NOOB w/questions

RobTheHillbill · 07-17-08, 04:50 PM

Hi ya'all, as you can guess by the title I'm a noob and I have some questions, if I'm in the wrong area please point me to the right one.
I have just gotten an x51v with 624 mhz Processor and the A12 ROM v/06200600. What I would like to find out is what the max SD card that will see and use as well as the max CF it will see and use. I got the GPS with it.
I will be using it at work for the slow times to maybe watch some movies on if I can find out how to do it. I finally got the Odyssey Client figured out so I can connect to the net. Now all I need is that info so I can try some other stuff.

Oh and I remember seeing a different media player in another post that will do Divx but I don't remember what it was.

Any help ya'all can give will be greatly appreciated :approve:!

One more thing my name has the last letter left off and I don't know what happened but it's supposed to be "RobTheHillbilly" and yes I am a hillbilly from N.E. Tennessee!

Box · 07-17-08, 05:02 PM

CF card as big as you can afford, technically no limit.

SD card, 4gig without any problems, some have said 8 gig. Have a look in the compatability list here.
SDHC isn't natively compatible, but there is a driver for it.

You may be looking for TCPMP, you will find a great thread about it Here.

I guess from now on you will be known as "No Questions Rob", as in, Rob with the missing why.

kcallahan · 07-17-08, 05:10 PM

Hi and welcome to Aximsite. Lots of good ppl and info here.

Here's the thread you need to read: Storage Card Compatibility List

Good luck. :)

RobTheHillbill · 07-17-08, 07:19 PM

That was some quick replies.....I do appreciate the info and in true NOOB fashion I still have a few more questions, hope ya'all don't mind.

Box, I looked at the link and am not sure as to how to go about doing what I need to do for all the d/l and what to install and as to how ( Yes I know what you're most likely thinking "

Boy this guy really is a tech impaired noob hillbilly") Like I said I'm a NOOB but I really do thank ya'all for the help.

I was also lookin on Newegg and found this: Newegg.com - A-DATA 32GB Compact Flash (CF) Flash Card Model SPEEDY CF 32G - Flash Memory

If I can find out about how to do the video I just might get me one.

Are there any updates/upgrades I need to do since this axim is new?

Thanks for the help kcallahan and belive me I'll need all the luck I can get!

Again, Thanks in advance for all ya'alls help

bernardm · 07-17-08, 07:51 PM

A nice extended battery would go nicely with those movies you will be watching. :)

Don't forget to get the appropriate extended battery cover if you decide to get that battery.

Zaniax · 07-18-08, 10:44 AM

Congratulations on your first posts, RobTheHillbill :approve:

If you like, you may click on this link to the many excellent
articles here and this one here

Welcome to the MobilitySite - I'm sure you'll enjoy - :)

rlarson_mn · 07-18-08, 03:35 PM

I have an extended battery for watching my movies from a !6gb CF card (also have a 16gb SDHC card in the SD card slot) using TCPMP. I have MP3s on the SDHC card that I use S2P for playing. The balance of my SDHC cards storeage is for backups with Spb Backup, pictures, PDF files, excel and word files. Use Olive Tree Bible Software and have 9 bibles on the SDHC card as well as 2 Commentaries and ebooks that total over 300.

RobTheHillbill · 07-18-08, 08:08 PM

WOW!!! Ya'all are really turning me on to some things that are gonna be real heplful.

Got a few more questions ( bet you didn't see that one coming did you???:approve:)
After reading a bunch of other posts and seeing everyone talking about WM6 does that take care of the problem of using SDHC cards? And this might sound strange but at wourk the only way that I can get on our network is by using the Odessy client, how dose that work with WM6 or does it?

Oh yeah, and how does WM6 effect the GPS or does it?

Hope I aint getting on anyones nerves by asking so many questions but this is all new to me and I am going in it to learn all I can.

Again THANKS for all the help, it's nice to be able to ask questions and have so many people help out with info( that way I don't end up with a $250 brick:rolling:)

KimChee · 07-18-08, 09:33 PM

Definately get an extended battery or two, Ive got around 50 movies on my sdhc I get shrink the files down with windows movie maker so each file is only above 100 megs..I like tcmp81 its free and great, supports some subtitles..Id go with one of the new 6.1 roms out there look on youtube theres a video of a guy flashing his x51v in case you feel nervous about it..

Zaniax · 07-19-08, 02:15 AM

Yeah - as you can see ...

