Go 520....does it come with a flash card?

staggers47 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 25, 2008 Posts: 4

Just got a Go 520 today. In the body of the Go there is a plastic dummy card inserted in the flash card slot.

Does it not come with one with the maps on it, like the old Classic did?

Or are they already in internal memory, or what?

carl_the_cobbler · Frequent Visitor Joined: Jul 22, 2007 Posts: 251

520 just has GB & Ireland map, and like you say they are stored on internal memory. If you want a memory card to store other maps etc. on you will need to buy one. The dummy card is to stop dust and other such articles from getting into the cogs and valves!

Cheers

Carl

mikealder · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:17 pm Post subject:

Everything is installed to the internal memory, you can insert an SD or SDHC card to store additional maps, music, pictures or documents, it is also possible to get the application on the SD card and make the device boot from the card rather than the memory (handy if you want to try two different versions of software on the same device) Any files you put on the card need to be placed into correctly named folders, music needs to go into a folder called 'mp3' (without the '') - Mike

staggers47 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 25, 2008 Posts: 4

Ok, so the answer is that it doesn't. Thought I was going mad for a minute.

Specially since this is the third one I've ordered in 10 days. (I ordered the first 2 through a crappy Amazon outfit, where it turned out to be out of stock, and no-one told me, both times - but they took the dosh right away and I'm now waiting for two refunds.)

Thanks people.

BTW although I didn't specifically order it, I actually got a 520 Business. There's a 12 cam database voucher, and also a new map voucher to be used (once!) by end of June 2009. Is that over and above the 30 Latest Map promise?

Also, to try to avoid the various probs that people seem to have had, what order is it preferable to install software / maps in?

Thanks.

mikealder · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject:

The important thing to do is backup the device using Windows Explorer, see the FAQ page in this forum index near the top its one of the sticky threads.

1. Backup with Wn Explorer
2. Update the application to 8.3 using TomTom Home
3. Update the map to v815

I am not too sure about the map voucher you have most devices only offer one free map upgrade if available in the first 30 days of ownership - Mike

Oldboy · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:40 pm Post subject:

carl_the_cobbler · Frequent Visitor Joined: Jul 22, 2007 Posts: 251

Don't the Business Editions come with an extra voucher that has a time limit on it as suggested by the OP.

Total PDA if you type in "TomTom 520 Business" comes up with the 520 with the following "extras"

See Here

Free Map Upgrade, Valid For 2 Years
Free Safety Camera Upgrade, Valid For 2 Years
Free Dedicated Customer Support

Cheers

Carl

Darren · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject:

staggers47 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 25, 2008 Posts: 4

Yup, I do indeed have the Business Edition. It does have this over and above the standard 'Latest Map', so I've just upgraded the software and maps to the latest, got a free 12 month cam subscription, and will be able to upgrade the map for free again in June 2009.

A couple of things while I'm here:

1. I've downloaded several colour schemes via TT Home, and they all apparently installed, but my TT can see only the ones it came with. What do I have to do to enable the new ones?

2. I have a blank sd card. If I create a directory called mp3 on it and put them there, will I need to delete the internal mp3 folder (which only has the demo music on it), so that it finds the directory on the card? Or will it look in both places?

dhn · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Business editon

staggers47 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 25, 2008 Posts: 4

Ok, just did that.

They were in the right place, I just didn't go the extra step and hit 'advanced' and then the horrible pic labelled 'Plug in'.

Unfortunately there's no preview pics for these schemes, so I'll just have to try each one to see how they go.

Still, it's working.

Thanks David.

IanS100 · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

On a 520, can I move the original & only map folder to an SDHC & will the TomTom know to look there by default?

I'm thinking about doing this to free up some memory & although I know it won't make any difference to available RAM would moving some or all of the apps to a fast SDHC improve performance ?

dhn · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

That is correct. It will see the map on the card.
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David

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject: Re: Easy when you know how!

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