Safety Camera (UK) alarm does not sound

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:18 am Post subject:

Has anyone here ever got TomTom to admit to this serious bug?

bennyk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 28, 2003 Posts: 22

Hi Guys
I had this bug on V5.42 so it's not new in V6. I have recently upgraded to V6 ( over the weekend) and the problem is still present.

One thing that did occur to me is are the notifications direction dependant - ie if a camera has been flagged on the Northbound site of the carriageway, will you get a warning if travelling southbound?

Just a thought......?

Oldboy · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: bug

mullengers · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 15

I get the same; TomTom GO 910 inbuilt speed cameras are silent, but the pocket GPS cameras beep and whiz just as on my old TomTom Nav 5 Pocket PC.

cleanbloke · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 15

thanks oldboy for the info, yes i do own a tomtom 910 v6.11, sorry about not letting anyone know what i've got to help sort this problem out........

reading all these problems users have about this particular bug, LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR SCREENS MORE WHILE DRIVING WHICH TOTALLY DEFEATS THE OBJECT OF HAVING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, HOW RIDICULOUS...........

Grrrr

mikealder · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject:

An easy work around to your problem is to put a double set of POI's into the device, once configured the warnings work great.
1/ create a folder on the PC and unzip the latest database into it.
2/ Re-name each file placing 1 infront of it.
3/ Unzip the latest download into the same folder. (you will now have two seperate copies of the database in the same folder)
4/ Copy all the files to the Western Europe Map folder.
5/ Set up the warn when near POI, for the normal camera files use a full warning description, assuming you are employing TTS something like "Warning GATSO ahead, speed limit is 30 miles per hour" - set the distance to what you require.
6/ Set up the warn when near POI, for the re-named files use the character _ (this is a simple silent pause) set the distance to 100 Yards (minimum distance)

now you will get all the warnings for every camera, its a pain to do initialy, but the update is easy to do, once you have worked out the set-up, only the file re-naming is required for each update, configuring the device is a once off opperation - Mike

cleanbloke · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 15

thanks mikealder for your help and info, i shall try and give it a go on the instructions you have given.

Happy

n4nick · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2006 Posts: 136

Hi Guys

Is the new One going to suffer the same problem? In general, how does the warning on a tomtom compare to a garmin nuvi. The nuvi gives a bong and a visual icon together with a warning of the speed camera and limit in the navigation banner. This is followed by a further bong when close and then a continuous warning if you are over the limit. Is the tomtom the same?

Thanks - Nick

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: bug

mikealder · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject:

This "Bug" manifests itself in the following way, pass a camera location you get a warning, pass a second camera of the same type you get the visable warning but no audio, unless there is another voice issued first i.e. a navigation prompt or a second camera warning for the same location provided by a seperate POI containing duplicate information - hence the double install as detailed above.
This is easy to observe in use where I live, it takes a simple drive up Blackpool prom to illustate the problem and the subsequent work around - Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject:

As I thought... so I can confirm that for multiple "variable" gatsos on the M25 gantries I *DO* get every audible alert, with or without any other spoken directions in between.
I do, however use the standard Polite2 bong rather than any custom voice alerts, if that makes any difference.

Also, apologies for error above - this is with v5.440 software not 5.42

n4nick · Regular Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2006 Posts: 136

Thank for the reply...perhaps the system on the nuvi is slighty better and it is definately easier to set up than tomtom.

Is it possible to navigate in km/m but receive speed warnings in mph? Annoyingly with the nuvi even if you upload camers in mph it converts the data to kph when navigating in km/m.

Thanks - Nick

999tommo · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:51 am Post subject:

bennyk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 28, 2003 Posts: 22

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