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    Problem with GPS and Bluetooth on CF-19

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Havoc443, Nov 16, 2009.

  1. Havoc443

    Havoc443 Newbie

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    Hey there gang,

    New to the forums, been scanning around for a while now in preparation for my purchase and I just received my CF-19CHBCXBM (Windows XP) from an eBay seller and now I'm trying to get things set-up to my liking.
    I love this thing except that I am having issues identifying my Bluetooth and GPS 'settings' if you will. To be honest I am not 100% certain that both these features are present on my Toughbook and am only going off of the model number and the item description. I did, however, find a setting in the Setup Utility and enabled GPS and there does appear to be an antenna bump on the right side of the toughbook. No bluetooth option apparent.
    I have scanned the forums as well as the panasonic driver and support website but did not find any driver that seems to pertain to either device nor do I see any options or setting in the taskbar.

    Help?

    Thanks very much!
     
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    Thanks for the response Tomcat,

    The bluetooth drivers would not install because it could not detect any BT device, so I guess I am to assume that the capability was removed by previous owner? WinFast Nav also detected no GPS, I had earlier used a program called Simple GPS Tester to detect any hardware and it came up with nothing but suggested installing the drivers first.
    The Setup Utility does seem to detect a GPS though... :S
    I'll contact the seller for more information as well.
     
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    Look in the bios then
    See if gps or bluetooth are listed


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    BIOS lists GPS, no bluetooth. Tried changing between 'Auto' and 'Enable' to no effect.
    Are there any driver updates that might remedy the problem?

    ~

    GPS seems to be working now. Still no luck with bluetooth though...