HP IPAQ 214 TomTom Nav 6 blacklight issue fix Howto

Guys,

The new HP Ipaq 210, 212 and 214 are not supported with tomtom 6 navigtor.

On launching tomtom 6 the blacklist disables.

with a little effort, and research, the process to get this working is as follows.

Install tomtom home 1.5 - or uninstall tomtom home 2 and re-install tomtom home 1.5 on your PC.

Download the tomtom 6.03 update
Save to a CF/SD card
eject and re-insert te CF/SD card to install the 6.03 update

You'll find the backlight is now working fine.

Just a quick note for people who are considering updating or have updated and are stuck

[Martin Laverty]

If you click the link below this will give you the instructions for downloading tomtom home and the patch.

http://www.tomtom.com/support/index.php?FID=6736&Lid=1

I have a problem. I have Navigator 5 software, Tom Tom Blutoooth 2 and a headache.

The unit worked well with my HP 4700. It will not work with my new Hp 214 enteprise, Tom Tom say Navigator 5 its not compatible, Nor is navigator 6. So no upgrade path! Or are they wrong?

Help

[Martin Laverty]

Nav 6 works if you get the 6.3 patch from the post above.

Before patched,ipaq212 can find maps.
But the blacklist disables.
After patched,ipaq212 cannot find maps.
But the blacklist enables.
I can only patch CF Card on ipaq212,not Storage Card.
Does it matter or not?

[Goofy]

1. start navigator 5
2. press okay button or else to get to the desktop enviroment
3. press the power button twice.
4. scroll the light intensity down and up again
5. click the minimized navigator symbol
backlight remains on
Tested it several times.
Do not know, whether it had worked without update.
(ipaq 214, tomtom wireless mkii) For nav 6 it may be the same.
good luck

update:
NAVIGATOR 5.2xx update