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

Not quite.
Looking at the unit, my letterbox which is on the drivers side, appears on the passenger side in the screen.

Originally Posted by Ashes

Not quite.
Looking at the unit, my letterbox which is on the drivers side, appears on the passenger side in the screen.

So, it's the same as turning your head around and looking, instead of looking in the mirror. Without having one fitted, I can't say which I'd rather, but probably reversed like a mirror I spose.

Originally Posted by Ashes

Minor annoyance...image is reversed

If you tap the screen on the side (it is it the top and bottom) it switches the image to its mirror.

Garry

Thanks Gary, that works a treat. Reasonable view in the dark as well.

Just wondering which reversing cameras people have used with Ranga's GPS units? I looked at a couple on DX but not sure which is the best one. I was probably looking at a wired one, and I believe i would have to tap into the reversing lights in order to get it to go on automatically when reversing, then wire it back through the car to the GPS unit. Correct?

Cheers,

I'm still tinkering with the unit and found a solution to the problem where igo 8 will freeze if you put the unit into sleep mode while igo is running.

If you have your device on ignition switched power (eg. a 12v ignition switched socket that is only active when the ignition is on) you can add the following lines in /iGO8/sys.txt.
iGO won't shutdown the device automatically when turning off the ignition but if you are running igo, pressing the on off button and selecting sleep won't cause the mapping to freeze up. Should work the same for a always on 12v connection (the red light will remain on though)


[interface]
shutdown_time=0

[power]
skip_resume_process=1
skip_suspend_process=1
powermgm_state=0

Ideally I'd like to still have the unit auto shutoff when power is cut but not cause the mapping to freeze. The shutdown_time=0 turns off the auto shutdown.. more investigation needed.

Originally Posted by Ashes

Ideally I'd like to still have the unit auto shutoff when power is cut but not cause the mapping to freeze. The shutdown_time=0 turns off the auto shutdown.. more investigation needed.

IGO Primo seems to do what you are describing. I have been trying it for a few months now and it seems to suit me better than IGO 8 (or TomTom or Garmin).

Hi all,

I just received back from Ranga my GPS (thanks for the help), however I am having one problem.

Every time I turn it back on it will not pick up satellites ? I have to go to settings/nav and check the auto nav enable tab, after which time it seems to start communication with them, once going it works fine.

I assume there is an easier way and have this auto started when turning it on.

Anyone give me some pointers please.

George