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Topic: TomTom alternative route algorithm |
cecilrhode
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:45 am Subject: TomTom alternative route algorithm |
could it be that TT has a road speed which is incorrect ie less than it actually is? as a result, it calculates a longer travel time, which is then superseded as you make better progress on that road? |
Topic: moving default overlay folder |
cecilrhode
Replies: 2
Views: 3365
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Forum: Memory-Map Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:49 pm Subject: moving default overlay folder |
thanks geoff. Alas i think you may be right.
The installation folder is as you say, whilst the overlays are in D:\My Folder.... because thats my default folder in place of C:\my Docs and settings e ... |
Topic: moving default overlay folder |
cecilrhode
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Views: 3365
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Forum: Memory-Map Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:54 pm Subject: moving default overlay folder |
Apologies if this has been covered before but I couldn't find it.
I want to move the default folder for MM5 overlay and other files. I have identified an 'Overlay' folder that is updated whenever I ... |
Topic: UK vs W Europe map on TT720T |
cecilrhode
Replies: 3
Views: 1968
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:08 pm Subject: UK vs W Europe map on TT720T |
Can't remember if your model can use internal memory and SD card at same time... if it can, simply copy the map files to your SD card. If it cannot, copy *everything* from your device's internal memo ... |
Topic: Go 530 not clever routing |
cecilrhode
Replies: 12
Views: 7440
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:13 am Subject: Go 530 not clever routing |
well you said it in your post: roads look the same on the map. imagine looking at a map,.... say Spain, Italy or any foreign country and trying, as a TT programmer, how you would make a TT unit choose ... |
Topic: Advanced Lane Guidance Improvement ? |
cecilrhode
Replies: 15
Views: 6631
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:58 am Subject: Advanced Lane Guidance Improvement ? |
Yes, I lose the POI warnings, sometimes from a simple switch on, but mostly from spontaneous self-switch-on. It also happens to me every time I connect it to the PC (even though that doesn't fire up T ... |
Topic: Tomtom map download for 1 year ? |
cecilrhode
Replies: 15
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:38 am Subject: Tomtom map download for 1 year ? |
Notwithstanding the issuing of a notice that the map can be downloaded for a year, or when that notice is made, what are opinions about how long the map should be available to re-download?
I think ... |
Topic: Tomtom map download for 1 year ? |
cecilrhode
Replies: 15
Views: 9275
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:43 pm Subject: Tomtom map download for 1 year ? |
On each of the 2 occasions on which I have purchased maps from Tomtom for download it has been made clear that I had 1 year in which to execute the download. Not only that, but if the same map was upd ... |
Topic: Tomtom map download for 1 year ? |
cecilrhode
Replies: 15
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:30 pm Subject: Tomtom map download for 1 year ? |
you have had your downloadable map. you got it, and the fact you lost it is not their fault is it?
personally, I wish you well, but I think you would lose any court battle as they complied with the ... |
Topic: Help! Big flashing X on my new TomTom XL |
cecilrhode
Replies: 6
Views: 3421
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:32 pm Subject: Help! Big flashing X on my new TomTom XL |
i agree with everything said. the first thing anyone should do with a new unit is make a full copy of everything on the device before they do a single thing. before they add their address (ok maybe no ... |
Topic: Go 530 not clever routing |
cecilrhode
Replies: 12
Views: 7440
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:04 pm Subject: Go 530 not clever routing |
the problem is in the classification of roads. I was in a large town recently and the route tried to take me down a track behind houses and across open ground. pot holed and rutted, it was suitable fo ... |
Topic: EU Rounderbouts |
cecilrhode
Replies: 12
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:10 pm Subject: EU Rounderbouts |
There are many different sources of custom voices, some knocking around for a while, and hence quite old. So many sources introduce variability in the actual words chosen (not all amateurs or get rich ... |
Topic: Tomtom map download for 1 year ? |
cecilrhode
Replies: 15
Views: 9275
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:57 pm Subject: Tomtom map download for 1 year ? |
I think the problem you might have there is that your map may have been superseded by several other versions (depending on your unit model)
TomTom obviously don't want to have to keep maps (and Nav ... |
Topic: Advanced Lane Guidance Improvement ? |
cecilrhode
Replies: 15
Views: 6631
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:39 pm Subject: Advanced Lane Guidance Improvement ? |
It's happened to me three times today at least - switched itself on again, reboots, wretched lane images come back again.
I don't think the problem is with the Lane Guidance, it's your unit reboo ... |
Topic: Removing voices |
cecilrhode
Replies: 3
Views: 2116
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:20 pm Subject: Removing voices |
thanks for your reply. it's not actual operating performance speed, its having fewer icons to skip through to get to the one I want (esp when my son is choosing a voice) to make it easier and faster.
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