125129 - MyGuide 3100 Series Sat Nav Unit

[DarkMatter]

My UnitedKingdom.poi file is in the content/poi folder.

I have the following UK map: UnitedKingdom7PPC8_2008.01_080313.fbl

But I still don't get any POI's showing up.


Maybe your file isn't compatible with the version of iGo8 from post #1000.

Try the poi file given in post #1120, which I know works ok with that version.

[nisworld]

Thanks DarkMatter, that file works just fine!.. But how do I know if the 3d stuff is working as well, as I have downloaded it for the UK, but I don't know what it supposed to look like.

Also, is there a way of telling if my Australia and Ireland maps and POI's and other stuff work?

N.

[gmcmen]

Thanks DarkMatter, that file works just fine!.. But how do I know if the 3d stuff is working as well, as I have downloaded it for the UK, but I don't know what it supposed to look like.

Also, is there a way of telling if my Australia and Ireland maps and POI's and other stuff work?

N.

Click on "find", "find POI", "around cursor" and scroll the map and put the cursor on Dublin and click "ok"

[gmcmen]

Maybe your file isn't compatible with the version of iGo8 from post #1000.

Try the poi file given in post #1120, which I know works ok with that version.

I did not have any "poi" installed until now, I can confirm that the one from post #1120 works but I was unable to get any from #1000 working! I am not saying they don't work, because I have used the files from post #1000 to install to other units than the "MyGuide" and they work with those units, the only difference is they are running "WinCE 4.2" and I don't see how that makes a difference but something strange is going on :confused:

I have included the poi from #1120 into post #1000

[DarkMatter]

I have included the poi from #1120 into post #1000

Hi gmcmen,

When you get a spare 5 mins, could you add the following link into post #1000 as a source of maps, pois etc.

http://www.volny.cz/sstopar/mio_mapy_igo8.html

Thanks.

[gmcmen]

Hi gmcmen,

When you get a spare 5 mins, could you add the following link into post #1000 as a source of maps, pois etc.

http://www.volny.cz/sstopar/mio_mapy_igo8.html

Thanks.

No problem.

I also found this, a small file with all the Major POI of Europe. (1.1mb)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OQ0XE3QY

[nisworld]

Awesome!.. it shows the whole globe and poi's wherever you put the cursor.

Now I just need the maps and poi's of all the countries i can

Does this version of igo accept 4gb SD cards? I tried a 4gb card with the myguide software and it didn't even show up. Or is it the actual Myguide unit itself which won't accept a 4gb sd card?

Also, is it possible to get bluetooth on this system?

N.

[DarkMatter]

Does this version of igo accept 4gb SD cards? I tried a 4gb card with the myguide software and it didn't even show up. Or is it the actual Myguide unit itself which won't accept a 4gb sd card?

It is the unit itself that wont accept SDHC cards.

Also, is it possible to get bluetooth on this system?

Not as far as I know.

[reddeeps]

Hi again
hubby has broken the car charger!! I bought another of **** but it doesnt work and I also bought a mains charger, which also doesnt work. The mains charger must be the wrong one as it has the connector we use to connect to the pc and I dont think it will charge from there, it only seems to charge via the little round pin.
Can anyone advise where to get a mains charger please, with the little round pin rather than the usb bit as all the **** ones seem to be the same. I am having another car charger sent as that does have the right connector just doesnt work.

[soak]

RE message 1259
Ebuyer stock the mains charger specific for the Myguide 3100 at £9.99 including VAT (quickfind code: 135330). They have loads in stock. I got one of these a few months ago and I can confirm that it does have the little round connector and works fine.

The other connection you mention is the mini-USB port, which will also provide a charge - but at a much lower rate.

[reddeeps]

Many thanks. Will order one. Strange you say the mini usb will charge as it seems to have no effect on mine even if left on all night.

[AxlP]

Hi. Charging off the USB is a waste of time. It take like over a day. Seems like the amount of power it draws is throttled. Maybe to prevent overloading a USB socket? But using the proper power connector take like 2 hours. You can buy the pin connector from M@plins (3mmx1mm) so you could solder up a lead (making sure the polarity is right!)

[tolum]

In case it might help others here are the results of my attempts to get TMC working on the MyGuide.

Since EBuyer no longer sell the TMC receiver I got mine from ZHS - http://www.zh-s.de/product_info.php?language=en&products_id=1728 in Germany 44 euros + 17.50 postage. Their service was excellent and the receiver arrived in three days complete with a free box of matches. Yes, that's right, a free box of matches - strange :)

My first experiences were disappointing - iGO/Mio etc. got seemed to get no signal at all. eventually after driving around for miles I found one spot just north of the M4 where I could get a signal if I trailed the aerial out through the sun roof but even then only if I was parked and facing the right way! TMC looked like being a non-starter.

Then I tried Destinator which worked much better getting a signal from Heart FM quite easily. However with no indication of signal strength in Destinator it was impossible to know if I was getting a strong signal and therefore all available messages, or not. iGO, when it did get a signal was much nicer to use with a good display of TMC messages and a meter showing signal strength. Noticibly, when getting a good signal iGO was getting an average of between 50 and 100 messages covering incidents up to 80 miles away. Destinator has never showed much more than 40 incidents to about the same range. Differences between the two TMC providers perhaps?

Destinator uses TrafficMaster which is broadcast via Heart and Capital FM in London and the choice of two stations makes it a lot easier to get a signal. iGO uses iTMC broadcast via Classic FM. Classic FM has only two transmitters in London neither seems all that strong at least when used with the in-car aerial supplied with the TMC receiver. I was faced with having to change from my favourite iGO to Destinator if I wanted to use TMC. I started wondering if I could connect up to an external car aerial.

Eventually I plucked up the courage to open the TMC unit and look at the aerial connections. The aerial plug is small stereo jack plug and two of the three connections are used - the point (whatever its proper name is) for the signal and the outer for the ground/shielding. Since I happened to have a spare plug I wired it up to a standard car aerial socket (from Halfords) and connected it to a car aerial placed inside the car on the dashboard (just laying at the front against the screen). I was delighted to find that I immediately got a good signal from Classic FM and iGO quickly filled up with traffic messages. Having driven around a bit I am finding a good to reasonable signal most of the time - it comes and goes a bit, not surprising in a built up area but this does not cause a problem (unless you get stuck a traffic lights in a dead area and then iGO starts hunting for a signal after a while - even so its not really a problem).

Next job is to fit the aerial properly outside the car (or arrange a splitter so that I can use the main car aerial but frankly I think it will be easier to stick this one on the roof than to access the wiring for the existing one.

So the upshot of all this that MyGuide TMC will just about work in London with Destinator and an in-car aerial (I found the best placement was up over the interior mirror and then back across down roof towards the rear window) but it works much better if you can connect a proper car aerial. And iGO's TMC control panel is much nicer than Destinators.

A comparison between iGO and Destinator TMC:

iGO shows TMC messages in a pages list with 5 entries per page. You can easily page through the messages should the mood take you. Plus with Rik's skin in split screen mode you can actually have the messages displayed on the map screen. On the down side there is no quick way to reach the TMC screen - you have to go to the GPS status page and then press the TMC button.

Destinators TMC page can be reached easily either by one click on the TMC icon on the map or from the main menu via Route..Traffic. However after that it's down hill. The message list is a plain scrolling list, not paged, showing only two entries at a time. While you are trying to scroll down it constantly resets you to the top of the list as new messages appear or are updated.

Both iGO and Destinator allow you to search for a station manually and both allow you to exclude selected stations. With iGO you can choose to see all messages or only those affecting your route and you can sort either by type or distance. Destinator shows you all messages when you have no route planned and only those affecting your route when you have one planned There are no sorting choices. Both programs let you highlight a traffic message and then show its location on the map - Destinator wins a point here because you can then go "back" from the map to the TMC list whereas iGO just dumps you in the normal map screen with the map centered on the incident.

Destinator has a very loud and annoying "gong" that it sounds when a message arrives (I've since edited it to a quiet "tick" sound). With TTS on Destinator will read out TMC messages though I'm not sure what criterion it uses to select which ones to read. If you don't have a route planned you occasionally hear things like "in 20 miles traffic congestion" - not especially helpful :)

Ok, I've rambled on for long enough. My TMC works and I'm happy.

Thats all!

MarkC


Hi Marc,

Glad to here that your TMC is functional.
Since you opened the box once could you do it one more time please?

Would like to know (and for the other users should be interesting as well) the map of the wires from the TMC unit to the miniUSB pins connected on the PNA.

Pictures will be welcome for sure ;)

Regards,
Tolum

[Waylander77]

Hi all, can anyone help me. I've recently changed cars and have found when putting the MyGuide in the new car that the car charger has broke (the middle with the fuse has dropped out somewhere). I've managed to bodge it together with another charger and a 2 amp fuse (hopefully correct).

I was wondering if anyone knows where I could get a replacement from (with the correct connector on the end, not a mini usb). MyGuide has them out of stock (and at £17).

Any help appreciated. Thanks....

[reddeeps]

You could call these to ask, as they list replacements
http://www.m-99.co.uk/Batteries_and_Chargers/GPS_Chargers/gps_chargers.html

[nicor5555]

Hi,

I install tomtom 6 but myguide 3100 doesn't detect any gps receiver. So what are the speed rate of the gps and what com port because I have serial cable gps usp2 and serial cable gps usp5. Thank you to help me to configure my gps MYGUIDE 3100 correctly.

[gmcmen]

Hi,

I install tomtom 6 but myguide 3100 doesn't detect any gps receiver. So what are the speed rate of the gps and what com port because I have serial cable gps usp2 and serial cable gps usp5. Thank you to help me to configure my gps MYGUIDE 3100 correctly.

Open TomTom and click on the gps signal strength indicator, click configure, other NEMA, com 7, baud 56000.

[nicor5555]

Thank you gmcmen. My problem is solve.

[fracas]

Hi guys, not been on here for a while.. i have just got myself an sd card to use with the myguide. up till now i have done all my modding on the inbuilt memory. so i thought i would move to an sd card... problem is: i have deleted all from my inbuilt flash card and replaced with original files i saved before modding, to take me back to original product. but now when i try to start the myguide navigate software, it is telling me it "couldn't find any map files"?? i have tried to reupload the map a few times but no joy?? am i missing something? when i goto the map folder i can see 3 maps "basemap, ireland, united kingdom" so they are in there, just not working.. any help would be cool ;)

ps.. can any1 upload a copy of the maploading software, as i never received it with my package for some reason(all i had on my disk was manuals)

pps.. bring back hotdisk

[gmcmen]

Hi guys, not been on here for a while.. i have just got myself an sd card to use with the myguide. up till now i have done all my modding on the inbuilt memory. so i thought i would move to an sd card... problem is: i have deleted all from my inbuilt flash card and replaced with original files i saved before modding, to take me back to original product. but now when i try to start the myguide navigate software, it is telling me it "couldn't find any map files"?? i have tried to reupload the map a few times but no joy?? am i missing something? when i goto the map folder i can see 3 maps "basemap, ireland, united kingdom" so they are in there, just not working.. any help would be cool ;)

ps.. can any1 upload a copy of the maploading software, as i never received it with my package for some reason(all i had on my disk was manuals)

pps.. bring back hotdisk

Try this first,
create a folder on your sd card called "iGO"
place your maps in there reset and see what happens.

Are you using a MyGuide 3110 with 512mb internal memory?

[fracas]

hi gmcmen, just tried what you said, still no joy.. would i have to do that to get my device back to its original state? as obviously i didnt have a sd card when i bought it!

secondly yes i am usinga MyGuide 3110 with 512mb internal memory at least thats what it says on the box, the device itself says 3100 go

[gmcmen]

hi gmcmen, just tried what you said, still no joy.. would i have to do that to get my device back to its original state? as obviously i didnt have a sd card when i bought it!

secondly yes i am usinga MyGuide 3110 with 512mb internal memory at least thats what it says on the box, the device itself says 3100 go

No you should not have to do that, I was just trying to establish where the problem might lie.
Did you edit the registry in any way?
How did you back up the original?
How did you restore it?
Where are you putting your maps? (folder path)

[fracas]

i backed up the original via active sync
replaced using active sync
maps are in "\Flash Disk\MyGuide\maps" and now also on storage card in folder called igo (as u said earlier)

thinking about it i think i did do something with the registry before, gonna have to search my post's on here to find out what!! will let ya know if i can find anything


just checked and i edited something in the registry... back on post 569 if you care to take a look. so maybe i gotta reverse what i did... cant remember what i did now lol

[gmcmen]

i backed up the original via active sync
replaced using active sync
maps are in "\Flash Disk\MyGuide\maps" and now also on storage card in folder called igo (as u said earlier)

thinking about it i think i did do something with the registry before, gonna have to search my post's on here to find out what!! will let ya know if i can find anything


just checked and i edited something in the registry... back on post 569 if you care to take a look. so maybe i gotta reverse what i did... cant remember what i did now lol

I was just looking at that, change it to the path of the myguide map folder.

[fracas]

ah yeh you is the don lol... cheers for your help m8 its sorted, i shoulda known really but my brain finds it hard to start up most days...:D

by the way you are running tomtom 7, is there a link for it on this site? as im running 6 and its gay..:p

[gmcmen]

ah yeh you is the don lol... cheers for your help m8 its sorted, i shoulda known really but my brain finds it hard to start up most days...:D

by the way you are running tomtom 7, is there a link for it on this site? as im running 6 and its gay..:p

No link yet, as I need to check if I can just copy the folder from one unit to another, I had to install it. the map file is large 1gb europe and needs to be unlocked for each sd card.

[fracas]

ok m8, im off to hunt the underground for a copy and see what i can do....

cheers for all your help again!!

:cool:

[gmcmen]

ah yeh you is the don lol... cheers for your help m8 its sorted, i shoulda known really but my brain finds it hard to start up most days...:D

by the way you are running tomtom 7, is there a link for it on this site? as im running 6 and its gay..:p

First thing you can do is get the map,
http://www.rapidshare.com/users/7CP3RG
I will test the file tomorrow on another unit and take it from there.

