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proeliator2001

#50
June 19, 2005, 10:41 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by proeliator2001
I've just upgraded my TTN2 to TTN5 (cost under 50 quid through TomTom) and they throw in the entire street level maps of Europe - cheers guys   s8) 8) s8)    Going to be handy on the trip to Italy this year.

Its a big improvement over TTN2 and all the latest Go's have the same software - I can honestly say this must be the best sat nav software out there - it has its flaws but having used Destinator 3 for a bit, TTN5 compared to D3 is like comparing a reliant robin to an Enzo.

It's worth the extra few quid to buy TTN5 than a supermarket special, especially if you're going to use it a lot.
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Peter Wright

#51
September 21, 2005, 16:19 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Peter Wright
Well after 3 months of deliberating on which system to buy I bought the cheapest after reading some very good reviews on it
Blue Media Destinator with speed camera alerts £235 inclusive from Makro
Been playing with it all day and must say I am very impressed also speed camera alerts work very well
Well worth the money IMHO
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Anonymous

#52
September 21, 2005, 21:01 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
Quote from: "proeliator2001"I've just upgraded my TTN2 to TTN5 (cost under 50 quid through TomTom) and they throw in the entire street level maps of Europe - cheers guys   s8) 8) s8)    Going to be handy on the trip to Italy this year.

I used TTN5 around Italy earlier this year and it performed perfectly. When going to Pisa I selected the "City Centre Option" & it took me to the main entrance outside the Leaning Tower.

Also found it never crashed once even with all the switching on & off along with playing MP3/WMA tracks at the same time.

Anonymous

#53
September 22, 2005, 16:53 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
I, too, recently upgraded to TT5 and although overall it's a really good system it's maps are not up to date.  Very annoying considering it's not the cheapest...

SimonC_Here

#54
September 22, 2005, 17:34 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by SimonC_Here
Just got PDA/GPS/TT5.

Love it.

Simon

Anonymous

#55
September 23, 2005, 08:30 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
I've got the Navicore system on my mobile phone and whilst its probably not the best it certainly good enough.

Andy

Anonymous

#56
September 24, 2005, 10:52 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
Garmin are just bringing out some new units which mean you'll be able to add your own POI's (cameras etc) and they have full 8 digit post code searching.

Touch screen (mono colour) RRP is approx £250

proeliator2001

#57
September 24, 2005, 16:57 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by proeliator2001
TomTom use teleatlas for their maps and its the same company no end of GPS companies use (I think there may only be two digital mapping companies anyway) so if it's missing off TTN5, it's probably missing of a lot of the others too.
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Facts  are meaningless - they can be used to prove anything.

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Anonymous

#58
September 25, 2005, 12:13 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
Garmin use NAVTEQ  s:) :) s:)

SimonC_Here

#59
September 25, 2005, 12:23 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by SimonC_Here
Quote from: "bigun007"Garmin are just bringing out some new units which mean you'll be able to add your own POI's (cameras etc) and they have full 8 digit post code searching.

Touch screen (mono colour) RRP is approx £250


Tomtom 5 does 7/8 digit postcode searching now. You have to add a little file to it but it works great

Simon

aaronjb

#60
September 25, 2005, 12:28 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by aaronjb
Quote from: "SimonC_Here"Tomtom 5 does 7/8 digit postcode searching now. You have to add a little file to it but it works great

Ooh.. where did you find out about that?
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SimonC_Here

#61
September 25, 2005, 12:33 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by SimonC_Here
*cough* Ebay *cough*

I mean to say a friend of a friend met a man in a pub who came up with a patch to Tomtom (8.6 Mb Great_Britain.Postal) which you install on your PDA. Tomtom then allows the ful post code search.

There are a few posts about it on most of the GPS websites (PocketGPSWorld etc) It works really well.


Simon

Slacey

#62
September 25, 2005, 12:35 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Slacey
Quote from: "aaronjb"
Quote from: "SimonC_Here"Tomtom 5 does 7/8 digit postcode searching now. You have to add a little file to it but it works great

Ooh.. where did you find out about that?
When installed on a PDA it puts a folder called ZIP on the Storage Card where the maps reside. You need to cut this folder and paste it into the My Documents folder of the PDA itself - now when you select Nagigate To you can make use of the Postcode destination entry (The symbol that looks like a map).
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SimonC_Here

#63
September 25, 2005, 12:38 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by SimonC_Here
Actually, mine is on the SD card, same level as the Great-Britain-Map folder.

Although I had to add a folder called Tomtom to the SD card as well just a blank empty folder! Software testing eh?  s:lol: :lol: s:lol:  

Simon

Slacey

#64
September 25, 2005, 12:47 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Slacey
No, what I mean is TomTom 5 does postcode searching out of the box. Follow the isnstructions I posted above to get it to work - you don't need to do this on the GO version BTW.
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SimonC_Here

#65
September 25, 2005, 13:03 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by SimonC_Here
I know that, I was just saying I didn't need to move it to the My Documents folder of the PDA, mine sits quite happily on the SD card.

It's much quicker than going through the 5 digit code and then selecting street crossing or whatever.

Simon

Anonymous

#66
September 26, 2005, 11:49 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
Hmmm... My version of TT5 does postcode navigation straight out of the box.  No fiddling required...

The software lives in the SD card and the only thing I did was to copy the contents of the supplied SD card to a bigger, 1GB, SD card as I use my PDA a lot and need the extra storage.

Peter Wright

#67
September 26, 2005, 11:57 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Peter Wright
As a newbie to satnav can anyone tell me what these speed camera alerts are

Truvelo  ?
Red Light  ?
Specs  ?

I know the others ( Gatso, Mobile, Temporary )

Pete
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Anonymous

#68
September 26, 2005, 12:03 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
Truvelo are the ones which face you rather than take pics from behind.


Specs are  ones which measure your average speed, like the ones on the bottom of the M1

Red light are the cams which are placed at traffic lights

heathstimpson

#69
September 26, 2005, 12:21 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by heathstimpson
Quote from: "bigun007"Truvelo are the ones which face you rather than take pics from behind.


Specs are  ones which measure your average speed, like the ones on the bottom of the M1

Red light are the cams which are placed at traffic lights
And just to clarify Truvelo operate from sensors that are set into the road surface and measure the speed travelled between the first and second and second and third, then snap you if you're being a bad lad  s:? :? s:?
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SimonC_Here

#70
September 26, 2005, 20:31 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by SimonC_Here
Quote from: "Emmanuel"Hmmm... My version of TT5 does postcode navigation straight out of the box.  No fiddling required...

The software lives in the SD card and the only thing I did was to copy the contents of the supplied SD card to a bigger, 1GB, SD card as I use my PDA a lot and need the extra storage.

5 digit or the full 7?

Simon

Anonymous

#71
September 27, 2005, 09:50 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
The whole thing.

SimonC_Here

#72
September 27, 2005, 15:51 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by SimonC_Here
Cool, they must be sending out updated version.

Simon

alancdavis

#73
September 29, 2005, 00:04 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by alancdavis
Got my TOM TOM today,,,,,,GREAT      s:lol: :lol: s:lol:      s:lol: :lol: s:lol:      s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
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gun41

#74
February 14, 2006, 00:11 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by gun41
Hi, apology if this question has already been posted but could not find what I wanted on the search button

- Has anyone installed a tom tom go in the dash auxiliary box?
I hate seeing any cable and think it would make an ideal permanent dock without being on show to potential thieves
Just lift the lid of the auxiliary box when you want to use it

Just need too find somewhere else for the shades - that's all keep in there!
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