Another quick update.
The bad news.
(1) The plastic clip that holds the GPS into the cradle broke completely off. I don't think I forced it, but who knows. Some double-sided auto trim tape now holds the GPS in the cradle and I just remove the whole cradle when I want to take it off the bike.
(2) The original music player has stopped working. The app loads OK, and appears to be playing music, but it never actually starts. It did work for a while but then crapped out while I had the FreddySam skin loaded. Maybe there was a conflict and a file has become corrupted.
(3) I ended up backing out the FreddySam skin as I preferred the original motorcycle interface. Bigger buttons for gloves & simpler screen display.
(4) To turn the Bluetooth speaker on/off, you need to hold the button down for an extended period.
The Instruction book is completely wrong regarding pressing it twice. (at least for my unit)
The good news.
(1) A friend put me onto an app called bbMenu that provides an alternate menu system that does not require any modifications to the WinCE registry. This is similar to the MyBoot app but IMHO, has more flexibility. Its easy enough to modify and allows you to load additional apps.
(2) I also found a way to overcome the single via point problem. The iGO Amigo software will only allow you to enter 1 via point from the GPS screen, however it is more than happy to ready multiple via points if you load them via the "back-door".
You could create a multi-via point route in another mapping program (say iGO8) and copy it over, but I prefer Google Maps because using a nice big PC screen to plot a complex route sure beats using a 3.5inch screen.
Just create your desired route in Google Maps, including your multiple via points, export the kml file and then load this kml file into the \Content\UserData\Route folder. You can also use this method to load routes into the iGO8 software.
Just make sure that the via points are in the correct sequence (look at the left hand side of the Google map).
The GPS unit uses the via point sequence to calculate and display the route. Start, V1, V2, V3, Finish is correct, but Start, V1, V3, Finish, V2 is incorrect and will have your GPS back-tracking to V2 after you reach your finish point.
When you restart your GPS, and menu through to Load Route screen, your new route will be/should be listed there.
Overall, and allowing for the crappy plastic cradle and non-functioning music player, I am reasonably happy with the unit. First long multi-day ride comes up this week-end, so fingers crossed it all works.
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