[fracas]

First thing you can do is get the map,
http://www.rapidshare.com/users/7CP3RG
I will test the file tomorrow on another unit and take it from there.

files are dead now m8..
i see the pirate b a y .c o m has some stuff about i might risk it lol :eek:

[gmcmen]

files are dead now m8..
i see the pirate b a y .c o m has some stuff about i might risk it lol :eek:

if you can find links for maps version 7.20, if it works I will have an sd card version of the software, by the way you will have to edit the registry again to put the path for my documents to the sd card. :eek:

[danielbotez]

Me again....My problem persist :( Do anyone know if is possible to install a new firmware?

Now i have a new firmware, but i don't know how to put in my gps.Anyone now how to install new firmware without activesync?

[MarkC]

Hi Marc,
Would like to know (and for the other users should be interesting as well) the map of the wires from the TMC unit to the miniUSB pins connected on the PNA.

Pictures will be welcome for sure ;)

Regards,
Tolum

I'll happily up a pic of the TMC receiver end but I don't expect that will help much. The usb plug is a sealed unit and I'm not about to try cutting it apart, sorry!

MarkC

[MarkC]

http://ppcwarez2.com/index.php?topic=679.0

iGo v 8.0.0.44902. Working on MyGuide and with full UK tmc.

Someone suggested that this is OnCourse 8 but it looks as normal iGO 8 Maybe OnCourse with a standard iGO data.zip dropped in? Either way it works. Don't yet know if speedcam bug is fixed.

OnCourse 8.0.0.44902 is here: ppcwarez2.com/index.php?topic=561.0 (http://ppcwarez2.com/index.php?topic=561.0)
Not tried that one myself.

MarkC.

[fracas]

if you can find links for maps version 7.20, if it works I will have an sd card version of the software, by the way you will have to edit the registry again to put the path for my documents to the sd card. :eek:


dunno if this will help, has a "United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland_720_1802" map inside

http://rapidshare.com/files/130683041/TT7UK.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/130684325/TT7UK.part2.rar

Pass: Mapsforyou

[gmcmen]

dunno if this will help, has a "United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland_720_1802" map inside

http://rapidshare.com/files/130683041/TT7UK.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/130684325/TT7UK.part2.rar

Pass: Mapsforyou

I found this as well, not had time to test yet, tt7.4 + uk and eire map.
people may want to download before it goes!
http://www.2shared.com/file/3734825/83883f30/tomtom7_with_uk_and_ireland.html

[fracas]

I found this as well, not had time to test yet, tt7.4 + uk and eire map.
people may want to download before it goes!
http://www.2shared.com/file/3734825/83883f30/tomtom7_with_uk_and_ireland.html


seems to be working mate. will test more in the morning

[gmcmen]

I found this as well, not had time to test yet, tt7.4 + uk and eire map.
people may want to download before it goes!
http://www.2shared.com/file/3734825/83883f30/tomtom7_with_uk_and_ireland.html

I have tested this and it seems to be working well,
there are instructions with it, but the start is missing, so here goes.
unzip and copy 2 folders to an sd card
1.mobilenavigator
2. United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland_v720.1802

add this line to "addons.txt"
TomTom= "", "\\Storage Card\\mobilenavigator\\mobilenavigator.exe"

put the card in the satnav and run tomtom
you will get an error about maps and it will exit the program.

A file has now been created on the sd card called "ttnavigator.bif"
open this with "notepad"
look for the line "DeviceUniqueID=XXXXXXXXXX"
Copy the "TTN7" folder which can be found in the "CRACK" folder the the root of drive C:
In the "TTN7" folder right click on "Edit, Save, Open.bat" file and click Edit
Where it has "XXXXX-XXXXX" enter your DeviceUniqueID from the "ttnavigator.bif" file
Save the changes to the "Edit, Save, Open.bat" file then open it
A file called "United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland-14.meta.dct" should appear.
Copy this file to the "United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland_v720.1802" folder which can be found on the sd card
Put sd card back in your satnav then run TomTom Navigator 7

and it will work.

[mymsman]

No link yet, as I need to check if I can just copy the folder from one unit to another, I had to install it. the map file is large 1gb europe and needs to be unlocked for each sd card.

In your opinion how does the TT 7 software compare with IGO 8?
Is it worth the effort of downloading and installing?
At the moment I happy with IGO 8 apart from it occasionally crashing with out of memory errors.

[gmcmen]

In your opinion how does the TT 7 software compare with IGO 8?
Is it worth the effort of downloading and installing?
At the moment I happy with IGO 8 apart from it occasionally crashing with out of memory errors.

In my option, there is no comparison! iGO 8 is better, I was trying it to see if it had improved from v6, but sadly it is no better. I can not understand why people would want to go out and buy a TomTom unit :confused:

[gmcmen]

Now i have a new firmware, but i don't know how to put in my gps.Anyone now how to install new firmware without activesync?

Were did you get the firmware?
Did you download it or get it from another unit?

[fracas]

In my option, there is no comparison! iGO 8 is better, I was trying it to see if it had improved from v6, but sadly it is no better. I can not understand why people would want to go out and buy a TomTom unit :confused:

I agree 100% to be honest, IGO8 is better.. ;) TOMTOM7 is like igo8's 1yr old sister!!!! Although the map correction is a good thing!!

gmc, do you know how to rotate games??? i have some rotate exe. files but dunno how to do it?? :D :rolleyes:

[gmcmen]

I agree 100% to be honest, IGO8 is better.. ;) TOMTOM7 is like igo8's 1yr old sister!!!! Although the map correction is a good thing!!

gmc, do you know how to rotate games??? i have some rotate exe. files but dunno how to do it?? :D :rolleyes:

I never tried to rotate a game, I found when you install them, they choose the orintation.
I also found that if they came in pre-installed download files, they could be either way so I just tried to find the correct one. If I had a copy of the game and the rotator, I would give it a go.

[mymsman]

In my option, there is no comparison! iGO 8 is better, I was trying it to see if it had improved from v6, but sadly it is no better. I can not understand why people would want to go out and buy a TomTom unit :confused:

Thanks for the info, I won't bother with the download.
I see that there is Tom Tom skin for the IGO so I could try that out instead.

[tolum]

I'll happily up a pic of the TMC receiver end but I don't expect that will help much. The usb plug is a sealed unit and I'm not about to try cutting it apart, sorry!

MarkC

Hi again,

Thanks for the answer back.
As you said "I plucked up the courage to open the TMC unit"...
You do not have to cut the usb plug, you could use a shaving ( sharp edge ) blade for contact to pins.
Thought that there are some clips and you did not seal, will try to solve alone...
Wanted to have a mapping ... will keep as well the info for myself after I will find.

Cheers,
Tolum

[engine]

My friend,
Sicily is Italy and for that reason of course you can find it included on the Western Europe maps

[engine]

Hi all,
maybe a stupid question/request:

could you please summarize, step by step, how to have TMC antenna detected on MyGuide 3100, under Igo 2006+ and Igo8? I bought a type of this TMC but there is no way for me to install :( .

Thanks a lot

[jellywobble]

Could anyone tell me where i can get a replacement aerial for my TMC unit. The aerial wire broke away from the 2.5mm jack. I tried searching ****** but they didn't have any.Is it just a case of getting a 2.5mm jack and wiring it up to some wire.If so what type of wire.
Thanks

[pesthouse]

Sorry to chip in on this thread when its a new question but I can never find how to post a new question. With earlier help from Dark Matter I have succesfully used my machine in Crete and more recently mounted on my motorcycle attempting john O groats to Lands end. Sadly I had to do emergency stop 50 miles short of Lands end and have broken my ankle, Ouch but at least that will get better, sadly the Myguide got a bit wet and seems to have water in the screen. It may dry out but probably wont. While I have it apart would also change the battery (at my own risk!) Any body got sources on the a screen and or a battery?

PS also had my TMC ariel hooked round the windscren and got traffic news all over the country, IGO 6 using the Andy Skin, Brilliant. Gota gethis gadget fixed, thanks.

[MarkC]

Could anyone tell me where i can get a replacement aerial for my TMC unit. The aerial wire broke away from the 2.5mm jack. I tried searching ****** but they didn't have any.Is it just a case of getting a 2.5mm jack and wiring it up to some wire.If so what type of wire.
Thanks

I bought a jack and some thin shielded wire and wired mine up to my car aerial but you can get one from here http://www.zh-s.de/Zubehoer-Ersatzteile-fuer-Typhoon-PDAPNA/Zubehoer-Ersatzteile:::131_335.html
for 8 euros (plus postage) or buy one from any other Satnav and replace the plug.

MarkC.

[MarkC]

Hi all,
maybe a stupid question/request:

could you please summarize, step by step, how to have TMC antenna detected on MyGuide 3100, under Igo 2006+ and Igo8? I bought a type of this TMC but there is no way for me to install :( .

Thanks a lot

Assuming you have your TMC unit plugged into the USB port all you should need to do is add some lines to SYS.TXT in the igo folders.

For 2006

[tmc]
port=4
speed=38400

and for igo 8

[tmc]
source="gns"
port=4
baud=38400
show_tmc=1

Actually in igo 8 you should be able to get it to auto detect TMC by going to the Settings-TMC screen but I cannot remember for sure.

[engine]

great! thanks a lot!

Assuming you have your TMC unit plugged into the USB port all you should need to do is add some lines to SYS.TXT in the igo folders.

For 2006

[tmc]
port=4
speed=38400

and for igo 8

[tmc]
source="gns"
port=4
baud=38400
show_tmc=1

Actually in igo 8 you should be able to get it to auto detect TMC by going to the Settings-TMC screen but I cannot remember for sure.

[fracas]

Public Service Announcement!!!:eek: LOL

I have put together a games pack. They all work well on the 3100(may work for other WinCE based systems). There are 20 games included 1 of which contains 6 games within. Also included is a txt file containing lines to add to your addons.txt. Just put in your game folder, add lines and your done!

Games:-

Asia
Flux
Bricks
Solitare
PacMan
Dots
Zombie Buster
ICBM
Arvale
Chess Genius
6 Classics (includes: Snake,Jewels,Fireball,Blocks,Blocks+,Cannons)
Double Skill - Love to know your high scores for this game. Very Hard
K RALLY
No limit Poker
Solitaire 2 - 10 different layouts
Tower Mogul - Manual in game folder
Par 3 Golf
Pool Rebel - works but hangs on exit, need to reset machine. evaluation only
Aqua Bubble
Aqua Pearls

Link=29Mb: http://rapidshare.com/files/138983143/MyGuide3100_Games_-_Fracas.rar


Let me know how you get on. :p

[pointeast]

The zip archive http://rapidshare.com/files/128143536/myguide8.zip.html referred to in post #1000 appears to be empty. Can anyone help please?

[mymsman]

We drove from Southampton to Cheltenham and back today and noticed a problem.

All started out well but after a while when it switched from 2d to 3d view it became more and more sluggish with redrawing the screen and the voice prompts became clipped. Eventually it ended up with a blue arrow on green background with the road not shown at all.

Has any one seen this sort of problem and more importantly solved it?
Is it related to to Skin being used (I've seen it with Ultra and Specter skins) or would a later version of the IGO8 software help - I have the version from post #1000.
I wonder if there is a memory leak or fragmentation since I have also seen out of memory options.

[gmcmen]

The zip archive http://rapidshare.com/files/128143536/myguide8.zip.html referred to in post #1000 appears to be empty. Can anyone help please?

I will see what I can do in the few days.

[fracas]

We drove from Southampton to Cheltenham and back today and noticed a problem.

All started out well but after a while when it switched from 2d to 3d view it became more and more sluggish with redrawing the screen and the voice prompts became clipped. Eventually it ended up with a blue arrow on green background with the road not shown at all.

Has any one seen this sort of problem and more importantly solved it?
Is it related to to Skin being used (I've seen it with Ultra and Specter skins) or would a later version of the IGO8 software help - I have the version from post #1000.
I wonder if there is a memory leak or fragmentation since I have also seen out of memory options.

Hi mate, yes ive seen the problem. whenever i select 3d it all goes pair shaped(voice stutters, maps dont draw properly! etc) i have not really had time to work out why, but im assuming it has something to do with the demographic/3d building files! maybe removing these then seeing if it makes a difference would be a good place to start, or trying other copy's of the files.. not sure, but worth a go!

The zip archive http://rapidshare.com/files/128143536/myguide8.zip.html referred to in post #1000 appears to be empty. Can anyone help please?

try re-downloading it m8! surely cant be 69.30Mb of nothing??:D although im regularly wrong!!! ;-)

[mymsman]

Hi mate, yes ive seen the problem. whenever i select 3d it all goes pair shaped(voice stutters, maps dont draw properly! etc) i have not really had time to work out why, but im assuming it has something to do with the demographic/3d building files! maybe removing these then seeing if it makes a difference would be a good place to start, or trying other copy's of the files.. not sure, but worth a go!
I've already turned off the building and demographics, maybe I'll try renaming the directory so that it cant find them

[crazyjim799]

I have looked everey where through this thread and cant find it, so here goes

where do i get the european maps for the myguide from? just the normal maps for Myguide.

cheers Jim.

[gmcmen]

I have looked everey where through this thread and cant find it, so here goes

where do i get the european maps for the myguide from? just the normal maps for Myguide.

cheers Jim.

Hi Jim,
if you are using the original software, this is where you will buy it :eek:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/136361
maybe not the answer you where looking for!

If you want to use other maps, you must change the software. The original Myguide software is a clone of iGO 2006, so it uses iGO 2006 maps.

[tortellini]

Hi, i've bought a Myguide 4200 and installed iGO8 with the procedure in post 1000, but sometimes it works, and sometimes it crashes.
I notice that if i change the time zone, or sync with GPS , the soft won't work well. It crashes on bootscreen when loading Geodb initdbfiles like Panota's engine. I deleted basemap, but it goes on rebooting at the bootscreen.
I have changed sys.txt many times and nothing goes well. Sometimes, i can navigate , and sometime, igo8 doen't start.
I know Bf24EVER own a Myguide 4200 and iGO8 seems to work well, can you tell me which version to use, what is the size of igo8.exe, data.zip files, and what to put in txt file, please,

[crewechristiancentre]

Having accidently destroyed the centres TomTom unit they replaced it with one of these things. Now I spend all day tearing my hair out with it.

