Got a Medion E4460 from ALDI. According to [Please Register or Login to download file] , it's
- 4.3" 480x272
- Samsung 533 MHz
- WinCE6
- 128 MB RAM
- 4 GB internal storage
- MicroSD slot
- Bluetooth
- TMC
- no FM transmitter
Whatever change is made to registry or to the internal folders (except My Flash Disk and Storage Card folders), after a power off or hard reset it gets automatically restored to original state. It means you practically cannot ruin it.
The included Medion Navigator 6 works mostly OK but sometimes after few minutes voice announcements stop to work if a cell phone is paired via BT. Requires power off/hard reset to work again. Possibly some bug in the software. TMC works OK.
As a long time user of IGO on PPC Loox N560, Medion software seems a bit poor in comparison, so I wanted to run IGO and Primo.
Followed the instructions from Yurbuh Tuggly to override the stubborn hardcoded startup, using the Universal Skin:
Take original gopal menu.exe in root of My Flash Disk on device, rename to mnavdce.EXE.
Go to My Flash Disk/Navigation, rename mnavdce.EXE to mnavdceorig.EXE
Move newly renamed mnavdce.EXE from root of My Flash Disk to navigation folder.
Get Fatboyfuns Universal Shell:
In MobileNavigator folder, rename MobileNavigator.exe to Menu.exe.
Rename MobileNavigator.mscr to Menu.mscr.
Copy new Menu.exe, Menu.mscr, and Mortscript.exe to the root of My Flash Disk on device.
Copy entire Universal Shell folder to root of My Flash Disk.
Get Primo, Primo2, iGo, or any navigation software that runs on WinCE. Copy it's folder to the root of My Flash Disk.
Important:
To get FM Settings, etc to load at boot, go to My Flash Disk/Navigation and rename (already renamed from menu.exe and moved from root to ../navigation folder) mnavdce.exe to mnavdce.NOexe.
In same folder (/navigation) rename audiomanager.exe to mnavdce.exe.
Rename mnavdce.NOexe to audiomanager.exe.
Reboot.
Setup shortcut (Button 1) to new Navigation software in Universal Shell.
To run original GoPal software, setup a shortcut (Button 2) to run My Flash Disk\Navigation\mnavdceorig.exe
To run GoPal Settings (FM Receiver, Power Settings, etc), setup a shortcut (Button 3) to run My Flash Disk\navigation\multimedia\GoPalSettings\GoPalSett ings_np.exe
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Reasons for all the renaming, etc:
Gopal is hardwired to run menu.exe (from root of My Flash Disk) and audiomanager.exe from ../navigation folder.
Now both (original) menu.exe (now moved and renamed to audiomanager.exe) which loads the FM Transmitter Modules and settings) and the new GPS Menu (in root of My Flash Disk) automatically start.
In Task Manager, they will show under their new aliases.
It is necessary for the original GoPal menu.exe (now called audiomanager.exe) to run at startup (which in turn triggers other modules and settings to start) in order for the FM Transmitter and TMC to both run at the same time--they both share Com1.
Issue:
Both IGO8 and Primo I somehow managed to get working with GPS but TMC remains dead.
From what I understood, the TMC receiver is not integrated in the unit itself but in the power (DC) cable instead. It connects to miniUSB on the unit.
Is this correct ? What protocol TMC, port and baudrate is used ?
1. In IGO8, in TMC settings I tried every protocol available - GNS, Royaltek, Eten, Amaryllo, Open TMC v1, Open TMC v2, Ngai Lik, Samsung, Fx, Avanteq.
No one works. AUTO neither finds a solution.
Tried also few proposals in sys.txt from the suggestions from this forum, but in vain.
2. In Primo 2.4, there isn't even a TMC setting available by default. Tried the following in sys.txt (also from this forum):
[tmc]
enable_subscription="1"
saved_config_available="1"
saved_config_classname="NMEA_GPSTMC_ROYALTEK"
saved_config_portname="COM"
saved_config_port="2"
saved_config_baud="38400"
auto_band_search_up="1"
auto_tuning=1
saved_last_tuning_mode="1"
With ports set to 2, 5 or 8 appeared a "traffic sign" button in the main menu which opens the TMC settings. However, the freq is set to 0.0 and it stays there. At the same time GPS also gets turned off. As soon as I exit the TMC settings, GPS turns on again.
It seems like GPS and TMC try to use the same source and they get fighting between them. There are no settings in Primo itself referring to ports and baudrate.
3. Is there a way to use the built in BT (handsfree) calling within IGO and Primo ? Similar to Medion Navigator feature.
How and where to set it ? Or is necessary another program (apart from IGO or Primo) to run in background to make it possible ? But then again, how do IGO or Primo know you are calling and mute their voice guidance during the call ?
4. By the way, what is the difference between TMC and TMC premium ? I mean, to use it on this unit. Out of the box it comes just with "regular" TMC.
Yurbuh Tuggly, you mentioned Medion GoPal (however I don't know which model you have), I suppose you managed to use the TMC and BT on your unit.
Thanks and cheers.