tomtom car kit.

[spvc500man]

Anyone else find the H2210 hard to remove from the supplied tomtom car kit. Mine is nearly impossible to remove without removing the holder from the screen mount.

[gilbem1]

I thought I must be doing something wrong as I also can't get my Palm T3 out of the supplied Tom Tom car kit without releasing the suction mount and grappling with the PDA...or am I doing something wrong and there is an easy way to release the PDA after all ?

[yealmgps]

Yes it is ridiculously tight to slide off and I suspect that soon it will be eating the finish of the PDA. Maybe some silicon spray inside the holder will help but I have not tried this yet.

[a4ace]

it is a very secure fit. what i do is support the base with my right hand, then with my left hand, palm facing me, grab the ppc with the thumbkin and pointer, and use tallman to push it off from the back. :D
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[oddsock]

[gilbem1]

I know the PDA has to be secure but isn't it crazy that we are having to resort to clothes pegs etc when you've shelled out over £250 for an item. Can you imagine having to 'clothes peg' a mini-DV out of a camcorder or a DVD disk out of a DVD player..you just wouldn't accept it would you?

I have now removed the black foam pad that is stuck on the cradle and replaced it with a thinner version which helps but still requires a mini-crow bar to lever the PDA out !

If it wasn't for the fact that a 'bundle' was the only way I could get the Palm software, I would definately have gone for a Brodit....that and the fact that after 3-days, the GPS receiver still will not work...I just knew before I bought it that it wouldn't after reading all the posts in these forums !! :x

[Crocodile]

Dear All,

Presumably, if you're using the Tom Tom car kit, you are also using Tom Tom software. Given the "quality" of the software, why would you be surprised to find the car kit poorly designed & badly executed?

Quote from Tom Tom:

"Thank you for your E-mail to TomTom Customer Support. All our carkits are manufactured to be very tight. We hope to have answered your question to your satisfaction. With best regards,

The TomTom Customer Support Team"

This is obviously just an extension of the Tom Tom official policy of "we could do it properly but we can't be arsed".

[spvc500man]

I agree that tomtom may not be the best sat nav program, but I bought it in a package, with the Hp H2210, as this PDA suits my needs perfectly. I have digital cameras using both SD and CF, and my SPV C500 uses mini SD with an adaptor. So this means all cards can be used to swap between devices, if bought seperatly it would have cost me £150 more, so can now afford to buy copilot or similar, and try that instead. Which sat nav is the best, as different people say different ones. oddsock how do you take off the rubber sides, as mine seem alittle loose, but can not see how they come off.

[oddsock]

Grasp the ipaq between both hands with grip towards you ..press hard with the tip of one thumb at the bottom of the grip (this will release the bottom clip) then with pressure still applied push grip upwards .you may need the help of the other thumb further up the grip .
dave

[carl_w]

Are we talking about the same car kit? My 2210 slides in and out of the TT kit with no problem

Mind you, I do have the PPC-Techs aluminium side grips on mine, rather than the original rubber ones.

[oddsock]

[gilbem1]

Yes, for the past couple of days the page titles were displayed as usual but the page content took about 15 seconds to display on each access....seems back to normal now though !

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