With the TomTom I just selected where I wanted to go to and it told me. This Myguide thing adds it own destinations sometimes and what should be a half mile journey becomes 25miles. Funny it either 13.5 miles or 25 miles its says, never anything else. When entering a new destination I find the old one are still there and just adds the new destination to the journey list and expects me to do the all route again from scratch.

It seems the only way around this is to go in to the itinerary option and delete all the other destinations then start again OR hit the reset button on the back of the unit.

Im obviously doing something stupid so can anyone wake up my brain cells and tell me what am doing wrong. BTW I dont have the quick startup guide to refer to as they havent given it to me. aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Thanks

[weedy]

Hi Crewechristiancentre,
It may be that someone has fiddled with the unit. Can you post the model number, the operating system, etc. which should be in the back of the thing and under the "about" section of the settings menu.
Regards,
Weedy
P.S. Thanks to Dark Matter and gmcmen, whose guidance has got me a very useful tool. Although I have to say, it took me many hours of downloading, fiddling with SYS.TXT's and ADDONS.TXT's and unzipping to get there.

[mymsman]

Having accidently destroyed the centres TomTom unit they replaced it with one of these things. Now I spend all day tearing my hair out with it.

With the TomTom I just selected where I wanted to go to and it told me. This Myguide thing adds it own destinations sometimes and what should be a half mile journey becomes 25miles. Funny it either 13.5 miles or 25 miles its says, never anything else. When entering a new destination I find the old one are still there and just adds the new destination to the journey list and expects me to do the all route again from scratch.

It seems the only way around this is to go in to the itinerary option and delete all the other destinations then start again OR hit the reset button on the back of the unit.

Im obviously doing something stupid so can anyone wake up my brain cells and tell me what am doing wrong. BTW I dont have the quick startup guide to refer to as they havent given it to me. aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Thanks

Manuals for 3100 series are available online
http://www.myguideclub.com/en-US/node/20002

You may need to register your unit first, the site has been 'improved' so it is quite
diificult to find stuff.

[pesthouse]

Sorry to chip in on this thread when its a new question but I can never find how to post a new question. With earlier help from Dark Matter I have succesfully used my machine in Crete and more recently mounted on my motorcycle attempting john O groats to Lands end. Sadly I had to do emergency stop 50 miles short of Lands end and have broken my ankle, Ouch but at least that will get better, sadly the Myguide got a bit wet and seems to have water in the screen. It may dry out but probably wont. While I have it apart would also change the battery (at my own risk!) Any body got sources on the a screen and or a battery?

PS also had my TMC ariel hooked round the windscren and got traffic news all over the country, IGO 6 using the Andy Skin, Brilliant. Gota gethis gadget fixed, thanks.
Since my last post I managed to get hold of a fried 3100 whuch still had a good sceen so have managed to repair my machine. Myguide quoted 71 somethings , pounds or euros , pleased to say I paid less than that. My 3100 got rainsoaked attempting a round Britain John O Groats Lands end trip which ended in disaster when my BMWr100rt fell on me and broke my ankle. Now I have had some time on my hands and am starting to feel like an alcohlic who has fallen off the wagon as I have been tinkering follow some of the info on here. My friend has a 4200 which we have got running igo 8 only moding the addons file, I'm pretty sure we didnt touch the sys.txt file on the flash disk. I then loaded it onto my 3100 but there are some interesting differences, noticably the head up speed limits dont show nor does it give the spoken warning, the options dont exit in the menu screens. We used exactly the same download files, just amended the screen size for the 4200. Any one got any ideas why they are different and if it can be fixed, i'm assuming its because the file system is different but havent ventured into the Flash file, wouldnt really know how to start.

The other question is how does the TMC display when there is news. I can see the TMC indicator on screen and sometimes it has a red spot but to date have not seen any announcements. As I cant drive I have to keep hijackuing people to go for tests rides! I actually have two of these machines so will be interested to compare igo 6 (which has a lot of good features especially the sliudfing info panel) with igo 8. In both cases full credit to Darkmatter for his work on both of these versions.

[mymsman]

We drove from Southampton to Cheltenham and back today and noticed a problem.

All started out well but after a while when it switched from 2d to 3d view it became more and more sluggish with redrawing the screen and the voice prompts became clipped. Eventually it ended up with a blue arrow on green background with the road not shown at all.

Has any one seen this sort of problem and more importantly solved it?
Is it related to to Skin being used (I've seen it with Ultra and Specter skins) or would a later version of the IGO8 software help - I have the version from post #1000.
I wonder if there is a memory leak or fragmentation since I have also seen out of memory options.

I have downloaded a later version of the program (44902) and the latest skin but still experienced problems - just as we were getting into London :( I wasn't the driver so managed to reboot but wouldn't want to rely on it alone in heavy traffic.

I may have to switch back to using Igo 2006

[gmcmen]

I have downloaded a later version of the program (44902) and the latest skin but still experienced problems - just as we were getting into London :( I wasn't the driver so managed to reboot but wouldn't want to rely on it alone in heavy traffic.

I may have to switch back to using Igo 2006

I have been using this version for some time (no skin) (not in London), but have had no problems so far. I find that all new maps since April will only work with this version!

[mymsman]

I have been using this version for some time (no skin) (not in London), but have had no problems so far. I find that all new maps since April will only work with this version!

The problem when it occurs seem to happen after about an hour of traveling so isn't easy to spot on short journeys.

Downloading a newer map is probably a good idea anyway - do you have links for the most current UK maps. (Also interested in Canada and Washington State)

[DarkMatter]

I have downloaded a later version of the program (44902) and the latest skin but still experienced problems - just as we were getting into London :( I wasn't the driver so managed to reboot but wouldn't want to rely on it alone in heavy traffic.

I may have to switch back to using Igo 2006

I think it may depend on the skin you are using. With the memory it has available, the MyGuide is sailing pretty close to the wind running iGO8, and I think certain skins may just tip it over the edge.

Try running it without a skin for a while, or use the one included with the download in post #1000 which seems to have been fine for me so far (as long as I have buildings switched off).

[belo]

Hi,question - tomtom7 download location? and is it possible to run it on myguide3100
thanks!

[wrcrecords]

It worked!:) Good going. I dl the data.zip file with 480*272 in ui_igo8. I added the lines to sys.txt. Restarted
Adding my sys.txt file for myguide 4200 to others use

[rawdisplay]
screen_x=480
screen_y=272

[debug]
skip_eula=1
tts_min_ready_wav=1
tts_getaway_time=200
tts_expected_engine_delay=1400

[sound]
ding=0
queue_length=200

[interface]
skin="ui_igo8"
resolution_dir="480_272"
maxzoom2d=6000000
show_exit=1
defaulttilt3d=7500

[map]
3d_max_tiltlevel=9000
3d_max_zoomlevel=3000
3d_min_zoomlevel=40
3d_max_zfar=1000

Hi, i've bought a Myguide 4200 and installed iGO8 with the procedure in post 1000, but sometimes it works, and sometimes it crashes.
I notice that if i change the time zone, or sync with GPS , the soft won't work well. It crashes on bootscreen when loading Geodb initdbfiles like Panota's engine. I deleted basemap, but it goes on rebooting at the bootscreen.
I have changed sys.txt many times and nothing goes well. Sometimes, i can navigate , and sometime, igo8 doen't start.
I know Bf24EVER own a Myguide 4200 and iGO8 seems to work well, can you tell me which version to use, what is the size of igo8.exe, data.zip files, and what to put in txt file, please,

Hi, your not the only with this issue. I have iGO8 installed on MyGuide 4200 after reading from this thread and another linked one. Was travelling quite alright with the iGO8 until it went off course and it froze. I could not switch the device off unless I used the reset switch at the back of the device.

Also, the speed of the mapping i.e 3d maps, would a faster card help (150x SD card) or is it up to the hardware in the device.

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestion on what to do? I followed DarkMatter guides (excellent stuff) but I have a feeling it maybe the hardware as this post mention of 3100.

[pointeast]

Does anyone know if it's possible to convert a poi file in TomTom .ov2 format to IGO .poi format?

p.s. thanks to those of you who suggested redownloading file referred to in post 1000. It worked and I now have IGO8 up and running on my 3100

[fracas]

Hi,question - tomtom7 download location? and is it possible to run it on myguide3100
thanks!

hi mate, yes it is possible to run TT7, and the download is still live, as mentioned ealier in post..:D

you have to wait for a bit for download (at the bottom it says "Loading file info...") then click "Save file to your PC: click here"
on website for the tiny link to appear, but it does eventually...

CLICK HERE (http://forums.ebuyer.com/showpost.php?p=418013&postcount=1287)

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[fracas]

Does anyone know if it's possible to convert a poi file in TomTom .ov2 format to IGO .poi format?

p.s. thanks to those of you who suggested redownloading file referred to in post 1000. It worked and I now have IGO8 up and running on my 3100

Your welcome M8!!! :p

yep you can, not tested myself but the formats are there

POI Coverter (http://rjdavies.users.btopenworld.com/html/poiconverter.html)


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[mymsman]

Does anyone know if it's possible to convert a poi file in TomTom .ov2 format to IGO .poi format?

p.s. thanks to those of you who suggested redownloading file referred to in post 1000. It worked and I now have IGO8 up and running on my 3100

Are you talking about IGO8 or IGO2006?

For IGO8 you don't need to create .poi files, instead you can put google earth .kml files into
/igo8/content/userdata/poi - there are number of tools that convert between different file format including POIedit from www.poiedit.com

For IGO 2006/MyGuide it is a bit more complex - you need IGO POI explorer (http://inetcom.hu/mick/igo/) to update the igo.db file. I am still struggling to get it work.

[simeonipicker]

Hi Guys,

This is my first(or may be second) post in this forum.

I need a little help, I have IGO8 working fine until the whole unit stopped receiving signal. I need to now send it back but I don't have the memory card in the factory state. Can anyone upload there factory memory card files to rapidshare? I would not like to lose money on this as I bought the product when it was near £100!

Thank you all in advance

Regards

Simeonipicker

[pointeast]

Thanks mymsman, that's exactly what I needed to know (IGO8)

[DarkMatter]

Hi Guys,

This is my first(or may be second) post in this forum.

I need a little help, I have IGO8 working fine until the whole unit stopped receiving signal. I need to now send it back but I don't have the memory card in the factory state. Can anyone upload there factory memory card files to rapidshare? I would not like to lose money on this as I bought the product when it was near £100!

Thank you all in advance

Regards

Simeonipicker

Did you back up your original maps, and leave your flash disk untouched?

If so, you just need to wipe everything from the SD card and create the following folder structure:

<Root>
.....|____<MyGuide>
......................|_____<maps>

and then copy the following three files from your backup into the maps folder to return it to its original state:

Basemap.fbl, Ireland.fbl and UnitedKingdom7PPC.fbl.

EDIT: Just dug my original card out, and pointeast (see below) is quite right. The addons.txt file should look like this:

[modules]
Navigate = "", "\\Flash Disk\\myguide\\myguide.exe"

[pointeast]

Hi Simeonipicker,
I'm uploading my files now. I'll edit this post with links when upload has finished:)

BTW my sd card had 2 folders and an 'addons.txt' file
The 1st folder called 'gpslog' was empty
The 2nd folder called 'MyGuide' contained a folder called 'maps' which contained the files 'Basemap.fbl, Ireland.fbl and UnitedKingdom7PPC.fbl'

Sorry, my upload timed out or something, I'll try again in a while

http://rapidshare.com/files/142137277/Ireland.fbl
http://rapidshare.com/files/142136346/Basemap.fbl
http://rapidshare.com/files/142918589/UnitedKingdom.kgb
http://rapidshare.com/files/142918594/addons.txt

Sorry it's taken so long to upload all files but I've been away on business. The UnitedKingdom.kgb contains the .fbl file and needs decompressing using KGB Archiver available here:-
http://kgbarchiver.net/?page=download

HOPE YOU CAN GET SORTED NOW

[DarkangelUK]

I've got TT7 running ok on my 3100, but i get a constant "No GPS device!" error showing. I made sure it was set to built in GPS but can't get anything, jumping to the MyGuide software and the signal is there no problem.. any ideas?

Also, where should the addons.txt be? I had to add the line TomTom= "", "\\Storage Card\\mobilenavigator\\mobilenavigator.exe" to the IGOPATH.TXT to get it to load. Maps and searching works fine, just cant get a gps signal

[pointeast]

DarkangelUK,
see post #1267 it might help you

[DarkangelUK]

Bizarrely I just figured that out right before checking the forum again, all working now :)

Now to get the IGO working and I'm sorted. I used the tomtom stuff from post 1287, need to browse some more to find the IGO downloads.

EDIT: Is there anywhere to grab the latest TT7 maps? If so, is it just a case of plonking them into the same folder the current maps are housed?

[belo]

Thanks fracas..all alive and working

[simeonipicker]

Hi Simeonipicker,
I'm uploading my files now. I'll edit this post with links when upload has finished:)

BTW my sd card had 2 folders and an 'addons.txt' file
The 1st folder called 'gpslog' was empty
The 2nd folder called 'MyGuide' contained a folder called 'maps' which contained the files 'Basemap.fbl, Ireland.fbl and UnitedKingdom7PPC.fbl'

Sorry, my upload timed out or something, I'll try again in a while

http://rapidshare.com/files/142137277/Ireland.fbl
http://rapidshare.com/files/142136346/Basemap.fbl

I'll upload the other 2 files later

Thank you both so much! It's very kind of you to take all that time to help me.. I am just in the process of putting the folder and files in order you have told me - So just awaiting your last files :-)

[gmcmen]

I have installed IGO 8 and its working fine, all i need now really is a working UK map with more than just major roads in it.
Any help you could provide there would be fantastic,
Many thanks.


