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Navman S30 - accessing Windows CE

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  • 08-12-2007 1:42am
    #1
    nodolan
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭


    So while I'm waiting for my Garmin eTrex Vista HCx to be delivered (for geocaching) I couldn't help myself and I bought a Navman S30 for 170 euro from Debenham's in Cork. This one is for playing around with but I've hit a brick wall already. I know that there are ways to access the Windows CE GUI with other devices but I've searched high and low on the web and no one seems to have found a way to do it with Navman devices - any ideas?

    :D


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    #2
    nodolan
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭nodolan


    I figured it out myself (with some help from a guy on another forum). Now my Navman S30 boots into Windows CE first and I can play movies and listen to MP3s on it along with a basic Paint and Text editors.

    ;)


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    fat-tony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,705 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    Well - spill ;)


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    #4
    nodolan
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭nodolan


    It's all here:

    http://navmanunlocked.forumwise.com/navmanunlocked-thread487.html

    and here:

    http://navmanunlocked.wikispaces.com/Unlock

    ;)


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    fat-tony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,705 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    Thanks for those links :)

    My train of thought was that it might be possible to get at the OS on other Win CE based systems, for experimental purposes.


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    #6
    nodolan
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭nodolan


    It would seem that it's both possible and done quite often - plus people seem to have success replacing the GPS mapping software - replacing the Navman software with TomTom etc. I haven't got round to trying that last bit though.


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