Qstarz Travel recorder X BT-Q1000X User manual

Brand: Qstarz

Model: Travel recorder X BT-Q1000X

Category: Navigators

Type: User manual

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TableofContents

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1.OVERVIEW ......................................................................................... 1

2.PRODUCTNOTICE............................................................................... 1

3.FEATURES........................................................................................... 2

4.PRODUCTSPECIFICATION ................................................................... 3

5.HARDWAREINTRODUCTION .............................................................. 4

5‐1.APPEARANCE ........................................................................................ 4

5‐2.HARDWAREFUNCTION ........................................................................... 5

5‐3.BATTERYINSTALLATION ........................................................................... 5

5‐4.LEDINDICATORS ................................................................................... 7

5‐5.FUNCTIONOFAUTOON‐OFF,AUTOLOGON‐OFF ....................................... 8

6.SETUPBT‐Q1000X .............................................................................. 9

6‐1.INSTALLTHEDRIVERANDSOFTWAREUTILITYFORBT‐Q1000X ....................... 9

6‐2.INSTALLGOOGLEEARTH ....................................................................... 13

7.STARTTOUSE................................................................................... 13

7‐1.FULLYCHARGETHEBATTERYWHENUSINGATTHEFIRSTTIME ......................... 13

7‐2.CONNECTBT‐Q1000XWITHYOURPC ................................................... 13

7‐3.STARTTHESOFTWAREUTILITY................................................................. 13

8.USEFULREFERENCEAPPLICATIONSONTHEINTERNET...................... 18

8‐1.LOCRGPSPHOTO ............................................................................... 18

8‐2.GPSBABEL......................................................................................... 19

8‐3.SPORTSMATE ................................................................................. 20

8‐4.JETPHOTOSTUDIO............................................................................... 21

8‐5.VEOGEO ........................................................................................... 22

8‐6.RACECHRONO .................................................................................... 23

9.TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................................ 24

10.APPENDIX....................................................................................... 29

10‐1.ACTIVATETHEBLUETOOTHFUNCTIONINYOURPDA/SMARTPHONEORPC ... 29

10‐2.CREATEBLUETOOTHSETTING(WINDOWSMOBILE5/6FORPOCKETPC)...... 30

10‐3.CONFIGURETHEGPSINTERMEDIATEDRIVER........................................... 33

10‐4.STARTYOURNAVIGATIONSOFTWARE ..................................................... 35

10‐5.SWITCHTOEXTREME5HZSPORTMODEBYQSTARZGPSVIEWSOFTWARE

APPLICATION.............................................................................................. 36

10‐6.SAFETYNOTICES................................................................................ 39

BT‐Q1000XTravelRecorder™ 

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1.Overview

ThankyouforpurchasingQstarzeXtreme66‐CHseriesBT‐Q1000X‐

Bluetooth®A‐GPSTravelRecorder™,built‐insecondgenerationGPS

chipsetMTKwith66channelstrackingforyournavigationandtravel

log,andalso,providesstand‐aloneloggingupto200,000records.

Besides,BT‐Q1000Xsoftwareutilitysupportsmulti‐conditionsetting

tocustomizepersonaltravelrecord.Alltrackingrecordscanbe

downloaded,saved,andalsocandisplaydirectlyonGoogleEarth

withphotosbyintegratedGeotaggingfunction.BT‐Q1000Xsupports

42hrsoperatingtimeforyourlog.Youdon’thavetoworryyourGPS

needstoberechargedshortly,andsupportsSmartPowercontrolfor

powersaving.

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event,andproductinformation.

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2.ProductNotice

z Pleasetakeoutthebatteryandstoreitindry/coolplaces

whennotuseforalongperiod.

z IfBT‐Q1000Xisn’tusedintemperaturebetween‐10 ~

60 ,itsbatterychargingcapabilitywilldecrease.Leave

theBT‐Q1000Xfarfromheatorhightemperature

environment.Andalso,donotexposeyourBT‐Q1000Xin

temperaturehigherthan145 /60 topreventthe

batteryinsideBT‐Q1000Xfromoverheating,explodingor

burningitself.TheLithiumbatteryinsidetheBT‐Q1000X

shouldberecycled.

z Donotleavetheunitstayingbelowcar’swindshieldafter

carparkedduringhotsummerseason.Someposition

belowwindshieldmaygeneratehightemperatureover

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158 /70 .Suchtemperaturemaymelttheunitand

damagethebattery.

z ItisrecommendedtoturnBT‐Q1000Xoffinthehospital.

