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El_Toyotero
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 Posted - 08 juin 2010 : 22:47:33
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Hello everyone,
I just got a Magellan Maestro 4000 yesterday, and I'm less than impressed with the Nav application the factory put on the GPS... for some reason, the 'fasted route' that it chooses is about 25% longer than the route that my Garmin chooses (an hour longer for a 3.5 hr drive!) So this site has me inspired:
http://www.janolepeek.com/hack-your-80-gps-system
and now I'm trying to install a new navigation application on the Magellan Maestro 4000. I've searched the forums, hoping to find a clear write up of how to do this on a Maestro, but I've been unable to find one.
There seem to be a lot of nav applications out there that I could install. Many of them free:
http://www.maps-gps-info.com/fgpfw.html#WindowsCE
So I could use some advice on which one might be best for me. What I'm hoping to get is more functionality out of it (and make the AAA stuff go away).
I like what I see of iGo8 here and on their website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgp1lnriwXA
http://www.navngo.com/pages/global/eng/igo_8_ss_video
It looks like it has a lot more functions than what the factory app can do, but I'm interested in what other people might have installed on their Magellan GPS. It would also be very cool to have an application that could load topographical maps also for use when I'm hiking or driving in the back country, although I suspect that might be beyond the capabilities of my hardware. I'd like to be able to enter a LAT-LONG coordinates set as a destination for geocaching and such.
I started on this last night with the help of this website:
http://biobug.org/had-mirror/gps/Magellan.htm
What I've done
So far I have installed softbutton into the \APP folder EXE Shadowing it so that it starts on boot up. I left the factory navigator application in \APP, renamed as factory_navigator.exe so that I can start it from softbutton.
I've also installed FileManCE.exe into \APP, and TCPMP0.81 onto \APPS\TCPMP0.81 on the 2 gb SD card (and discovered that a 4 gb SDHC card does not work for this model).. and I think that I'm going to move FileManCE to the SD card in a \APPS\FM folder.
Anyhow, like I mentioned, what applications would you recommend for use on this hardware and does anyone have any links to a staight forward write up of installing a new nav app into the device?
Regards,
Toyotero
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Edited by - El_Toyotero on 09 juin 2010 04:07:29
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El_Toyotero
USA
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Posted - 09 juin 2010 : 04:11:41
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I moved FileManCE and all of its FM_* files into a \APPS\FM folder on the SD card successfully. I think it's a cleaner set up this way.
Now to install a new Nav application... |
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seal77mania
Romania
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El_Toyotero
USA
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Posted - 21 juin 2010 : 20:06:36
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Thanks.
When I run SystemInformation32.exe, I get "error creating process". I'll have to play with it some... I think I might need to change some things in app\navi_Ice.ini maybe. |
Edited by - El_Toyotero on 21 juin 2010 20:17:10 |
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El_Toyotero
USA
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Posted - 21 juin 2010 : 20:23:21
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seal77mania,
Do you have any more files that are used with these? There are a lot of links to other programs/files that I don't have. |
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seal77mania
Romania
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Posted - 23 juin 2010 : 21:11:13
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quote:
Originally posted by El_Toyotero
seal77mania,
Do you have any more files that are used with these? There are a lot of links to other programs/files that I don't have.
See this http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EYGW4Z51 |
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El_Toyotero
USA
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Posted - 28 juin 2010 : 02:09:47
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Thanks. I'll try it out.
I could view the menu that is in your first files on my desktop, and it looked really good. I'm looking forward to having the whole package installed.
Thanks a lot! |
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