Your profile does not allow me to reply to your message.
All maps are in post #1000 on page 34, I included another link as well.

[crazyjim799]

Many thanks for that info,

i had read that post before !! :o

i am downloading the maps now so hopefully they will be working later today,

Many thanks for your help !! :D

[simeonipicker]

Your profile does not allow me to reply to your message.
All maps are in post #1000 on page 34, I included another link as well.

Hi,

Does those map have 7 digits postcodes? Because the latest one I have downloaded from PPCwarez does not.

Regards

[crazyjim799]

Originally Posted by SIMEONIPICKER
Hi,

Does those map have 7 digits postcodes? Because the latest one I have downloaded from PPCwarez does not.

Regards

Yes the one i have downloaded from post 1000 does seven digit postcodes remember to use the space between the four and three digits.

Jim.

[crazyjim799]

What i cant get to work are the POI's for UK i have put them in the folder in content and they just seen to be there when i try to search for them in IGO8 ??

[gmcmen]

Originally Posted by SIMEONIPICKER


Yes the one i have downloaded from post 1000 does seven digit postcodes remember to use the space between the four and three digits.

Jim.

the difference with maps can normally be told from the name of the map, UK 7 digit postcode would have "7PPC" in its name e.g: UnitedKingdom7PPC8_2008.01_080313

[gmcmen]

What i cant get to work are the POI's for UK i have put them in the folder in content and they just seen to be there when i try to search for them in IGO8 ??

they must be in the poi folder inside content
igo8\content\poi

[crazyjim799]

Yep thats where they are, they just dont seem to be there when using IGO8, they are in the folder though,

dont get it ,


Jim.

[macrofeet]

igo8 did not avoid motorways learners beware

[wrcrecords]

This is the most up to date info at the moment, thank goes to "DarkMatter", so I have edited this post as it is #1000.

Hi

ive installed igo8 on a myguide 4200 and seems to be working but occasionally crashes or freezes, just wanted to know if you had any experience of bad times with your 3100? thanks

[wrcrecords]

I have tested this and it seems to be working well,
there are instructions with it, but the start is missing, so here goes.
unzip and copy 2 folders to an sd card
1.mobilenavigator
2. United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland_v720.1802


and it will work.

Hi did everything to point but cannot find map, this is on a myguide 4200, any suggestion of where i might be going wrong?many thanks

[wrcrecords]

[QUOTE=bf24ever;410334]It worked!:) Good going. I dl the data.zip file with 480*272 in ui_igo8. I added the lines to sys.txt. Restarted
Adding my sys.txt file for myguide 4200 to others use

Hi

does your myguide 4200 crash with igo8 on it? what speed of sd card are you using? what setting are you using? do you use the text to speech voices? i currently have the same unit but having installed igo8 its either worked or crashed. do you have any suggestions? many thank

[gmcmen]

Hi did everything to point but cannot find map, this is on a myguide 4200, any suggestion of where i might be going wrong?many thanks

I have seen this problem on a few other units,
Did tomtom create a folder on the sd card called "My Documents" ?
if so, put the map in that folder and try again.
If not create it and put the map in.
If it still does not find the map, you will need to edit the Registry path for "My Documents" and point it to the sd card.

[crazyjim799]

Originally Posted by gmcmen

they must be in the poi folder inside content
igo8\content\poi

I have done the above and can not see or find any of the POI in IGO8 is there another file i can try? Also does anyone have the file link for US mapping??

JIm.

[pointeast]

Post #1000 is an absolutely fantastic mode d'emploi for installing IGO8, does anyone know if there is a similar 'beginners guide' for installing TomTom?

[gmcmen]

Post #1000 is an absolutely fantastic mode d'emploi for installing IGO8, does anyone know if there is a similar 'beginners guide' for installing TomTom?

I have edited post #1000 to include TomTom info.

[pointeast]

I have edited post #1000 to include TomTom info.

Thanks gmcmen, that's fantastic:) :)

[gmcmen]

Thanks gmcmen, that's fantastic:) :)

Does that mean that you have downloaded it and it is working?
I only ask because I did not have another unit to test it on, so I hope it works.

[pointeast]

Yes, uploaded and working, although I haven't been on a journey yet. BTW do you know how to change the time in IGO8?

Thanks again for all your help.

[clsyorkshire]

Hi all,


I've got a 3100 running IGO8 but thought I'd give installing Tom Tom v7 a go.

Followed all the instructions to the letter, run the unit, press TomTom off the main menu, it looks like its starting to load and then I get an error about "Unable to start. Not enough memory is available." or something like that.

Any ideas what to do?


Thanks in advance.

[fracas]

Hi all,


I've got a 3100 running IGO8 but thought I'd give installing Tom Tom v7 a go.

Followed all the instructions to the letter, run the unit, press TomTom off the main menu, it looks like its starting to load and then I get an error about "Unable to start. Not enough memory is available." or something like that.

Any ideas what to do?


Thanks in advance.

are you pressing the button more than once?? on my unit the reaction time is slooooww, so im always tempted to click more than once. if you click once then leave and see if that makes a difference? happened to me too.


BTW is it only me or does everyones igo8 seem to always crash with out of memory error or stutter too much, when doing a simulation of route on 3d?? tried simulating around parliment square and it does not like it 1 bit!! :D

[clsyorkshire]

Am only pressing it the once. Have also tried it on a couple of different memory cards and get the same error on both of them. :eek:

By going into Windows Explorer I have determined that my device only has 64mb of RAM. Could this be why? Does v7 of tomtom need more than 64mb? If so is there an older version of tomtom I could use that would be ok with only 64mb?

[fracas]

Am only pressing it the once. Have also tried it on a couple of different memory cards and get the same error on both of them. :eek:

By going into Windows Explorer I have determined that my device only has 64mb of RAM. Could this be why? Does v7 of tomtom need more than 64mb? If so is there an older version of tomtom I could use that would be ok with only 64mb?

tomtom 7 runs fine on myguide, not as hungry as the 3d on the igo8.

[clsyorkshire]

That's what I thought.... and IGO8 works fine, so I'm a bit stumped as to why I'm getting this memory error trying to run TomTom v7...

[tagnut]

:confused: I'm having trouble finding POI for both Spain and France that work. I have also tried a couple of Western Europe but have had no luck. The one I have tried don't seem to work when placed in the POI folder.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[tagnut]

Sorry double post.

[clsyorkshire]

After having had several attempts, I'm beginning to conclude that it simply isn't possible to run tomtom v7.* on a myguide 3100. Which is a pity, as I think I'd quite like the tomtom software. :eek:

[gmcmen]

After having had several attempts, I'm beginning to conclude that it simply isn't possible to run tomtom v7.* on a myguide 3100. Which is a pity, as I think I'd quite like the tomtom software. :eek:
I have successfully installed it on 3 myguide 3100s, all running no problem.
I can not think why yours wont work. :confused:

[clsyorkshire]

Well I've followed the instructions exactly and got the memory error. My device has 64mb of RAM built in, is this sufficient for running TomTom? If so, then I can't understand why it doesn't work...


Can you please confirm you used the files as at this link: http://www.2shared.com/file/3734825/83883f30/tomtom7_with_uk_and_ireland.html

[diburnside]

I was running TT7 and got the memory error. I simply uninstalled it and started again and it has been working away ever since. I also deleted an older version of TT from the memory card, so whether it was because of the re-install or the additional memory, I cannot be sure, but it's working fine now, and has been for a couple of weeks.

[clsyorkshire]

diburnside:

Was it the version of TT given on this thread, or a different version of your own?

[Lil Laura]

hi,
Just bought a MyGuide 4200 and I am having exactly the same problem as you. I tried following your advise but when we go to settings there is no 'Enable Safety Cameras' button. We have GPS signal so the only thing I think I am doing wrong is not pressing the correct button to reset can you tell me which button I should press to reset or where it is situated on the back of the unit (is it the slide on/off button?) all help is much appreciated it is driving me NUTS!!!!!!!!!!

[gmcmen]

Well I've followed the instructions exactly and got the memory error. My device has 64mb of RAM built in, is this sufficient for running TomTom? If so, then I can't understand why it doesn't work...


Can you please confirm you used the files as at this link: http://www.2shared.com/file/3734825/83883f30/tomtom7_with_uk_and_ireland.html

No this is the link taken from post #1000
It is setup to use on the MyGuide 3100, no need to unlock maps.

For TomTom 7
download this file: http://uploaded.to/?id=bb1hj8
extract and place all files on root of SD Card.
Thats it.
addons.txt is for iGO 8 and TomTom, if you have games or other stuff you will need to amend it.

[clsyorkshire]

OK thanks.

I've done that with the new link and I get as far as turning the sat nav on and getting the bit about the activation code for the maps. Then it won't let me get any further..

[gmcmen]

OK thanks.

I've done that with the new link and I get as far as turning the sat nav on and getting the bit about the activation code for the maps. Then it won't let me get any further..

If you look at your sd card you will have a file called "ttnavigator.bif"
open it with "notepad"
and you will see the a line with "DeviceUniqueID=" what is you unit id?
paste the line in your post.

[clsyorkshire]

DeviceUniqueID=AAESW7V3AW

[gmcmen]

DeviceUniqueID=AAESW7V3AW

I have attached a file,
unzip
open folder and take the file and place it in the "United_Kingdom_and_Republic_of_Ireland" map folder
replace the existing file.

[clsyorkshire]

Thanks, I've done that but now I've gotten that memory error again. :confused:

[DarkMatter]

www.hotdisk.co.uk will be unavailable until probably the end of next week (or maybe later).

User pgtips123 is currently reprogramming the system to make it less prone to vandalism. It seems that if you give everyone full access, some people just can't resist trying to screw it up. :(

Pgtips123 deserves a pat on the back (or at least several +reputation points ;)) from everyone who has used hotdisk for the effort he has put into this.

Ok, so it took a bit longer than expected, but the download resource at www.hotdisk.co.uk is now back online.

Many thanks to pgtips123 for his hard work.

See my updated signature for the login details.

[gmcmen]

Ok, so it took a bit longer than expected, but the download resource at www.hotdisk.co.uk is now back online.

Many thanks to pgtips123 for his hard work.

See my updated signature for the login details.

Good work pgtips123. :D

[gmcmen]

Thanks, I've done that but now I've gotten that memory error again. :confused:

Well here is something else to try,

Use the explorer button to get the taskbar,
start
settings
control panel
system
memory
move the slider to the LEFT to get more memory (allocated 64KB)
ok
then try again

[InTheCage]

I've done something stupid i guess, i put the Windows CE taskbar on autohide but it stays down, can't get it back up, is there a solution to undo it ? ( i can't find the register of CE )
OK i fixed the problem with re-aligning the screen, now it gets up when i move there. :)

I got a few other questions,

Will 4 GB SD work? ( i've read it supports to 2 GB but i want to be sure )

Why is the data transfer so slow ? ( like one mb per second or less )

Is there a way to control myguide 3100 windows ce with your normal pc ? ( virtual privat network style )

Is there a way to turn apps/games 90 degrees ?

[abuumamah]

Has anyone managed to install the Garmin software on the myguide successfully?

[gmcmen]

Has anyone managed to install the Garmin software on the myguide successfully?

Yes I have Garmin XT running. I will try and get an upload with instructions soon as I tried that many different things to get it working.

[andyx]

Awaiting your efforts with bated breath( have a copy of garmin xt but unable to make it work)
Andy

[pblackie]

Can anyone tell if you can buy the European maps for the 3100 for less than the £49 on Ebuyer?

[clsyorkshire]

At the moment, the only software that will work on my unit is Igo 8. :eek:

[mymsman]

We drove from Southampton to Cheltenham and back today and noticed a problem.

All started out well but after a while when it switched from 2d to 3d view it became more and more sluggish with redrawing the screen and the voice prompts became clipped. Eventually it ended up with a blue arrow on green background with the road not shown at all.

Has any one seen this sort of problem and more importantly solved it?
Is it related to to Skin being used (I've seen it with Ultra and Specter skins) or would a later version of the IGO8 software help - I have the version from post #1000.
I wonder if there is a memory leak or fragmentation since I have also seen out of memory options.

I can across some useful IGO8\SYS.TXT settings in another forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405137

The critical ones apparently being cache and reserve_memory

[debug]
cache=2048
skip_eula=1
disable_outlookpoi=1
show_performance=0
reserve_memory=1500000

With those settings in place we did a 4-hour round trip to Gatwick without any sign of stutters or drawing problems using the Ultra skin. We are off to Canada tomorrow so it will get even more testing.

[hardihelmet]

Hi all,


I've got a 3100 running IGO8 but thought I'd give installing Tom Tom v7 a go.

Followed all the instructions to the letter, run the unit, press TomTom off the main menu, it looks like its starting to load and then I get an error about "Unable to start. Not enough memory is available." or something like that.

Any ideas what to do?


Thanks in advance.
any idea where i can find a copy of IGO software so i can change it on my myguide sat nav?

[gmcmen]

any idea where i can find a copy of IGO software so i can change it on my myguide sat nav?

Read post #1000

[wrcrecords]

I can across some useful settings in another forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405137

The critical ones apparently being cache and reserve_memory

[debug]
cache=2048
skip_eula=1
disable_outlookpoi=1
show_performance=0
reserve_memory=1500000

With those settings in place we did a 4-hour round trip to Gatwick without any sign of stutters or drawing problems using the Ultra skin. We are off to Canada tomorrow so it will get even more testing.

Hi, curious to know if you used a myguide 3100 or 4200.

