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Topic: Damaged my 530 changing battery. |
Brad99
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:16 pm Subject: Damaged my 530 changing battery. |
For anyone else trying to repace their 530 battery, warm the battery area up a bit with a hair drier first and then the battery will pull off a bit easier. |
Topic: Tomtom Go 720 Replacement Battery |
Brad99
Replies: 133
Views: 124495
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:11 pm Subject: Tomtom Go 720 Replacement Battery |
I've just changed my 530 battery, took about 20 minutes. It's an Amazon £6 battery, time will tell if it's good or not. The TomTom battery was 4 yrs old and completely gone, barely lasting a day in ... |
Topic: Go530 fault - positions car to one side of the road |
Brad99
Replies: 44
Views: 24155
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:16 pm Subject: Go530 fault - positions car to one side of the road |
My 530 has been a few hundred metres out for a couple of days at least, possibly much longer as I don't use it regularly, only when going somewhere new. The first thing I tried was a pin reset while ... |
Topic: Go 520 charging problem - SOLVED |
Brad99
Replies: 27
Views: 21644
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:02 pm Subject: Go 520 charging problem - SOLVED |
Electronics engineer speaking here.......... I bet your diode got so hot it desoldered itself. It happens. |
Topic: Charging by USB good or bad? |
Brad99
Replies: 10
Views: 4185
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:05 pm Subject: Charging by USB good or bad? |
I guess that due to the limited current on USB, it's best to have the TT switched off for quickest charging. |
Topic: Tomtom Go 720 Replacement Battery |
Brad99
Replies: 133
Views: 124495
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:04 pm Subject: Tomtom Go 720 Replacement Battery |
Cameras also only use power momentarily when taking a picture, GPS devices run continously processing information.
Digital cameras use a lot of power all the time they're switched on, especially ... |
Topic: Tomtom Go 720 Replacement Battery |
Brad99
Replies: 133
Views: 124495
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:48 pm Subject: Tomtom Go 720 Replacement Battery |
I've not taken my 530 apart, but I work on surface mount circuits most days and have come across the 'glue' problem many times. The usual technique is to warm things up a bit before pulling the glued ... |
Topic: TT Indicated MPH |
Brad99
Replies: 18
Views: 6422
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:40 pm Subject: TT Indicated MPH |
My TT530 reads slower than the speedo in my Nissan, by 2-3mph at 30-40mph and 4mph at 70-80mph indicated. I have had the accuracy of my speedo checked against 1/10km motorway red/blue posts with a st ... |
Topic: Go 530 not clever routing |
Brad99
Replies: 12
Views: 7473
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:07 pm Subject: Go 530 not clever routing |
the problem is in the classification of roads. I was in a large town recently and the route tried to take me down a track behind houses and across open ground. pot holed and rutted, it was suitable fo ... |
Topic: Go 530 not clever routing |
Brad99
Replies: 12
Views: 7473
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:28 pm Subject: Go 530 not clever routing |
to the forums Brad.
Which routing option did you use? The "shortest" route will go as straight as possible regardless of the road type. Normally the "fastest" option will use the best q ... |
Topic: Go 530 not clever routing |
Brad99
Replies: 12
Views: 7473
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:33 pm Subject: Go 530 not clever routing |
All seems fine here in Kent so far, but when in Dorset near Thorncombe (very rural) it got a bit silly, it was forever choosing extremely narrow windy roads that have no lay-bys to let oncoming traffi ... |
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