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mobile Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Deal Kent
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:34 pm Post subject: Tom Tom 5 with Globalsat 338 and an HP 4700 |
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I am using a globalsat BT 338 with a HP 4700 PDA. Tom Tom is set for a journey and then 2 or 3 minutes into the journey Tom Tom goes off and the desk top comes on and the only way to get Tom Tom back is to reset the jouney until it goes off again. The same thing happens on the demo journey. Can anybody shed any light on the problem. |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Upgrade TomTom to version 5.1 _________________ Lutz
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mobile Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Deal Kent
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject: Navigator 5.1 |
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Many thanks for the advice. Will this solve the overheating problems, when the PDA is using Tom Tom it gets red hot. Cheers mobile |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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No. TTN5.1 still shows the same issue of utilizing the processor 100%. We haven't received any statement from
TomTom on this, left alone a fix. Very poor programming. _________________ Lutz
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mobile Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Deal Kent
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again it looks like I am stuck with the overheating problem until Tom Tom come up with a fix. Had I have known this I would have kept my money in my pocket. Also, I am very greatful for the service you provide without your forum I would have been completely at a loss as how to proceed with GPS. cheers mobile. |
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mobile Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Deal Kent
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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with regard to the overheating problem I put it to Tom Tom and there reply was as follows "Overheating does not occur with our software we have HP4700 models here with or without the update 5.1 installed and this problem does not occur". So what are we to make of that? Mobile |
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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I'd call that ignorant. _________________ Lutz
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mobile Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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you are right, they are not going to admit that they have got a problem so I am left holding the baby. cheers mobile |
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SimonCatlin Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jan 11, 2004 Posts: 565 Location: London
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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:40 am Post subject: |
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I can understand TomTom's attitude here. The system is designed to run at 100% or HP would have not released it. And I would question the 100% as other applications ar running at the same time (GPSgate, GPSdash 2, POI Warner and Trafcam).
It is not overheating, because if it did, the system would stop working.
Yes, 100% for 3 hours is not good and I have already had one motherboard replaced by HP one my 4700, but I cannot pin this on TomTom as I had just installed a softpaq.
I have stuck mine on the vent mount and blast air conditioned air onto mine to solve the problem until the hot battery.... _________________ iPhone5, TomTom, Google maps, Navfree, Viewranger and Apple Maps (ekk) |
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mburton2 Regular Visitor
Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 137 Location: Essex, UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:58 am Post subject: |
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Does it run at 100% on all iPAQs??
I run my TTN5 (Not 5.1) on my 3970 and dont get any overheating
problems.
I've never have tomtom crash on me
I do sometimes get tomtom START when I turn my iPAQ on....but I let it open, then quit the application. |
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