Despite the change of car to one that doesn't have built in Sat Nav and hence the loss of head unit that homed Primo 2.0 I have purchased a Wayteq x960BT 5" windscreen mounted (urghhhh) portable unit. Copied over my backup of Primo from the old device, deleted the SAVE folder (after I couldn't get a GPS fix), changed the file path to the EXE file in SYS.TXT and bobs yer uncle Primo sprang into life. Really impressed with the speed of loadup and that it does everything my previous one did.

Only issue I had was getting the TMC module I bought with it to work. But reading through the threads on here finally got that up and running. So for £80 GBP I have a device that in my opinion is far superior to anything Tomtom have (well at least until you spend big bucks).

Good job!!!

Totally agree.I have the same set up and I love it.No more Tom Tom forme.

Same unit, same software, NQ maps and dimkawa skin. I could not be more satisfied. Apart from having to mount on the windscreen as you said ...

mpourdas wrote:Same unit, same software, NQ maps and dimkawa skin. I could not be more satisfied. Apart from having to mount on the windscreen as you said ...

EBAY sells something of a cradle that you connect to the air-conditioning duct. Sorry but I personally don't know how good it is.

u may want 2 look at a Tetrax XWAY ~ best thing i've ever bght 4 my sat nav ~ the magnet system works really well & u have no marks on the windscreen & it's easy to get on & off
catsmokey

It seems TETRAX is also producing another model, the FIXWAY, that it can be mounted on any flat surface and not necessarily on the air-vent like the XWAY.

Thanks for letting me know, I will check it out more, even though it looks on the expensive side a bit.

Mounting on the windscreen has been very stable for me, and this is not a problem at all. But I have a mono-volume car where typically the windscreen is further from the car-seats than in a "normal" car. So I would have to "lean forward" while driving if I wanted to touch the GPS screen (I just try not to do it, even though sometimes I have been in the need to do so).

I'm afraid that tool will make problems to GSM signal or GPS signal, dependent where we use it, cause it's based on strong magnets, and magnets can make interference to GSM and GPS signal!

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For the moment, I have something similar to this:

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Works wonderwell when hour device holder fits to it.

Hama may have these too, as may HR Richter.

Below is a quote from the TETRAX website
"Does the magnetism interfere with my cell phone or GPS system?
First of all the magnet has no direct contact to the cell phone or GPS system, as the steel-clip is mounted to the device. 4 magnets with two opposite poles layout create a close magnetic field circuit so The steel-clip further more shields almost completely the magnetic field and the residual magnetism is lower than a common headphone. To all undertaken tests there was no sign of any interference with the performance of a cell phone, smart-phone or mobile GPS device, caused by the magnetic field of the TETRAX system. The same is true for the usage of MP3-players such as e.g. I-Pods."
i've had no problem with my sat nav.
catsmokey

Which model of tetrax do you use? What's size of your navigation, 4.3, 5, 7" ? Please if you can take some photo of your installation tetrax with your satnav, i'm interesting to buy this tool, to replace wind mount-holder...

I just were afraid from some interference of magnetic field, even Tetrax wrote there is no problem with interference, i hope it's true, and by your expirience no problems, so that's very good, that people who are afraid, can see your positive expirience, and buy it ;)! Thank you for sharing your expirience!