On Board GPS for jeep

Quassie · Newbie

On Board GPS for jeep

Nevd · Senior Member

Have a look at this forum. http://caravanersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=106&t=17882

A fair bit of discussion recently there. Not much joy apart from fronting up with your hard earned, I believe.

Like most manufacturers who have built in Satnav - costs an arm and a leg to update, and even then not the most current version of maps.

dorian · Guru

The Russian forums will no doubt have plenty of solutions. In fact, if you can get to the underlying OS, you can usually add your own applications.

For example, the Holden Cruze has a MyLink audio system. AIUI, the existing music applications run on top of a Windows CE OS. ICBW, but I believe that this OS can be hacked to support GPS software (which presumably means that there is built-in GPS hardware which has been switched off).

Whenarewethere · Guru

I don't have builtin GPS but it is the same issue of cost with my make of car for the one's with GPS. Cheaper to buy a 7" Garmin!

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I have 'MyLink' in the the Collies dash and use 'Bringo' app on my phone that connects to 'MyLink'. I find it updates every time I turn it on.

Some times I just use Google maps on my phone that sits next to the 'MyLink' screen.

Maybe another way of doing it Quassie.

jeepnudger · Senior Member

I up graded my jeep (grand Cherokee in Dec and the Sat Nav maps are worse than my prev jeep. Been in SA and found nav didnot know where we were when going along Coorong on Princes Hway .Will be back to them when home.

SouthernComfort · Guru

Built-in sat nav is unreliable in many cars, plus you're locked in to expensive upgrades which is a nice little earner for the manufacturers. IMO GPS is little more than a gimmick for car manufacturers, none of them having good support systems. I prefer a portable, in the long run a cheaper and more reliable option and you can shift it between cars.

If you haven't already tried this, have a look at the Jeep forum: AUSJEEPOFFROAD.COM for more detailed info on your original question. It's a very good forum, the members are very knowledgeable. Look up the WK2 GC section which is relevant to your model, you'll find commentary on sat nav in there.

dorian · Guru

In the past I used on-line information to hack into a cheap GPS device which was based on a Windows CE OS. It was very easy to do, and afterwards I had my own customised menu, and lots of additional, free applications, including a full-screen digital speedometer. I also had a choice of 4 or 5 different GPS software (Route66, Igo, TomTom, etc).

I suspect that these console units are similarly hackable. It would help to see a teardown, though.

Some older units had password protected hard drives or CompactFlash cards for storage. HDD security is relatively easily cracked.

-- Edited by dorian on Tuesday 26th of March 2019 09:49:00 AM

Jimmy Kwaka · Veteran Member

dorian wrote:
In the past I used on-line information to hack into a cheap GPS device which was based on a Windows CE OS. It was very easy to do, and afterwards I had my own customised menu, and lots of additional, free applications, including a full-screen digital speedometer. I also had a choice of 4 or 5 different GPS software (Route66, Igo, TomTom, etc).
I suspect that these console units are similarly hackable. It would help to see a teardown, though.
Some older units had password protected hard drives or CompactFlash cards for storage. HDD security is relatively easily cracked.

-- Edited by dorian on Tuesday 26th of March 2019 09:49:00 AM

Easy to do? Dorian, you lost me when you wrote Windows CE OS. I have no idea what that even means. Yes, I am computer challenged. I can barely get on this forum to write my usual rubbish. I have other talents however. Being obnoxious and overbearing is one of them. Cheers.

blaze · Guru

Jimmy Kwaka wrote:
I have other talents however. Being obnoxious and overbearing is one of them. Cheers.

that's not fare, you have named 2, not one biggrin

cheers

blaze

Jimmy Kwaka · Veteran Member

blaze wrote:
Jimmy Kwaka wrote:
I have other talents however. Being obnoxious and overbearing is one of them. Cheers.
that's not fare, you have named 2, not one
cheers
blaze

So I did. It seems another of my talents is overstating my case.

dorian · Guru

Windows CE is a small operating system designed to be embedded into space constrained devices. Linux is another popular OS for embedded applications (because it's free).

When you power up a typical PC running a Windows OS, you see a desktop display loaded with application icons. This is the default boot-up behaviour. Alternatively, you can edit your PC's start menu to automatically launch one or more applications every time you switch on the machine. In the case of a GPS or in-car entertainment system, the start menu has been configured to autostart a GPS application, or to present a multimedia menu. In my case I was able to switch off the autostart for the GPS. This then left me with the traditional Windows desktop display.