GlobalSat BU-353 Waterproof USB GPS Receiver
GlobalSat BU-353 Waterproof USB GPS Receiver
- Built-In Supercap For Rapid Acquisition
- Built-In Roof Mount Magnet
- USB Interface
- Built-In GPS Patch Antenna
Features:
* SiRF Star III High Performance GPS chipset – WAAS
* High sensitivity (Tracking Sensitivity: -159 dBm)
* Extremely fast TTFF (Time To First Fix) at low signal level
* Support NMEA 0183 data protocol
* Built-in SuperCap to reserve system data for rapid satellite acquisition
* Built-in patch antenna
* Super-cohesive magnetic for mounting on the car
* USB interface connection port
* Waterproof and non-slip on the bottom
* LED indicator for GPS fix or not fix LED OFF: Receiver switch off LED ON: No fix, signal searching LED Flashing: Position fixed
Specifications:
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Chipset: SiRF Star III v3.1.1 firmware WAAS Enabled
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Frequency: L1, 1575.42 MHz
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C/A code: 1.023 MHz chip rate
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Channels: 20 channel all-in-vi
List Price: $ 49.99
Price: $ 49.99
GPS with Customer Reviews
Jeff Greatorex
December 30, 2011Fast locking in on Location, Very nice,
This is the fastest lock GPS device I have used, and I have used about a dozen. One thing though-I was having trouble with it crashing my Vista laptop after a couple hours of use. I Solved this by going to Control Panel->Hardware and Sound->Device Manager->Under Ports->Select Properties of Prolific USB-to-Serial…->Port Settings->Change Flow Control to Hardware then->Select Advanced->Change both buffers to 1. And that totally solved the blue screen issue I was having.
Great product, best available USB GPS.
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|Anthony Bugg
December 30, 2011thoughts from a truck driver,
I am a over-the-road truck driver and my blue-tooth gps unit started going out on me so I looked around for a replacement. Most of the review were positive and that had me really looking at this inexpensive gps. One person talked about loose connection I wonder if it might have been the user that had the loose connection as I have never had a problem with my laptop and gps bouncing around inside of the truck losing connection. I like the idea of a usb unit as I had already tried the blue-tooth versions and the batteries just do not last well for me as I drive between 5 to 11 hours a day. I have waited for several weeks after purchase and use to write this review as I wanted to give it a good try. I have drive all around the country during that time and I have been places where the road was next to a mountain cut-out on both sides of the road and still had gps lock the only places that I have lost gps signal was when I went through mountain tunnels but it picks back the signal on the other side within seconds. I would recommend this to anyone even if you are not a truck driver.
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|Marvin L. Benoit "Caribbean sailor"
December 30, 2011Awesome!!!!,
This GPS is awesome!!! I have struggled with trying to interface handheld GPS to my laptop for a couple of years. I live aboard a sailboat in the Caribbean using navigation software to plan my passages and have been frustrated trying to use my handheld GPS input which resulted in continual problems. That has all been changed using this new GPS and couldn’t be happier with it’s ease of installation and awesome performance. It picks up the signal below at my nav station, aquires quickly and performs without causing any problems with my computer. I have tried several systems and this unit outperforms them and I cannot recommend this unit highly enough, you will not be sorry…
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