Brought my 730T today - What next ?

keithjeffrey

Well I did it...........I got myself a 730T today.
Only had a little play with it so far but I am VERY impressed with what I have seen so far.
Loading the PGPSW Speed Cameras onto it straightaway is , of course , a given.
Is there anything else that I should put onto it that will come in handy ?
Whats the verdict of the TMC on the 730T , does it work OK ?
When I got the TMC unit for my Navman F20 I had to buy an additional aerial and lead to get it to work.
I just wondered if the 730T TMC does the job with the aerial supplied ?
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Keith
TomTom GO 730T App 8.392 (1909/091109) , W and CE 2GB v835.2419

Anita · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject:

You have done a Windows Explorer backup, haven't you?
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Anita
TomTom VIA 135 - App 12.075
UK map 1130.12368
Samsung Galaxy S21

keithjeffrey · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject:

Anita · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject:

Yes. Do it now, and whenever you make anything other than minor changes to your device. Then if anything goes wrong you can reinstall a backup to put it right.

Follow the instructions at #1 in the TomTom FAQs here.

And then read the rest of them.
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Anita
TomTom VIA 135 - App 12.075
UK map 1130.12368
Samsung Galaxy S21

keithjeffrey · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the "heads up" Anita !!!
I have only had 2 sat. navs. before ( both small Navmans ) so this is my first Sat. nav. with all the "whistles & bells" so I want to do everything right.
It cost a lot of money and I don't want to knacker it up.

A thought as I type this , should I delete Tomtoms speed cameras off before I put the PGPSW speed camera database on it ?
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Keith
TomTom GO 730T App 8.392 (1909/091109) , W and CE 2GB v835.2419

DennisN · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject:

maca2 · Frequent Visitor Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Posts: 303

The TMC works very well for me & I'm very impressed with the whole thing after having this model for a few months now. Some people have reported that they are not pleased with the TMC but I found it to be very accurate indeed & it's go me out of bother a few times now but I guess nothing is perfect.

I think you will find that the 730t is fantastic like I have apart, perhaps, from the slightly duller screen when I compared it to my Garmin 760 but other than that I think it's a blooming marvelous bit of kit & the Garmin was soon on ebay.

The traffic lane warning is kind of cool as well & I thought this was a bit of a gimmick but I find this also very helpful.

mabsey · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 08, 2006 Posts: 43

TMC is very windscreen dependant. I have a hire car at the moment, a Citreon C3, and TMC works Flawless wherever I put the arial lead. I get a strong signal even in the Docklands where I work with all the buildings surrounding me.

Now when i put the unit back in my company car, I get nothing in Docklands at all.

My Company car has a heat reflective windscreen, the Hire car dont, so now I have subscribed to the GPRS TMC instead.

Mabsey

mikealder · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject:

Athermic glass (Heat reflective) serves as a very effective block to both GPS signals and FM radio signals, the GPS should be OK as the newer receivers are very good in pulling in a weak signal.

The FM based RDS-TMC won't be much good at all when shielded by "fancy glass", try sticking it to the side window which should be made of normal glass, otherwise connection to an external aerial is the only real answer when confronted by this type of glass - Mike

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