Comments on: Fortuna Clip-On Bluetooth GPS Receiver review

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:42:03 +0000

the nokia i can pair it with my laptop and vice versa…. with any other device the nokia phone works well with the fortuna it doesn’t let it pair even with the 0000 code… 🙁 and the laptop i got it to pair once without a code and it pairs it to COM10 or 11 and so on…. did it once cant do it again(had to do it again for the gps progs to find the device in order to work…) :S
oh and another thing is that the fortuna device i have isn’t the one with tx sx or whatever the buttons are… (if this makes any difference…)

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:04:17 +0000

I have bought the Fortuna GPS receiver but even though the instructions say that there is no pass needed both my N93 phone and my dell laptop require it for pairing.... I've tried putting in 0000 (4zeros) but still doesn't work... what should i do?

David says: Hmm, even the official FAQ says to use 0000 as pass key. Are you able to pair the Nokia or Fortuna with any other device? Maybe try again?

By: dave

dave — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:11:01 +0000

is there any drivers i can download for the clipon bt-gps thanks

David says:
I think the point with Bluetooth is that it is a standard and does not require any additional drivers for each unit.
If you device supports serial communication over BlueTooth it will support the Fortuna Clip-On Bluetooth GPS Receiver.
Of course, the GPS protocol is a sperate issue which the a navigation application has to handle.

By: Philip

Philip — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 01:38:45 +0000

I have no problem using Belkin bluetooth GPS (same as Fortura clip on bluetooth) to connect to a Dell Axim bluetooth PDA using com port 7 but can’t connect to a laptop. Laptop’s Com port starts from 18, 19, 20, etc. My GPS does have a problem with ‘Out of Memory’ using PDA since PDA’s memory is only 64 mb. Using a laptop to compute route list, I had no problem starting in NY to San Fran, 3000+ miles 4800+ km
route list.
BTW, I read that iGuidance V.2.1.1 mapping software solves the ‘Out of Memory problem’.

David says:
The COM port you select is specific to the device you are using. It may be port 7 on a PDA but on your laptop it will be a different port.
Check the documentation for the LAPTOP BlueTooth manager. It should give you advice on how to communicate with external BT devices.
The Fortuna clip-on does not care what kind of device it is sending the data to!

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 18:43:50 +0000

I have one of these and find it very good but want to hardwire my car and want to know whether this unit can be connected directly to PDA rather than using Bluetooth?

By: Luis A

Luis A — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 21:29:37 +0000

Where can this unit be purchased in the USA?