WirelessGPSreceivermayinterferewiththemedical

equipmentswhichuseradiofrequency.

z Themanufacturerassumesnoresponsibilityforany

damagesandlossresultingfromtheuseofthismanual,or

fromdeletionofdataasaresultofmalfunction,dead

battery,orfrommisuseoftheproductinanyway.

z Pleasecleantheunitwithadryandcleansoftclose.Donot

useharshcleaningsolvents,chemicals,orstrong

detergents.

z DonotattempttoopenBT‐Q1000Xbyyourself.

Unauthorizedhackingmaydamagetheunit,andvoidyour

warranty.

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3.Features

z AdoptMTKIIchipsetwithhighsensitivity‐165dBmand

66‐ChannelPerformance

z Stand‐Alonetravelrecordertologupto200,000records

(WaypointswouldbereducedduetomoreoptionsofLog

Format)

z EasilyswitchTravelRecordertoLOGmodeorNAVmode

(Navigation+Log)

z SupportPOIbuttonformemorizingyourlocation

z Stand‐Alonetravelrecordertologupto200,000records(*)

z ProvidePCutilitywithfriendlyUIandMulti‐Language

z SupportMulti‐ModesettingtorecorddataVehicle,Bicycle,

Jog)

z DrawyournavigationpathimmediatelyonGoogleEarthas

default

z SupportGeoTaggingfunctionfordigitalphotoandgenerate

KMZfileeasily

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z A‐GPSsupportbooststhefixspeedto15secfaster

z SavethetravelrecordsasGPX/CSV/NMEA/Google

Earthfileformat

z DGPS(WAAS+EGNOS+MSAS),QZSSsupport

z Personal/PortableNavigation(PDA,Smartphone,PC,etc.)

z Lowerpowerconsumptionupto42hrsfortravelrecording

z FastPositionFix,Coldstart35s,Warmstart33s,Hotstart1s

z AutoOn‐Offfunctionforsmartpowercontrol

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*ThewaypointswouldbedecreasedwhenthemoreoptionsofLog

Formatareselected

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4.ProductSpecification

General

GPSChipMTKIIGPSModule

FrequencyL1,1575.42MHz

C/ACode1.023MHzchiprate

Channels66‐CHPerformance

Antenna(Internal)Built‐inpatchantennawithLNA

SensitivityTracking‐165dBm

DatumWGS84

PerformanceCharacteristic

PositionWithoutaid:3.0m2D‐RMS

Accuracy<3mCEP(50%)withoutSA(horizontal)

DGPS(WAAS,ENGOS,MSAS):2.5m

VelocityWithoutaid:0.1m/s,DGPS(WAAS,ENGOS,MSAS):

0.05m/s

Time50nsRMS

Cold/Warm/HotStart35/33/1sec,average

DynamicCondition

Altitude<18,000m

Velocity<515m/sec

Acceleration<4g

Protocol

GPSOutputDataNMEA0183(V3.01)‐GGA,GSA,GSV,RMC(Default)

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VTG,GLL(Optional)

BaudRate115,200bps

Power

Built‐inrechargeableLi‐ionbattery,Upto42hrsafterfullycharged

Bluetooth

StandardFullycompliantwithBluetoothV1.2

BluetoothProfileSerialPortProfiles(SPP),Upto10meters

Others

Size/Weight72.2(L)X46.5(W)X20(H)mm/64.7g(battery

included)

Operating

Temperature‐10 to+60 

StorageTemperature‐20 to+60 

Charging0 to+45 

5.HardwareIntroduction

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5‐1.Appearance

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1.Powerjack(miniUSBtype)

2.Modeswitch(OFF/NAV/LOG)

3.BatterystatusLED(Red/Green)

4.BluetoothstatusLED(Blue)

5.GPSstatusLED(Orange)

LogStatusLED(Red)

6.Internalantenna

7.POIbutton

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5‐2.HardwareFunction

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HardwareFunctionDescription

PowerJack

akethepowercableandconnectittothe

powerjack(miniUSBtype)forchargingonly

ModeSwitch(OFF)PoweroffBT‐Q1000X

ModeSwitch(NAV)

henswitchtoNAVmode,BT‐Q1000Xonly

canbeusedtonavigatewithhandheld

devices(PDA/Smartphone/Laptop…),and

thedatalogfunctionisdisabled.

