Read the guide first to familiarize yourself with the procedure before attempting anything! Known Issues.
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Some Mio/Navman devices only have 32MB of RAM and won't run Primo 2.0, So use iGO 8 instead, this is provided on this page as well. Please note that for security reasons some links are hidden until the 'thanks' button below is pressed and the page is refreshed! See 'Frequently Asked Questions' below if you're having problems! If you unlocked your device by using another method then start from step #4 1, Connect your device to your PC with a USB cable Device will take a few moments to establish a connection Browse your device with Windows explorer on your PC and copy everything to a safe location, Don't disconnect yet. 2, Download this Please or to download file and extract to your PC and run Setup.exe, then click Install Desktop Please or to download file 3, Now you need to safely remove the device How to do this depends on your version of Windows but usually it's done by clicking the icon in the tray, or right clicking the icon in My Computer Your device will now reboot to a blue desktop with a start button at the top and a Smart ST icon, Tapping this icon loads the original software, There is no exit option, you must restart your device. 4, Now you need to download this optimized version of iGO Primo 2.0 (192MB).
Hidden text: ON (Passwords: 'www.navitotal.com') Don't click it, type it! And then go and download your maps be aware that on some devices you only have 2GB of storage space, and some of that will be taken up already 5, Extract the maps (.fbl extension) and copy ONE map of your area into Primo2 Content Map There will be other files, Ignore them for now. 6, Reconnect your device and copy the Primo2 folder to the root of your device or a SD card. 7, Disconnect your device. 8, Using FileManCE in the Start menu on your device, Navigate to Primo2.exe and run it All being well iGO Primo will start, Leave the device until it's found a satellite lock, You may need to go outside to aquire one. 9, Reconnect your device to your PC and copy any other content you require into the relevant folders, For an explaination of what the files are for and where they go, go For best results don't copy everything at once, One or two items at a time is best, Start iGO Primo in between to check everything works. 10, Start iGO Primo again the same way as before, and set up everything according to your preferences.
Frequently Asked Questions. Why does iGO reboot the device when i exit?
On some devices exiting iGO will reboot the device, This could be down to unused licenses in the license folder, examine the file names and remove whatever is not required, It's trial and error unfortunately! Why does iGO reboot the device when resuming from suspend?
It's because the SD card has been unmounted during suspend and is not available for a fraction of a second after resuming, iGO thinks there's a problem and reboots the device, Try to run from My Flash Disk as this is a hardware issue and there is no fix for it! Why does iGO say 'Autodetecting GPS Receiver.' On some devices starting the original software to set the backlight to maximum locks out the GPS hardware from other software, Find the file Autorun.mscr and either delete it, or edit out the commands to Run, WaitFor and Kill. IGO can control the backlight itself so these commands are redundant! Why does iGO say 'Looking for satelites'? It sees them but never locks onto them. In some regions (Aus, NZ?) you may need to use 57600 instead of 4800 as the baud rate, possibly these devices have different GPS hardware for some reason.
Open sys.txt with Notepad and find the number 4800 in the GPS section and replace it with 57600. Do i need to edit the sys.txt? The sys.txt contains everything needed for the devices that this guide was intended for, Although on Navman S Series devices you will need to change backlightmax=10 to backlightmax=75 so the backlight controls work correctly, Enhancements may require additional entries. Where can i find TTS and skins for iGO? TTS Pro voices and instructions are Skins for Primo 2.0 are An explanation of all the map related files can be found How do i get a shortcut on the desktop? Open notepad on your PC and type.
' My Flash Disk Primo2 Primo2.exe' Which is the path to the executable on your device within quotes Count all the characters 34 in the above example Arrange the text like this. 34#' My Flash Disk Primo2 Primo2.exe' Save the file as.
IGO Primo.lnk That's LiNK not INK Make sure it's iGO Primo.lnk and not iGO Primo.lnk.txt Your PC will hide.lnk so you'll just have an icon called iGO Primo If Primo is installed on a SD card then substitute Storage Card for My Flash Disk. Copy this file to the. Program Files Unlock Desktop folder to have it on your desktop OR Program Files Unlock Programs to have it in the Start menu. Sometimes the Desktop and Programs folders are in the drive root! How can i get iGO to start automatically? Make a shortcut as explained in How do i get a shortcut on the desktop?
