HELLO and a little help required lol

Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:06 pm

Hello everyone, I wish I had not been in to the loft now lol. I have found my old SONY NV-U50, I had a look on the net to see if I could update it, it seems the last update was in 2006, so the maps are a little too old for me.

I have been looking on the net and noticed a few people who have upgraded their NV-U50 to the IGO8, I have been searching for hours and now and have given up! Is there a thicko's guide of how to do this with the said tools required?

Thanks.

Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:12 pm

What can you tell us about it? Link?

Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:26 pm

I don't understand

Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:30 pm

I need to know if you have a SD card slot, total memory, OS, etc.

Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:37 pm

oh sorry, its internal memory, when I plug it in it tries to load "windows mobile device centre" aif you go to my computer it shows... \17.7mb free 17.8mb, Mounted Volume, Network.

3 Icons.

If you go in to any of the folders i.e. \ it has folders in it but with nothing in them, the sat nav works fine.

Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:44 pm

Can you enter the different folders it's showing so that we can see what/where the .exe lies and what program it's using? Before anything though, back up the device first to your computer. Is there a way on your computer to show any hidden files? Look in the advanced tab.

Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:39 pm

there is no exe files

Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:40 pm

sorry my bad!!!

Computer\Sony_nav-u\Mounted Volume\Sony\NAV-U

Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:42 pm

funny because if you do a search for .exe you can find the files but a normal navigation to that folder and the icons / files are hidden

Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:25 pm

[url=file:///C:/Users/Clark Finch/Desktop/TomTom Stuff/Smileys/[img]http:/img841.imageshack.us/img841/1391/welcomecat.gif[/img]]

[/url][font=comic sans ms]FROM THE TOMTOM TEAM!![/font]

pjwright wrote:if you do a search for .exe you can find the files but a normal navigation to that folder and the icons / files are hidden

Open Windows Explorer, in the upper left corner click Tools, Folder options, View. In the Advanced settings window "Hidden files and folders", make sure that "Show hidden files, folders and drives" is checked.

Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:48 pm

yep done that as in the pic above

Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:59 am

so what next :D

Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:56 am

after backing up sat nav and having a play around I have got it to this stage, but i am stuck completely now lol

Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:23 am

I think my satnav is locked, I can't replace nav-u.exe, maybe my device needs unlocking?

Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:24 am

pwease help!