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baldy1 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:04 am Post subject: Compass Point on Smart 25 Screen |
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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
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dhn Frequent Visitor
Joined: Oct 08, 2007 Posts: 2544 Location: Toronto CANADA
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:40 am Post subject: |
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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. _________________ David |
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Guivre46 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Apr 14, 2010 Posts: 1262 Location: West London
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:49 am Post subject: |
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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? _________________ Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
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Greenglide Lifetime Member
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 295 Location: South East Northumberland, UK
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Have you got a smartphone?
Lots of compass apps on these! _________________ 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
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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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. |
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Greenglide Lifetime Member
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 295 Location: South East Northumberland, UK
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ 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 |
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Guivre46 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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This may mean you should delay a purchase for a while? _________________ Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14893 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:27 am Post subject: |
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Guivre46 wrote: | This may mean you should delay a purchase for a while? |
OMG! The sun's gonna rise in the west and set in the east, except it'll be called east and west because everything will be upside down next year and Australia will be at the top and we'll all be hanging on like grim death. My built in Renault TomTom R-Link is already bad enough, now I'll have to turn left instead of right and go forward when possible. My dear old granny used to say the world's turning upside down, can't think why we need all these satellites and scientists to tell us the same thing. Stop the world, I want to get off! _________________ Dennis
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