A Few Newbie Questions!

[ichilton]

Hi,

I've got an Ipaq 5450 and I just got a TomTom wired GPS and Tom Tom Navigator v3 (GB). I've installed the 3.01 update, the 3.02 gps update, Niels postcode app, checkpoint 2.02, poi-edit and loads of POI's.

I have a few questions I wondered if you guys could answer for me though:

1) Slightly slow updating when i'm driving along, it seems slightly slow updating - so if I set off or speed up, it takes a good 3 or 4 seconds for the speed readout to catch up to anything like the speed i'm doing and if I pass a road, it's another second or 2 before the arrow on the navigator passes is - is this normal?

2) I am getting the odd funny hang or sometimes where I click something and the map or menus dont draw properly and I have to restart - is this normal?

3) Do TomTom produce map updates? - if so how often? - as I say i've installed the 3.01 navigator update and the 3.02 gps update but neither of these mention updating the maps. There is a road near us which has just been built/opened over the last year - how long before this is likely to appear in TomTom?

4) How can I add a specific point into the favorates? - if I sit outside my house the only way I can find to add it is to point to the map and it saves where the cursor is - isn't there a way of saying add the exact current co-ordinates to a favorate?

5) What's the accuracy of these GPS units/software? - i.e to the metre, centimetre, mile??

6) What kind of signal reading is good/bad/normal? - I see tomtom gives me a few bars and a number and the gps info gives a strange bar graph looking thing. On the way home last night, TomTom was giving between 3 and 5 - is this normal?

7) When you navigate to somewhere, tomtom flashes up "GPS position unreliable", then goes ahead and plots the route and works fine - is this normal? - is it just initialising the gps again or something?


Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance !!!

--ian

[lbendlin]

1) you may have too many programs in main memory. You mayy have too many POIs loaded.
2) may be caused by 1)
3) expect map updates on a yearly basis. They will not be free, however. Your road will only be included if bot the map provider and TomTom take it into account. Please report the missing street to TelAtlas.
4) in map mode, tap and hold the location that you want to add. a popup menu appears which includes "Add to Favorites"
5) 15-25 meters
6) you need at least three red bars for navigation. Everytinh above 4 bars is very good.
7) if TomTom can't find your current position on its map then you get that message. As soon as you are on known terrain it goes away. Live with it or report map discrepancies to TeleAtlas.
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Lutz

Report Map Errors here:
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[ichilton]

Hi lbendlin,

Thanks for the reply - just a few followups:

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