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Hi.I’ve tried to follow the above. Couple of qustions though. I’ve downloaded tt7 from the above link and whilst the sat nav opens tom tom it says there’s no map to view. Also it can’t find iexplorer.Also in the instructions it says delete navigator.exe. Where do i find this? I have found navigator.cfg. Is this the same thing? I tried to load from the first link but had no joy with that it wouldn’t open at all. Help please

i have the binatone x350 2nd edition and have got the tomtom 6 and 7 to work on it buuuut it does lock up alot and sometimes doesnt start ive even tried putting the install on the resident flash and it is still no better btw i have a 2gb sd and it doesnt make any diffrence if in fat or fat 32 it still does the same,,, is there any other software i can try on it that is as good as the tom tom ????

none of this works, please can you post clear concise instructions that actually do work . thanks

It works 100%, but does anyone have the latest update!

to anyone who got it to work, could you please explain step-by-step how you got it to work, as everything I tried has failed so far and these instructions are too complicated. btw I have the x350 uk+irl 3rd edition .thanks

the step by step instuctions are at beginning of post, if you think they are hard then imo you shouldnt be even thinking about trying…..

I’ve tried all the steps and nothing works, also I wanted to download the route 66 software from the pctailor forums but I can’t as there are no text boxes on the site for me to enter search terms or registration details. can anyone tell me where I can download it (for free). thx

well ive just looked on pctailor site and all boxes are there, i can also verify that ths works as does the latest maps etc for tomtom and route66, register and download them, if not search google, google can be everybodys friend if needed, but to comment that it is too complicated when all it is basically is copy and paste then if i were you i wouldnt try it if you find it complicated!!

hi, i have tried to install and follow the above instruction, but somehow failed. i insert the sd into the x350 then switch on the gps devide and clicked o navigation but no tomtom loads up, its the same software which is built in that loads up. av done exactly what is written in the intruction but exept the two files mentioned Rename “navigator_unchanged.exe” to “MobileNavigator.exe are not what were when i downloaded they were named something else so i dont know exactly, so can som1 plzzz help me
THANKZ
Nadir

will this work on a s350

@nadir

Make sure you put the file explorer.exe on the sd card as well. If you have done this, you should see a desktop open up, not the usual screen. If your looking for explorer.exe, you can copy and paste it from your pc.

@geethedee
hi, there is no file called file explorer.exe, can u plz tell me where to get it from
thankz
nadir

Rather than trying to follow the installation instructions blindly, it might help if you understood a little about how this all works.

I am no expert on this, but as I understand it this is what is happening.

When you turn the sat nav on it starts to look for a program to run

ie it looks in location “a” for a program to run

if its not there it looks in location “b” for the program,

and then in location “c” etc until it finds one

What you are trying to do is to fool the sat nav into finding the program you want it to find, instead of the one that has been preinstalled

One way of doing this is to rename your program to the same name as the preinstalled program, and then placing it in the first location that the sat nav tries to look for a program to run.
When you do this it finds your program first and it runs it, instead of the preinstalled program

This is the method you are using when you change the file names to MobileNavigator.exe etc

Another method is instead of letting the sat nav look for the progam to run by itself,is to tell it where to look.
You can do this using a file called Shell.ini
Basically the shell.ini file is a small text file with the path to the program you want to run in it.

for example if you put route 66 onto your sd card
you would find the program route66n7.exe in a folder called r66 which itself was in a folder called r66 which was on the sd card which is called SDMMC.

if you wanted the computer to find this program you tell it where to find it by typing the followin path

\SDMMC\r66\r66\route66n7.exe

into a text editor like note pad and the saving it with the name shell.ini

if you copy this file onto the sd card, the sat nav will look in this file first for instructions as to where to find a program to run

And yet another method is instead of letting the computer look for a program to run, you look for yourself it instead.
To do this you need to copy the program explorer.exe to your sd card.
You can find a copy of explorer.exe in the windows folder of your computer.
It is the program you use to explore your P.C
Now when you turn your computer on you will get a Windows type interface,and you will be able to browse to your software and click on it to run it.

Sorry the last few lnes should read

Now when you turn your SAT NAV on you will get a Windows type interface,and you will be able to browse to your software and click on it to run it.

Can anyone help! I am trying to get my Binatone Carrera X350 sat nav to connect with my computer. The computer is saying it has found the device and that it is connected but on the screen of the sat nav it just says connecting all the time allowing me to do nothing to it. This means my systems won’t boot up start and I can do nothing…Please Help

i have tried installing ttv7 i get the windows page and then when i enter TT am told have no maps the version i have downloaded only has one TT exe so there is nothing to rename please help i have managed to install v6 but fancied trying 7 i have an A350

nigel
Rename the one TT exe file

At last I am getting somewhere but when I load up the tomtom software it is saying no maps found. I am trying to put on tomtom 7. have downloaded from a previously sugested place, do I have to crack this somehow.?

Managed to get the TT6 on ok and working but has been looking for a signal now for over half an hour. is this normal or have I still got something wrong?

mine works for about 10 minutes then comes up application error have i done it wrong

Thanks Al for your time. Unfortunately I have no “memory source” to select. In settings I have 6 icons: “volume; power; backlight; date/time; language; about”.

Lee. I would just reformat and try it again. If it worked for a while you have got it right.

Ian, Why are you lookig for “memory source” ?

