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Originally Posted by Russ
I hope it continues to function well for you. I had a similar unit in my VW Golf (also ran on WinCE) it went well for a few months and then it $#it itself, the eBay seller was good and sent me new firmware for it but it was still very touchy and a bit unpredictable at times. Maybe this one will be better, be interesting to hear how it's performing in 6 months or so  |
Sorry for not being clear enough - my GPS unit module board runs the WinCE ROM! but the rest of the Head Unit does not run off WinCE.
I could basically take out the GPS module board and the WinCE part is also removed from the Head Unit - and the rest will still function, bluetooth, RDS Radio Tuner, Digital TV, CD Player, USB/MP3/4 and Ipod etc.
So what I am trying to say the GPS component runs off WinCE 6.0 which is entirely a separate part of the whole head unit.
There are models you can also purchase without GPS and this solely has no WinCE in it.
What I am leading to say is anything WinCE has or will eventually slow down or crap itself just like a PDA(which is what your mate probably has) - but as with units like mine, you ONLY run your GPS apps and maps for. Unlike the unit your mate has it probably is a fully WinCE unit to drive GPS, RADIO, TV etc so if the WinCE parts starts to stuff up, so does everything else with it, RADIO etc.