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Greenglide Lifetime Member
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 295 Location: South East Northumberland, UK
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:37 pm Post subject: Removing TT speed camers and Petrol Stations |
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Having got a Go 540 Live and trying to learn to live with it there a couple of the TT "features" I am trying to get rid of!
TT Home keeps on offering me the TT speed cameras - I always reject the kind offer along with the update the navcore 9 to break my unit. However it displays and occasionally beeps at speed cameras. I know I managed to stop this on my 520 but I cant remember how I did that and couldnt find anything using search.
TT Home also keeps offering me european petrol price updates - are these the ones that are provided via TT Live and I can ignore them?
Is there a way I can stop it showing petrol stations all the time? Is this tied to the Live system? Display of all of the POIs are turned off.
I want to get rid of this clutter before putting the PGPSW cameras and warnings on _________________ TomTom Go 540 - V9.058, Map GB & Ireland 860.3101
TomTom Go 520T, V8.351, TTS V7, Map GB & Ireland 855.2884
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Tomo Lifetime Member
Joined: May 17, 2004 Posts: 212 Location: Fife Scotland
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Go through the menu until you find 'Live Services' and then to Speed cameras and disable warnings. Job done. I believe that these will always be offered on Home though whenever you plug into you PC to update the unit. I keep them updated just in case my PGPSW database gets corrupted and cant get access to a PC for a few days (sometimes the config file on the TT goes tits up and that contains the settings for warning distance etc)
Regarding the petrol prices, are these really worth getting rid of? Least when you are out and about you can use them to find the cheapest fuel nearby?
Steve |
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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: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Tomo wrote: | Regarding the petrol prices, are these really worth getting rid of? Least when you are out and about you can use them to find the cheapest fuel nearby? | Have TT fuel prices got better then? |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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I suspect tomo drives a special Delorean! |
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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: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Most of your points have been covered, but there's one outstanding...
Quote: | Is there a way I can stop it showing petrol stations all the time? Is this tied to the Live system? Display of all of the POIs are turned off. |
I've scratched my head and I can't think of any way the petrol stations can still be showing if you really HAVE switched them off in the preferences.
The only two possibilities I can think of are that you still have them set up for a "Warn when near" or you've been having a sneaky look at the Fuel Prices pages in LIVE Services which might somehow turn them back on again (I couldn't make it do it when I tried just now, but I'm running v9 software).
I'm also surprised Home is offering you European fuel prices. I've got full Europe mapping and I only get offered UK fuel prices when I update via Home. But then nothing Home does should surprise any of us any more! |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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I have European mapping and I get European fuel prices. About 8 or 9 different countries. |
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MrT Frequent Visitor
Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 2143 Location: Surrounded by A1, M1 & M25
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:24 am Post subject: |
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In the past with the Fuel Stations, there are two sets of POI on Live Devices, there are the set included in the basic POI and also the set downloaded as part of Live Services. The set from Live Services are saved in the map folder as "FuelStationsEU.ov2". I thought the set from the Live Services will show up what ever the "show POI" settings are and the only way to get rid of them is to delete the FuelStationEU files from the device.
However having had to do this before, I now have no Petrol Stations showing on my map but do have the Petrol Station Live POIs installed. I now assume there may be a difference between map versions or application versions. I also seem to remember a file called additional fuel stations or similar which I no longer have.
This is a little confusing. _________________ Drivelux |
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Greenglide Lifetime Member
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 295 Location: South East Northumberland, UK
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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Andy_P wrote: | I've scratched my head and I can't think of any way the petrol stations can still be showing if you really HAVE switched them off in the preferences.
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I was applying the changes suggested last night and noticed the the first 5 POIs in the list had re-enabled themselves even though I had turned off the display of them when I originally set the device up. Strangely enough the same five were selected for display out of the box I have turned them off again and we will see how long they stay off!
The joys of TT! But at least it reads the road numbers out "properly" now _________________ TomTom Go 540 - V9.058, Map GB & Ireland 860.3101
TomTom Go 520T, V8.351, TTS V7, Map GB & Ireland 855.2884
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MrT Frequent Visitor
Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 2143 Location: Surrounded by A1, M1 & M25
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Map Share also has a function in it where POIs are similarly updated through Home. I did not select any POIs to be updated but there were several selected in Home which I have now deselected. These also appear to have self enabled on the map. _________________ Drivelux |
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Tomo Lifetime Member
Joined: May 17, 2004 Posts: 212 Location: Fife Scotland
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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PaulB2005 wrote: | I suspect tomo drives a special Delorean! |
I do agree that the fuel prices can be out of date.... I didnt suggest that they were, but at least they give;
A. The location of a petrol station and
B. Although the price may be inaccurate it will show who is the cheapest in the area which, to be fair generally is the same, regardless of what the actual price is.
Steve ;-) |
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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 Sep 08, 2010 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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Tomo wrote: |
I do agree that the fuel prices can be out of date.... I didnt suggest that they were, but at least they give;
A. The location of a petrol station |
Unless of course the "Petrol station" it sends you to is:
1. a block of flats
2. a tyre yard
3. an HSS hire shop
4. an auto electrician
5. a supermarket (with no petrol pumps)
6. a primary school
7. a private house
All of these and more can be your goal with TomTom Fuel Prices LIVE! |
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PaulB2005 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Andy_P wrote: | Tomo wrote: |
I do agree that the fuel prices can be out of date.... I didnt suggest that they were, but at least they give;
A. The location of a petrol station |
Unless of course the "Petrol station" it sends you to is:
1. a block of flats
2. a tyre yard
3. an HSS hire shop
4. an auto electrician
5. a supermarket (with no petrol pumps)
6. a primary school
7. a private house
All of these and more can be your goal with TomTom Fuel Prices LIVE! |
Indeed. And there have also been cases where prices were being updated for forecourts that had long closed. I know one near my old house was until i asked TT why.... |
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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 Sep 08, 2010 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Oh yes... all of my examples above had fuel prices that were "less than 5 days old". |
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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 Sep 09, 2010 11:21 am Post subject: |
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Andy_P wrote: | I've got full Europe mapping and I only get offered UK fuel prices when I update via Home. |
PaulB2005 wrote: | I have European mapping and I get European fuel prices. About 8 or 9 different countries. |
You're absolutely right Paul, I'm talking rubbish!
I was thinking they would be downloaded as separate files (like the speed cameras), but I did an Update using Home last night and sure enough, the single file it offers is for the whole of Europe.
Sorry! |
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