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Topic: Tom Tom 1000 - Sick or just badly built |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 2
Views: 1974
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:24 am Subject: Tom Tom 1000 - Sick or just badly built |
The GPRS modem won't work if the battery is knackered, as the modem takes spikes of current that are more than the USB supply can directly handle.
Maybe you fitted a bad battery?
It could also b ... |
Topic: Loss of Live Services NE England |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 16
Views: 5721
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:46 pm Subject: Loss of Live Services NE England |
I firmly believe this is at least partially down to nationwide reductions in the 2G service from the phone companies (which is what TomTom's LIVE services are using) in order to free up resources for ... |
Topic: A few questions about TOM TOM 9100 |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 7
Views: 4427
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:51 am Subject: A few questions about TOM TOM 9100 |
I don't need the TomTom unit to be left switched on when I'm not in the car, although I think they have a 2 hour battery life, it's just needs to be on when the car is moving to record mileages for wo ... |
Topic: Why you dropped or intend to drop TomTom? |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 50
Views: 32838
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:44 pm Subject: Why you dropped or intend to drop TomTom? |
A bit like Nokia - they used to be the largest manufacturer of mobile phones but made some seriously bad decisions over the smartphone market and are in serious financial trouble now.
Tomtom bought ... |
Topic: Heads Up |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 2
Views: 2289
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:21 pm Subject: Heads Up |
So did HD traffic actually have the road closure? |
Topic: HD Traffic range reduced AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 100
Views: 42116
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 3:23 am Subject: HD Traffic range reduced AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
My understanding is that it does not affect the map view of traffic incidents (as demonstrated by your screenshots),Seems rather unlikely to me that there were no 'incidents' north of Leeds or South o ... |
Topic: HD Traffic range reduced AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 100
Views: 42116
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:10 pm Subject: HD Traffic range reduced AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
I think that one of us has misunderstood the navcore 3 traffic horizon. My understanding is that it does not affect the map view of traffic incidents (as demonstrated by your screenshots), but if you ... |
Topic: France Speed Camera Database |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 10
Views: 8703
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 1:21 pm Subject: France Speed Camera Database |
tomtom et al have been able to 'fudge' their databases into 'warning zones' rather than a specific point -
Having driven in France with the old and new Tomtom databases, I would say that they ha ... |
Topic: HD Traffic range reduced AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 100
Views: 42116
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:24 pm Subject: HD Traffic range reduced AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
I did a check on HD traffic on NAV3 TomTom models last week...
From my home in West London, I was seeing traffic problems as far north as Birmingham and Leicester which was about 97 miles or 156km ... |
Topic: TomTom admits device 'leap year' bug |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 48
Views: 29727
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:33 am Subject: Re: My TT Go 1005 is dead too! |
They are now saying the original fault lay in the third-party software supplied by the GPS chip manufacturer.
I think that this time they have been pretty swift at finding a solution.
But what ... |
Topic: Warning warning Update Version 11.035 bug |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 17
Views: 14902
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:52 am Subject: Warning warning Update Version 11.035 bug |
From reading the reports, it is not as simple as a quiclGPS file corruption, and it is apparrently affecting some units running older software versions. Some users in the USA report the issue with no ... |
Topic: Speed Cameras in Europe |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 18
Views: 12764
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:50 pm Subject: Speed Cameras in Europe |
The new French legislation came into effect today. as part of a range of "safety" measures.
See google translation.
I don't want to draw conclusions, but the implication seems to be that the PGP ... |
Topic: Go Live 1005 World with SD slot now showingon TomTom UK |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 36
Views: 21781
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:12 pm Subject: Go Live 1005 World with SD slot now showingon TomTom UK |
Who mentioned 40 miles?
The limitation of the device that is the subject of this thread (the Go1005 World) is 40 minutes, not 40 miles, and it affects the incidents displayed on the traffic bar, an ... |
Topic: 1005 first thoughts |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 16
Views: 9532
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:50 pm Subject: 1005 first thoughts |
Does the slightly bigger screen make much difference? about 20% after about 2 days you don't notice it.
Also, is the mini usb charger connection the same as on the x50 series ie can same ... |
Topic: Go1005 GPRS Specs |
JaguarV12e
Replies: 2
Views: 1908
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:30 pm Subject: Go1005 GPRS Specs |
Interesting. I had often wondered if it did EDGE or 3G and if it would be worth pulling out the SIM and putting into a phone or tablet for free data while travelling :D
Contrary to common belief, the ... |
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