[pasko123456]

Question about maps. Why are newest map versions smaller? For example
Croatia_2008.01_080305.fbl 5.974 KB
Croatia_2008.01_080513.fbl 5.659 KB
Croatia8_2008.04_080526.fbl 2.911 KB

[hardihelmet]

Read post #1000

thanks for the swift reply. the only problem is that my myguide 3100 didn't come with a SD card so what do i need to copy or alter. I have downloaded the IGO 8 ready.:confused:

[gmcmen]

thanks for the swift reply. the only problem is that my myguide 3100 didn't come with a SD card so what do i need to copy or alter. I have downloaded the IGO 8 ready.:confused:

You may have jumped ahead and not read the whole post, ;)

from post #1000

Step 1. Get hold of a fast (150x) 2GB SD card. Smaller cards will be fine in most cases, but it's worth having the extra space for expansion given the relative cheapness of these cards.

[fracas]

thanks for the swift reply. the only problem is that my myguide 3100 didn't come with a SD card so what do i need to copy or alter. I have downloaded the IGO 8 ready.:confused:

it is possible to install files on the flash memory within your myguide(i did), but you are better off buying an sd card(cheaper than chips nowadays).

[Blastie]

I have a Myguide 3100 with just UK mapping. I am going to be driving in Europe soon so would like to find out how to get it working with European mapping. I see over a 1300 posts have been posted and would appreciate any advice on the best way to do this. Hope someone can help or advise best solution.

[gmcmen]

I have a Myguide 3100 with just UK mapping. I am going to be driving in Europe soon so would like to find out how to get it working with European mapping. I see over a 1300 posts have been posted and would appreciate any advice on the best way to do this. Hope someone can help or advise best solution.

Best solution is read post #1000 on page 34. If you need help after that, just ask.

[Blastie]

Best solution is read post #1000 on page 34. If you need help after that, just ask.

Thanks for the help. I have read the post and I will try to follow as best I can when I get another SD card and let you know how I get on. Just a question about when you put all the files on the new card, do you put all the files on the card via a card reader/writer, and then put it in the 3100 and it should work?

[gmcmen]

Thanks for the help. I have read the post and I will try to follow as best I can when I get another SD card and let you know how I get on. Just a question about when you put all the files on the new card, do you put all the files on the card via a card reader/writer, and then put it in the 3100 and it should work?

Yes, thats it ;)

[Blastie]

Ok I am looking forward to trying this and will I will let you know how I go. Thanks gmcmen.

[somert8]

Hi all,this is just a great thread,theres certainly some very clever and very helpful people on here ,when I got my 3100 from ebuyer I thought it was a mediocre satnav especially at that price! and that I was in a minority, well this has proved me wrong,and It`s just great ,well anyway heres my question,

Can I get my 3100 to use .gpx files as poi`s,It` for geocaching,on the website I get the caches from,there is a button to send a .gpx to a garmin sat nav,I can use the garmin communicator to get it on either my sd card or using activesynch straight onto my satnav,or am I better off trying to use garmin on my myguide instead of the default one,I think this all makes sense :confused:

Also if i have backed up my memory from my myguide onto my sd card and reset then will I lose my addresses in HISTORY when I reboot.

Thanks

[tortellini]

Hello, I'm wondering if somebody has Myguide 8.0 (clone of iGO8) to install in a Myguide 4200. Then maybe it will be more stable.

[DarkMatter]

Hi all,this is just a great thread,theres certainly some very clever and very helpful people on here ,when I got my 3100 from ebuyer I thought it was a mediocre satnav especially at that price! and that I was in a minority, well this has proved me wrong,and It`s just great ,well anyway heres my question,

Can I get my 3100 to use .gpx files as poi`s,It` for geocaching,on the website I get the caches from,there is a button to send a .gpx to a garmin sat nav,I can use the garmin communicator to get it on either my sd card or using activesynch straight onto my satnav,or am I better off trying to use garmin on my myguide instead of the default one,I think this all makes sense :confused:

Also if i have backed up my memory from my myguide onto my sd card and reset then will I lose my addresses in HISTORY when I reboot.

Thanks

I think you may be able to install iGo8 to do this. I know it can export .gpx files, but I dont think it will import them.

However, the converter available from http://www.gpsbabel.org/ can apparently convert .gpx files into .kml files (I havn't tried it), which I know iGO8 can import and use as poi's (see post #996 on page 34).

For details on installing iGO8 (if you havn't done it already) see post #1000 on page 34.

[mymsman]

My trip to Canada got off to a poor start when the SD card fell out of my 3100 somewhere between Heathrow and Vancouver. So we had to resort to paper maps to get to the first hotel.

I bought a new card and loaded it with IGO8 and everything is working except the TTS Kate voice is not working. It appears in the list of voices but no voice directions are made. Non-TTS voices are OK.

Any ideas what I might have messed up reloading the SD card.

[somert8]

Thanks Darkmatter,thats very helpful,btw,if you want there is a free list of speedcams as a .txt file from the myguide website if these other peeps didnt want to install another op.

Its very simple to install you just have to follow the instructions in the myguide.

http://www.myguideclub.com/Extras/Speedcameras

hope this helps

[DarkMatter]

I bought a new card and loaded it with IGO8 and everything is working except the TTS Kate voice is not working. It appears in the list of voices but no voice directions are made. Non-TTS voices are OK.

Sorry for the obvious question but are you absolutely certain that the version you had backed up was identical to the one that was previously working?

[DarkMatter]

Thanks Darkmatter,thats very helpful,btw,if you want there is a free list of speedcams as a .txt file from the myguide website if these other peeps didnt want to install another op.

Its very simple to install you just have to follow the instructions in the myguide.

http://www.myguideclub.com/Extras/Speedcameras

hope this helps

Thanks somert8, it has been mentioned on here before, but it's always worth reminding people of this 'legit' way of updating their speedcams!;)

[gmcmen]

My trip to Canada got off to a poor start when the SD card fell out of my 3100 somewhere between Heathrow and Vancouver. So we had to resort to paper maps to get to the first hotel.

I bought a new card and loaded it with IGO8 and everything is working except the TTS Kate voice is not working. It appears in the list of voices but no voice directions are made. Non-TTS voices are OK.

Any ideas what I might have messed up reloading the SD card.

Have you checked TTS_loq folder to see if all the files are there? see attachment

[clsyorkshire]

Is there a guide for getting Garmin XT running on the 3100?

[DarkMatter]

Is there a guide for getting Garmin XT running on the 3100?

There is, but I think it is still being refined at the moment. I'm sure when it's ready it will be posted here first. ;)

[reddeeps]

Hi all,this is just a great thread,theres certainly some very clever and very helpful people on here ,when I got my 3100 from ebuyer I thought it was a mediocre satnav especially at that price! and that I was in a minority, well this has proved me wrong,and It`s just great ,well anyway heres my question,

Can I get my 3100 to use .gpx files as poi`s,It` for geocaching,on the website I get the caches from,there is a button to send a .gpx to a garmin sat nav,I can use the garmin communicator to get it on either my sd card or using activesynch straight onto my satnav,or am I better off trying to use garmin on my myguide instead of the default one,I think this all makes sense :confused:

Also if i have backed up my memory from my myguide onto my sd card and reset then will I lose my addresses in HISTORY when I reboot.

Thanks

Hi
I use mine for geocaching.
I have igo 8 now thanks to this forum, and the files you need are .kml files.
Do you use geocaching swiss army knife, if so then there is a macro downloadable from the site that allows you to export files as google earth fiels and then from there you can save them as .kml from within google earth, then just copy to poi on the sd card, and off you go.

[mymsman]

Sorry for the obvious question but are you absolutely certain that the version you had backed up was identical to the one that was previously working?

That of course was the problem, originally I had installed from post 1000 and then put later versions on top. When I recreated I just installed the 44902 version and my content files but 44902 didn't include TTS for some reason. When I did a directory compare it was easy to spot the missing files in the igo8 and tts_loq directories.

(Mapping for Olympic National park in Washington is awful, Still has roads that were removed 50 years ago and doesn't know about other roads that have existed for a long time - good thing there are so few roads you dont really need SatNav!)

[Blastie]

Best solution is read post #1000 on page 34. If you need help after that, just ask.

I followed the #1000 post and after a few hicups here and there with wrong file types in folders and not extracting zipped files correctly (not very good on computers :( ) I have managed to get igo8 and Tom Tom running on my 3100 :D . Thanks for all your help.

[iandunham]

I'm having trouble following the instructions in post #1000 using a different SD card than the original. I can't get past copying the original folder structure to the new disk, because the myguide doesn't recognize any of the data on it. Is there some kind of protection preventing 3rd party SD cards from working?

[gmcmen]

I'm having trouble following the instructions in post #1000 using a different SD card than the original. I can't get past copying the original folder structure to the new disk, because the myguide doesn't recognize any of the data on it. Is there some kind of protection preventing 3rd party SD cards from working?

No protection at all.
Are you using a disk greater than 2GB? as the Myguide will not read anything over 2GB.
How do you know the myguide doesn't recognize any of the data on it?
How did you find that out?

[iandunham]

Ah...that's the problem, this is a 4 Gigabyte card. Just for the record, the reason I know that it isn't reading any of the data on the SD card is because, when plugged into the USB port and connected via activesync, the SD card doesn't even show up next to the "Network," "Flash Disk," and "\," which is usually the case with the SD card that came with the 3100. Also, when the ADDONS.txt is modified on the bigger card, nothing about the startup screen is changed.

[somert8]

Hi
I use mine for geocaching.
I have igo 8 now thanks to this forum, and the files you need are .kml files.
Do you use geocaching swiss army knife, if so then there is a macro downloadable from the site that allows you to export files as google earth fiels and then from there you can save them as .kml from within google earth, then just copy to poi on the sd card, and off you go.

Many,many thanks,I`ll give it a blast and get back to you.

[solonite]

I like to thank everyone in this amazing thread for all their ideas here. I got myguide 3100 yesterday and put IGO 8 on it via an SD card.

It works well but at one point with Kate TTS voice on it started to stutter and lag out. My SD card tho is actually a micro SD in an SD card adapter I was wondering if it was that could of casued the lag?

I am currently putting IGO onto the flash disk to see if that helps smooth things out.

I tried the above technique with the cache memory and reserved but I wasn't 100% sure how my SYS.txt should look like when I done it.

[iandunham]

Okay, one more problem in an attempt to follow post 1000. I've sucessfully made an "iGO8" icon, but when I try to run it, it tells me "Program application database not cannot be found." I've tried to alter the sys.txt, but to no avail. Can someone tell me exactly what this file needs to say on the 3100 in order for it to run? Or is there some other component I'm missing?

[nisworld]

OK,
I got Australian map for igo 8 but the voice lags and stutters, and the mapping dissapears after about a minute. Then I get a message saying 'out of memory'.

My 2GB SD card has loads of maps on it and is nearly full. Could that be the reason?


N.

[gmcmen]

Okay, one more problem in an attempt to follow post 1000. I've successfully made an "iGO8" icon, but when I try to run it, it tells me "Program application database not cannot be found." I've tried to alter the sys.txt, but to no avail. Can someone tell me exactly what this file needs to say on the 3100 in order for it to run? Or is there some other component I'm missing?

You would get this error for a couple of reasons,

1. you are trying to run it from flash memory

2. you are running it from the sd card, but the folder is not called "iGO8".

in both instances the program should have created a folder called "iGO8" on your sd card, containing a folder called "content"
if this is the case copy you "iGO8" to this directory and it should work.

remember "iGO8" and "iGO 8" are not the same ;)

[2connect]

Mine has a built in fault... it interferes with with the local time space continuum ... I say this because I decided to shove some stuff on it and I have spent about 4 days for something that should have taken half a bloody day .... ANYWAY ...

HELP NEEDED:

OK

Pretty simple really, what I really want is an rar of someone's preconfigured 2gig SD
as I wanna use my 2 gig card to basically run myguide nav OR IGO8 ... my original idea was to just copy the GB and EU maps from the 1 gig sd they came on to a 2 gig then shove maybe some other stuff on.

My maps didnt work when copied to a new 2 gig card they were locked, which was baffling really cos i dis a binary compare and they were identical ...I take it there is no way of sorting this and using the the MyWay software with ALL maps... if I assume correctly then everyone shoves IGO8 on instead cos the map lock problem don't exist? <please tell me if that's right>

So this is what I need

1) a preconfiged 2 gig working disk image
2) a crack and maps or similar to make the myway nav work
3) apps / games / utils that may be tucked in any SD free space
4) pointers help advice to help me do any of the list above

Anyway, I have unlocked it now and have taskmanager on it so I can switch to the desktop...

[donnee]

I'm a newbie to this forum but have already gained such a lot from reading the excellent content and managed to upgrade my MyGuide to IGO8 and load up USA content. Which leads me nicely in to my first quick question for anyone that can help.

If I take the unit with me to the USA along with the lead for charging from a car cigarette lighter, will it work over there or do they have a different electrical system in their vehiccles?

Thanks for any enlightenment.

[gpmcs]

Hi guys,

I've spent some time looking into this excellent thread and I got a lot of useful information, so a big thank you for all those people who have contributed so far.

I was wondering why there is no information on this forum about the 4200 model. Is it just the case that people focused on the 3100? I have seen the 4200 advertised for £69.99 which is similar to the 3100's price and as far as I can see it looks better than the 3100. Can you modify the 4200 along the same lines as described here for the 3100?

Thanks for any advice.

[reddeeps]

Many,many thanks,I`ll give it a blast and get back to you.


How have you got on?

[pesthouse]

A number of people have asked questions about the 4200 and without being rude this is essentially a 3100 forum therefore you may not expect to see threads on the 4200. :) That said there is some info if you follow the posts from 1000 you will see that you can run IGO 8 on the 4200 but it doesnt work the same in that some of the menus do not fully display and so you cant configure the speed camera warnings. With the limited use I have made of my 4200 it appeared stable, i havent done any long trips (still waiting for the broken ankle to repair itself!) but others have reported it as unstable.

From my amater tinkering

The 4200 has a 10mg base memory with plenty of free space, dont know if this can be exploited?


The file structure is completely different, dont know if its possible to reload the flash as a 3100, change the screen size and run it like a 3100, perhaps Darkmatter or Gmcmen would care to comment? (they are gods)


Tried a 4gb card (non SHDC) and it definitely becomes slow and unstable.


