A part from driver alerts, can anyone explain if exist any more features with this new version and if it is worth the trouble?

Regarding one distibutor in Germany who sells there own Navi with the new IGO Version there is also an new Feature called "Stauprognose" which seem to be the something like IQRoutes from TomTom.
With this feature IGO thinks it knows at which Time of the Day on which Part of the Road is more Traffic than normal.

For me it would be interesting to know if all the new Features which need additional Informations (Time depending Traffic Informations for most Roads and the new Alert Places) get there Informations from the "normal" Maps or are there additional Files required?
If the infos are stored in the normal Map Files can i use furthermore the Teleatlas maps or must i switch to Navteq?

I have a 7" chinese unit running WinCE 5.0. iGO8 8.3.93112 runs fine but for some reason, it loses GPS signals frequently even when 5 satellites are seen as green. Also, the time if set to auto will end up jumping around every half second or so. The only way to make time stable is disable auto and manually set the time zone to a zone that is not my time zone but belongs to somewhere else to match my correct time. Later on this can also change so I have to manually change again to another timezone that matches. Is there anyone with the same problem?

Have you found a solution? My 7" chinese gps runs wince 4.2 net and when I go to gps menu, there is no gps time, so I cannot syncronize with gps time. Time should be set via the device menu and auto time correction and auto time zone has to be unchecked in igo8 menu. I'm using 480x234 resolution. When I check auto time correction, local time changes randomly and sometimes very quickly and what is strange, not only the hours, but minutes also change. Other resolutions simply won't start (just curious if they work better), the hour glass appears and after it the device shuts down. Here is my model:
http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j ... igator.jpg

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Regarding one distibutor in Germany who sells there own Navi with the new IGO Version there is also an new Feature called "Stauprognose" which seem to be the something like IQRoutes from TomTom.
With this feature IGO thinks it knows at which Time of the Day on which Part of the Road is more Traffic than normal.
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If the infos are stored in the normal Map Files can i use furthermore the Teleatlas maps or must i switch to Navteq?

The mentioned iGO distribution from Germany uses Navteq maps. So I assume most probably , these new features, including driver alert etc., need the NQ maps (NQ 2009.Q1 for example) and a so called histspeed data file, which has to be available in an additional ..\content\histspeed folder.

let time to time
JM is doing it

some news about it ??

Have you found a solution? My 7" chinese gps runs wince 4.2 net and when I go to gps menu, there is no gps time, so I cannot syncronize with gps time. Time should be set via the device menu and auto time correction and auto time zone has to be unchecked in igo8 menu. I'm using 480x234 resolution. When I check auto time correction, local time changes randomly and sometimes very quickly and what is strange, not only the hours, but minutes also change. Other resolutions simply won't start (just curious if they work better), the hour glass appears and after it the device shuts down. Here is my model:
http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j ... igator.jpg

I heard the time randomness is a function of the Chinese code. Sometime in 2009 probably June the signal embedded in the GPS stream that gives the week count from original launch date of the GPS birds ( 1980 something) rolled over or was reformatted anyway it changed. Chinese codes missed this so they can't convert the week and day count to a valid date further they are off a bit on the field and this looks like ramdom changes in the date which can cause daylight savings adjustments to trigger etc. The Chinese devices have it wrong and unless there is a software upgrade we are probably stuck with it. The GPS week stamp is captured from the GPS stream via the SIRF module it is not an IGo issue.

It's new iGO's feature called histspeed actually Telaatlas's Speed Profile technology as described on

http://www.teleatlas.com/WhyTeleAtlas/P ... A_CT028591

Any one have some additional info about histspeed?

Best regards,
nele

I have a 7" chinese unit running WinCE 5.0. iGO8 8.3.93112 runs fine but for some reason, it loses GPS signals frequently even when 5 satellites are seen as green. Also, the time if set to auto will end up jumping around every half second or so. The only way to make time stable is disable auto and manually set the time zone to a zone that is not my time zone but belongs to somewhere else to match my correct time. Later on this can also change so I have to manually change again to another timezone that matches. Is there anyone with the same problem?

Have you found a solution? My 7" chinese gps runs wince 4.2 net and when I go to gps menu, there is no gps time, so I cannot syncronize with gps time. Time should be set via the device menu and auto time correction and auto time zone has to be unchecked in igo8 menu. I'm using 480x234 resolution. When I check auto time correction, local time changes randomly and sometimes very quickly and what is strange, not only the hours, but minutes also change. Other resolutions simply won't start (just curious if they work better), the hour glass appears and after it the device shuts down. Here is my model:
http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j ... igator.jpg

This is a firmware bug in some GPS chips. Major manufacturers like NavOne and even Panasonic suffered this problem. There are several firmware updates online. But I do not know which one will work on your unit.

