REVIEW COMMENTS: TomTom GO

sifi · Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:52 pm Post subject:

Futher to my last staement, I have also seen it is best to keep them topped up. (but again not much of a difference. Temperature may be a more determining factor)

sifi · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:57 am Post subject:

Just to clarify, when I wrote:
"If the battery is fully charged before storage compared to say 50% charged, then the capacity loss is about 15% worse" I did not mention the time. It was over a year period.

To summerise, but experts please correct me, if the battery is not going to be used for a few months then store at about 50% (some say 40% is better). If it is not going to be used for many months then store at 50% but give it a little charge after a few months so as not to let its voltage get dangerously low. If it is used regularly keep it topped up. Many cycles of charging do age it but not too much.

imapbox · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 25, 2004 Posts: 102

TartanGiant · Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:38 pm Post subject: Lost Comms for a while!

pottsy · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:34 am Post subject:

TG,

No worries, and congrats! My folks just did their ruby last month...

Not sure on the science of the polarisation, because my TTG sits inside a cubby with lid. So I simply put the rod horizontally in the upper rear of the cubby then wedged the TTG in after it. And I normally get all sats, with most at full scale on the meter.

The maps round here (EDI) are not very good - you may have seen the example photo I posted earlier. Yesterday I did a 20 minute drive and spotted 12 mistakes. Roundabouts that exist in reality are not on the map, and vice versa, and little roads that are on the TTG but which have long gone. I wondered whether TT had bought old maps, but it looks like the TeleAtlas data is duff - they supply www.map24.com and those maps are just as poor as the TTG. Maybe TeleAtlas have just forgotten Scotland...

SBY, remarkably for the Orange network, stayed that way!

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TartanGiant · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:56 am Post subject: Aerial positioning

Hello Pottsy,

Thanks for the understanding.......... and the gen on aerial placement.

I saw your map photos (nice car!!) a few pages back a bit and will try fixing the re-rad aerial on the back of my TTG in the vertical - like most aerials are meant to be in receive mode............ well apart from VLF where acres of wires can hang horizontally from poles like a spiders web.

I'll let you (and the members here) how I get on.

Being in East Sussex the road system is fairly old, so my map display is very accurate. My adventures further afield with TTG have been very limited so far.
I can fully understand your frustration at the lack of authetic and true maps not being displayed on your TTG in Bonnie Scotland...... I too would be well peed off if that happened down here.
I hope TTG R&D officials monitor what we, the users, are saying about their product.

Perhaps they will join in and offer some crumbs of their thoughts on the matters raised? Maybe Dave can persuade TTG management to take an active monitoring role in what we say here?

Anyway, I'm off to see what I can manage with the TTG re-rad hardware set-up.

Happy safe flying.

TG

PS: Thank goodness members are getting back into focus TTG issues instead of cars and IQ's.

sifi · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:14 pm Post subject:

imapbox · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 25, 2004 Posts: 102

sifi · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:05 pm Post subject:

Thanks Imapbox, I've tried e-mailing Teleatlas again. You suggest phoning the local rep. How do you find out where (s)he is. On their main website I can only find a number for their main base.

imapbox · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 25, 2004 Posts: 102

Lampman · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:29 am Post subject:

Well todays the day...the first update release since I purchased TT GO,can't wait.
But I may have to! Laughing

MikeB · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:39 am Post subject:

I am afraid that today is not going to be the day for software release. Software update status is in this thread.
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Mike Barrett

Simon1 · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:01 pm Post subject:

I haven't taken the plunge yet and am wondering apart from the obvious mapping errors which are a separate issue, what are the software problems that need updating?

buglawton · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 12, 2004 Posts: 3

Tomtom emailed me back posiitively about 2 improvements for these options on the TomTom GO:

- Night colours automatically at dusk
- Volume louder at higher speed automatically

But they said no can do (even in the future) about selecting a road to avoid. e.g. the M25.

So can anyone suggest the best manual way to remove the M25 part of a route (say) then recalculate? I can't get to grips with the Avoid part of Route option that comes with the TTG.

Has anyone tried just driving off the road you don't want - do you get guided straignt back onto it?

So far, excellent experience with this device.

Lampman · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 2:00 pm Post subject:

Well I tried ignoring the selected route to Lytham and the TT was telling me to take the 5th exit of the roundabout,when there was only a choice of 3.
On non motorway routes, if ignored the TT tells me to Turn Around,before re locating itself and continuing the original route.

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