Post here please your help request regarding Garmin

**Midnight Blues** · 14th March 2010, 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by betahash

Dear Caty,
I am trying Garmin CE version 5.00.20, 5.00.30 ASN on CE5.
It is very obvious that after a QSI notification pops-up, or any other program pops-up, the main Garmin guide GUI freezes or grayed-out. Anyhow the count-down meter still works. If I tap on the screen everything will be fine till next QSI. I think it is a kind of stupid power-saving policy.
Do you know how to make this window available + activated ?

There could be problem with turning screen off on some devices because power saving is activated,
just disable turning off screen (power saving) in control panel of Your device

**betahash** · 14th March 2010, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by Midnight Blues

There could be problem with turning screen off on some devices because power saving is activated,
just disable turning off screen (power saving) in control panel of Your device

It is not turning off or system power-saving. It is about losing windows focus and grayed-out. I think i made it clear that the Garmin program still runs , grays out, meter-counter works but main graphic freezes, as if you click on some window else in WinXp.

**Midnight Blues** · 14th March 2010, 07:58 AM

Sorry for misunderstanding
There must be some program running in background and stealing focus (like scheduling programs or similar), try to turn off all other programs - one by one to find out which one is responsible

**betahash** · 14th March 2010, 12:48 PM

I cannot stop all the other program. Navman system could not store or save registry. And I need its background speedcam warning.
Is there a way to make garmin always on focus?

**Midnight Blues** · 14th March 2010, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by betahash

I cannot stop all the other program. Navman system could not store or save registry. And I need its background speedcam warning.
Is there a way to make garmin always on focus?

There are several ways to get back in focus program (window) running on any Windows:
1. Through windows - to click on program or belonging button in taskbar,
2. Through program itself (adequate routine should exist in program that checks if program is in focus and puts in focus if not) - could not be done if it's not already built in program (it is not),
3. Through external program which will check if some routine (program/window) is in focus, and if not to put it (program/window) back in focus

Best solution would be no. 3, but as I'm not in position to make such program and test it at moment (I'm in hospital and don't have any device with Windows Mobile or Windows CE), we could hope that some programmer will read this thread, accept challenge and make such program, or if somebody know any existing program that could be used for such purpose to let us know.

Sorry, not too much helpful, but that's much I know and can do for now.

**h90** · 27th March 2010, 08:14 AM

Hope I post in the right forum.
I bought the Garmin Oregon 200 in Germany updated the Firmware and switched to English.
Thanks to the great help here I could install some maps.

Now when I install "Thailand Street Map 10" which is in Thai language, I only get "???????????" instead of words. Is there a work around which let my wife look the maps in Thai language, but keeps the menus and the other maps in English?

Thanks in advance.

**isg** · 28th March 2010, 07:03 AM

How to convert a map in NT format to non NT?
It should be possible - please help!

**catymag** · 28th March 2010, 03:13 PM

No sorry ,there is no way to convert NT map in Non NT format.
you can use "MapConverter" to convert maps with older structure to newer so they could be used with RoadTrip for Mac OS X.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
but not possible to convert NT map in Non NT format