The TMC does work but I dont like the way it works in IGO8 as it does in IGO6.


Cant get IGO6 to work at all on the 4200 (because of the file structure differences?) which is a pity because I think it would look great in widescreen with the Andy/Darkmatter skin.


Conclusion. The 4200 isnt as versatile as the 3100 but it does come with a mains charger and European maps. Havent had much success with the picture viewer and you dont seem to be able to run music with the Sat Nav which is how I use my 3100 when I can ride my motorcycle (without falling off:eek: )

I have tried to do menu comparison and will attempt to attach the excel file i put it into.

Not trying to hijack the forum but thought it might answer some of the questions being asked.

[gpmcs]

Many thanks pesthouse for this info.

It wasn't my intention to hijack this thread, it was just that when I typed "myguide 4200" into the search area, nothing came up and that made me curious. I can see from your explanation why the focus has been on the 3100 and it's versatility and stability should tip the balance vs the wide screen benefit of the 4200.

[gmcmen]

A number of people have asked questions about the 4200 and without being rude this is essentially a 3100 forum therefore you may not expect to see threads on the 4200. :) That said there is some info if you follow the posts from 1000 you will see that you can run IGO 8 on the 4200 but it doesnt work the same in that some of the menus do not fully display and so you cant configure the speed camera warnings. With the limited use I have made of my 4200 it appeared stable, i havent done any long trips (still waiting for the broken ankle to repair itself!) but others have reported it as unstable.

From my amater tinkering

The 4200 has a 10mg base memory with plenty of free space, dont know if this can be exploited?


The file structure is completely different, dont know if its possible to reload the flash as a 3100, change the screen size and run it like a 3100, perhaps Darkmatter or Gmcmen would care to comment? (they are gods)


Tried a 4gb card (non SHDC) and it definitely becomes slow and unstable.


The TMC does work but I dont like the way it works in IGO8 as it does in IGO6.


Cant get IGO6 to work at all on the 4200 (because of the file structure differences?) which is a pity because I think it would look great in widescreen with the Andy/Darkmatter skin.


Conclusion. The 4200 isnt as versatile as the 3100 but it does come with a mains charger and European maps. Havent had much success with the picture viewer and you dont seem to be able to run music with the Sat Nav which is how I use my 3100 when I can ride my motorcycle (without falling off:eek: )

I have tried to do menu comparison and will attempt to attach the excel file i put it into.

Not trying to hijack the forum but thought it might answer some of the questions being asked.

Thank you for the vote of confidence, but as I don't own a 4200, it is hard for me comment on it or help as I have no means of testing. BUT if any of you want to experiment, try this
download the file and unzip
http://uploaded.to/?id=s8krsf
on your sd card, open iGO8 folder and rename or make a backup of:
iGO8.exe
Data.zip
sys.txt
license (folder)
( I would normally rename by putting ".org" on the end so I know it was the original, example: iGO8.exe.org)
copy files from download to the iGO8 folder, replacing the original if you backed up.
reset and test.
It is the best I can do without having one to test.
Good luck

[somert8]

How have you got on?
Still tinkering I am afraid ,but that Swiss Army tool looks really good ,thanks for that,I need lots of time to sort out this google geocaching which is ideal for me, I wonder if I`m being a bit cheeky, but I wondered if you give me a rough sequence from google to .xml please.

I also think the 3100 is pretty exact at the coordinates given when Geocaching (imho) so It`s worth pursuing, just a shame about the battery life,I don`t want to spend at least £70 on a Garmin Etrex unless I really have to. :)

[bf24ever]

The issue with igo8 hang at startup, om myguide 4200, came with the 8.0.0.49545 version. Try finding a earlier version like 8.0.0.41506. This works for me. Note that some SD-cards dont work properly. Just try another if it dont work. Added the poi line at the bottom at my sys.txt.

Adding my SYS.TXT

[rawdisplay]
screen_x=480
screen_y=272

[debug]
skip_eula=1
tts_min_ready_wav=1
tts_getaway_time=200
tts_expected_engine_delay=1400

[sound]
ding=0
queue_length=200

[interface]
skin="ui_igo8"
resolution_dir="480_272"
maxzoom2d=6000000
show_exit=1
defaulttilt3d=7500

[map]
3d_max_tiltlevel=9000
3d_max_zoomlevel=3000
3d_min_zoomlevel=40
3d_max_zfar=1000

[poi]
enable_poi_before_080217=1

Ps. The maps for the igo6 on the card can be placed in the map folder in igo6 on the myguide 4200 gps. Then u dont have to have them on the sd card. ds

[reddeeps]

Still tinkering I am afraid ,but that Swiss Army tool looks really good ,thanks for that,I need lots of time to sort out this google geocaching which is ideal for me, I wonder if I`m being a bit cheeky, but I wondered if you give me a rough sequence from google to .xml please.

I also think the 3100 is pretty exact at the coordinates given when Geocaching (imho) so It`s worth pursuing, just a shame about the battery life,I don`t want to spend at least £70 on a Garmin Etrex unless I really have to. :)

Hi
ok here goes its a bit long winded but is worth the effort. And assumes you are a premuim geocaching member as you need to run PQ (personal queries)
1. Run a PQ for the area you want on GC site. This will be emailled to you as a zipped file.
2. Open GSAK (swiss army knife)(you can use this free) and from file menu - import the whole zipped file from the email.
3. there is a macro here - bottom post -
http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=5790
that you need this converts to google earth fiel type.
4. Once you have that macro in gsak (it will download there automatically) go to the macro command in gsak pick mygoogleearth.gsk - then run.
5. google earth then opens
6. gsak export will be under places, right click and save as gsakgoogleearthexport, but change file type to .kml
7. save the file in igo8 - content -userdata-poi
8. to activate in gps - find poi from nav menu - manage -poi - look for the gsak file -edit -and I change view to satellite and leave icon as the globe. This allows you to see where the caches are as you drive past. However you still need to take a paper print out or download to a palm or something as not text for the cache is shown. Of course you can set any one as the destination as well. But if you download the same set of caches to an old palm as well (using cachemate - costs about £8 one off payment and GSAK) then whenever you are out and about if a cache pops up on the sat nav you can read about it on the palm.


I hope that helps, any questions please feel free to contact me here or via geocaching - same user name.

[DarkMatter]

I like to thank everyone in this amazing thread for all their ideas here. I got myguide 3100 yesterday and put IGO 8 on it via an SD card.

It works well but at one point with Kate TTS voice on it started to stutter and lag out. My SD card tho is actually a micro SD in an SD card adapter I was wondering if it was that could of casued the lag?

I am currently putting IGO onto the flash disk to see if that helps smooth things out.

I tried the above technique with the cache memory and reserved but I wasn't 100% sure how my SYS.txt should look like when I done it.

Assuming you are using the version and skin supplied in post #1000, then the card could well be the culprit as it's the only variable. I've just done a weeks worth of driving with that version, and barely heard a stutter (using a standard Sandisk 2GB card).

I use terrain, but have buildings switched off.

Incidently, I added the mods mentioned by mymsman in post #1381 to my sys.txt file, but it was working ok for me beforehand anyway, so I'm not sure whether these mods made any difference for me. They didn't have any negative effects as far as I can tell, so are probably worth a try for anyone having problems.

I tried v.54000 for a while, but that has a pretty major bug with the roundabout view which made it unusable for me.

[DarkMatter]

OK,
I got Australian map for igo 8 but the voice lags and stutters, and the mapping dissapears after about a minute. Then I get a message saying 'out of memory'.

My 2GB SD card has loads of maps on it and is nearly full. Could that be the reason?


N.

Sounds unlikely to me. Is the Australian map of the same generation as your other maps, or is it older? What version of iGO8 are you running?

[DarkMatter]

My maps didnt work when copied to a new 2 gig card they were locked, which was baffling really cos i dis a binary compare and they were identical ...I take it there is no way of sorting this and using the the MyWay software with ALL maps... if I assume correctly then everyone shoves IGO8 on instead cos the map lock problem don't exist? <please tell me if that's right>

So this is what I need

1) a preconfiged 2 gig working disk image
2) a crack and maps or similar to make the myway nav work
3) apps / games / utils that may be tucked in any SD free space
4) pointers help advice to help me do any of the list above


Did you buy your European maps seperately, or did you get your MyGuide from a different source? The version originally supplied by ebuyer only came with UK and Ireland maps, and if I recall correctly, the maps were locked to the hardware and not to the SD card, and so could be freely moved between cards but not actual hardware devices.

Most people put iGO8 on their units because it is simply much better, not because of any map locking problems.

There is a version of the MyGuide software around that is unlocked, and which shouldn't be fussy about the maps it 'sees'. It's in this forum somewhere.

Have a look at www.hotdisk.co.uk (see my sig), it will help with your question no.3. and give you instructions on how to install iGO8 and iGO2006plus (the MyGuide MyWay software is just a version of this anyway).

[somert8]

Hi
ok here goes its a bit long winded but is worth the effort. And assumes you are a premuim geocaching member as you need to run PQ (personal queries)
1. Run a PQ for the area you want on GC site. This will be emailled to you as a zipped file.
2. Open GSAK (swiss army knife)(you can use this free) and from file menu - import the whole zipped file from the email.
3. there is a macro here - bottom post -
http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=5790
that you need this converts to google earth fiel type.
4. Once you have that macro in gsak (it will download there automatically) go to the macro command in gsak pick mygoogleearth.gsk - then run.
5. google earth then opens
6. gsak export will be under places, right click and save as gsakgoogleearthexport, but change file type to .kml
7. save the file in igo8 - content -userdata-poi
8. to activate in gps - find poi from nav menu - manage -poi - look for the gsak file -edit -and I change view to satellite and leave icon as the globe. This allows you to see where the caches are as you drive past. However you still need to take a paper print out or download to a palm or something as not text for the cache is shown. Of course you can set any one as the destination as well. But if you download the same set of caches to an old palm as well (using cachemate - costs about £8 one off payment and GSAK) then whenever you are out and about if a cache pops up on the sat nav you can read about it on the palm.


I hope that helps, any questions please feel free to contact me here or via geocaching - same user name.

Terrific, many thanks again,I`m gonna have to spend some serious time on this,but It`ll be worth it,I`ll let you know :)

[gpmcs]

Apologies if there is an obvious answer to this question, but there doesn't appear to be any bandwidth availability in the website that you indicate for the iGo information. Is this a matter of just waiting for more bandwidth to be made available?

Thanks

[DarkMatter]

Apologies if there is an obvious answer to this question, but there doesn't appear to be any bandwidth availability in the website that you indicate for the iGo information. Is this a matter of just waiting for more bandwidth to be made available?

Thanks

Usually, yes. I think pgtips123 resets the bandwidth once a month or something. I'll try and check with him if I can.

[pesthouse]

Ok I know this is thepot kettle calling kettle black banging on again about a 4200 but I couldnt resist. Tried GMCMENS suggestion in post 1421 and thought this fixed it as I had all the proper menus but when I resized the screen to 480 X 272 using sy.txt by adding

[rawdisplay]
screen_x=480
screen_y=272

I was right back where i started and the system appears to lock up with this version.

I then took a look at b24evers post 1423 and did a compare with his Sys.txt and tried it on the older more stable 8.0.0.41506 version, again you loose the full menus when you run it at the wide screen res. What you loose is the ability to have on screen limits and spoken speed camera warnings, all you get are the pips on approaching. I know we shouldf all know what the speed limit is but its just bugging me that they dont work the same.

Also I assume b24ever has got igo 6 working on the 4200. I'd be interested to know how that works?

[DarkMatter]

Ok I know this is thepot kettle calling kettle black banging on again about a 4200 but I couldnt resist. Tried GMCMENS suggestion in post 1421 and thought this fixed it as I had all the proper menus but when I resized the screen to 480 X 272 using sy.txt by adding

[rawdisplay]
screen_x=480
screen_y=272

I was right back where i started and the system appears to lock up with this version.

I then took a look at b24evers post 1423 and did a compare with his Sys.txt and tried it on the older more stable 8.0.0.41506 version, again you loose the full menus when you run it at the wide screen res. What you loose is the ability to have on screen limits and spoken speed camera warnings, all you get are the pips on approaching. I know we shouldf all know what the speed limit is but its just bugging me that they dont work the same.

Also I assume b24ever has got igo 6 working on the 4200. I'd be interested to know how that works?

Bare in mind that the skin I provided with the download in post #1000 (iGo 8 ++ v0.7 DarkMatter v1.1) was developed specifically for the 3100, and therefore doesn't contain the necessary files to work at the resolution you are trying.

Have you tried a skin that has been developed to operate at 480x272? For example http://www.igo8mods.com/dimka480272.zip.

[pesthouse]

Bare in mind that the skin I provided with the download in post #1000 (iGo 8 ++ v0.7 DarkMatter v1.1) was developed specifically for the 3100, and therefore doesn't contain the necessary files to work at the resolution you are trying.

Have you tried a skin that has been developed to operate at 480x272? For example http://www.igo8mods.com/dimka480272.zip.

Thanks DarkMatter, I may be doing something wrong because I followed the info in the readme file and I can see I have the new files in the skin folder but I dont seem to be able to get the option change the skin. Even more confusing for me is that the skin option is only active in 320 x 240, when I run it 480 x 272 the skin option is greyed out.

With the original files from post 1000 everything else is fine at 480 x272 its just that some of the menus dont behave the same as detailed in my previous post.

Thanks for your help and suggestions.

[DarkMatter]

Thanks DarkMatter, I may be doing something wrong because I followed the info in the readme file and I can see I have the new files in the skin folder but I dont seem to be able to get the option change the skin. Even more confusing for me is that the skin option is only active in 320 x 240, when I run it 480 x 272 the skin option is greyed out.

Without a unit to test it on, I can't be much help I'm afraid. Can you post your full sys.txt file? Also, please try this skin http://uploaded.to/?id=wlhwdr. It's not the latest version but should be ok for testing. Instructions here http://www.i-go8.com/2008/08/igo-8-riks-skin-25-25082008-release.html.

