Thomson GPS 420 Upgrading to European Map

Upgrading to European Map

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The user needs to perform two steps in order to use the EU, UK and/or Scandinavian map on his/her device.

First, he/she needs to put the map ﬁ le(s) onto an SD card. Below are the current map sizes. The user has to ensure the card has enough free space to store the maps he/she wants:

- EU – 1 GB

- UK – 1 GB

- Scandinavian – 213 MB

- DACh MII guide – 185 MB

- France MII guilde – 159 MB

Loading the map ﬁ les onto SD card

There are two ways to load the ﬁ les onto an SD card: through the device, or a separately purchased SD card reader.

Loading through the device requires the computer to have ActiveSync installed (included on the DVD-ROM already), and will take a long time (up to 5 hours for EU map). It does not require the user to purchase additional hardware. Loading through a USB 2.0 hi-speed card reader is much faster. It could take as little as 5 minutes to load the EU map.

1. Loading through SD card reader (more advance)

1. Put the card with enough free space into the SD

card reader.

2. Put the DVD-ROM inside the computer.

3. From Explorer, ﬁ nd the EU map ﬁ le under

“\Regions” directory.

4. Copy the ﬁ le called “europe-1gb_nobld_nobmp_

nopoi_map.cdt”.

5. On the SD card, create a directory called

“Cities”.

6. Copy the map ﬁ le into this “Cities” directory.

7. Depending on the speed of your USB port, card

reader and card, this process can take as little as 5 minutes.

2. Loading through Device

1. Ensure user has installed ActiveSync on the

computer (Windows 2000 / XP only).

2. Select the “no partnership” option when the

question appears

3. Ensure the device is fully charged.

4. Put the DVD-ROM inside the computer. Connect

the device to the computer through the USB port.

5. Insert the SD card with enough free space into

the device.

6. A webpage should show automatically. Follow

the steps to load EU map.

Click here to start

the navigation utility

7. The user can also run “Thomson_regions_as.exe” directly from the root directory of the DVDROM.

8. Follow the steps to the EU map onto the SD

card.

9. This process will take up to 5 hours to complete.

Enabling the map

Now that the user has the EU map on the SD card, he/ she can now go to our website (www.thomsonlink.com) and activate it. To do this, he/she will need the following information:

- Serial Number – This should be included inside the package of the “E” versions.

- Device ID (DID) – This 18-digit ID is unique to each device, and can be access by the following key sequence:

• MENU ñ Change Settings ñ Choose Maps ñ Barcode icon (at lower right-hand corner of display)

Enter these two pieces of information at the Registration Section (Digital Store) of the website www.thomsonlink. com. The website will ask you to download a small program. Connect your device to your computer. Run this small program, and the appropriate map(s) will be unlocked.

To use the newly activated EU map

Press the following key sequence to choose EU map.

• MENU ñ Change Settings ñ Choose Maps

ñ Europe cont. ñ Scandinavian ñ United Kingdom/Ireland

You might have to go to the Multimedia menu and then back to GPS Navigator in order for the device to recognize the newly loaded map.

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