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All in One GPS Help

Nov 25, 2007 2:58PM PST

Hey I am looking for an in-dash gps system with other options such as cds/mp3/ipod/usb connectivity. i was looking around online, first at the best, most expensive, and then at the cheapest i could find. eventually i came across one for about $400 that seemed too good to be true. it is the VR3 VRVD640G In-Dash DVD Receiver w/ 4" LCD & GPS. I found it on only a couple of sites, one of which was wal-mart. normally i wouldnt buy any electronics from walmart, but at this price...
the problem is i cant find any information about this product or this company- VR3. Is it worth the risk to get this, or does anyone have any information about this product?
i will also take any suggestions for alternatives. i will give up some quality for a cheaper price, because im 18 and not working right now. thanks in advance.

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vr3 site
Nov 30, 2007 6:24AM PST
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VRVD640G Manual
Nov 30, 2007 6:37AM PST
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Thanks
Dec 4, 2007 2:13AM PST

Thanks thats a big help. But I am still wondering if I should buy it. At such a low price and with such little information it seems risky. Any advice?

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VRVD640G Manual
Dec 7, 2007 9:14AM PST

Hey, did you buy it yet, if so, how is it. I'm thinking of buying one myself..

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VRS
Dec 7, 2007 10:08PM PST
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woops
Mar 6, 2009 6:07AM PST
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VRVD640G
Jan 21, 2008 11:07PM PST

My thought would be to hope someone gets one and finds a way to install Linux on it. Grin It has an ARM processor, so it should be Linux compatible. Between the USB port and the SD card slot, someone should be able to load Linux on it.

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VRVD640G
Feb 26, 2008 12:20AM PST

Great unit, I bought one at Wal-Mart in Delaware, while traveling with my motorhome from Quebec to Florida,,I've installed the unit and it took me several days to learn how to manipulate the GPS part of it. The instruction manual is quite impressive but well detailed...plays DVD like a charm (beside CD's as well) the tricky part is the insertion of the SD card, that you have to put in behind the control panel pefore mounting same..the USB key is more accessible, both work flawlessly..the screen day-night feature is wonderfull ,touch screen is easy to work with (but a little small) I have used my VRVD640G GPS (beside a co-pilot on a laptop) and it was very precise. I would recommend that unit to someone that is quite familiar with the installation of such apparatus.

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Replacement dvd/mp3 interface?
Oct 5, 2008 12:23AM PDT

I was wondering if there was any way (since this is windowsCE), to replace the mp3 player/interface on this unit (vrvd640g)? All in all, it's a great stereo, but I cannot stand the AWFUL, CLUMSY interface for the mp3 operation. It would be great if there was a way to replace the app that runs the mp3 interface so that it has larger text and allows you to select albums and songs by "touching" them instead of the clumsy "arrow" base interface. Does anyone know if this is possible??

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problem with GPS unit VRVD640G
Jan 21, 2009 5:23AM PST

I bought my grandson a VRVD640 for Christmas and had it instaled at a auto radio installer in Logan, WV He got everything working but the GPS want go anywhere or give you another screen from Menu. do you have any idea on this? thanks Judy Branham at rlkirk39@suddenlink.net Plays DVD and Cd and radio works great.nothing from the Navigation system

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31+ Games Apps Utilities Etc. on the VRVD640G
Mar 7, 2008 9:51AM PST

OK, this is my first post and I thought I'd share with everyone a file I have put together to run games, apps, and other stuff on my VRVD640G (which I LOVE) so I hope this is allowed...

Just take the following download and extract it to an SD card (minimum 64meg) put the SD card in the slot on the backside of your faceplate and on your main screen click settings and update.


http://www.mediafire.com/?ix612mjwe2y


PLEASE NOTE:

This is NOT an update.
It's COMPLETELY SAFE.
Everything just runs off the SD card.
NOTHING on your stereo is modified.


There are a few quirks though:

The main VR3 menu cannot be closed without the "four corner" trick, so my custom menu is set to always be on top. So what this means is that after the custom menu loads up, select your game/app with a single click then close the custom menu (button in bottom right corner) the custom menu will then slide down revealing your game/app! And finally closing your game/app will take you back to the VR3 main menu. Got that?

Also some of the games are not made for landscape mode but will still play although they maybe small/cutoff

And one last note: since the stereo runs Windows CE anything you may change/regedit/etc. will reset back when you turn the stereo off, like wise anything saved like on the desktop for example will disappear. So really and truely you can't hurt anything! Happy

Anywho ENJOY!
If you have any problems/questions just PM me!
Hobbzey.


BIG LIST OF EVERYTHING INCLUDED:


******GAMES******

Lights On
Free Cell
Sudoku
HexaVirus
Aquella
Ball Breaker
Pipes
Tetris
Doom (not fully working)
MorphGear Console Emulators (not fully working)


******APPS******

Pocket Word
Excel Viewer
PowerPoint Viewer
PDF Viewer
PIM-CE
Scientific Calculator
Appointment Book \ Calendar
MobiPocket eBook Reader


******MEDIA******

TMPC Media Player
XnView Image Viewer
Pocket Paint


******LINKED******
the follow are already on your stereo since it runs
Windows CE, I just give convient shortcuts to them:

Media Player 9
Explorer
Task Manager
Registry Editor
On Screen Keyboard
Control Panel


******OTHER******

FileManCE (Alternative to Explorer)
CE Commander (not fully working)
Banana PC (adds Close, Minimize, & Maximize buttons to everything)
Resource Monitor (windows memory, version, info, etc.)

