Boot Windows On Transonic 3002

***Before you start make sure you download ActiveSync from Microsoft to connect to your GPS***

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/activesync/activesync45.mspx

Thanks to user goodgrr on GpsPassion Forums these instructions say exactly how to boot to Windows CE on your Transonic 3002 (and run an mp3 player which is pre-installed):

Here's how to unlock it so you can use the Windows functions and below that instructions on putting POIWarner onto it and getting speed camera data loaded onto that. Thanks to gpspassion for the original starting point as well as Sol Puerto for further help it getting the right files in the right place and the majority of these instructions.

Download the instalation pack files to your PC
http://www.gpspassion.com/download/custom150e.zip

Connect the device to your PC via active synch.

1 Move to the folder called \Mnav
2 Rename the mnavdce.exe to mnavdce_old.exe
3 Copy "regedit.exe" from the .zip file and paste into the \Mnav and rename it "mnavdce.exe
4 Copy "modified.reg" into the "Mnav" folder on the device
5 Soft reset your device
6 When the device reboots it will automatically launch Regedit. Click "File | Import" and then locate the "Mnav" folder in the files and folders selection list and double click to open. You will see the "modified.reg" file copied in step 4, double click to import.
7 Delete the renamed "regedit.exe (e.g. mnavedce.exe) in \mnav (or rename it)
8 Rename the "mnavdce_old.exe" back to "mnavdce.exe
9 Copy "showtaskbar.exe" from the .zip file and paste into \Windows\Startup
10 Locate "explore.exe" in the \windows folder, right click and select "Create Shortcut". Cut the "Shortcut to Explore.Exe" file that is created as a result and paste into \Windows\Desktop. Repeat this process for "MNAVDECE.exe located in the "Mnav" folder and "MP3Player.exe" located in \Windows

Finally reset your device once more with the stylus and it will boot to the WinCE desktop with shortcuts to the three applications you had before

Sway Bar Links

Okay so, there was an extremely annoying clank every time I drove over rough road and I had no idea what it was. Thanks to James we narrowed it down to the Sway Bar Links or the Control Arms. Since the Sway Bar Links only cost $36 and the Control Arms are like $150 we tried the links first. These are the pics of the old ones. Not only were they going bad the threads were also rusted as hell (they're 12 years old). I finally got to the point where I had the hack saw them off. The first one was extremely hard -- the nut barely turned and I was killing myself on it. Oh oh, also there were no lifts open so I did all of this on jack stands. Once I finally had enough room to hack saw it - I did. The second one was a tiny bit easier because one of the guys in the shop had some liquid wrench. However even after soaking it for like 10 minutes (I didn't wait very long because I was paying for stall time)I was able to unscrew it almost all the way. It finally got stuck at the very end and I had to hack saw it also. I should mention that I also took off a lot of the rust with a steel brush on the second one but in the end there was just too much.

So to make a long story short, the new ones are on and here are the old ones. Note how mangled they are and the extreme amount of rust on the end/nut. But most importantly the car no longer clunks on rough roads!!!





This one almost made it, but alas no.


This is the area with two flat sides in order to keep is stationary while taking the nut off. I sure showed that thing...

(DIGIT MACRO ROCKS!)

Alright alright... I climbed back under the car and here are the new ones installed...

Even Microsoft's mice are stupid!

For some reason the forward and back buttons on my Microsoft Intellimouse don't automatically work with my OpenSuSE 10.2 distro. So all you do to fix this is:

edit /etc/X11/XF86Config

and add a line under this section:

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7" #ADD THIS LINE
EndSection


Also, just as a small side note. Be sure to save a backup of XF86Config before making any changes so you don't mess something up and have to reinstall your OS (speaking from personal experience).

And I bid you all - a good day.