ALDI GPS?

Hi folks.

Well, GPS car navigators finally got cheap enough to tempt me into yet
more geeky-ness.

At $129, I gave in and bought one yesterday.

The nav software is Route66, the OS is CE6.0, and the mapping is by WhereIS.

So far, it seems to have charged up OK, it lights up, sees satellites,
figures out where it is and so on.

I haven't actually gone and traveled with it yet, that's todays plan,
but I have found a problem with it.

On the map, there is a "phantom" street, which doesn't, as such, exist
in the real world.:-(

Unfortunately, the wee device thinks that this "phantom" street is the
only way out of where I live.

Is there any reasonably convenient way of editing the mapping on these
devices?

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Some systems allow you to place a virtual roadblock to prevent the GPS
from using a particular road. My phone GPS uses route66, and it doesn't
have that facility but you never know your luck.

Moike

 

do a google search, these devices are very hackable as they are
running windows CE6, if you want customable maps, you might have to
put the lastest version of TomTom on them, my workmate was going to do
it last night... haven't heard from him this morning (probably lost)

just beware..

I bought one yesterday, I have been using TomTom on my pda for 18
months and it has decided to pack it in..

the is a major glitch with the software, it hasnt got suburbs on it,
just the cities, so when you type in a street name, it comes up with
all the street in Melbourne or Sydney.

I rang them. they sent me an email with the fix (download new maps..
211Mb)

but I cant get mine to Activesync to my laptop, though I think its a
an issue with the lappy

you get what you pay for, but at least there are sakes support seems
to be there

here is the email



Dear Customer,



To update the Sensis map on your Tevion P3501 Navigator, you need a PC
with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/Win98SE/ME.

If you don't have access to such a computer, please contact the Tevion
After Sales Support team on 1300 88 6649.



1. If you have not installed Microsoft ActiveSync on your PC, you
need to install this program first by following the instructions below
for your version of Windows.


Microsoft Windows XP or Vista - Open your web browser, go to
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmob...ulas/eula_activesync45_1033.mspx?ProductID=76
and follow the instructions on this page to download and install
ActiveSync 4.5. After downloading “setup.msi”, run setup.msi to
install Microsoft Activesync.

Microsoft Windows 98SE or ME - Open your web browser, go to
http://download.oldversion.com/msasync38b5004.exe and run the setup
program, “msasync38b5004.exe”. Restart computer after installing.

2. After Microsoft Activesync is installed on your computer, you
are ready to install the ROUTE 66 Map Updater.
Go to http://www.tempoaustralia.com.au/gps/map_updater.exe and save
the “map_updater.exe” file to your desktop.

3. Connect the Tevion GPS Navigator with the USB cable to your PC
and switch on the Tevion GPS Navigator.
4. If this is the first time that you connect a USB storage device
to your PC, you might need to install extra software.
Follow the instructions on the screen of your PC to install the
USB drivers that come with Windows.
5. As soon as the connection between the PC and the navigator is
established, Microsoft ActiveSync on the PC will ask you if you want
to set up a new partnership. Select 'Cancel' as this is not necessary
and the device will be set up as 'guest'.
6. In the Microsoft ActiveSync window on the PC you see that the
Navigator is now connected.
7. Now start up the “map_updater.exe” file, which you have
downloaded.
8. The map updater will remove previous maps from your device and
install the updated map.
9. This installation can take a few hours, depending on the speed
of the connection between PC and Navigator.
10. The installation is completed successfully when the Map Updater
program closes. Disconnect the Tevion GPS Navigator from your computer
and it is now ready to use.

 

Marty H wrote:

Hadn't noticed that prob, yet.

Hmm, I've just downloaded and installed ActiveSync, and, when I connect
the GPS, get an error message saying that the lappy can't verify the
version of ActiveSync on the device. :-|

Atleast it was only about two-cases of beer in price, and looks like it
will provide hours of fun and frolic, trying to get it to work nicely.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

same issue I had, just tried it on a PC at work... worked like a
treat, uploaded the new maps and we are in Business (did take an hour
or so)

you can get the base model Tom for about $180, If I couldnt get this
one working I was going to get my money back and buy the TomTom, but
it seems OK now

mh

 

I don't know if this is related, but my old Navman PDA didn't want to
sync with my new Laptop. Turned out the ActiveSync on the PDA was the
older version and slightly different to the Vista version (Sync
Centre) on my Laptop.I had to find the new version for the PDA and
everything has been good since...
__


Cheers
The Happy Drunk
K100RT

 

G'day all
Whats the battery drain on these things like?...and are they legal for
bikes?

cheers

 

Battery drain is probably four fifths of bugger all.

Anyway, you only need to know where to go when you are going, so you
switch it off when stopped.

Never, ever, ask a question like:"Are they legal for bikes.", otherwise
some nameless bastard, with the power to do so, will make them illegal
for bikes. :-|

Of course they are legal for bikes!

regards,
CrazyCam

 

the manual says 3hrs, I have read on some forums, a whole 30mins

I have mine plugged in the ciggy lighter so I dunno, anything with a
backlit LCD is going to chew the batteries

MH

 

I have Route 66 on my phone...I have not seen any phantom streets but It
does some silly route calculations sometimes...has been known to go
around the block for no discernable reason, or off the freeway and back
on again! The phone version lacks an 'I don't want to go that way give
me another option button' which would be handy; you just have to keep
going until the GPS catches on.

Generally good tho, wouldn't be without it! Have used it everywhere from
Melbourne to Cairns.

Some surprising features - type in 'subway' and get the nearest ones!
(Subway food)

Editing mapping? Beats me, I just program industrial control
systems...don't you know any teenagers?

 

another glitch..

so far on about 80% of roundabouts the voice tells you to turn left
while the visual and actual route is straight ahead.

this is a software, Route 66 problem, not the GPS unit

mh

 

The TomTom will do that if you tell it to take the shortest route and
the exit is on a bend and will save shorten the trip by 5 metres.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

I got a TomTom One a couple of weeks ago. Claimed battery life is 2
hours, and that seems to be about what it's good for. I've charged it
up on an ipod charger at home, haven't bothered with the cigarette
lighter approach yet.

I firt tried mine on the bike, tucked into the top of my tank bag.
In that context I couldn't hear the noise it make and could only
glance at it occasionally, and I was really quite impressed with it.
The little gadget got me to exactly where I wanted to be quite
effectively. The next day I tried it in the car... turns out it
fucking TALKS, and when you have time to watch it a bit more closely,
you start to see a quite entertaining display of attempts at second-
guessing where you are, etc. They're fun. Accurate enough. A good
laugh for anyone with enough of a technical mind to start wondering
about how they work. Not to be taken too seriously I think!


GB

 

This is obviously a GPS for that Irish bloke who, when you ask him how
to get to Kilkenny he says, "Ah,if I was going to Kilkenny I wouldn't
start from here."

Kim