Go 730 ; 'switch to night view when dark' not working

TangoCharlie

Is this a TomTom bug?

If I tick the box that says 'switch to night view when dark' the display instantly enters night screen mode, whatever the daylight present.
Can someone explain that feature please? It doesnt seem to be working.

The Navman uses the time and the time the sun sets and rises I believe. If the TomTom has a sensor, it doesnt appear to be very good.

many thanks,
Tc

TangoCharlie · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:01 pm Post subject:

Im begining to think Ive got a faulty sensor on my TomTom.
If so Ive got to consider if its worth sending it back.

Tc

dhn · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject:

Just before you do, can you try a pin reset first and if that doesn't help, dl and run the Clear Flash tool found here
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clockworks · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 16, 2006 Posts: 21

Had the same problem with my 510 several times. Hard reset (switch on whilst pressing the reset button) fixed it.

bloater · Lifetime Member Joined: Nov 01, 2004 Posts: 91

I was thinking I had the same issue on my 730.

However.....

It seems to like it very light before switching to day view. I found that starting it in the car on a dull day was fine, it stayed on day view. If however I started it indoors, and it started in night view, it needed a lot more light to switch to day view.

I've been happily driving along in sunny conditions, albeit wintry sunshine, in night view, for it then to suddenly switch to day view.

It doesn't bother me too much. Try turning it on in car and see if that helps it stay in day mode.

Bloater

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject:

Just disable the auto switch for day/ night (Change Preferences/ Brightness Preferences) and deselect both check boxes.

Next put a short cut for this function in the shortcut menu (Change Preferences/ Quick Menu Preferences and select the "Switch day/ night view") this way a very simple access to the manual selection is given to the user.

I am not too sure if its the low angle of the sun at this time of year making it more difficult for the device to auto switch, but I find the manual selection far less distracting than a unit changing between colour schemes and backlight levels, at least I have control of what the device is doing - Mike

TangoCharlie · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:23 am Post subject:

dhn · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:07 pm Post subject:

The 'clear flash' tool is benign in that no settings are lost. It's geared specifically for instances where user settings don't 'take'.
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HenryMitchell · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject:

I've had problems with this for years on 910, 930 and my new 940. The best fix I have found it to deselect both options, re-boot and then re-select the options. All done whilie it is away from the active mount.
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