ModeSwitch(LOG)

henswitchtoLOGmode,BT‐Q1000Xcanbe

usedtorecordyourtravelpath,and

navigationfunctionisstillenabled.

POIButtonPushtologthefavoritePointofInterest

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ModeSwitch(OFF)ModeSwitch(NAV)ModeSwitch(LOG)

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5‐3.Batteryinstallation

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1.PressthePUSHbuttononthebottomsideoftheunit

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2.Pulloutthebatterycover.Insertbatteryintheunit

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3.Putbatterycoverontothecabinet

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4.Thenpushdownandforceitforwardtofitfirmly

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‐Chargingyourbattery

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Forthefirsttimeusingthe

BT‐Q1000X,pleasechargebattery

untilitisfullycharged.Takethe

powercableandconnectittothe

powerjack(miniUSBtype)and

rechargethroughUSBcable,travel

charger,orcarcigaretteadaptor.

Thiswillbegintochargethebattery.Chargingtimeisabout3hours

typically.

‐WhenthePowerLEDisRed,batterypowerislowstatus.Please

recharge.

‐WhenthePowerLEDisGreen,thebatteryisunderchargingmode.

‐WhenthePowerLEDisoff,thebatteryisfullycharged.

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5‐4.LEDIndicators

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LEDStatus FlashONOFF

Power

(Red/Green)

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Recharging

(Green)

LowPower

(Red)

Fully

charged

Bluetooth

(Blue)

Flashper2sec.:

Bluetoothconnected

andtransmitting

Mode

Flashper5sec.:

Powersavingmode

Not

connected

/Pairing

GPSnot

powered/

LogMode

ison

GPS

(Orange)

GPSpositionisfixed,

Navigation

Detecting

Satellite,

GPS

position

notfix

GPSnot

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Log

(Red)

Flashper2sec:Low

memory(20%)

Flash3times:

POI(PointofInterest)

isrecorded

Memoryis

full

LogMode

isoff

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5‐5.FunctionofAutoOn‐off,AutoLogOn‐Off

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AutoOn‐Off(Powersavingmode):Q1000Xcanautomaticallyenter

sleepingmodeaftertheBluetoothconnectivityisturnedoff,sothe

BlueLEDwillturntoflashevery5seconds.Thusyoucanalways

poweritonwithverylowpowerconsumption.

Underpowersavingmode,whendetectingBluetoothisbeing

connected,BT‐Q1000XwillautowakeupitselfandtheblueLEDwill

turntoflashevery2secondsandGPSOrangeLEDwillbealsoOn.

Note:Powersavingmodewouldnotfunctioniflogisenabled.

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AutoLogOn‐Off:UnderLogmode,BT‐Q1000Xwillautomatically

stoplogaftertheGPSdoesn’tfix.However,theLEDwillnotindicate

itsinceitworksinbackground.AslongastheGPSfixesagain,

BT‐Q1000Xwillstarttolog.Thusyoucansaveverymuchmemory

duringyourtravel.

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BT‐Q1000XTravelRecorder™ 

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6.SetupBT‐Q1000X

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6‐1.Installthedriverandsoftwareutilityfor

BT‐Q1000X

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SystemRequirement(OnlycompatiblewithMicrosoftWindowsXP

/Vista)

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MinimumSystemRequirementRecommendedSystem

Requirement

‐WindowsXPorVista

‐Pentium3,500Mhz

‐128MRAM

‐128MBdiskspace

‐Networkspeed:128Kbits/sec

‐3D‐capablevideocardwith

16MbytesofVRAM

‐800x600,"16‐bitHighColor"

screen

‐WindowsXP

‐Pentium42.4GHz+orAMD

2450xp+

‐512MRAM

‐2GBoffreediskspace

‐Networkspeed:768Kbits/sec

orbetter(DSL/Cable)

‐3D‐capablevideocardwith32

MBofVRAMorgreater

‐1280x1024,"32‐bitTrueColor"

screen

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1.PleaseinserttheSoftwareCDtoyourcomputer.Theautorun

windowwillappearandpleaseselectQ1000X.Pleasepress“Install

QTravel”toinstallthemainprogram.Iftheautorunwindowsdid

notappear,pleasebrowsetheCDandfindthefolder

“Utility\QTravel\”.Doubleclick“QTravel_installer.exe”toinstall

thesoftwareutilitypackage.ThissoftwarepackagecontainsUSB

driverandQTravel™softwareinside.

