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Topic: Do NOT buy TomTom Navigator 5 |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:37 pm Subject: Re: Do NOT buy TomTom Navigator 5 |
...set the POI information to only warn if the POI is on your route.
This, I feel, is a bit of a banana skin - when you have a route planned you probably want it set to only if POI is on route, oth ... |
Topic: Moving the TomTom 5 folders |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:28 pm Subject: Moving the TomTom 5 folders |
The program folder can be pretty much anywhere and have any name. However, the map folders need to be in the root of the SD, and TomTom will also create ITN and SCHEMES folders there.
Which is the ... |
Topic: Do NOT buy TomTom Navigator 5 |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:53 pm Subject: Re: Do NOT buy TomTom Navigator 5 |
You can return it within 7 days with the distance selling regulations.
I'm not sure that applies to software where the seal has been broken. Under the distance selling regulations you are supposed ... |
Topic: Moving the TomTom 5 folders |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:22 pm Subject: Moving the TomTom 5 folders |
Like most people, I want to copy the TT5 stuff onto my larger SD card which also contains all of my other programs in order to remove the need to keep swapping cards.
However, I don't want to just ... |
Topic: Tomtom navigator 5 standalone full software package |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:41 am Subject: Tomtom navigator 5 standalone full software package |
As their website stated that there is a CD in the box I will expect both
There is a CD in the retail box. However, it only has the manuals and some extra voice on it. It does not contain the map ... |
Topic: TTN5 BT Map Scrolling is worse than TTN3 |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:05 am Subject: TTN5 BT Map Scrolling is worse than TTN3 |
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO STRESSED BY A PIECE OF SOFTWARE AS THIS BEFORE
A little sense of perspective would be nice. As would not posting the same "see my post..." at the end of every topic. Not ever ... |
Topic: Do NOT buy TomTom Navigator 5 |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:57 pm Subject: Re: Do NOT buy TomTom Navigator 5 |
I had numerous problems seeing the new BT receiver in TomTom although I could see it in Bluetooth manager.
Could this be a problem with your PDA? I haven't had any problems connecting to the recei ... |
Topic: Alternatives to TomTom, using Navtech? |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 3:38 pm Subject: Alternatives to TomTom, using Navtech? |
I wouldn't get too excited about the NavTeq maps either - they're full of different errors. For example, the maps in AutoRoute 2005 (published Aug-Sep 2004) do not contain the M6 Toll Road (opened 20 ... |
Topic: No underscore on the keyboard in TTN5 |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:44 am Subject: No underscore on the keyboard in TTN5 |
If you are using the ABCDE keyboard, hit the 123 button, then hit the #&? button to bring up all the punctuation marks, including an underscore.
If, like me, you are using the QWERTY keyboard, ... |
Topic: using TTN without a destination. |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:17 pm Subject: using TTN without a destination. |
You can make this feature more readily available by placing it on the first available Navigator screen
Not in TT5 you can't - the menus are fixed. |
Topic: TTN5 & HP 4700 or Asus A730 |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:25 pm Subject: TTN5 & HP 4700 or Asus A730 |
Only a couple of seconds at most every time it exited - I didn't count that as 'freezing'...
On the two occasions I resorted to soft-resetting my iPAQ, I only left it about 5-10 seconds (I'm an imp ... |
Topic: TomTom Bluetooth GPS II... |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:17 pm Subject: TomTom Bluetooth GPS II... |
It's not smooth plastic though, so it sits nicely on my dashboard and doesn't slip around.
I'm not convinced a mount is needed - especially as it also was quite happy working away when sat down by ... |
Topic: using TTN without a destination. |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:13 pm Subject: using TTN without a destination. |
someone out there MUST have a 'proper' upgrade version by now
Who needs the upgrade version when you've got the retail version? :P
Yes, hitting 'Clear Route' does exactly what it says on the c ... |
Topic: New TomTom Receiver Power Supply |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:11 pm Subject: New TomTom Receiver Power Supply |
The lack of an AC charger has annoyed me too. However, gpsforless.co.uk sell a car charger to AC adapter thingymajig for £10 which will do the job nicely.
I'd post a link to it, but it looks like ... |
Topic: TTN5 BT - No GPS Device |
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Forum: TomTom Software-Only Products Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:05 pm Subject: TTN5 BT - No GPS Device |
Hmmmm... odd. I have no idea what was going on in your case, but when TT5 on my iPAQ can't find the GPS (because it's turned off) it gives the error message you were saying, but if it does find the G ... |
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