TOMTOM GO does not want to do the route that I plan from A-B

DERRICK · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 10, 2004 Posts: 49

Hi all, I just planned a trip from Redruth in Cornwall to Kingsbridge in Devon (I am in Dorset) I did the A-B plan and all seems well but after a few seconds after the planned route comes up on the screen the TTG then proceeds to redo a new route from Kingsbridge bact to my home which is not what I want it to do!. Why is this not planning a route and sticking with it?. Any ideas any-one please?.

Regards, DERRICK

DERRICK · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 10, 2004 Posts: 49

I was beginning to think that I was using invisible ink on this forum and other ones on this subject. lots have read it but no answers. Seems there may be a fault on this otherwise excellent kit or at the least software bug. I am surprised that no-one has picked this up before but there again I always seem to find "bugs" in software etc. Other users need to try this test and see if it works propely or not as it doesn't seem to hold it in memory at all. Also I find that I can't do more than one via's on my journey. Maybe can make a list of "bugs".

Regards, DERRICK (G0DLD)

Cee_Jay · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 12, 2004 Posts: 14

I agree with your first observation ((A->B) . I guess nobody knows a way around it, which is why they haven't posted a response.

I don't know about the second (vias) as I've not really had a need to plan anything like that.

I presume there's a feedback section on the tomtom website for such observations!?

Regards,

Chris

avi · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 08, 2004 Posts: 29

My experience with the via route provide unpredicted surprises. Today, I tried the to go my office (down town Amsterdam) but I needed to go to the car dealer first so I had him as via. When I left the car dealer, TTG wanted to guide me to the airpor which half-way to my office.

arturus · Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:34 pm Post subject:

Just happened to notice the post---having a browse through the forums. I tried you test of Redruth to Kingsbridge. It initially came up on the screen and then I lost it when the full map came up and showed a departure from my home address.
Then I went into 'properties and cheched the box 'always zoom to planned route (in 'map view').I redid the exercise and everything worked out fine. Give it a go
Arturus

buckman · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 73

Hello - just trying that out but can't seem to find the box 'always zoom to planned route (in 'map view')?

Any ideas how i get there? Embarassed

arturus · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:36 am Post subject:

Hi
Go to 'map',click 'file',click 'properties',click 'advanced' then scroll down to 'map view'. Tick yhe box 'always zoom to planned route'.
Hope this helps
Arturus

watie · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:58 am Post subject:

I came across the same problem when planning a route in AtoB soon as you changed into navigator view it planed a new and different route. The way I got around it was to start the journey in map view then after a few hundred yards switch to Navigator view it then just changed view and kept to the AtoB route

Regards
Watie

MrT · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:33 am Post subject:

I think what is happening to you is that you are not starting your journey from exactly the start point you have used to pre-plan your route.

TomTom works out where you are at exactly the start point of navigation and plans a route from where you actually are to your destination.

A small difference in start position could lead to a totally different route.

It may be easier to set your destination, then use "navigate to" to plan your route when and where you are starting off.

buckman · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 73

arturus · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:14 am Post subject:

Its not a menu or a button.Ehen you are in map view look at botton left hand side. If you can see the A/B to plan a route surely you can see 'File' and 'Tools' alongside it. Click on 'File'.
Arturus

MrT · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 11:14 am Post subject:

This instruction as written is where you click on the top arrow in the left hand corner then select "Map". Then "File" will appear at the bottom left

You can also go directly in from "Navigator". Click (touch) around the middle of the screen until the menu appears then click (touch) the "more..." icon until the icon with a picture of the spanner called "properties" appears. Click this icon. then

Select the advanced tab at the bottom right then scroll down to Map View and select what you want.

You could also de-select "always start in navigator view" further up the advanced menu if you wish.

buckman · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 73

brendanhoar · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 15, 2004 Posts: 6

I wonder if the people trying to help are talking about TTN3, and not TTG?

-brendan

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