mitac mio 168 tom tom 3 (disable touchscreen)

ck · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 5

i am trying to use my pda with tomtom3 on my motorbike ,but i keep pressing or catching the screen options .
is there anyway i can turn off the screen but still leave tomtom navigation running.
Chris

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:20 pm Post subject:

No, that's not possible, at least not in TomTom. Windows Media Player may have a feature to disble the touchscreen, and if you are lucky this can be made into a global function. But I wouldn't hold my breath - after all the touchscreen is the main user interface after the screen.
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ck · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 5

ive found a little program that turns the screen off but allows tomtom to keep running.
here is the link to site

http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?productType=2&optionId=1_2_2&jid=8D216D2FX23BE5AC36138XE658291B99&platformId=2&siteId=1&productId=125781&sectionId=0&catalog=30&txtSearch=screenoff

runs ok in route demonstration ,need to try out on the road now
Chris

lbendlin · Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:06 pm Post subject:

Sorry I misunderstood you. I thought you wanted to turn the touch screen off but you still wanted to see the scren info. If that's not the case then yes, there are programs available that switch the entire screen off. (Again, Media player can do this, too)
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ck · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 5

lbendlin
what i needed was something that would allow tomtom to work in the background just giving me voice guidance because the pda would be in an inside pocket of my jacket.(i dont need to see the screen most of the time on the bike,plus its keeps the pda away from the elements which are bad at 70-80 mph). :D

being inside my jacket the movement of my jacket made selections i didnt want .

i didnt work out how to do it with media player but if this free program works whilst out on the road i will be over the moon.

thanks for your response though and if you have any other suggestions please let me know.

this forum is great thanks
Chris

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