Thread: AULRO Subscriber Offer - cheap on-road/off-road GPS units

Originally Posted by Utemad

Mine doesn't do that. Have you tried reloading the firmware?

might give that a try and see what happens. Thanks

Just a quick update to let you know I've just received a delivery of these DealExtreme: $101.17 5.0" LCD 372MHz CPU Windows CE 5.0 Bluetooth + GPS Navigator w/FM Transmitter + 2GB Maps SD as mentioned in the opening post, and they are noew shipping with WinCE6.0 operating system (instead of WinCE5.0).

This means the menu runs a little faster, they turn on a little quicker, but as yet TomTom does NOT work on these devices.

Originally Posted by Ranga

Just a quick update to let you know I've just received a delivery of these DealExtreme: $101.17 5.0" LCD 372MHz CPU Windows CE 5.0 Bluetooth + GPS Navigator w/FM Transmitter + 2GB Maps SD as mentioned in the opening post, and they are noew shipping with WinCE6.0 operating system (instead of WinCE5.0).

This means the menu runs a little faster, they turn on a little quicker, but as yet TomTom does NOT work on these devices.

Cheers Ranga,
Does it still run the other stuff or is it only TomTom trouble.

Originally Posted by biggin

Cheers Ranga,
Does it still run the other stuff or is it only TomTom trouble.

A couple of observations I've made so far with the new 6.0 models.

First, the good:

• iGO8 and Oziexplorer still work
• The menu runs faster now.
• You don't have to hold the power button down for a few seconds to turn it on.
• Different startup tone plays, and you can choose a new tone from within the device.
• The menu is different - no need to keep clicking to get to the settings option.
• The menu options are all in a different order.
• The time and date seems to stick now. When you set the time and date it no longer gets reset when you restart the device.

The not so good:

• Tomtom no longer works, as it's not compatible with Win CE 6.0
• I don't think we can update the look and feel of the default menu GUI.
• The LED on the side glows red when charging like before, but when charged no light shines. When the unit is turned on, the LED glows blue.

I guess I'm not overly concerned about Tomtom, as I'm more of an iGO8 fan anyway.

Not being able to change the menu isn't too bad, given the new menu layout functions much better, and I would probably avoid using it and have the modded menu run on startup.

Hi all.

My units are on their way from DX. I was just wondering if anyone has opened one up & can tell me where the GPS antenna is located in the unit?

I would prefer to mount mine up high by the mirror, but am concerned that the signal might be degraded too much.

Has anyone else mounted their unit up there, and if so, how did you find the signal?

Originally Posted by Basil135

Hi all.

My units are on their way from DX. I was just wondering if anyone has opened one up & can tell me where the GPS antenna is located in the unit?

I would prefer to mount mine up high by the mirror, but am concerned that the signal might be degraded too much.

Has anyone else mounted their unit up there, and if so, how did you find the signal?

Before you go and pull it apart you might want to try one of those signal boosting external gps aerials. I have one for my Magellan which I purchased before I bought the this DX gps. I have it mounted on the roofrack I had it plugged in recently when using the DX gps and it made a great improvement in finding/keeping a signal.

Just a thought. The one I have is here

Originally Posted by XSiV

Before you go and pull it apart you might want to try one of those signal boosting external gps aerials. I have one for my Magellan which I purchased before I bought the this DX gps. I have it mounted on the roofrack I had it plugged in recently when using the DX gps and it made a great improvement in finding/keeping a signal.

Just a thought. The one I have is here

Thanks for that. I would prefer to have an external aerial, however I dont think these units will accept a plug-in one.

I guess that hard-wiring it in is always an option

Here is the one that I have bought: https://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.21039

The ones I'm talking about don't plug in they receive the signal and then re-transmit it from a transmitter in the cab so the signal the unit picks up is a lot stronger.