Sony nv-u53g

[folders]
;app="%SDCARD%/iGO8"

[debug]
enable_roadshadow=1
show_residentonly=1
enable_roadsign=1
enable_landmark_occlusion=1
show_oneway_3d=1
show_oneway=1
show_gps_pos=1
show_signpost=1
background_navigation=1
screen_calibration=1
skip_eula=1
;max_memory=25000000
traincrossing=1
supress_trivial_left=0
supress_trivial_right=0


[interface]
maxzoom2d=6000000
show_exit=1
shutdown_time=0
defaulttilt3d=7600
vga=0
resolution_dir="480_272"

[gps]
port=5
baud=57600

[map]
2dheadup=1
3d_max_tiltlevel=10000
3d_max_zoomlevel=3000
3d_min_zoomlevel=40
3d_max_zfar=2000
stop_rotate_on_map_move=1
inertia_on_map_move=1
follow_gps=1
2dheadup=1

[poi]
poi_show_all_btn=1
poi_labels=1
show_poi_boundingrects=1
show_poi_areas=1
enable_pois_before_0802017=1

[navigation]
show_current_city=1
show_countrychange=1
autoreplan_action="AUTO"
gps_pos_to_road=1
sim_speed_factor=3.0

[smartzoom]
minangle=0
maxangle=80

[msnd]
enabled=0

[map]
3d_scale_carmodel=1
3dcarsizemin=3500
3dcarsizemax=5000
3dcarsizemul=10000

[tts]
tts_buffer=131072
announce_exit_directions=1
tts_logics=3
priority="HIGH"
always_say_road_names=1
announce_street_name=1
skip_exit_numbers=0
supress_trivial_left=0
supress_trivial_right=0


[sound]
ding=1 ;=0 no ding
queue_length=200

[route]
correctness=80


[3d_config]
roadsign_lines_per_screen=12
disable_roadsign_navigation_mode=1 ;=0 balloon =1 in street


[rawdisplay]
highres=0


[warning]
speedcam_max_lookahead=200
speedcam_max_angle=20
speedcam_snap_distance=200
speedcam_maxdistance_from_road=10


[dynamiccompressor]
compressor=1
a0=56806
thrs=24703
ratio=8
gain=10

You don't need all that, I trimmed it down to GPS and display, Too big a sys.txt leads to problems.

[debug]
skip_eula=1

[interface]
show_exit=1
shutdown_time=0
vga=0
resolution_dir="480_272"

[gps]
port=5
baud=57600

[rawdisplay]
highres=0

I tried............... But the same no luck. And now its bit slow !!

Download a fresh copy of iGO from this site and try again

I tried with fresh version and still the same...... I thinks something wrong in sony because the igo8 is working perfectly in my chines device, and also my sony is not shutdown even after pressing the exit symbol and power off !!!!

As i said before, i've never personally "upgraded" a Sony, and Sony do sometimes go out of their way to make things difficult, From searching the 'net, there doesn't appear to be any additional steps needed to unlock these devices and run other software, So it would seem that either there is some sort of hardware problem or the device needs a bit more work in the unlock which is not documented, It may be worth accessing the Volume and sounds applet in the WinCE control panel to see if any sound effects can be played.

The power button problem can usually be solved because the original software is responsible for button mapping, Like older Navmans.

I found this but I don't know what it does: NV-U93T, NV-U83, NV-U73T and NV-U53 are compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista
Download Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 or later from the Microsoft support site, if not already installed.


EDIT: Also found this:

Working perfect now and picking up GPS signal.
Switched to Primo.

Had problems with picking up GPS signal but then made change
Here are my settings. Baud and port are important but changing the source to "nmea" is what got it working for me.
Hope this helps someone

[gps]
baud=57600 ;- write "baud rate"
port=5 ;- write port
source="nmea"
set_messages="0" ;

Can any sounds like screen taps, etc be heard?

Add this to the top of the .mscr script...

SetVolume (255)

This sets the WinCE volume to maximum

HI, I add set volume (225), but still the same. The same stuff running perfectly on my chines device wince4.2 with voice guidence. I can hear the only sound from device is while connecting to computer(all the sound settings are up) no key sound as well.THE system is not shuting down after exiting the program, showing nav-u on screen.so I am doing reset to shutdown the device every time !!!

Fatboyfun wrote:I've no personal experience with Sony's, But i do know they run iGO 8/Primo ok, BUT you need a device specific unlock to access the GPS hardware, Once you found and installed the unlock, it's easy to get iGO working

EDIT: Because i'm nice i found the Sony unlock, And also modified it to run my SimpleLauncher app.

1, [color="red"][SIZE="3"]MAKE A FULL BACKUP OF YOUR DEVICE!!![/size][/color]
2, Rename the original nav-u folder to something else, ie, nav-u2.
3, Copy the new nav-u folder from the attached archive to the internal memory.
4, Copy your choice of navigation app to a M2 memory stick type memory card (Typical Sony!)
5, Start device and use the file explorer to point to the new navigation app executable on the card.
6, Tweak the new app to run like on your other device.

3109

Sorry to drag up a really old thread but do you still have the modified Sony unlock and if so can you share it with me please.

Thanks in advance.

No I don't unfortunately

No problem thank you anyway.

Hi i have igo8 on my Sony U53 sat nav and its in mount volume running one country and it boots to igo ok and loads logo and runs scripts till end to start and then suddenly shuts down... any help please also how can i get the sony u53 to read igoo to read from a sd card thanks ppl....ok update on reading from sd card i changed sys.txt and i think its looking at sd card but still shutting down after loading igo8 any ideas...so now i have igo8 in volume mount without content and reading content folder from sd card