IanBalc :Thanks Al for your time. Unfortunately I have no “memory source” to select. In settings I have 6 icons: “volume; power; backlight; date/time; language; about”.

mmmm, very strange Ian, u obviously have a different software version to me, i have 8 icons in that menu, only other thing i can suggest is search around the various menus and see if u can find it, poss even try to update the binatone software, see if it that does it.

IanBalc :Thanks Al for your time. Unfortunately I have no “memory source” to select. In settings I have 6 icons: “volume; power; backlight; date/time; language; about”.

you dont need to find the memory source all i did was put everything onto my sd card put it in the sat nav switch it on on you should get about 6 options just double click the one that says SSMD then you will get the option to load the tom tom

have loaded Tom Tom v7 onto Binatone Z430 but cannot get the Tom Tom program to load the Australian Maps I downloaded. Any Clues

Thanks

can you download voices to the tomtom 6

@lee
Yes just download them to your computer then copy and paste them into the voices folder in the tom tom folder on your SD card

JUST MANAGED TO DOWNLOAD TT7 LOOKED VERY DIFFICULT UNTIL YOU MASTER IT THEN YOU THINK THAT WAS EASY

Brilliant!! Version 7 duly loaded onto Binatone X350 plus cameras and voices. Well impressed!!

@Hood64
Hi any one done a step by step for tom 7 0n the binatone carrera
cheers
dave

there is a step by step guide on the pctailor website with pictures just go to the download section

Cannot get tomtom to work on Binatone x350 2nd edition. When I click Nagigation, it gives the TomTom splash screen but then goes back to the Navigation option.

Please can anyone suggest how to fix?

I think that the tomtom is running, but in the background. or minimized somehow. After the splash screen dissapears, it goes back to the screen showing navigation and menu. Tried 6 different versions of 6 and 7 so far and each time the splash screen comes up an then vanishes.

Please can anyone shed any light on whats happening here?

for some reason mine will work for a while then it freezes does anyone have a working version set up and i will do a deal through paypal

i think i might no what im doing wrong when i go into mobile navigator folder do i change the one with the picture of the tomtom to MobileNavigator.exe

@D
I had that problem too, I kept deleting files made at start up in the built in flash and restarting until it worked. After it worked once the screen showed again when I switched it on but I just used the reset button on the back and it works after reload each time.

Mate, such great thanks for this. I had my TomTom stolen and could only afford to replace it with a cheaper Binatone unit. I now have the functionality of a £200-odd quid TomTom ) Happy days!

The only thing that seemed different to your instructions was that the ‘TomTom’ directory was already named MobileNavigator, when I opened it there was an .exe already called ‘mobilenavigator’ so I deleted this and renamed the navigator_unmodified.exe accordingly.

Plugged it in and it worked straight away!!!

Appreciated!!!

i cant get my computer to reconize the sat nav when i plug it in any ideas please will be trully helpful thank you

have you tried it in a diffrent usb port

Bloody hell, there are some retarded people here. “Oh I’ve done everything right but it doesn’t work!” “apart from the file x and y! Jesus!!! Oh It’s so complicated when i have to right click and copy, by the way how do you right click? and where is copy? Proper retardation. If you cant do it, just give it to someone that can or buy a tomtom!!! Some people have got some people dont have it, Some of the people on here clearly dont. Give it a rest and stop asking stupid questions, search with google and stop wasting other people that did and learned by reading and reading, lazy knoobs!

@D and others having problem of “splash screen disappears, it goes back to the screen showing navigation and menu”

I had this as well and solved it by foloowing the advice of copying explorer.exe from my pc onto the root of the SD card. Windows explorer opens instead of the normal binatone software and you can then navigate to MobileNavigator.exe and start the TT software completely independently

@nadir Search for it on your pc. Copy it and paste on SD card.

If anyone in the Dundee area of Scotland, I’m willing to show them how.

quick question has anyone install Tomtom 8 in Binatone yet? and how it will works ? cheers

HAl – I had the same problem with the splash screen, but having the explorer app in the root of the SD card does not work for me. When Explorer opens, I browse to the MobileNavigator directory, and double click the exe, and again, I get the splash screen for a second, but it is then replaced by the explorer interface.

Very frustrating. I am going to flush it down the toilet now. For info, mine is 2nd edition, and has the six settings buttons (not 8).

PS – have tried closing down Explorer once opening the tomtom exe but the whole thing freezes up. I think it has a clockwork processor.

BTW, I also tried copying the tomtom software to flash, to replace the Binatone software – however that did not work either. The TomTom splash screen is always replaced by the Binatone one, with the 2 buttons (Navigation and Menu).

Drive Like A Local my arse. The locals must be pretty dumb.

for what its worth heres my two penneth worth.
I loaded this up and intermittantly it would work.
I.e sometimes i would get the tomtom flash screen then nothing.
So i did as the others sugested copied explorer.exe on to the sd card.
didnt work the first time so i deleted it coppied it again and so far works everytime.
For those people struggling make sure you do everything as the first instructions say and it will work

Andy

Works great thanks. used the ‘explorer.exe’ way and its faultless even got the old ’saun connery’ voice in
however, i can see the speed cameras but get no beep, cant switch it on in the plus services, is there a way to get them bleeping with a patch or anything, or is there a file m issing in the download?

thanks for any help.

which have you installed if its TT7 go to the pctailor website and download the tomtom 2009 keygen

I have followed the instructions (thanks) and managed to get explorer to boot on the X350 but when I click on the MobileNavigator (tomtom) icon it says ‘no maps found’ did anyone know what could be wrong?