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[QUOTE=Ranga;1140296]...... it never did it for me when I tested it. QUOTE]

Hi Ranga,
No, it was all my fault. I somehow activated windows CE when I was playing around with it.

The start bar now seems to appear only after I have exited a GPS program, other than that it works great.

I received your DVD today (thanks), unfortunately it seems to be blank. Not to worry I backed up a copy of all the files off the SD card into my computer at work (before I played with it). When I get back there tomorrow I intend to place the SD card into a card reader, delete all the files, then copy the back ups into the card. Hope this will work.

Thanks again for you great efforts.

In a previous post I attached a GPS.ini file to show a power-off button on the screen for the Dealextreme GPS unit.

This was for the 3 button setup supplied by Ranga.

For those people that may have used the files from pezcat19 on the DealExtreme forum, ie 4 button setup you can use the attached file.

Unzip the attached 4 Button GPS.zip. Then copy the GPS.ini and replace the existing GPS.ini.

You will find the GPS.ini file under Config folder in the GPSMenu folder.


Dave.

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Originally Posted by vnx205

Is the task manager (TskMgr) icon visible?

If it is, you can get rid of CE if you click the TskMgr icon, then click the Process tab, then select explorer.exe and click on the Terminate button and click on OK.

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Hi vnx205,
It finally found explorer.com, did as instructed here then rebooted. The unit would not switch on again and I have tried to on a few times since, and nothing. I have a feeling I have done something really bad this time. When plugged into my computer, it doesn't even detect new hardware. I guess I now have a very nice paperweight.:( Thanks for trying to help anyway.
cheers,
biggin

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Originally Posted by biggin

Hi vnx205,
It finally found explorer.com, did as instructed here then rebooted. The unit would not switch on again and I have tried to on a few times since, and nothing. I have a feeling I have done something really bad this time. When plugged into my computer, it doesn't even detect new hardware. I guess I now have a very nice paperweight.:( Thanks for trying to help anyway.
cheers,
biggin

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Mate, if worst come to worst, I'm quietly confident I can get it working again. The last thing I want to see is someone bricking there GPS.

Try plugging it into the 240V adapter (you need a US pin adapter) and let it charge. Also, when charging you should see a faint red LED on the left hand side to indicate that it's charging. This changes blue when it's fully charged.

Have you also tried using the reset button?

Last resort, send it back to me and I'll see what I can do.

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Originally Posted by biggin

Hi vnx205,
It finally found explorer.com, did as instructed here then rebooted. The unit would not switch on again and I have tried to on a few times since, and nothing. I have a feeling I have done something really bad this time. When plugged into my computer, it doesn't even detect new hardware. I guess I now have a very nice paperweight.:( Thanks for trying to help anyway.
cheers,
biggin

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I had done that dozens of times with no ill effects.

Maybe you can help me with another problem. Did you have a USB connection to the computer when you tried to switch on? Does it have any message at all on the screen?

I have been able to create a problem with mine that no-one else has reported. I am trying to work out how I did it and I am wondering if you have done something similar. It isn't related to terminating explorer.exe though.

I have been able to recover by going through most of the update steps again.

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Originally Posted by vnx205

I had done that dozens of times with no ill effects.

Maybe you can help me with another problem. Did you have a USB connection to the computer when you tried to switch on? Does it have any message at all on the screen?

I have been able to create a problem with mine that no-one else has reported. I am trying to work out how I did it and I am wondering if you have done something similar. It isn't related to terminating explorer.exe though.

I have been able to recover by going through most of the update steps again.

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I did have the usb connected to the computer at the time I rebooted the GPS.
Initially it seemed as if it would start, as the initialisation wording came up, however it closed down for good after that.
Strangely though, the computer did not detect the hardware on the start bar.

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Originally Posted by Ranga

Mate, if worst come to worst, I'm quietly confident I can get it working again. The last thing I want to see is someone bricking there GPS.

Try plugging it into the 240V adapter (you need a US pin adapter) and let it charge. Also, when charging you should see a faint red LED on the left hand side to indicate that it's charging. This changes blue when it's fully charged.

Have you also tried using the reset button?

Last resort, send it back to me and I'll see what I can do.

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I've always wondered what bricking meant - now I know.
I tried the reset button - no good.
I'll try the charger when I get home.
Thanks for the offer of helping out - again, and sorry for wasting so much of your time.:angel:

Ok its been 4 months now since Ranga first posted this thread...Just curious as to the general concensus now of these units.

Are they still a viable unit cos they definitely seem to be a good bang for the buck on paper?

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Originally Posted by pohm66

Ok its been 4 months now since Ranga first posted this thread...Just curious as to the general concensus now of these units.

Are they still a viable unit cos they definitely seem to be a good bang for the buck on paper?

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very happy with mine, it works a treat........just need somebody to run an ozi explorer session out in the burbs (brisbane) as i don't know my way around all that well

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Originally Posted by biggin

I did have the usb connected to the computer at the time I rebooted the GPS.

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That might be significant or at least it might help me track down how I have managed three times to upset mine.

I'm pretty sure that each time it happened I had a USB connection to my PC.

Or it might be just a coincidence. :p