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blackwellgraham Occasional Visitor
Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 22 Location: GO710 from Leicester, UK
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: Annoying overspeed warning |
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Anyone else really ticked off by the way the speed changes from white on black, to flashing red/black on black if you go a few mph over the indicated max speed for the road you're travelling on.
Makes is impossible to see the true accurate speed at a glance. I've complained to TomTom and they've said that they appreciate the feedback. Anyone else complained about this 'feature'?
I'd much rather the speed remains in white on a white background. With the sun on the screen, its even harder to see the display.
I know, I know, "Slow down". That's one answer. But I want to see the speed limit. If you go over the limit, it flashes and becomes impossible to read. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Yes this has been discussed several times before.
If I remember correctly, NO-ONE liked the red flashing.
I have complained to TomTom myself.
Maybe if everyone does it now, (come on, it'll only take 5 minutes) they will listen...
Here's the link (go on - only 5 minutes )
Contact TomTom to moan
You have to go through the rigmarole of selecting your model, then a category and then viewing ANY question to get to the link at the bottom to actually contact them, (just viewing any question in the first list doesn't work), AND you need to be logged in to their site for this to work too.... :x |
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i235rider Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 14, 2004 Posts: 38
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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I followed the link and put in a complaint, this is their reply:-
Thank you for contacting TomTom Customer Support.
This feature has been implemented in our latest map and is very much appreciated by nearly all of our customer. You can turn off showing the speed by clicking on "Change Preferences" and "Status bar preferences".
With best regards,
The TomTom Customer Support Team |
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Patrick_uk Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 23, 2005 Posts: 28 Location: Feering,Essex,UK
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:21 am Post subject: |
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I like the feature but I find lots of errors.
e.g. My TTG thinks most of the A12 from Colchester to Ipswich is a 30 limit !! |
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14901 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:19 am Post subject: |
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Andy_P2002 wrote: | Maybe if everyone does it now, (come on, it'll only take 5 minutes) they will listen...
Here's the link (go on - only 5 minutes )
Contact TomTom to moan
You have to go through the rigmarole of selecting your model, then a category and then viewing ANY question to get to the link at the bottom to actually contact them, (just viewing any question in the first list doesn't work), AND you need to be logged in to their site for this to work too.... :x |
Come on Andy - I thought you were a reasonable edificated guy!! I've given up contacting Tom Tom like this - I'm so old I can't spare the real length of time it takes to go through that lot. I now simply hope that one day Tom Tom might read some of the content of these forums and pay attention to them. But I'm not holding my breath - I mean, what sheer blindness in their reply to i235rider? The only excuse for it is that they are a foreign company and may not entirely understand the English language. Quite frankly, the enormous difficulty of doing a simple customer comment submission to them is a clear indication of how much (little) attention they pay to aftersales.
Patrick_uk I too like the speed feature, but the OP was about the overspeed feature. Tom Tom can't possibly have had "very much appreciated by nearly all of our customer" for that - unless I've got you wrong, I find it hard to believe you appreciate the display going into invisible mode. Every previous comment I've read here likes the speed but not the overspeed. _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
Two of them are obesiting!! |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Here's my reply from them
Quote: | Dear Sir,
TomTom strives to offer products which fullfill the needs of all our users. Your feedback therefore is very important and useful for us, and we would like to thank you for taking your time to inform us how we can better our products.
Kind regards,
TomTom Customer Support |
A carefully crafted individual reply as usual.
I'll add it to the many identical (word-perfect) replies that I have from other suggestions. |
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ianb11 Lifetime Member
Joined: Apr 08, 2007 Posts: 37
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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The TTG is great but this "feature" is incredibly irritating! |
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jean Regular Visitor
Joined: Apr 05, 2005 Posts: 150
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry but I am another one who is in favour of it. If I glance and see it is red, it makes me think to slow down. |
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14901 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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jean wrote: | Sorry but I am another one who is in favour of it. If I glance and see it is red, it makes me think to slow down. | Come and drive down the M5 from Bridgwater to Exeter (56 miles) and you'll be slowing down to 60mph. :D _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
Two of them are obesiting!! |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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I started wearing sunglasses this week for the first time since I got the new maps.
Guess what, the dingy red is even harder to read.
Jean, I wish I had your eyesight! Don't get me wrong, I like the feature (when it is right), I just wish I could read it! |
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pilgarlick Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 28, 2006 Posts: 4
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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Does Overspeed work on TomTom ONE v2 and is ther a voice warning which can be incorporated |
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jean Regular Visitor
Joined: Apr 05, 2005 Posts: 150
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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I will admit it can be a bit hard to see - especially with sunglasses. But my motto is, if I can't read it then I am going too fast!! 8O :D |
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10643 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:54 am Post subject: |
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pilgarlick wrote: | and is ther a voice warning which can be incorporated | There isn't a Voice Warning with that facility. _________________ Richard
TT 910 V7.903: Europe Map v1045
TT Via 135 App 12.075: Europe Map v1135 |
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dogbone Occasional Visitor
Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 16
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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Is it possible to change the colour from red?
Quite why they chose a colour that the eye is least sensitive to.
At least if it was white is would be much easier to see the speed. |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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dogbone wrote: | Is it possible to change the colour from red? | I wish, as do a lot of other users, its not that I speed but where the map speed data is incorrect it makes reading the GPS speed very difficult, dark red on a dark blue back ground is a very poor contrast making it difficult to read - Mike |
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