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hi all, newbie here and im having a total nightmare.
the wife has just got me a all singing all dancing in car cd player with inbuilt gps etc etc.

it has a sd card slot for the sat nav software, it came with a really old version of tomtom on so out came the sd card and i popped it into my card reader with the intentions of updating my maps... now here is where the fun starts...
me being totally thick tried putting the maps on from my tomtom go500 but ofcourse there was not enough room on the card for everything so like a fool i wiped the card clean and thought my go500 software would work which ofcourse it doesnt.
now im left with a blank sd card and the wife is not talking to me..
please please please can anyone help me with the software i will need.
i know the machine is running on wince5.0 if that means anything.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
 
Hi mate, you are not totally lost on this. Just one thing, the SD card, did that contain just the map or did it have other stuff on there? files and so on?
 
hi, i think it just had the tomtom software and a windows file. the windows file is still on it but nothing else.
i have tried my original tomtom go card in but the device just keeps saying no maps available. so i presume it just needs a compatible sat nav software.
 
looking in the trouble shooter in the manual, it just says, check if navigation software path is the correct set up, ensure map software is compatible with wince 5.0.
 
Your original tomtom SD card wont work mate. The deviceshe bought you, its not TomTom is it? or is it an inbuilt gps system that just happen to have tomtom?
 
hi mate, thats right, it has inbuilt gps that just happened to have an old copy of tomtom on an old sd card,
 
What system is it?

Just need to know which version of WIN CE it has on it and which version of TomTom then I can direct you to the link to the correct map.
 
all it says in the manual is wince5.0
as for the tomtom i dont have a clue. at this point i would settle for anything,
 
Excellent. When you run tomtom, does it say no map found? if so, continue and there should be a bit that gives you the tomtom version.
 
yes mate , it wont run at all when i try to set it up. my device manual says that i insert the cd card and click on the file with the exectible path file which isnt there.
i think it will run with any compatible software,
its propper giving me a headache.
all i have is my old tomtom go sd card which doesnt work and the one that came with the device which is now blank.
can you suggest where i get some software and start from scratch?
 
im willing to try anything, igo, tomtom etc,
i think i must download the complete software for the sd card but i dont have a clue where to start.
 
im willing to try anything, igo, tomtom etc,
i think i must download the complete software for the sd card but i dont have a clue where to start.


Sounds like it mate but its not very difficult. Im going to PM you a link as not allowed to post here. Once you get the software running then we can worry about the map. Also, do you know what size the SD card is?


Ah dont let me send you the link. Ok heres what you do:

Go to www.google.com and search "ipmart" (without the quotes.).
Go into there and right at the bottom there is a Satellite section.
In there, there is a section called "Navigator".

In there, everything you need is there. All you are after is TomTom for WINCE. Dont worry about version of wince. I think you can get tomtom 7 but you probably had tomtom 5/6 installed.
Once you got the files, just place it in your SD card and run it from the device. It should at least load up tomtom.

(This method is exactly the same as the Navigo but requires less work)
 
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hi again mate, the link is broken on the second message, so i will try the google option, and let you know how i get on.
 
propper causing my wife to give me the daggers, can anyone help at all? i am even willing to pay for someone to sort this or buy original software if i know where to start!!
 
hang about i may have stumbled blindly onto something here,

right i have just put some software on that seems to work, it starts up with tomtom one but the maps of uk and ireland are not activating, anyone know of the next step i can take?
 
Hi mate, glad its all good lol.

try activation code 111222.

Let us know. if i dont reply straight away its cos im at work and will do eventually.
 
hi, .... ok .... the software is up and running, and the maps are now activated, but it just says no gps signal is being received, any ideas?
i have just put a brand new antenna on to boost the signal but it just says no valid signal is being received.
 
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