Thread: Replacement 'Everything-in-one' headunit

Passing through briefly and will try to answer the questions I have seen pop up.

The unit comes with Synergic (?) GPS software. The one I had previously had iGO 8 on it. Both work well and both have their nuances.

As far as mounting and the screen opening fully, you can't push the cradle fully back since this causes the lip on the dashboard to interfere with the 'arms' that make up part of the display angle adjustment. If you set the cradle about 5mm proud of the dash, everything works fine.

Unit only has a single camera input.

As mentioned previously, OZI works fine. The unit can be thought of as an 'unlocked' WinCE based GPS with removable SD card. I have iGO and OZI installed on the same SD card. To switch between them I just go into the settings and change where the GPS expects to find its software. Then reboot the GPS. All up takes about 45 seconds to do the config change plus however long the software takes to boot. I don't recommend doing the change on the move though since it requires accurate fingers.

Does it have an SD card slot? I missed that...

So

1) Where to buy these units? From the website? I presume you order the maps somehow at the same time? (How much extra are the AU maps?)

2) Any other equipment worth getting from the same mob. I have a reversing camera which should do the job, so don't really need one of those.

3) I see that they sell as SD TV tuner for use with it, bit can;t be sure whether an HD tuner (for the extra stations more so than the quality) from elsewhere would eb compatible. Perhaps not?

The unit I have has two micro-SD slots. One for the GPS software load and the other for music / audio books / video etc. It plays MP3 but I don't know about WMA.

Purchased direct from the manufacturers website with free international shipping.

The software and maps are about 50 AUD but the device is an unlocked WinCE device running an ARM processor from memory, so you can get most things to run. If you do not have experience in doing this then I strongly suggest you just pay the 50 AUD and be done with it. The maps are current and once you have functioning software, updating the maps isn't too hard.

I really like this idea and reckon I'll getone but have a number of other expenses at the moment so it may be a few months before i can stump up the cash. Thanks for ev eryone's input.

I have iGO 8 and maps that i run on an ipaq so if you want a copy Vlad i can stick on a disc for you .

Originally Posted by loanrangie

I have iGO 8 and maps that i run on an ipaq so if you want a copy Vlad i can stick on a disc for you .

That would be very unethical.

Meanwhile, on a completely unrelated subject I'll send you a PM

I'm interested in getting one of these too, was just about to buy one, BUT, I can't find out if it can play unprotected MP4, (h.263) via the SD card. Most of my movies are in iTunes in that format. And if so what size SD card can it take?

Has anyone tried it?

Cheers
Marc