With the original files from post 1000 everything else is fine at 480 x272 its just that some of the menus dont behave the same as detailed in my previous post.

The skin I provided does add quite a few extra menu options and screens. What you are seeing is basically the standard iGO8 interface, as the skin wont run at your resolution.

[davepugh1981]

Thanks for the links Soak,
Here is your reward,
Install Memory Map to your pc from the links above,
connect your MyGuide using ActiveSync,
Run Memory Map on the PC crack etc,
Click "Pocket Device" "install pocket Navigator"
DO NOT use default location,
select "Storage Card"
you should now have a folder on the storage card called
"Memory-Map Pocket Nav OS 5"
explore to it and add the files in this download
http://uploaded.to/?id=fok2ty
put the maps in the "qct" folder

Add this line to "Addons.txt"
Memory Map = "", "\\Storage Card\\Memory-Map Pocket Nav OS 5\\MMPocketNav.exe"

As I have never used this program before, I am not sure how it works,
is it only for browsing maps or for navigation?

Also when you run the program on "MyGuide"
Click "Menu"
"GPS"
"Setup"
Manufacturer "NMEA"
port "Com 7"
Baud ""9600"

If there is any problems let me know and I will try and resolve them.

I have followed this set of instructions and have managed to get memory map on my home pc to send the software to the my guide.

i have tried to click on the "uploaded link" however after clicking on it it comes up with file not found. As i understand it I need to add the files contained in this upload to the memory map folder on the my guide.

I have tried to see if it works at present, either my pressing the button on the initial start up screen or by executing the file from explorer but either way it comes up woth an error message saying that files or components may be missing.

if someone can help me through this stage I would be most greatfull!!

Thanks
Dave

[gpmcs]

:confused: Hi Guys,

Apologies if this is naive question, but I got delivery of a 3100 unti from ***** this morning and there is no SD card.

I guess this mean that the program and maps are on the ROM. Is this the norm? I have also printed the instructions from darkmatter as I wanted to install iGo8 on it. However the instructions are referring to an original SD card.

Can you please give me some help? Is this a different unit? Should I return it or just follow the installation instructions for the igo8?

[DarkMatter]

:confused: Hi Guys,

Apologies if this is naive question, but I got delivery of a 3100 unti from ***** this morning and there is no SD card.

I guess this mean that the program and maps are on the ROM. Is this the norm? I have also printed the instructions from darkmatter as I wanted to install iGo8 on it. However the instructions are referring to an original SD card.

Can you please give me some help? Is this a different unit? Should I return it or just follow the installation instructions for the igo8?

I don't think it's a problem, provided there is an SD card slot. Just follow the instructions but ignore the bit about copying the original maps to the new card. The addons.txt file may need to by modified slightly, but provided you don't touch the stuff on the ramdisk I don't think you got anything to lose by trying.

[gpmcs]

Tks for the quick reply DM. I noticed that my original repsonse edited the place I bought it. it is one that starts with C and ends with omet; and I noticed in one of the first posts someone mentioned that the untis from that place only accept 5 digit UK postcodes and not 7

1) Is this the case and how can I find out without opening and charging the unit? The reason I'm saying this is that I may just return the unit straight away

2) Will it matter, if I install igo8, as this is a different program and I presume accepts 7digit UK postcodes?

Thanks agin for your reply.

[DarkMatter]

Tks for the quick reply DM. I noticed that my original repsonse edited the place I bought it. it is one that starts with C and ends with omet; and I noticed in one of the first posts someone mentioned that the untis from that place only accept 5 digit UK postcodes and not 7

1) Is this the case and how can I find out without opening and charging the unit? The reason I'm saying this is that I may just return the unit straight away

2) Will it matter, if I install igo8, as this is a different program and I presume accepts 7digit UK postcodes?

Thanks agin for your reply.

The ability to accept 7 digit postcodes depends on the software (or more specifically the maps) and not the hardware. So if you intend to use iGO8 (or even iGO2006plus) you will have the full 7 digit postcode search available.

[gmcmen]

I have followed this set of instructions and have managed to get memory map on my home pc to send the software to the my guide.

i have tried to click on the "uploaded link" however after clicking on it it comes up with file not found. As i understand it I need to add the files contained in this upload to the memory map folder on the my guide.

I have tried to see if it works at present, either my pressing the button on the initial start up screen or by executing the file from explorer but either way it comes up woth an error message saying that files or components may be missing.

if someone can help me through this stage I would be most greatfull!!

Thanks
Dave
Hi Dave,
I don't have it installed anymore, but I will try and find my original copy and hopefully I can follow my own instructions and install it again LOL, if I get it working I will upload a link for you.

[davepugh1981]

Hi Dave,
I don't have it installed anymore, but I will try and find my original copy and hopefully I can follow my own instructions and install it again LOL, if I get it working I will upload a link for you.


Thats really kind of you! I only bought the myguide so i can run memory map for exploring the countryside, it feels like i am so close but yet so far!

i wonder whether it is something to do with the licence - after the software transfers to the Myguide a message comes up on my home pc saying licence has been send to the pda, however i can not see that in the memory Map folder.

Dave

[gpmcs]

The ability to accept 7 digit postcodes depends on the software (or more specifically the maps) and not the hardware. So if you intend to use iGO8 (or even iGO2006plus) you will have the full 7 digit postcode search available.

Tks for the info again. Just another thing; I have taken the unit out of the box and plugged it in the USB port to charge (I know about the length of time via this route !), but it just fails to register the port (and I have used several of the PC's USB ports); you keep on getting the annoying PC sound - moreover although it looks like it's charging I cannot see the drive registerd on the PC.

Any ideas? DO you think the unit may be faulty?

Thanks

[DarkMatter]

Tks for the info again. Just another thing; I have taken the unit out of the box and plugged it in the USB port to charge (I know about the length of time via this route !), but it just fails to register the port (and I have used several of the PC's USB ports); you keep on getting the annoying PC sound - moreover although it looks like it's charging I cannot see the drive registerd on the PC.

Any ideas? DO you think the unit may be faulty?

Thanks

Assuming you are using XP, you need to download and install ActiveSync from Microsoft (free) before you will be able to access the unit via your pc. It will still charge ok without it, but you will get the repeating ding sound as it continually tries to connect otherwise. You could always just turn your speakers off of course if you have a card reader and don't want to use ActiveSync. ;)

EDIT: If you are going down the card reader route, always ensure you use the 'eject' option (right click) on the drive in question on your PC before removing the card (easy to suffer file corruption otherwise) and reset the MyGuide with the button on the back each time you reinsert the card after making any file amendments otherwise the MyGuide won't always see the changes. Using ActiveSync does away with these problems, but is painfully slow on large transfers.

[gmcmen]

Thats really kind of you! I only bought the myguide so i can run memory map for exploring the countryside, it feels like i am so close but yet so far!

i wonder whether it is something to do with the licence - after the software transfers to the Myguide a message comes up on my home pc saying licence has been send to the pda, however i can not see that in the memory Map folder.

Dave
I found my original files,
try it this way!
download and unzip http://uploaded.to/?id=1s5qti
place both folders on root of sd card (overwrite original if any)
add the line in addons.txt to your addons.txt
reset, cross fingers and test

[gpmcs]

DM, thanks again for your help. TBH in my haste I tried it at the office without realising the absence of ActiveSynch, which I have at home. I will give it a go this weekend and see where I get to.

Also looking for an adapter I noticed that the e*buyer has one that connects to the USB port. I have a similar one for my wife's satnav. Can I presume that I can use it to charge the MyGuide as well?

PS: I've been checking the site listed in your sig but there is still no bandwidth. Regarding the files that I need is there anything more in that website that I cannot get via your instructions and references in post #1000?

[DarkMatter]

Also looking for an adapter I noticed that the e*buyer has one that connects to the USB port. I have a similar one for my wife's satnav. Can I presume that I can use it to charge the MyGuide as well?

Are you talking about a mains adapter? You shouldn't go too far wrong with anything that connects via the mini USB port. I sometimes use a mains adapter that you just plug a standard USB cable into, but charging is still pretty slow.

PS: I've been checking the site listed in your sig but there is still no bandwidth.

I contacted pgtips123 about the bandwidth issue, and it is supposed to reset itself once a month but he didn't say when. He is reluctant to increase the bandwith as ultimately he has to pay for it, although if enough people click on the ads it won't be a problem.

Regarding the files that I need is there anything more in that website that I cannot get via your instructions and references in post #1000?

As long as the rapidshare links are still live, then post 1000 should contain all the info you need to get iGO8 up and running. I don't know whether the content links still work ok, but it's not too hard to find maps etc. Just make sure you get a UK map with 7PPC in it's title if you require the 7 digit postcodes.

[gpmcs]

Tks once again DM for the quick response. I'll see how I get on, especially since you indicated that I may have to modify the addons.txt file (that should be fun !!).

What I was also thinking is to create an image copy of MG's ROM directories on my hard drive. I know that the process is not supposed to touch the ROM contents, but just in case !

Out of interest do the igo8 maps have the lane indication option that the new TomTom has?

[tagnut]

My unit has started to hold its charge for less than half an hour now. Has anyone else had to return their unit (lately) due to this problem?
As E-buyer doesn’t stock this unit anymore, does anyone know what their returns policy is?

[davepugh1981]

I found my original files,
try it this way!
download and unzip http://uploaded.to/?id=1s5qti
place both folders on root of sd card (overwrite original if any)
add the line in addons.txt to your addons.txt
reset, cross fingers and test

As we say round here "Yam the man!". Now works perfectly!

Thanks for taking the trouble to find the files for me.

Cheers
Dave

[gpmcs]

Guys,

I've done some search on this thread, but I wasn't very clear so I would appreciate some clarity. I got my 3100 yesterday and I'm looking for an AC adapter.

It charges very quickly with the car one but when I also tried via the USB port it was very slow a comment I saw in some threads as well. I even tried a USB to mains adapter I have for my wife's satnav, but this is slow as well.

When I google'd my search for an adapter the only one I could find was from e buyer but this one uses the USB port. Can someone please point me to a place I can buy an AC adapter that actually plugs in the designated slot on the unit?

Thanks for your help.

[somert8]

Guys,

I've done some search on this thread, but I wasn't very clear so I would appreciate some clarity. I got my 3100 yesterday and I'm looking for an AC adapter.

It charges very quickly with the car one but when I also tried via the USB port it was very slow a comment I saw in some threads as well. I even tried a USB to mains adapter I have for my wife's satnav, but this is slow as well.

When I google'd my search for an adapter the only one I could find was from e buyer but this one uses the USB port. Can someone please point me to a place I can buy an AC adapter that actually plugs in the designated slot on the unit?

Thanks for your help.



I hope this is the one you may be looking for;

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135330

[gpmcs]

I hope this is the one you may be looking for;

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135330

Hi,

Thanks very much for the link, and I have looked into this product, but from the photo it seems that this adapter connects to the USB port of the sat nav.

Perhaps if someone has bought it they could confirm that the charging time is fast, before I go ahead and buy it

[soak]

Hi,

Thanks very much for the link, and I have looked into this product, but from the photo it seems that this adapter connects to the USB port of the sat nav.

Perhaps if someone has bought it they could confirm that the charging time is fast, before I go ahead and buy it

I bought this mains charger for the myguide 3100 in April. Like you, I thought that it might have a USB plug connection, but I was pleased to find that it had the small round barrel-plug connection. I've never timed the charge period but it seems reaonably quick to me.

[gpmcs]

soak,

Thanks very much for letting me know. That gives me more comfort to order it.

[miguel_pucela]

Hello,

I've read all the posts in this thread and found them very interesting. Great work guys!

I've installed Igo 8 on myguide 4200 and works great. I use Igo 8.0.0.54000 with diMkaSpecter v 1.5.4a Dark skin, and spanish TTS voices. And everything works very smooth.

The only problem is not realted to Igo, but to Myguide 4200 itself. It only has charge for less than 1 hour. I found that problem in my previous Myguide 4000 unit (Silvercrest replaced it after it stop charging). Its very annoying not to be able to use it without a plug and the charger near :mad: Do you experiment the same problem? I think that if the unit is well-designed it should long for at least 3 hours ...

[bf24ever]

Hello,

I've read all the posts in this thread and found them very interesting. Great work guys!

I've installed Igo 8 on myguide 4200 and works great. I use Igo 8.0.0.54000 with diMkaSpecter v 1.5.4a Dark skin, and spanish TTS voices. And everything works very smooth.

The only problem is not realted to Igo, but to Myguide 4200 itself. It only has charge for less than 1 hour. I found that problem in my previous Myguide 4000 unit (Silvercrest replaced it after it stop charging). Its very annoying not to be able to use it without a plug and the charger near :mad: Do you experiment the same problem? I think that if the unit is well-designed it should long for at least 3 hours ...
The battery in my silverguide4200 also only holds out for one hour. They are probably fitted with a bad battery from the start. You can try lowering or shutting off the background lightning too improve the battery time. Also u can start you gps at the same place u turnd it off. The gps reciever dont have to work so mutch gettin a lock on your position saving power. Try switching the power off at slider on the backside. The one on top uses a little power at suspend.

[danielbotez]

anyone know a solution to make my gps myguide 3100 go functionally?
from registry i delete "device.ini", don't ask "why?" because i make'it with closed eyes :(
now, all i have is a myguide 3100 go frozed in boot screen, windows xp or vista doesn't recognize device and i can't put back "device.ini" in registry because activesync don't syncronize with him.
now i use a glofiish x500 to navigate but i don't like it.

[DarkMatter]

anyone know a solution to make my gps myguide 3100 go functionally?
from registry i delete "device.ini", don't ask "why?" because i make'it with closed eyes :(
now, all i have is a myguide 3100 go frozed in boot screen, windows xp or vista doesn't recognize device and i can't put back "device.ini" in registry because activesync don't syncronize with him.
now i use a glofiish x500 to navigate but i don't like it.