Answering questions from IM (">" indicates quotes from my older post in this thread):

"can I ask you few questions about TMC?
Did you already try a hardreset?
I have it now working on my Sprint Dimond and Igo8 (Aug13) with no key yet. I really hesistate to buy a key, because people say uuid changes after hardreset and I update my ROM all the time."

>I have not tried a hard reset yet to see if I can recover (since the uuid would probably change), but I'm hopeful that it >wouldn't matter as long as the above cctmc.dat stays in place or gets restored.

"I don't think it will work otherwise you can just post your cctmc.dat and it will work for everybody here "

Answer #1) Yes, it still works after hard reset. The so-called UUID (misnomer, I believe) does change on hard-reset (probably by time/date/GPSlocation), but both the original and changed UUID seem to include encoded info about the particular FM receiver ID. Thus, the unique cctmc.dat file can be restored to the same device even after hard-reset, but won't work on a different device reporting a different FM receiver ID (not sure yet if this is serial # or just model #). This check seems to be inside the iGO8 app. I'm actually afraid to send my device in for a needed warranty repair for fear that they might replace rather than fix it -- I guess then I'd then find out the hard way whether the cctmc.dat has to match FM serial # or just FM part #.

"The second question has to do with subscribe window in igo. It looks like the window is wider then the screen - only see first 19 characters of my UUID. How big is it in reality ,and how do I get missing digits?"

Answer #2) On my device, the whole UUID could only be viewed in landscape mode -- it was truncated in portrait mode. It's 20 characters long (10 bytes if I recall, but displayed as 20 full ASCII characters). I'm not sure what you'd have to do to see it on yours. It might also be saved in a readable file on the device, but I'm not sure.

Hello everybody

I'm using iGO8 8.3.4.102680 with the data (ui_igo8_da) and during driving there was no (signpost) lane assist signs on the expressway on the screen only the line info is showing up (arrows).
Also I had the latest maps .......83_TA_2009.02_090602
In the sys.txt there was also standing
[debug]
show_lane_info=1
After changing maps, iGO8.exe, branding.zip etc. to a earlier version.
I find out that the new data.zip was the problem.
What can I do to see the lane info again in this new release

I found why the signs of the expressways are not shown: because from unknown reason in the ig8_generic.ini (data.zip\project_config) we have:

[interface]
laneinfo_signpost_enabled=0

If you want to reenable put this lines in sys.txt and ig8_generic.ini with parameter value 1.

Best regards,
hendrikjan1333

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If you want to reenable put this lines in sys.txt and ig8_generic.ini with parameter value 1.

Best regards,
hendrikjan1333

Thanks, I didn't notice the HWY signs were missing until I read your post!

Have you found a solution? My 7" chinese gps runs wince 4.2 net and when I go to gps menu, there is no gps time, so I cannot syncronize with gps time. Time should be set via the device menu and auto time correction and auto time zone has to be unchecked in igo8 menu. I'm using 480x234 resolution. When I check auto time correction, local time changes randomly and sometimes very quickly and what is strange, not only the hours, but minutes also change. Other resolutions simply won't start (just curious if they work better), the hour glass appears and after it the device shuts down. Here is my model:
http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j ... igator.jpg

This is a firmware bug in some GPS chips. Major manufacturers like NavOne and even Panasonic suffered this problem. There are several firmware updates online. But I do not know which one will work on your unit.

Where did you see those firmware updates, could you link some of them to me (and for others, who suffer from this bug)?

Where did you see those firmware updates, could you link some of them to me (and for others, who suffer from this bug)?

The Omnitech GPS had this issue; here is a link to their official hotfix which describes the issue and what happens if you don't have the fix (can't lock the time):

http://www.navsupport.net/gps/quickfix/

Hi,
Is there a way to sort all my favorites. My list is getting longer and longer.

Thanks

Yes you can. Do the following in DATA.ZIP:ui_igo8\common\ui\favorite.ui

<state st_FindFavorite>
<uselayer ui_Header2/>
<uselayer ui_Background/>
<uselayer ui_Title/>
<uselayer ui_Footer2/>
<uselayer ui_FindFavorite/>

<script init>
Title.SET "Find Favorite"

EXEC "mydata.favorites.sort_name"
;EXEC "mydata.favorites.sort_dist"

</script>
</state>

Then save it back into DATA.ZIP

If you use a skin see if favorite.ui is in there. If yess then
do this trick in that favortie.ui

Cheers

Hi Chaps,

Does v8.3.4.102680 include the improved roundabout/rotory graphics introduced in Amigo?
The roundabout graphics in iGO and iGO8 have always played on my mind, so when this enhancement is added to iGO8, for me it will be just perfect.

Thanks

Regards
dredger