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TTS
Mar 8, 2008 12:29AM PST

Any chance of getting a TTS GPS system on this? I see it uses essentially a skinned version of Mio Maps... if this had TTS I would be all over it.

BTW with the above mentioned hack, can you run your own GPS software off the SD card? It would seem you should be able to but I am not seeing any easily editable menu stuff in the download to point to your own apps.

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HOw do you get that too work
Mar 8, 2008 2:50AM PST

I download and put the files on an sd card. I went into setup and hit update but got an error message. Is there something I am missing?

Thanks

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SD card updates
May 12, 2008 12:03AM PDT

Hi Dukie
You must have made the same mistake i've done when trying to looad updates to the unit. The SD card must be inserted on the slot on TOP of the front (removable) panel..there is a small plastic plug that hide the SD slot...don't insert the SD card BEHIND the front panel. Good luck

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Bluetooth dongle
Dec 29, 2009 1:52AM PST

does anyone think it would be possible to use a bluetooth dongle through windows ce with this headunit???????

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vrvd640g
May 14, 2008 5:56AM PDT

i cant get this apps utilities to work.
does anyone have the full instructions how to get it to work.
please help
TIM

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vrvd640g
May 14, 2008 9:57AM PDT

please help me make the 31+games apps work
i cnt get it to work
i need the full install instructions
can anyone help

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IGO8 up and running
Jul 20, 2008 7:17PM PDT

I got IGO8 up and running by your extra menu. I put GPS on port 1 9600 and it's working fantastic.
Still one question, can i run it the original way with the navi button? now it only runs with sound when all other appll are shut down.
I like to have it run at same time as radiosound.

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Questions Questions
Oct 20, 2008 4:49PM PDT

Hi, I just got an AVE AV-4301N (http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_12392_AVE+AV-4301N.html#) and its just like your guys' VRVD640G.

What is the 4 corner trick?

How do you get the other apps to work, I've just moved a few files around and listened the the 1st media player, the 2nd one doesn't work for me.

How can I get more apps to play around with?

I can't get any game to work, what the?

I live in Canada, and have emailed the guys from Cydle and they are going to send me a map of Canada.

I do a search for Cydle and there is like nothing out there, very weird to me.

And yeah, the media player is wow bad...

So, I'm waiting for the map now and I've had the unit for over a week and haven't used the GPS yet.

Thanks,
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Update this
Mar 23, 2009 2:56PM PDT

Hi love it but can your update to make doom work

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Technical help VRVD640G
May 9, 2008 9:32AM PDT
http://www.roadmasterusa.com/vr3_auto.html
http://www.vr-3.com/

Information & Technical Assistance
call toll free in U.S.A and Canada.
1-800-445-1797.
http://storesense2.megawebservers.com/HS4287/Detail.bok?no=66

Roadmaster USA Corp.
41 James Way
Eatontown, NJ 07724
Main: 1.732.542.8400

You may be able to purchase additional maps from Cydle.
https://www.cydle.com/main.asp
Customer Service
1.800.445.1797
For faster service, please try our
Knowledge Base & Forums
Email Tech Support | Purchase Replacement Products
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Cant get updates to work?
May 16, 2008 12:05PM PDT

I had trouble getting the software to load, or any updates to work. It turns out there are actually 2 SD slots on the unit. One on the main deck (behind the faceplate) and another on the faceplate itself (on the top, it has a fake SD card in it). You need to load images into the SD slot on the top of the faceplate. Hope this helps!

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Where did u find software updates?
Oct 1, 2008 8:42AM PDT

Where did u find software updates for the vrvd640g? Mine needs updated since some of my roads are not correct or even there~! Also, is there other programs that this will run with Windows CE? Thanks~!

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VRVD640G maps upgrade
May 15, 2009 12:15AM PDT
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saving stuff
May 31, 2008 12:47PM PDT

In response to the above mentioned hack. It all works very good. I was wondering, is there any way to save stuff in windows ce. Like the background. thanks,
harold

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Uploading Custom POIs
May 29, 2008 10:33PM PDT

A friend bought this unit for his bike. Any way of uploading a .csv of Custom POIs (red light cameras, Harley Dealerships) to this unit?

Any insight is very much appreciated!

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Speedcam update
Jul 20, 2008 7:24PM PDT
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Write to Resident Flash?
Aug 2, 2008 5:49PM PDT

Hi!

I own the german Version of this Radio (Xomax XM-DVTS40GPS).
It?s the same as the VR3.I`m using Igo8 on it but i have one problem.
I start Igo8 with the original Navi Button and everything works fine .I also can the start the radiomode while navigate but i can`t hear the Voice from the navi if the radio is on.The settings are ok.
Maybe i have the wrong Version of the KRSradio.exe?
Is it possible to write on the Resident Flash without the _swup_ ?

Please excuse my bad english....

Thanks,
ManiacB

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Can you tell me how to get igo8 working on the original butt
Aug 2, 2008 6:24PM PDT

Can you tell me how to get igo8 working on the original button.
Thanks.

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Igo8
Aug 2, 2008 6:48PM PDT

I have made a mix of different Versions from the _swup_.
I can give you a copy of my SD card if you want.
Do you know a service (cost free) to upload the copy of the sdcard?