If my post #1235 was no use, then I don't know what else to suggest I'm afraid.:confused:

[gpmcs]

I don't think it's a problem, provided there is an SD card slot. Just follow the instructions but ignore the bit about copying the original maps to the new card. The addons.txt file may need to by modified slightly, but provided you don't touch the stuff on the ramdisk I don't think you got anything to lose by trying.

Hi DM,

Looking at the config of the addons file below it seems to me that it represents the correct way that the files are strored in my 3100 - i.e. the original "myguide" on the flash disk and the "igo" ones on the storage card. What do you think that I may have to change?

][modules]
GPS = "icons/files.bmp", "", 0

[GPS]
MyGuide = "", "\\Flash Disk\\myguide\\myguide.exe"
iGO8 = "", "\\Storage Card\\iGO8\\igo8.exe"[/FONT]

Thanks for your help

[gmcmen]

Hi DM,

Looking at the config of the addons file below it seems to me that it represents the correct way that the files are strored in my 3100 - i.e. the original "myguide" on the flash disk and the "igo" ones on the storage card. What do you think that I may have to change?

][modules]
GPS = "icons/files.bmp", "", 0

[GPS]
MyGuide = "", "\\Flash Disk\\myguide\\myguide.exe"
iGO8 = "", "\\Storage Card\\iGO8\\igo8.exe"[/FONT]

Thanks for your help

If your original "Myguide" software and maps are on the "Flash disk" your "addons.txt" should read:

[modules]
iGO8 = "", "\\Storage Card\\iGO8\\igo8.exe"

The button for the original "Myguide" will have been created from "Igopath.txt", "addons.txt" is an extension to "Igopath.txt" and you don't need to duplicate the entries as it reads both files on startup.

[gpmcs]

Thank you very much for letting me know. I will get on with the installation over the weekend.

[kaybe327]

Having been stupid eoug to loose my CD is there anyone who could supply me with a copy of maploader please

email keith(at)bouckley.me.uk

Thanks in advance

Keith

[vimes]

Having been stupid eoug to loose my CD is there anyone who could supply me with a copy of maploader please

email keith(at)bouckley.me.uk

Thanks in advance

Keith


Do you still need this...?

[batman]

I have IGO8 running OK and thought I would try a few other skins. However whatever other IGO8 skins I place in SKIN folder it only recognises the DarkMatter v1.1 skin (this was the one installed via original iIGO8 install from files in this forum). i.e. when I select Setting:Menu:Skin the only entry is Deafult and DarkMatter. Is there an entry in Sys.txt which needs tweaking somehwere?

[vimes]

As I used iGo 8 on my PDA before I bought one of these 3100's I was used to using Ultra Skin 5.0 and so I have just continued to apply that...

http://www.linknet.plus.com/iGO8_Ultra/index.html

..it, in the little use I have had of the unit so far, seems to work nicely.

IIRC a skin will only show as being available if it supports the resolution of the device that it is installed on, not sure if this is your problem..?

BTW - there is also this skin to try if you wish...

http://www.igo8mods.com/dimka.htm

[kaybe327]

Hi Vimes

Yes please if you can help

Keith

[vimes]

What is it from the CD that you actually need, just the application, which seems to be just 683kb (as the maps themselves can be found via this thread)..?

[kaybe327]

Have got the maps OK, just had it repaired for a HardwareIDerror and they sent me a SD card with the maps for West Europe on it.

Have been playing with it and bust it again so could do with the application to load maps and also renew flash disk. :confused: :confused:

Keith

[vimes]

Not sure if this post will help you....

http://forums.ebuyer.com/showpost.php?p=345509&postcount=856

Maploader application only uploaded to....

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XANG8GRM

[kaybe327]

Vimes

Thank you very much - you are a life saver

Keith

[vimes]

You are welcome, if you need the actual SD restore contents folder from the CD then just place a post and I'll zip it up to megaupload, it is about 30mb or so but I think that the one that I have linked for you might be better :)

Good luck

[batman]

As I used iGo 8 on my PDA before I bought one of these 3100's I was used to using Ultra Skin 5.0 and so I have just continued to apply that...

http://www.linknet.plus.com/iGO8_Ultra/index.html

..it, in the little use I have had of the unit so far, seems to work nicely.

IIRC a skin will only show as being available if it supports the resolution of the device that it is installed on, not sure if this is your problem..?

BTW - there is also this skin to try if you wish...

http://www.igo8mods.com/dimka.htm

Thanks for links Vimes. I got mine to work (eventually) - brain fade - had some corrupt zip foilders - doh!.

I tried the IGO8 Skins you linked and they seem to work ok. I have been going thru a phase of trying differnt s/w (TT7, Garmin XT, IGO6, IGO8) and skins on the Myguide. At the moment IGO6+ still seems best but I will carry on playing with others for a while and see if I see any benefits.

[kaybe327]

If you would please Vimes

At least I have it working now but a restore would no doubt be usefull.

If any one needs West Europe 2007.7 let me know so I can reciprocate

Keith

[nisworld]

I think i got my igo 8 version from post #1000 and the Australia map from someone's website. The Australia map has been adapted from a different map format i think.

Anyone got igo 8 with working Australia map?


N.

[vimes]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AMA8QH86

the above link takes you to the folder that comes on the My Guide CD called !RestoreSD.

I assume that you place the contents of the PNA folder on a SD card and then reset the unit.

[kaybe327]

Many thanks Vimes, makes a change for someone to do what tey say they will.

Keith

[tramadol]

new battery for 3100 at www battery scene 15.00

[DarkMatter]

Looks like ebuyer are stocking the 3100 again.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/125129

Surprised it's not the new version, but at least it should mean this board should stay open for a while longer.:)

[vimes]

What is the new version that you mention..? I just bought mine from another place @ £60.

[DarkMatter]

Looks like ebuyer have now stopped selling the 3100.

Seems there is a new range of units from MyGuide based on iGO8.

http://www.myguidegps.com/main/products/car-navigation/

EDIT: MyGuide club (http://www.myguideclub.com) now has free speedcam downloads for registered users. I don't know what the quality of the database is like, but it's nice to finally see some kind of official support/content appearing for the unit.

Well, I was thinking of this post (#887) made quite some time ago.

However, now that I've looked at it again, something seems to have happened to the company.:confused: Anyone heard anything?

[vimes]

The place where I bought mine from initially refused to sell it to me as I was told that the company "My Guide" had gone bump, I don't know whether it is true or not. They were about to move the stock from display. Their concern was that if the unit did need to be repaired then it would not be possible. However they accepted that they would refund it anyway if it did develop a fault and so I bought it.
The place that I got mine from, large national company, is still selling them.

[DarkMatter]

The place where I bought mine from initially refused to sell it to me as I was told that the company "My Guide" had gone bump, I don't know whether it is true or not. They were about to move the stock from display. Their concern was that if the unit did need to be repaired then it would not be possible. However they accepted that they would refund it anyway if it did develop a fault and so I bought it.
The place that I got mine from, large national company, is still selling them.

Found a link on their website that was still live (for now) which shows the new line of products based on iGo8 that I was refering to in my first post. I guess that we probably wont see them now.

http://www.myguidegps.com/meta/about-myguide/press0/device-photos/

[nicklovell]

hi i've just been given a 3100 and it has no maps or memory card, so i'd really appreciate it if some one could give me an idiots guide to getting it working.

i have got a new sd card so just need to know how to get it all sorted,

thanks in advance

[DarkMatter]

hi i've just been given a 3100 and it has no maps or memory card, so i'd really appreciate it if some one could give me an idiots guide to getting it working.

i have got a new sd card so just need to know how to get it all sorted,

thanks in advance

If it starts up ok, and you can see the screen with the large buttons, have a look at post #1000 on page 34. That should get you started.

[MarkC]

For anyone who has not tried this version yet it works fine on the 3100. TMC works, to me it seems to run more smoothly and it has one nice new feature - when you disconnect the external power it automatically puts the device into standby. Especially useful if your accessory socket turns off with the ignition!

Also has "reality view" style lane indicators on motorways which look really smart.

The payback is that the new maps don't have full 7 digit UK post codes - why on earth would anyone release maps without the full 7 digits!

MarkC

[vimes]

nm this is edited

[gpmcs]

Hi all,

I currently have the iGo8 8.0.0.41506 version on my 3100. Trawling thru the web I came across posts on the 49545 version and I believe there was a reference to a 5000 version. Are there any major differences with these versions? Is it worth looking to try to get any of these two updates?

[terry29]

AC mains charger can be bought on e-bay

[DarkMatter]

Hi all,

I currently have the iGo8 8.0.0.41506 version on my 3100. Trawling thru the web I came across posts on the 49545 version and I believe there was a reference to a 5000 version. Are there any major differences with these versions? Is it worth looking to try to get any of these two updates?

I used version 54000 briefly, but it had a major bug with the display of roundabouts while navigating in 3d, so I went back to 41506 which has so far been really reliable for me.

I'm tempted to have a look at the latest version 57021 out of curiosilty, but with its map and skin issues I suspect it may be a while longer before I'm tempted to ditch 41506.

[gpmcs]

Tks for the info DM. I've also come across other versions that begin with 8.3....and I'm not sure whether these apply to PDAs etc.

I'll follow your conclusion and stick with the 41506 version. Just so that you know, I have used your suggestions, files and skin and I'm very happy. I must admit that I did try to use other skins so as to have a look, but they have really messed up my 3100, when I included the files in the SD (perhaps I wasn't doing things right !). Today for e.g. I made a trip from London to Wiltshire and on the way back after about 2hrs drive, the machine wasn't displaying the road at all (the screen wasn't reproducing the road, although the instructions were shown on the side) and eventually it displayed a message that it run out of memory and shut down.

I have just done a clean re-install of your files only on another SD card and will stay clear from other experiments. Your skin is very good.

One question for you though. Have you considered creating a another skin that would have all the info displayed on the bottom & top of the screen, but nothing to the left leaving therefore more space for the map to be displayed?

Thanks again for your input and help.

[fiftiesfury]

I should look at forums before I buy but............. you guessed it.... my MyGuide 3100 arrived today.

No GPS signal and no help at all on their site.

Could someone please help get this thing going!!!!!!!

[klaver30]

Hello,

I m new here so i dont know if this is already an answered question!? I just placed IGO 8.3.... on my pna, everything seemed to work fine till i got on the road and heard the voice talking. It stutters a lot and also the speedcam warning stutters. Does anybody have any idea how to solve this problem?

Thnx.

[fiftiesfury]

I have charged the MyGuide up, installed TomTom and IGo software on a separate SD card, have gone outside and switched on and still no GPS signal................. what am I doing wrong????????????


ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION........................ it takes a while to get the GPS signal........ 17 minutes outside.........

[DarkMatter]

One question for you though. Have you considered creating a another skin that would have all the info displayed on the bottom & top of the screen, but nothing to the left leaving therefore more space for the map to be displayed?

I'm afraid my skinning ability can only just about stretch to making modifications to other peoples skins. The skin that I provided in post #1000 is largely based on teddyb's original plus skin, with some added code from the ultra skin for speed cameras, plus some of my own code for the speed camera settings and a few other tweaks. It seems to work well on the myguide as I think it strikes the right balance between features and memory usage.

How has your unit behaved since your reinstallation?

BTW I made my own improved custom voice warnings to use with my skin, which I don't think were included on the uploaded version. If anyone wants to try them, let me know.

[DarkMatter]

ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION........................ it takes a while to get the GPS signal........ 17 minutes outside.........

It can sometimes take a little while to get a signal, although 17 minutes outside seems excessive to me. If it continues to struggle it may indicate that there's a problem with the antenna or something.

[DarkMatter]

Hello,

I m new here so i dont know if this is already an answered question!? I just placed IGO 8.3.... on my pna, everything seemed to work fine till i got on the road and heard the voice talking. It stutters a lot and also the speedcam warning stutters. Does anybody have any idea how to solve this problem?

Thnx.

Are you using TTS voices? There are some memory related settings that can be added to the sys.txt file, but I don't know how/if these would apply to a 8.3 version. Can you post the sys.txt file that you are using?

[gpmcs]

I'm afraid my skinning ability can only just about stretch to making modifications to other peoples skins. The skin that I provided in post #1000 is largely based on teddyb's original plus skin, with some added code from the ultra skin for speed cameras, plus some of my own code for the speed camera settings and a few other tweaks. It seems to work well on the myguide as I think it strikes the right balance between features and memory usage.

How has your unit behaved since your reinstallation?

BTW I made my own improved custom voice warnings to use with my skin, which I don't think were included on the uploaded version. If anyone wants to try them, let me know.

I will give it a good testing tomorrow as I'll be driving from London to Goodwood and back, so I will let you know. I hope I won't have any memory problems.

I would be interested to see and give a try to your customised version of the warnings. I must admit that the existing ones are a bit annoying. What are the changes that you have made on them?

[DarkMatter]

I would be interested to see and give a try to your customised version of the warnings. I must admit that the existing ones are a bit annoying. What are the changes that you have made on them?

If I recall correctly, the original voices sounded a bit robotic to me, so I tried to create a more natural sounding one.

Here it is anyway http://rapidshare.com/files/161142112/iGo8_Plus_DM1.1.zip.html ,see what you think.

I've uploaded the full skin to avoid the hassle of overwriting the audio folder in the archive, but I don't think it should cause any problems.

[fiftiesfury]

It can sometimes take a little while to get a signal, although 17 minutes outside seems excessive to me. If it continues to struggle it may indicate that there's a problem with the antenna or something.


Many thanks all is working fine now.

I have tried the download links to iGO 2008 but every one I've tried hasn't worked.
Downloaded:
Igo 8 - Full version + content (incl. NA maps)
Igo 8 - FINAL FULL + CRACK ( working licence ).zip

[gmcmen]

Many thanks all is working fine now.

I have tried the download links to iGO 2008 but every one I've tried hasn't worked.
Downloaded:
Igo 8 - Full version + content (incl. NA maps)
Igo 8 - FINAL FULL + CRACK ( working licence ).zip

Have you downloaded from the links provided in post #1000?