Rename iGO Primo.lnk to Autorun.lnk and copy it to the Unlock folder and iGO Primo will autostart when the device is rebooted, When you exit iGO Primo the desktop appears. NOTE: Because iGO Primo takes a few moments to open a window, The desktop application may open the taskbar which remains in view, You can minimize the taskbar by tapping the Windows icon. Why can't i turn off the device like i used to? On some Mio/Navman devices the power button is not a hardware power button, Just a normal button that when pressed asks the original software to suspend the device, It does it this way so the software can complete disk operations before suspending. The little app below just monitors the hardware buttons and runs commands based on what is in the PowerButton.ini script Link TBC Copy the files from the archive and place into the unlock folder on your device Boot your device to the desktop Open FileManCE or other file explorer on your device Run PowerButtonTest.exe Tap or slide the switch to off (suspend) A dialog box should appear with a number in it Note the number and add the line.=off.to the bottom of PowerButton.ini using Notepad on your PC Example.
1058=off Then add the command to start PowerButton.exe into the Autorun.mscr script Run (SystemPath('ScriptPath') 'PowerButton.exe') Be aware that if iGO is running from a SD card it may reboot the device when resuming from suspend, There is no fix for this! Hi, Just seeing if you could help me out?
I Have a Navman S100 and i'm running the latest Igo primo from My flash disk using Mortscript guide you have it looks like this: Run(' My Flash Disk Igo Igo.exe') The only Problem i have is the Clock from the taskbar comes up and keeps flashing and driving me insane. I've tried Run(My Flash Disk 'TroNik TaskbarHide.exe') but it doesn't do anything?! Any help would be most appreciated. Offline Joined: Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:28 am Posts: 12 Has thanked: 0 time Been thanked: times. Is there a way to get igo started after the Mio startup screen, instead of clicking it in the screen where the SmartST also is.?
Or did i do something wrong? Edit: i see, i cant find the shortcut generator, so all i can do is the first option. Can u please share a link for the WinCE Shortcut Generator? Or help me how to get it started automaticly. If thats even possible. Plus i noticed my OFF 'button' does not function anymore. Is there any help for?
I hope to hear from u soon. Offline Joined: Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:47 pm Posts: 17 Has thanked: times Been thanked: 0 time. It's is indeed a 'slide switch' from left to right: On Off Reset. This device does not have SD slots, its all in the internal flash. In my case, when i say ON, its working alright, OFF is not working. Im not that good in this kind of things, cus all i did was folow the steps like above, and they were explaint verry good, so that worked for me.
But i dont wanna make it hard for my father in law, i want him to have the navigation running, when he turns on his device. I hope u can help me out on here edit: when i load up the Mio map thing, the Off switch seems to work fine. When i use primo, it seems like the reset switch turns into off. Is that right, of am i wrong. Offline Joined: Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:47 pm Posts: 17 Has thanked: times Been thanked: 0 time. 4068 This was 'extracted' from MioPocket.
Copy the files from the archive and place into the unlock folder on your device Boot your device to the desktop Open Total commander or other file explorer on your device Run PowerButtonTest.exe Slide the switch to off (suspend) A dialog box should appear with a number in it Note the number and add the line.=off.to the bottom of PowerButton.ini Example. 1058=off Add PowerButton.exe into the Autorun.mscr script Run (SystemPath('ScriptPath') 'PowerButton.exe') On some Mio/Navman devices the power button is not a hardware power button, Just a normal button that when pressed asks the original software to suspend the device, It does it this way so the software can complete disk operations before suspending. The little app above just monitors the hardware buttons and runs commands based on what is in the PowerButton.ini script. Your example whas the one i really needed haha, the 1058.
Did exactly what u said, and it works for me. My last 2 questions for this device of my father in law are. Can u please help me to get Primo be the autorun program after the Mio startup screen?
(I hope this is possible) 2. What data can i delete from the original device, to create a little bit more room for my new maps for primo? I was thinking about the items that are in Navman Maps offline Joined: Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:47 pm Posts: 17 Has thanked: times Been thanked: 0 time. Related topics Replies Views Last post., by » Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:09 pm 264 Replies 66169 Views Last post by Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:54 pm.
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