Compass Point on Smart 25 Screen

baldy1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 12, 2006 Posts: 3

My old Tom Tom Go of 10 years and a really excellent servant has been retired and replaced with a Smart 25, my old one had a compass which was extremely useful when detouring but the new model has not can anybody point me in the direction (no pun intended) to getting a POI compass to download

Thanks in advance

Baldy1

dhn · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:40 am Post subject:

No such poi exists to my knowledge.

Does the UK have (the equivalent to dollar) stores? Here in North America, we can get a ball compass for a buck or two and stick it to the dash ... if the need is there.
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Guivre46 · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:49 am Post subject:

I remember trying that years ago [before satnavs] and could never seem to get a reliable north direction. Presumably because of all the metal and electrics in a car? Does it work better these days as cars have more plastic and less metal?
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Go 530T - unsupported
Go550 Live [not renewed]
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Greenglide · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:40 am Post subject:

Have you got a smartphone?

Lots of compass apps on these!
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M8TJT · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:08 pm Post subject:

Are they not affected by the metal in the car then? They are based on the earth's magnetic field.

And why would you want another device to tell you the same thing as the TT used to do, but along with lots of other useful stuff, TT have removed from their devices.

Greenglide · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:38 pm Post subject:

Well, of course, you wouldn't if it wasn't a Tom Tom device and Tom Tom had a single brain cell between them!

I presume the OP wouldn't actually want to use a compass on a daily basis, would he?

My smartphone seems to work quite well as a compass when surrounded by PCs and things at work but I haven't tried it in the car. Worth a go though.
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TomTom Go 540 - V9.058, Map GB & Ireland 860.3101
TomTom Go 520T, V8.351, TTS V7, Map GB & Ireland 855.2884
Nokia 5800 with Google Maps & OVI Maps
Google Nexus One with Google Maps & NDrive

Guivre46 · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:27 pm Post subject:

This may mean you should delay a purchase for a while?
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Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
Go 530T - unsupported
Go550 Live [not renewed]
Kia In-dash Tomtom

DennisN · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:27 am Post subject:

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