Tomtom gps problem

james123 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 19, 2005 Posts: 7

I have been using tomtom since tomtom 2, and have allways loved it, and never had a big issue, however i tryed updating my Dell PDA to windows mobile 5, never installed tomtom on the setup as the operating system was no good. i formated the PDA and went back to WM2003SE which is what i always ran tomtom on, since doing this i have not been able to get a GPS fix in tomtom, it says in the main window "no GPS device!" however when i go into th GPS setting in the menu the yellow and black disk in the top right hand corrner is spinning, is this not ment me mean it is working? i sat in the car for 10mins and still not even one bar showed up on the GPS screen. I setup the GPS the same way as allways and its all pluged in with power as allways!

What does the spining disk mean as i assumed it ment it has found GPS hardware that is working yet it still says "no GPS device"?

please help.....

thanks james

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject:

your receiver is probably running in SiRF mode. Switch it to NMEA.
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james123 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 19, 2005 Posts: 7

how do i do that? there is no switches on the gps its self

Border_Collie · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:03 am Post subject:

I have a different unit but try opening TomTom, tap on the radio bars bottom right. Next screen tap in grey rectangle. Next screen Tap on Configure and choose the appropriate settings.

I assume you have TTN5.21. If you have an athermic windscreen on your car, that could be the problem.

I found TTN3 to be OK but since updating to TTN5.21, I have to stand outside the car to get a lock before setting up inside. Once I have the lock there are no problems.
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lbendlin · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:34 am Post subject:

You have a different issue. Yours is that TTN5 is impatient when it doesn't have a fix on startup, and initiates a cold reboot of the GPS. The workaround is to give the receiver and advantage of one, two minutes BEFORE starting TomTom

As for the other question - use APLSirf on the PDA to switch protocols.
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Border_Collie · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:43 am Post subject:

Mikeact · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:02 am Post subject:

Border_Collie · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:24 am Post subject:

lupos0_1 · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:54 am Post subject:

[quote="Lost_Property]
Only really need one Plus map for the Major Roads of Europe.

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Thats right. It would only take up unneccesary space otherwise 8)
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