New to TomTom - help needed!

MaFt · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject: New to TomTom - help needed!

ey up! i'm more of a garmin man myself but have recently acquired a tomtom go 300.

however, i have a few problems with it as follows:

i can't seem to connect it to a pc - i'm using a normal usb lead but does it need to be a special 'tomtom' one or something?

because of this i can't use tomtom home to be able to check latest firmware versions etc so can anyone tell me what the latest version is?

i can't seem to pull up full uk postcodes, it only allows for example bd15 as opposed ot bd15 9ax... any ideas?

and, finally, as i don't have a manual for it can anyone le me know the default pass key for connecting via bluetooth?!

cheers in advance

MaFt

MaFt · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject:

never mind.. i stuck the sd card into the card reader and tomtom home picked it up and has started downloading updates.

however, it still won't work with a full uk postcode... could it be out of date maps? i have v562.0

MaFt

Border_Collie · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject:

Try putting an empty folder on your card and name it tomtom

It works on PDA's so with a bit of luck it may work on your 300. Smile

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sgould · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 05, 2004 Posts: 1320

Are you looking in the right place to put the postcode?

After "Navigate to..." there's a postcode button on the 2nd page. If you put the code into the address it will only accept the first five digits. And don't use a space in the middle.

If still no postcode, check you have a folder called "zip". The postcode file "great_britain_postal" (or something like that) should be in it.
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rugrat2 · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject:

Also check in the root of your card for a flolder called zip about 8mbs...
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rugrat2 · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject:

Also check in the root of your card for a flolder called zip about 8mbs...
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MaFt · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject:

cheers for the info.

there's an empty folder called TomTom already.

there's no 'zip' though - i presume that it is 'zip' as in zip code rather than a zip file? where would i get one from?

MaFt

joedavid0 · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 12, 2005 Posts: 23

My TT GO will not work with full post codes even though I have the 6.15, I understand I need the 2006 map upgrade for which I've waited 10 months.
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Oldboy · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

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