External GPS receiver with TomTom app

I have the Dual XGPS Bluetooth receiver for my wi-fi iPad2. It works with a couple of the cheap map apps I was testing it with. I then downloaded the $50 TomTom app, and I can't get it to work. Always get the Weak GPS Reception response.
Anyone else with this receiver get TomTom to work?

Yes, I did send an email to Dual & posted a question on TomTom, but usually get better & faster answers on Apple discussion.

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I am not sure my original message was clear.
I have th Z10, it has GPS software and a built-in GPS radio receiver. I also have an external GPS radio receiver, not a GPS device. It is strictly a radio receiver. I used to use it years ago on my Windows Mobile device - the software with maps was on Windows Mobile, and the GPS receiver hooked up via Bluetooth.
The GPS receiver in the Z10 uses the Z10 battery. I have the Bluetooth on anyhow to connect to my helmet headset. Since Bluetooth is on already, I could save Z10 battery by using the external GPS radio receiver (disable the internal GPS radio receiver), thought the map software would still run on the Z10.
So, the previous response says "does have GPS profile" but also says "external GPS will not work:".
I am not sure the statement was respect to my setup.
What I really need is for the Z10 Bluetooth to see the external GPS receiver, perhaps as a serial device or as a GPS device, howsoever such things work, and for the GPS map software to use the external rather than try to use the internal (the map software should not really care, it should be the OS that virtualises the GPS port).

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