TT750 map update to card

RichardM · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 138

Anyone used the card reader with the x30, x40 or x50. I would like to know of other peoples experience before I talk to TT.
Thanks
RichardM

matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

RichardM · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 138

Thanks for the reply. So that means that x40 models will let Home read cards in a reader as well, despite what Home help says to the contrary. It looks like TT support and help don't know what their products can actually do. It will be interesting to hear what the TT support person says when I talk to them later this afternoon.
I would still like confirmation from someone with a x50 who has been able to use a card in a reader to download via Home
RichardM

franb · Banned Joined: Aug 10, 2007 Posts: 244

matthewj · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 751

RichardM · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 138

TT support rang at the time arranged and appear to have sorted out the problem. First the card had the contents deleted (it contained the same as the internal memory) as they said it was confusing things with so much on it. Then a BIF file was put on the card and I was then told that the only other file necessary was the map. When I asked why some people could use their cards in the reader the reply was it is not supposed to work and is hit and miss if it does.
Anyway after they had finished I put the Europe map on from the back up and the card was recognised in the TT. I thought I would just check to see if the card was recognised in the reader and sure enough there it was. So at least that has sorted that out.
Are there any other files/folders that I need to have included to make it work from the card the same as from the internal memory? I still have to load the PGPSW files and also a voice file once I have got the new map loaded.
RichardM

RichardM · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 138

I have now downloaded the W&C Europe, Turkey and Russia map to my card. All went OK and I can see the latest map on My Computer on the card. However when I put the card in the TT it now only shows one memory, the internal one. The card is not shown at all. Yet when the TT is connected to My Computer both internal and card memories are showing at the same time. The card was showing on the TT before the map update and is also showing in Home now as I can switch between devices. Anyone got any idea what is wrong now?
Thanks
RichardM

DennisN · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:29 pm Post subject:

RichardM · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 138

Thanks for the reply. What I am saying is that before I downloaded the map I could switch between the maps on the TT and the card using the Switch Maps option on the TT. Now when I go to Switch Maps there is only one showing and that is the original. This is despite both Home and My Computer showing that there are different maps on the TT and card. By two memories I mean the internal one and the card as the other one. So why is the card map not being shown as an option when you go to Switch Maps option?
Obviously I haven't explained myself very well previously. Sorry about that.
RichardM

franb · Banned Joined: Aug 10, 2007 Posts: 244

Do x40's & x50's actually recognise SDHC's because according to this http://uk.support.tomtom.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2634/kw/sd%20card/sno/1 they don't so you'd need a non-HC MicroSD card

RichardM · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 138

It used to recognise the SDHC card before the map download, so I think that TT info is a bit out of date.
RichardM

DennisN · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:47 pm Post subject:

Are you SURE it's the original map? Maybe the device is only reading the card if you updated using the card alone in a card reader.

What map version have you got now? It should be v850.xxxx.
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RichardM · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 138

Yes I have checked the map version both with and without the card in and it is Europe 2gb v835.2448. The map on the internal memory is Europe 1699.5mb and on the card is W&C Europe, Turkey and Russia 2135.4mb according to Home. So they are different maps but the card version is not showing on the TT, but is in Home. Very peculiar.
RichardM

Wazza_G · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:20 pm Post subject:

I've thrown in the towel trying to get my 750 to update the maps & give me the seamless Pan-European coverage that I want. All I keep being offered is zonal maps, which doesn't equate to seamless & uninterrupted coverage in my book.

All I want to be able to do is have a single Pan-European map installed on my MSD card, NO zones... If I can't have that, then the unit can be deemed as not fit for purpose, as that's how it was advertised & supplied.

So all I really need to know is:

1/ How do I get my 750 to download a single Pan-EU map & install it on my MSD card.

2/ How do I get Tom Tom to take the unit back as it's not fit for purpose, as it seems I can't have seamless mapping.

I can't return it to the retailer I've had it too long.

Any Ideas?

RichardM · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 13, 2005 Posts: 138

I know it drives you mad trying to get this to work. As I have said I managed to get the full Europe on to the card, it is now a question of getting the device to see the map on the card.
RichardM

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