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fao91
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:51 pm    Post subject: v8.002 altitude display Reply with quote

After reading the posts from"vicky" about the 930 and the 920 with navcore 8,i decided to put it in my 520.
I donīt remember having a 0m on the gps status display on any other FW(iīm wrong?!)





Interesting that this FW works like a charm on my 520.
Much faster at power on(1 sec press)
The added mapshare corrections functions are very useful.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I believe that figure is your heading. After the tomtom has moved the number changes to show in which direction it moved (does it have a degree sign after it on your version? it does on version 7.xxx).

Where did you get version 8 from?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

pcaouolte wrote:

Where did you get version 8 from?


Unless fao91 has a 930 and has copied it across it would not be a pukka copy of v8 and should not be discussed on the forums.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

AndyVaughan wrote:

Unless fao91 has a 930 and has copied it across it would not be a pukka copy of v8 and should not be discussed on the forums.
Andy

Agreed. That was what I was trying to establish.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

pcaouolte wrote:
AndyVaughan wrote:

Unless fao91 has a 930 and has copied it across it would not be a pukka copy of v8 and should not be discussed on the forums.
Andy

Agreed. That was what I was trying to establish.


Looks like its a Portugese version from the screen shots..
No doubt everyone else knows that already. (Well it is Sunday Rolling Eyes )
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stuart wrote:
pcaouolte wrote:
AndyVaughan wrote:

Unless fao91 has a 930 and has copied it across it would not be a pukka copy of v8 and should not be discussed on the forums.
Andy

Agreed. That was what I was trying to establish.


Looks like its a Portugese version from the screen shots..
No doubt everyone else knows that already. (Well it is Sunday Rolling Eyes )
The GPS Location shown would seem to put it off the Portuguese coast. Do we know if the 930 has been launched in Portugal yet. Having said that, are we bothered? If so should Vicky's thread not be locked too? (I don't think so, but the 930 hasn't been launched here yet!)
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No,itīs not a heading indication.
Anyway it doesnīt do anything,always at 0 m,even when driving.
Now,where did i get it...i got it from Tomtom service center Smile
A friend of mine is working there and he got me the navcore with a file that even made it to look right(not the 920 menu colors from vicky).
And no he doesnīt give maps or activation procedures.Just the navcore like they gave some people to test it.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fao91 wrote:
i got it from Tomtom service center Smile
A friend of mine is working there and he got me the navcore with a file that even made it to look right(not the 920 menu colors from vicky).
In that case, I'm sure it is illegal and the thread should be locked. I'm sure when your "friend" gave you it, he didn't expect you to go posting about it on public forums!
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shocked Havenīt you read what i wrote?!Like i said they gave the same FW to other people for testing purposes.
Thatīs why i have the same layout(colors,functions)like the 930,730,530.
Iīm not under any NDA.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, but the person you got it from certainly was!

If nothing else, you could get him fired if there was any way of identifying him from your posts.

Also, I can't believe you jumped to conclusions (on the strength of a single "m"?), and posted to say it has an altimeter display; when you are running un-known beta software on a device it was never designed for, and you've found for yourself it doesn't actually DO anything!
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jesus!! Shocked
The NDA expired the moment the x30 range come out to the market/features were anounced.
I was informed that it really is an altimeter.It will work someday! Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

fao91 wrote:

The NDA expired the moment the x30 range come out to the market/features were anounced.


I somehow doubt TomTom would agree with that....

But hey, I'm sure your "contact" knows best....

Shame to lose the compass though... Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fao91 wrote:
jesus!! Shocked
The NDA expired the moment the x30 range come out to the market/features were anounced.
I was informed that it really is an altimeter.It will work someday! Smile


It is working better than you know - you are exactly 0m above the road. Wink

To be honest - GPS altimeters are an interesting curiosity - they aren't accurate enough for anything else.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fao91 wrote:
jesus!! Shocked
The NDA expired the moment the x30 range come out to the market/features were announced.

Odd then that we are still under NDA. It has not expired.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is a little like the Official Secrets Act cvering people who worked at Bletchley Park.

They were told NEVER to divulge what went on there and, as they say, never is a very long time.

Being so clearly in the public eye, it would be foolish of PGPSW to contravene any agreement and jeopardise any future trials or evaluations which they may have otherwise been privvy to.

Like the result of the last competition, patience is a virtue and Darren et al will tell us what they can when they can

edited to correct typo
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