Navman 4400 & hp iPAQ h2210

[nftang]

Just heard from Navman Europe that there will be an update of SmartST in about two weeks' time. Hope that this can address the iPAQ issues.

[navigator]

Wondering whether anyone else is experiencing the same problem.



Have recently purchased the Navman 4400 & hp iPAQ h2210 as a bundled package along with a 128mb Compact Flash card to store the downloaded maps.



Experiencing numerous freezes of the h2210, especially when negotiating traffic circles. Each time requiring a soft reset to continue.



Have tried many different routes to resolving the problem, including complete hard/full reset of the h2210 followed by reloads of the Navman software, changing the memory settings and disabling the infrared. To date all has been in vain.

[Dave]

This is a known problem and I have reported this to Navman as we've been reviewing it. It appears to be the same issue as 5400 users have experienced with SmartST Pro. Navman NZ are working on a fix, whether it will fix both 5400 and 2210's I'm not sure. Hopefully it will.



The lockups happen intermittently, sometimes 3 in a 5 min window, sometimes none in 2 hours. It always locks up driving round roundabouts for me.

[sfi1]

I'm surprised things like this don't get picked up during final (road) testing before releasing the product.



Maybe they don't have roundabouts in NZ !!!!!!

[nftang]

I have the same problem with h2210 + Navman 4400 in turning more than half-circle in roundabouts. Also in reversing the car after some forward driving will crash it too. I suspect this to do with backward positioning mishandling in the software (Navman's claimed resolution is 5 metres). But then if this mainly happens with some new iPAQs (including the older 5400 with other Navman GPSes), I really start to puzzle how Navman's going to solve this judging by the fact that the 5400s have been out for some time now.



One other problem still, I need to soft-reset the 2210 merely because it has self turned off (and manually turned off too). When I uninstalled the whole SmartST, power-on can be done with the button straight away!



This is my first GPS purchase and I was really disappointed when there were so many lockups while in holiday in France early this week!



Navman, please work harder and give us a real fix or otherwise I will return this before my next trip, maybe in New Zealand (no offence!).

[nftang]

With the SmartST on line, my h2210 has lost verything under the iPAQ file store after a battery drain after a few days on stand by mode. I have to re-install all my own software (including the SmartST!). This is very annoying and coupled with the fact that I can't use the normal power-on button whenever SmartST has been activated. I need to soft-reset each time.



Has any user of h2210 + Navman 4400 experienced this power problem in addition to the now famous roundabout-lockups?



Thanks.

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