Holux 213 Awsome

michael_16j · 05-03-2006, 04:09 PM

This is one the best gps i had so far locks take no time, finds me right away

i suggest if your looking for one get this receiver.

http://www.gps4evyone.com/pages/1/index.htm

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GM 213 USB Mouse GPS Receiver

Mouse type receiver. Good for laptops or PDA's.
Connection by wire. Water proof and magnetic base.

Price: $59.95 S/H: $4.95 (US)

Cheaper than ebay
http://www.gps4evyone.com/pages/8/index.htm
shipping cost less too, 4.95 for shipping cheap, ebay is $20 shipped

Reacquisition 0.1 sec. averaged

Hot Start 8 sec. averaged

Warm Start 38 sec. averaged

Cold Start 45 sec. averaged Not true for me it got locked after a few seconds and gave me 7 sats

Blaz3 · 05-30-2006, 09:13 AM

just ordered the same one on ebay! ... just waiting for it to arrive

have u noticed any cons to it?

LagunaICE · 05-30-2006, 09:17 AM

just a click away...

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...threadid=74592

LiquidKernel · 06-02-2006, 06:31 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by LagunaICE

just a click away...

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...threadid=74592

Read that, just seems like a defective device.

My 213 runs great as I mentioned in that thread. Got it for $59 shipped on eBay... damn good deal.

sina3001 · 06-04-2006, 01:07 PM

Yeah I bought the same GPS reciever on eBay about a week ago and it works great. I get 8-9 sats outside and I get 5-7 sats inside my house! It actually tracked me moving on the upper level of the house. I tested it and I got 2 MPH when I was walking down the hall and 6 MPH when I ran.

This is my first GPS reciever ever and I couldn't be happier with it.

LiquidKernel · 06-04-2006, 01:14 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sina3001

Yeah I bought the same GPS reciever on eBay about a week ago and it works great. I get 8-9 sats outside and I get 5-7 sats inside my house! It actually tracked me moving on the upper level of the house. I tested it and I got 2 MPH when I was walking down the hall and 6 MPH when I ran.

This is my first GPS reciever ever and I couldn't be happier with it.

Ditto. I was sitting at my desk some 8 feet away from the window and got 6 sats. When I went driving around it didn't flinch for a second and locked onto around 8. At it's peak it locked at 10.

mattJw · 06-27-2006, 04:06 PM

I got one.. I'm having a problem where it takes a long time(5-15 min) to lock on the first time I use it each day.. I'm not sure if the battery in it is loosing power as I leave it plugged into a turned off computer all night or if its loosing some info because its in a garage and can't get a lock..?? I'm using S&T 06 on a Windows XP system..

Anyone else having a similar problem?

Thanks,
-Matt

Dougw133 · 02-28-2008, 10:47 AM

Me!

Woofnstuff · 02-28-2008, 04:29 PM

ive got one of these as well and its great. locks FAST and stays connected..

make sure you are not running it off a low power USB port or an unpowered hub.

also check that windows hasnt "found" a new mouse, there is a glitch in windows XP where it will find a mouse as well as the gps device, just disable it in device manager, this also causes random jumping of the mouse pointer too.

I ended up using GPSgate to split the gps ports and enable me to emulate a garmin device, so i can use the free open source maps