What does the post code function do ?

Leodis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 27

Hi

Probably been covered before but can someone explain what the navigate to postcode function in TT5 actualy does Question

A for instance, I had to find a house on Main Street in the PE24 area, however there were 5 Main streets in PE24 so I navigated to postcode, typed in the postcode and was then presented with exactly the same list of 5 main streets in 5 villages in PE24. It is as if it recognized PE24 but nothing else and left the decision of which Main Street I went to entirely up to me I was simply no better off using the postcode function and the Main Streets covered a large area, surely it is not possible that they all had the same post code is it ??

Leo

andy-c1 · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject:

postcodes can cover quite a large area ,but when you type in a postcode it tates you to the nearest road according to that postcode and sometimes it does actually take you a different road to what you want
i always use postcodes to get to the correct area then if i can't find the place i then turn to address search
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lupos0_1 · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject:

Did you not have the full postcode???

This should have narrowed it down a lot.

SteveW · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject:

You need to put an empty folder called TOMTOM in the root directory of the storage card - it will work with 6 digits then, as long as you have loaded the postcode file from the CD.

Regards,

Steve

Leodis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 27

Steve

Thanks for your reply. I checked the storage card and the post code file is indeed on there but in a folder named 'ZIP'. Am I right in presuming TT5 will not use the 6 digits if the file is stored in a wrongly named folder ?? and if renamed it will ?? It would certanly seem at the moment it is only using the first 4 digits at the most and entering the full post code does not seem to narrow the location down at all. I cant understand why the folder would have the wrong name as everything was done during installation automaticly by the installation programme with no intervention from me except specifying the storage card as the medium to install the postcodes too.

Regards

Leo

Oldboy

Oldboy · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject:

Leodis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 27

Steve

No I am using 'navigate to postcode' but on the root of the card there is no Tom Tom folder. I will create one and see what happens Wink

Thanks

Leo

Leodis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 27

Richard

Meant to post last reply to you but posted to steve instead OOps

Leo

Leodis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 27

Hi

Success Smile

I created the empty folder and voila the postcode function is working fine. I checked it with the postcodes I tried to find yesterday and it narrowed the location down to the correct position.

Many thanks to you guys you just made my life that little bit easier.

Leo

malum · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Posts: 6

OK

Thanks to the above I now have full postcodes working.

however It doesn't seem to accept postcodes that are single digit

eg CM2 7PY (instead of say CM13 7PY)

I have tried CM02 7PY but that doesn't work

anyone help me out as to how to enter them?

TIA

mikealder · Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject:

Welcome along. just don't leave the gap, the post you quoted comes up as Baddow Road, I assume you know the area - Mike

Oldboy · Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject:

I don't know if it's different for TTN5 but on the TTG you can't put a space into the Postcode.
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SteveW · Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject:

No, you can't put a space in on TT5 either - the postcode above comes out as Mike says - Baddow Road.

Steve

malum · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Posts: 6

many thanks

when you put a space it looks like it's automatically removed by the software. In fact it appears as though it knows the space is there even if it doesn't show it.

Thanks for the help (and the welcome).

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