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Bluenext - BN903S 65 Channels GPS Dongle

by Bluenext
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
Price: £12.99
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  • High sensitivity (to -160dBm)
  • Excellent performance - Cold/Warm/Hot start time: 29/25/1 sec. (average)
  • Smart power saving / 12~14 hours usage
  • Support standard NMEA-0183
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  • ASIN: B003Q6KZOQ
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 7 Jun 2010
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 10,993 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
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Still trying to figure out what GPS and "sat nav" guidance system to buy? Wouldn't it be great if your computer could function as your GPS navigation system? Check this out: UNIVERSAL USB GPS ADAPTER. Simply plug this GPS USB dongle into your laptop, desktop computer, or PDA and you'll be able to pick up a satellite positioning signal!+ FREE MobileNavigator 7 navigational DVD of 40 European Countries (30 days trial) - For Symbian S60 3rd Edition, Windows Mobile 5, 6 & 6.1BlueNEXT BN-903GPS Dongle represents the latest ingenious GPS technology from the leading GPS receiver manufacturer


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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars From hate it to love it (with much swearing) 28 Sep 2011
I bought this last summer while back in the UK and expected it to be plug and play which, as many others have said in their reviews, it is far from! Returning home to the Philippines (the relevance of this fact will become clear later) it sat idle in my office drawer until September when I rediscovered it and decided to have another shot at installing it. The problems that I encountered were.

1. The driver is for Windows 98/2000/etc and I'm running Windows 7 on my laptop
2. The instructions are both crap and in Chinese
3. The mapping software I used (Microsoft Autoroute 2010) accepts only GPS devices with a baud rate of 4800 (this device uses a baud rate of 9600 even though it says that it will work on 4800)
4. The mapping software is expensive
5. The mapping software is only good for Europe (or the US if you buy Microsoft's Streets and Trips)

After much head scratching and a little help from my friend I have been able to solve each of these problems.

1. Go to the BlueNext website and download the driver for Windows 7 ([...]l)
2. I couldn't find any instructions in English, so I just looked at the pictures and followed as best I could. Plug in the dongle and run the little rom.agps.exe utility (you'll need an internet connection to do this). This might sound naïve, but I tried to get it to work in my office (duh) it needs to "see" the satellites, so take it outside and leave it for a few minutes until the green LED starts to flash - if it stays on, then it hasn't found any satellites, once it starts to flash, then it has - BE PATIENT.
3. The baud rate issue was a tricky one. The output from the dongle is at 9600 on Com port 5. I used a little freebee called GPSGate (download it here [...]). What this does is to take the 9600 signal from COM 5 and translate it to 4800 on a different COM port (I chose COM 1), then I told the mapping software NOT to get the GPS data through COM 5, but instead to use COM 1.
4. Although I have Microsoft Autoroute for Europe, it was useless as I live in the Philippines (Ah now I see why that fact was important). So I downloaded some free (yes free!) navigational software called NavigatorFree from MapFactor (get it here http://navigatorfree.mapfactor.com/en/download/). Navigator has everything that you need, 3D navigation, voice commands, programmable routes, the lot.
5. NavigatorFree doesn't come with any maps though, so I downloaded them from the OpenStreetMap.org people. You don't need to go to their website as they can be downloaded through Navigatorfree. Don't do what I did and download all maps for all countries as it took about 20 minutes to start the software after I did. Be selective and only download the maps for the countries that you need and the bootup time is cut to seconds.

And there you have it and pretty awesome little gps dongle for less than 20 quid.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars BlueNext BN-903S GPS Dongle 18 Feb 2011
By AJ
I am using the dongle with a Samsung Netbook with Windows 7 Starter. It works perfectly with the Memory-Map marine charts software. I had difficulty installing the driver as the Instruction Guide contains little helpful information. The driver is contained in a mini-CD that is enclosed with the dongle, but this too lacks adequate documentation. Once installed, however, the device works well. I have also installed the dongle on a desktop PC that runs Windows XP. It works OK on that too, and also links without problem to the Admiralty/RYA electronic chart plotter software which is installed on that machine. Overall, the dongle is good value for the money.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Works fine with Linux too 5 Jun 2011
By xj25vm
Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm using this on Linux with gpsd. No trouble being detected as /dev/ttyUSB0 (or /dev/gps0 if you have extra udev rules) if you don't have any other usb serial device plugged in. I also have the Globalsat ND-100 and ND-100s adapters - which happen to be more expensive and have the (supposedly) high quality Sirf III chipset. I would say that the BlueNext BN903S is more stable and predictable in operation. Many times I have to unplug and replug the Globalsat dongles to reset them and get them to acquire a satellite lock. The BlueNext dongle is far less problematic so far - it starts up and acquires satellites every time without fiddling. From my experience so far I highly recommend it. Can't make many comments regarding using it on Windows though - as I don't.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Driver for Bluenext Dongle
My device arrived today, but came with no driver (or windows couldn't find it). Also www.bluenext.co.uk no longer exists, so there isn't a manufacturer's site. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Andyu
1.0 out of 5 stars dont bother
this is rubbish no much software about for it and what you can find is low end rubbish, my suggestion it don't waste your time or money
Published 9 days ago by Jackel
4.0 out of 5 stars Works fine, fixed at 9600 BAUD.
Once set up (read earlier reviews) the device works fine.

MS autoroute won't recognise the device UNLESS you reconfigure the baud rate to 4800, using a piece of software... Read more
Published 11 days ago by Splodger
5.0 out of 5 stars Bluenext - BN903S 65 Channels GPS Dongle
Thought this dongle was going to be hard work having read some of the reviews, but it couldn't have been easier! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr Mog
4.0 out of 5 stars Best for the price
It's the perfect product for the price. The electronics are very well made, the only deficiency I found is that the antenna is not very sensible and produces bigger than expected... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kalin Nakov
5.0 out of 5 stars Great GPS but lacking documentation
The GPS works fine under Windows 7 64bit. I had no problems installing - Windows 7 found the driver on the Internet but you can run "CP210x_VCP_Win_XP_S2K3_Vista_7. Read more
Published 11 months ago by JG
4.0 out of 5 stars worth the fiddle - set up instructions here
As other reviewers have said this device is not 'plug and play' but needs a bit of fiddling around to get it working. However stick with it because it is worth the effort. Read more
Published 13 months ago by A. Conroy
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to plug
It Works fine with my navigation software. I plugged it and launched an automatic GPS search, 2mn later, I had the position on the map
Published 18 months ago by Jean Francois Ryo
3.0 out of 5 stars Bluenext GPS dongle
I am using this with a DELL 10" WinXP mini laptop. Item works fine once you have an understanding of USB/Serial drivers and baud speed. Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. Breen
5.0 out of 5 stars GPS Dongle Review
Excellent value. Downloaded a free chart plotter programe (seaclear II) and calibrated my own maps. Compared it with my handheld GPS and both gave the same readings, very... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Dr. Syn
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