Sony NV-U50 working with TomTom

Flimber · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 9

Done it all and get "Maps Not Found"...Aaaarrghhhh.

cfphoenix · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 18, 2007 Posts: 5

Any mate could please PM me the 1.06 software or nav-u file as I have corrupted mine and sony is not being cooperative (they have 1.05 online).
Thanks - ikhadaroo@gmail.com

ntrabuco · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 01, 2007 Posts: 2

Hi, All
Can I install TomTom on a sony nv-u51?

pitirigos · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 02, 2007 Posts: 8

Hey Tail0r,

how did you get winfast navigator to run in the sony NV-U50?

cfphoenix · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 18, 2007 Posts: 5

Yippee, after trying so many versions of tomtom, I could get tomtom6 to work. The gps signal indicator also works.
I was begging for the orginal version 1.06 (which came originally installed when purchased) but now I will stick with tomtom6 on my NV-U50 (I also have the version 1.05 with navteq installed).
Thanks for the help.

Tail0r · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 05, 2007 Posts: 9

Hi Pitirigos,

Sorry it's taken so long to reply, i thought i had email notifications turned on!

Winfast just worked to be honest, it's made for a longer screen so you have to tab and enter to accept some of the settings. If you have any trouble installing it copy it from a working PDA or extract and rename the files as per my TomTom post.

ady4677 · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 03, 2006 Posts: 1

Hi,

I've followed the instructions and Tomtom is now running but it can't see the maps, I've tried placing them in the mounted volume\ and also Mounted Volume\Tomtom. Any ideas? Thanks

experiment626 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 5

First thanks Tail0r for the excellent guide on installing tom tom onto the the sony nvu50 CE device.

Excellent instructions and I currently have ditched the sony navtech app after losing 1.06 after reloading my sat nav and also waiting for the map updates from sony and then seeing that sony wants £42 for the updates Laughing Out Loud

.... but still no 1.06 update it would be a good idea if sony gave a 1.06 cd with your sat nav incase you needed to reload the unit.... I have talked to sony about this alas without any luck.Last sony sat nav I buy ( u live and learn)

Currently I have tom tom 6 loaded with the speed camera poi's

experiment626 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 5

Just an update on running tom tom. I have taken it off and gone back to the sony navtech application .

Two issues with running tom tom
1.The voice level is very low so I have difficulty hearing the directions in the car.
2.The signal pickup when using the tom tom application seems to have degraded. I have experienced alot of signal drop outs which I didn't experience with the sony navtech application.

So I have decided how bad the old maps are the unit doesn't work that well with tom tom .Unless someone has a fix for the above?

Tail0r · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 05, 2007 Posts: 9

Thanks for the praise experiment626.

I have noticed that the reception is not as good too, as far as the volume goes though you can increase it further at the desktop before you startup TomTom.

2216 · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 10, 2005 Posts: 245

As I didn't want to lose TMC I stuck with the Sony software now that I have updated the maps (today) they have updated the software to give us seven digit post codes. The only thing now is that the new map is over 250mb where the old map was 180mb that is I have less room for speed cameras. As Iam not into running pirated software I would have to buy TomTom and run it on an unsurported platform which by the sound of it doesn't run all that well.

shock · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 17, 2006 Posts: 9

Been running tomtom on it for a while.. yes the reception could be better.. but it works..

the volume is fine for me.. maybe my ears are funny :D

experiment626 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 20, 2007 Posts: 5

gryzor · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 02, 2007 Posts: 3

Hello everyone,

I hope resurrecting this thread will get someone's attention - someone with more knowledge than mine! ;)

I am trying to follow these procedures to install Destinator (have no idea about TomTom). However, I fail at the first step - getting regedit to run.

I copy regedit to the Startup folder alright, then reset or turn off the machine (U50), but then the Sony app runs just as usual... is there something I'm doing wrong?

Also, from what I understand from the registry files, this hack is not app-specific, right? It just allows you to boot into the desktop?

Thanks in advance,
Themis

gorgo999 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 28, 2007 Posts: 3

Hi guys. Im desperatley trying to install tomtom on the nv-u51 with no luck. Tried the procedure for the nv-u50 by extracting cab files and also downloading cab manager so I could change the processor type from strong/arm to wince/all. this seemed to work perfectly. Tomtom recognised the nv-u51 and installed no problem. however when i start tomtom I get the message ........tomtom could not find navigator or one of its components. All the directorys are there and I know Im really close to getting it to work but I need your help badly. Anyone got any ideas?

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