutoScanGPSModule(Recommended)
Theprogramwillautomaticallydetectthecomport.Itis
recommendedtosettoautoscan.
II.ManualSetting
Userscanalsomanuallysettheport.Pleaserefertousers’
manualformoredetailinformation.
5.2GPSDeviceName(UniqueID)
NameyourTravelRecorderhereandyourdownloadedlog
datawillcomewiththisuniqueID
5.3GPSLogSetting
Thereare4logmodes:Generalmode,vehiclemode,
cyclingmode,andhikingmode.Userscanalsochange
thedefaultsettingofthese4modes.
5.4DataLogMemory
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Whenthememoryisfull,TravelRecorderwill
keeploggingbyoverwritingthememory
fromtheearliestpoint.
StopLog:
Whenthememoryisfull,TravelRecorderwill
stoplogging.
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6.<File>\<DownloadAGPSData>
UpdatetheAGPSdatafrominternetassistanceservertoboostwarm
startspeedto15sec.
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.
7.<Photo/Media>\<AddMediaFiles>
Userscanaddmediafilesfromafilefolder,orselectedfiles.
7.1 Addmediafilesfromafolder:
Selectafoldertoaddmediafiles.
Addmediafilesfromselectedfiles:
UseCtrl‐Click,orShift‐Clicktoselectmultiplefiles.
7.2 Afterphotosareadded,allphotoswillbeshownonthe
<PhotoView>and<PhotoList>window.Under<Photo
View>window,Userscanclickonthe“nextphoto”and
“prevphoto”buttonstobrowsephotos,addcommentto
eachphoto,androtate,deletephotos.PCUtilitywill
automaticallymatchphotosandGPSloggedwaypointsby
time.
8.<Photo>\<ShiftPhotoTime>
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ofJpegorTifffile.Aftertheshift,PCUtilitywillautomaticallymatch
thephotoandtrackwaypointsagain.Userscanputmorethan365in
days.
9.<Photo>\<WriteGPSInfointoPhotos>
willsavethelatitude,longitude,andaltitudeinformationintophoto.
Aprogresswindowwillshowthewritingprogress.
H.NavigateasaBluetoothGPSReceiverwith
handhelddevice
H‐1ActivatetheBluetoothfunctioninyourPDA/Smartphoneor
PC
BeforeactivatingtheBluetoothfunctioninyourPDA/PC,please
poweronBT‐Q1300topair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.(Thepasscodeis“0000”)
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H‐2AutomaticallycreateashortcutinBluetoothManager
window
Afterthepairingcomplete,thesystemwillthenfindaquickconnect
device“QstarzGPS”inBluetoothManager.Infurtheruse,youjust
needtoclickittoconnecttothisBluetoothGPSReceiver.
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H‐3ChecktheSerialPortinBluetoothSetting
AftercompletepairingwithBT‐Q1300,pleaseclick“SerialPort”to
confirmtheassignedCOMport.IfyouusePDA/PCtopairtheGPS
Receiver,pleasecheck“OutboundCOMport”.
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H‐4SetcorrectSerialPortinyourmapsoftware
Activateyournavigationsoftwareandmakesuretoselectthe
correct“SerialPort”.
NOTE1:InthemapsoftwaresuchasTomTom,youmightneedto
changepreferenceandset“OtherBluetoothGPS”according
toPDA/phonemodel.Insomecasepleaseconsultmap
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NOTE2:Theremightbespecificsettingrequirementpernavigation
software.SuchasTomtom,pleasedeleteotherGPS
settingsunderTomtomsoftware,andkeeponeonly.
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H‐5SwitchofftheBluetoothfunction
SwitchoffGPSfunctioninyourPDA/Smartphone/PC,andthe
Bluetoothconnectionwillbedisconnectedautomatically.Then
poweroffBT‐Q1300.
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I.SwitchtoeXtreme5Hzsportmodeby
QstarzGpsViewsoftwareapplication
eXtreme5HzsportmodeallowsyourGPStogetthesameoreven
higherpositioningandaccuracyabilityduringeXtremesports.
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I‐1ConnectBT‐Q1300withyourPCandturniton.
I‐2ExecuteQstarzGpsView.exefromDriverCD
“Tools\QstarzGpsView.exe”.SelectCOMportandsetthebaudrate
to115200.Thenclick“On”tomakeconnection.
I‐3Click“Setup”tab,andyoucanchangetoeXtremeSportmode
underFixUpdateRate.Thehighernumbermeansthedevicecan
bearextremerenvironment.Afterselectanupdaterate,click“Set”
tosavethesetting.
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J‐1LEDIndicators
LEDStatus FlashONOFF
Power
(Red/Green)
Recharging
(Green)
LowPower
(Red)
Fully
charged
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
on
GPS
(Orange)
GPSpositionisfixed,
Navigation
Detecting
Satellite,
GPS
positionnot
fix
GPSnot
powered
Log(Green)
LogModeison
Flashper2sec.:
Lowmemory
Flash3times:
POI(PointofInterest)is
recorded
Memoryis
full
LogMode
isoff
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J‐2GPSFeatures
1.BaudRate:115,200bps/Datum:WGS‐84;Hot/Warm/ColdStart:
1/33/35sec.(averaged)
2.66‐channelBluetoothGPSReceiverwithsuperhighsensitivityat
‐165dBm
3.BluetoothVersion:V1.2/SPPprofile/Class2with15metersin
openspace
4.Lowpowerconsumption,built‐inrechargeableLithiumbattery
5.Size:62(L)X38(W)X7(H)mm
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K.TroubleShooting
QuestionAnswer
CanBT‐Q1300be
usedtonavigate
whentravellogis
on?
Yes,youcanuseBT‐Q1300tonavigatewhen
travellogisonsimultaneously.
Ilostmytravel
charger.Where
canIfindthe
replacement?
DCInputrangeofBT‐Q1300is4.5~5.5V.You
canuseatravelchargerwhichsupportDC
outputrangefrom4.5~5.5V.Youcanalsousea
commonminiUSBcabletochargeyourunitvia
thelaptop.
HowcanIknowif
mymemoryis
full?
IfyouseetheLogLEDissteadylightedup,
whichmeansthememoryisfull.
Canthelogged
databe
downloaded
through
Bluetooth?
Actuallyit’sokayforQ1300todownloaddata
viaBluetoothinterface.However,sinceitisnot
stableandwithlowerdownloadperformance
thanthatofUSBinterface,wedon’tofficially
admitthisfeature.
MyQ1300is
unabletolog
anymore.What’s
wrong?
CheckifyourQ1300’smemoryisfullorthe
statusinPCutilityV3software“DataLogList”
appearstobe“Error!”ornot.Bothcanbe
resolvedbyperformingasoftresetatPCUtility
softwareV3“DataLogList”‐>“Reset.”
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