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2.Systemwouldpopuptheutilityinstallationdialog.Pleaseclick

<Next>forthenextstep.

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3.Pleaseselect“QTravel™”and“GPSDataLogDeviceDriver”,and

thenclick<Next>tothenextstep.IfyoualreadyinstalledUSB

driver,pleaseunselect“GPSDataLogDeviceDriver.”

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4.Click<Next>ifyouwanttoinstalltheprogramindefaulttarget

folderoryoucanclick<Explore>tochangetheinstallfolder.

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5.Giveafolder’snameforquicklinksinstartmenuandclick

<Install>toinstalltheprogram.

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6.Whentheutilityinstallationiscompleted,pleaseclick<Finish>to

reboot.Oryoucanalsorebootlaterbyselecting“No,Iwantto

rebootlaterbymyself.”

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6‐2.InstallGoogleEarth

BT‐Q1000XsupportsshowingyourtravelpathdirectlyonGoogle

Earth.Pleasegotohttp://earth.google.comforthefreedownloadof

GoogleEarth,andtheninstallittoyourcomputer.Fortheoperation

procedureofGoogleEarth,pleasereferto

http://earth.google.com/support/

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7.Starttouse

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7‐1.Fullychargethebatterywhenusingatthefirst

time

Afullychargedbatterycanlastupto42hourscontinuously

operation.

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7‐2.ConnectBT‐Q1000XwithyourPC

1.PoweronBT‐Q1000X.

2.PleaseconnectBT‐Q1000XwithyourPCbyminiUSBcable.

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7‐3.Startthesoftwareutility

NOTE1:Beforestartingthesoftwareutility,pleasemakesurethat

theUSBdriverandthesoftwareutilityhasbeeninstalled

properly.

NOTE2:QTravel™onlysupportsBT‐Q1000X.Anyintentiontouse

QTravel™connectingGPSunitsotherthanBT‐Q1000X

wouldresultinsoftwaredisconnectionautomatically.

QTravel™:

QTravel™isthebestGeotaggingsoftwaretointegratingyourtravel

trackandphototogethereasily.Supporttrackediting,playback,and

import/exportWizard.

1.Clickfrom<Start>/<AllPrograms>/<QstarzQTravel™>/

QTravel™

Usershavetoinputproductkeyatthefirsttimeofuse.Theproduct

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keyislocatedontheenvelopofthesoftwareCD.

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ImportantNotice:DonotloseyourProductKey.Keepthepackaging,

orwritethenumberdownandkeepitinasafe

place.

2.<File>\<ImportWizard>

ImportWizardcanguideyoutoproceedtheGeotagprocesseasily.

2.1 TheImportWizardwilljumpouteverytimeduring

programstartup.Youcanalsolaunchitbyclicking<File>\

<ImportWizard>orthequicklinkicon.

2.2 Selectthemethodtoimportthetracksfromdevice.

<Importtracksandphotosintonewtrip>

Createanewtriptosavethetracks

<Selecttriptoimporttracksandphotos>

Savethetracksintoanexistedtrip

<Importwholetripfromprojectfile(*.itm)>

ImportatripfromaprojectfilesavedbyTravelRecorder

software

2.3 QTravel™willautomaticallydetectthecomportandbaud

rateandloadintheGPStracks.

2.4 Atracklistwindowwillbepoppedup.Selectthetracksto

import.

2.5 Pleaseselectthephotofoldertoimportphotosforgeotag.

Youcanalsoskipthisstepbyclicking<Finish>directlyand

thentherewillbeonlytracksshownonGoogleMap.

3.<File>\<ExportWizard>

ExportWizardcanguideyoutoproceedexportprocesseasily.

3.1 HTML:Packselectedtracksandphotosintoeditablehtml

filesorasingleeasysharingmhtfile.

BT‐Q1000XTravelRecorder™ 

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3.2 GoogleEarth:KMLandKMZareGoogleEarthfilesformats.

KMLfilecontainsdetailwaypointsandtracksinfo.