Welcome to the MobilitySite - I'm sure you'll enjoy - :)

:p

RobTheHillbill · 07-19-08, 04:35 PM

Ya'all are gonna get tired of me asking so many questions, but, I was going thru the GPS software that came with the Navteq and found out that it's a 2006 edition and I can't find an update for it. Anybody know of an update or if some other software that will work with this??

I've been doing a lot of reading thru various posts and hopefully I'll learn a thing or two

Again THANKS to everyone for the help thus far and hopefully I wont get on anyone's nerves for asking so many questions.

Box · 07-19-08, 05:46 PM

Which GPS software are you referring to, is it the Dell software?
What GPS receiver do you have? if it's a bluetooth one it will work with most software.
WM6 does fix the SDHC issues.
It shouldn't effect the GPS, my Dell GPS works with WM6.
I avoid Odyssey, so can't help you there.
I believe some versions of WM6 make Wifi work better, but can't specifically suggest one.

Did you manage TCPMP?
If not, Unit Zero has put the installer for it at the bottom of the first post in that thread. Click his link TCPMP.exe download the program and install it from your PC using Active sync.
Then go here and download the file to your pc, then run it and install it from your PC using active sync.
And you should be good to go.

RobTheHillbill · 07-19-08, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by Box

Which GPS software are you referring to, is it the Dell software?
What GPS receiver do you have? if it's a bluetooth one it will work with most software.
WM6 does fix the SDHC issues.
It shouldn't effect the GPS, my Dell GPS works with WM6.
I avoid Odyssey, so can't help you there.
I believe some versions of WM6 make Wifi work better, but can't specifically suggest one.

Did you manage TCPMP?
If not, Unit Zero has put the installer for it at the bottom of the first post in that thread. Click his link TCPMP.exe download the program and install it from your PC using Active sync.
Then go here and download the file to your pc, then run it and install it from your PC using active sync.
And you should be good to go.

I do have the Bluetooth GPS and will try to find new software for it ( got to go to Baltimore in 2 weeks and don't want to get lost on the way there like the last 4 guys from my shop did in Nov. last year)
The way you said to do TCPMP, I did and it works perfectly THANKS!:cheers:

Think it would be in the best interest to run the SDHC app 'cause I don't think I'll be going to WM6 for a while until I can learn more about this thing. If so will you walk me thru it like you did the TCPMP

? That was about the easiest thing I've done in a long time.

Now I gotta go get me a CF card to load movies on

Box · 07-20-08, 04:51 AM

Just a few basic to help make sense for you.

When you want to install a program or App etc they come in various ways.
A file with an extension
.cab can be installed directly on your Ax
.exe needs to run on the PC and installed to the Ax using Active Sync.
.zip needs to be unzipped and the file inside installed in the appropriate way. (.cab or .exe)

In reality, all the .exe does is create a .cab file on your PC then move it to your Ax so that it can run there.
The .cab is the real program file.
A .cab can be placed anywhere on your Ax (main memory, SD or CF) and run from there.
After the program has been installed the .cab file can be deleted.
It's well worth keeping the .cab files of programs that you use on a separate SD card so that if you have to do a hard reset you can reinstall your programs on the go. Also make a note of all your registration codes etc. You probably don't have any yet.

Active sync is a very slow way of transferring data to your cards. The Ax is USB 1 and Active Sync chokes it even further.
If you want to put big movie files on your cards, best to buy a card reader, it will go much much faster.

As for the SDHC driver, you only need it if you have an SDHC card and it will apparently only read up to 4gig of the card.
You can buy 4gig SD cards, so unless you have another device that needs the SDHC, you may as well stick with simple SD.

But if you want to install it.
Following my info above.
Go to this thread.
Download the SDHC.zip file that is attached to the first post.
Unzip it on your PC.
From memory, it contains a .cab file.
Move that .cab file to anywhere on your Ax. (via explore in active sync or written straight to a card)
Go to the file on the Ax in file explorer and tap on it.
It will then install the driver.
Soft reset your Ax.
If I'm wrong and it's an .exe file in the zip, run it on your PC as you did with TCPMP.

I hope this diatribe makes sense.

RobTheHillbill · 07-20-08, 09:41 AM

I unzipped it on my PC and there is no .cab file in the zip. Am I missing somethin? I got the _setup, 0000SDHC,000SDBUS,SDMEMORY files on my AX but no .cab file.

Again I want to Thank You for taking the time to stop and help me on this. One day I will be able to hopefully return the favor:approve:!