tafkam
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Hello, if this question has been covered please let me know but I did search before posting:
I am planning on getting a Home Patrol 1 and I would like to be able to use it with GPS. Basically, I want to know exactly what I need to use the GPS function. I have checked the owners manual (nothing there at all) as well as this forum and doing a Google search, and I have found some info but nothing with a complete answer. I have read that these will work: Amazon.com: Garmin 18x PC GPS Navigator Unit: GPS & Navigation this is a Garmin, not sure if it is the equivalent of Uniden BC-GPSK Amazon.com: Uniden BC-GPSK Serial GPS Receiver for Scanner and Marine Products: GPS & Navigation and I also saw that in addition to one of these I may need this cable GPS Cable for Uniden DMA Scanner and Marine Products - Accessories at Uniden
I ALSO read somewhere that I may need a null male to male gender changer. Is this in addition to one or more of the above cables?
. I currently have a Garmin Nuvi 3550 but I read that the Home Patrol will not work with it. I do have an older Nuvi 350 and read somewhere that the HP will work with it but I would need a cable . I currently have a Garmin Nuvi 3550 but I read that the Home Patrol will not work with it. I do have an older Nuvi 350 and read somewhere that the HP will work with it but I would need a cable https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/...ucts_id=114&osCsid=2nthscltd4k1frc22d7cnl74b3 but since this is $48 I think I would rather go with a “puck” type GPS.
I understand that Uniden may not be coming out with a replacement for the Home Patrol anytime soon, and they do not give out info about what the next generation will have as far as connections, but in my limited knowledge of tech type things I thought that the serial cables were no longer in use. I don’t know of any GPS units that have them (at least not any of the “big 3” Garmin, TomTom and Magellan) so I wonder if the next generation of Home Patrol will offer some other connection then serial cable, or is there a reason why a serial can be used?
Any help would be much appreciated, I want to make sure I only order the bare minimum of what I would need, either using my old Nuvi 350 as well as not using it.
Thanks
Mike