KMZfilecontainsbothsimpletrackandphotosinfo.

3.3 TrackFile:ExporttracksandplacemarksasGPX,NMEA,

andCSVfileformats.

3.4 ProjectFile:ExportwholetripasaTravelRecorder

softwarecompatibleprojectfile.

4.<File>\<ClearLog>

ClearthedatastoredintheTravelRecorder.

5.<File>\<ConfigGPS>

ConfiguretherecordingmethodoftheflashmemoryofTravel

Recorder.

5.1 ConnectionSetting

I.AutoScanGPSModule(Recommended)

Theprogramwillautomaticallydetectthecomport.Itis

recommendedtosettoautoscan.

II.ManualSetting

Userscanalsomanuallysettheport.Pleaserefertousers’

manualformoredetailinformation.

5.2 GPSDeviceName(UniqueID)

NameyourTravelRecorderhereandyourdownloadedlog

datawillcomewiththisuniqueID

5.3 GPSLogSetting

Thereare4logmodes:Generalmode,vehiclemode,

cyclingmode,andhikingmode.Userscanalsochange

thedefaultsettingofthese4modes.

5.4 DataLogMemory

Overwrite:

Whenthememoryisfull,TravelRecorderwill

keeploggingbyoverwritingthememory

fromtheearliestpoint.

StopLog:

Whenthememoryisfull,TravelRecorderwill

stoplogging.

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6.<File>\<DownloadAGPSData>

UpdatetheAGPSdatafrominternetassistanceservertoboostwarm

startspeedto15sec.

A‐GPSisasystemwhereoutsidesources,suchasanassistance

serverandreferencenetwork,helpaGPSreceiverboosts

performancebeyondthatofthesamereceiverinastand‐alone

modebydownloadingthealmanacdatafromanassistanceserver.

Note1:A‐GPScanboostGPSwarmstartspeedtoalwayslowerthan

15secfixafterthefirstfix.TheA‐GPSefficiencywilldecrease

whentimegoesby.Ifitexpires,youwouldhavetodownload

almanacdataagainbecausetheaccelerationefficiencyoffix

willbecometotallyineffective.

Note2:Pleasedon’tupdatethealmanacdataviaBluetooth

interface.

7.<Photo/Media>\<AddMediaFiles>

Userscanaddmediafilesfromafilefolder,orselectedfiles.

7.1 Addmediafilesfromafolder:

Selectafoldertoaddmediafiles.

Addmediafilesfromselectedfiles:

UseCtrl‐Click,orShift‐Clicktoselectmultiplefiles.

7.2 Afterphotosareadded,allphotoswillbeshownonthe

<PhotoView>and<PhotoList>window.Under<Photo

View>window,Userscanclickonthe“nextphoto”and

“prevphoto”buttonstobrowsephotos,addcommentto

eachphoto,androtate,deletephotos.QTravel™will

automaticallymatchphotosandGPSloggedwaypointsby

time.

8.<Photo>\<ShiftPhotoTime>

willinvoketheshiftphototimewindow.Allphotoswillbeadded(or

subtracted)thespecifiedtime.ThedatesaresavedintheExifparts

ofJpegorTifffile.Aftertheshift,QTravel™willautomaticallymatch

thephotoandtrackwaypointsagain.Userscanputmorethan365in

days.

9.<Photo>\<WriteGPSInfointoPhotos>

BT‐Q1000XTravelRecorder™ 

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willsavethelatitude,longitude,andaltitudeinformationintophoto.

Aprogresswindowwillshowthewritingprogress.

FordetailQTravel™functionality,pleaserefertoQTravel™User’s

ManualattachingwithSoftware.

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Youcanregisteryourproductkeyin“software‐>about‐>Input

ProductKey”byanemailaccount.Thisemailwitharegistered

productkeywillbesavedinQstarzdatabase.Youcancheckyour

productkeybypresentingthecorrespondingemailtoQstarzatany

time.

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UpdatetheSoftware:

PleasealwaysgotoQstarzdownloadpagetocheckifthereisany

latestsoftwareupdate.

http://www.qstarz.com/download.htm

Pleaseuninstalltheoldversionbeforeinstallation.

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Qstarz Travel recorder X BT-Q1000X User manual

Brand: Qstarz

Model: Travel recorder X BT-Q1000X

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