Igo Amigo Videos

At the moment my favorite navigation is still the iGo Amigo. Below some videos regarding the Amigo navigation.

Route simulation, fast or slow for iGO 2006 or MIO

Default route simulation is fast. But if you wish you can change the settings so that the route simulation will be in normal speed. Do following:

Create a text file called SYS.TXT and add following lines


[debug]

slowsim=1



Now place this file in your IGO or Miomap directory on your storage card.

Speedcams for Amigo

Speedcams for Amigo can be downloaded for free from POIplaza. Download the speedcam file as a POI file and place this file in \Storage Card\amigo\content\userdata\poi after unzipping.


Start Amigo.

How to create a custom startscreen in iGO8

Follow the steps below for creating a custom startscreen.

1. Download a picture you like.
2. Resize the picture to 240x320 (depending on your device).
3. Save the picture as 'loading.bmp' in bmp format.
4. Download branding.zip from your iGO device to your computer
5. Open branding.zip with Winrar and add loading.bmp to \ui_igo8\240x320
6. Copy branding.zip back to your iGO device.

Start iGO and you will have your own startscreen.

VW startscreens for iGo8, iGo 2006, miomap and others

Below new splash screens for IGO or Mio.

320x240

320x340

IGO8 out of memory problem

On some devices an out of memory message can occur, especially on older or device with a small internal memory.

This can be solved with following sys.txt


[project]
name="igo8_pda"

[folders]
app="%SDCARD%/IGO8"

[interface]
maxzoom2d=6000000
show_exit=1
popup_info=1
poi_show_all_btn=1

[screen]
menu_animation=0

[debug]
show_oneway_3d=1
show_oneway=1
show_gps_pos=1
skip_eula=1
show_pedestrian=1
poi_labels=1
show_arrows_on_route=1
tts_min_ready_wav=1
tts_getaway_time=200
tts_expected_engine_delay=1400
sound_q_length="200"
no_file_cache="0"
cache="1024"
enable_roadshadow=1
reserve_memory=1500000

[map]
popup_info=1
show_labels=1
3d_max_tiltlevel=9000

[msnd]
msnd.start=0

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

[sound]
queue_length=200


Put the sys.txt file in the root of the IGO map.
Above sys.txt was tested on a HP ipaq with 64 mb memory

Mio transfer hack for C210, C250, C510, C710

If you want to download and install new skins, voices, color maps then you need an unlocked Mio device or the Mio TransferHack. With the Mio transferhack you will be able to copy any kind of file to your Mio device.


How to install the Mio Transfer Hack:

1. Install from DVD the original Mio Transfer

2. Download the TransferHack

3. Unzip the file to the install directory where the mio transfer is located.


Now turn on your device and connect it to you pc.




Download transfer hack:

C210 / C510 / C710

C250

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