REVIEW COMMENTS: TomTom Navigator 2004 NA

DEF · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject:

Looks like there was a Bar-B-Q somewhere in Spring, Texas......how was the brisket?

flyguy26e · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:31 am Post subject:

flyguy26e · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:45 am Post subject: Re: Some great news....

DataMan · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:41 am Post subject:

From the review it sound like I could use the Maps from TomTom Nav 2004 USA and Canda with the TomTom Nav 3 is this correct?

would you please advice David... Idea

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:59 pm Post subject:

You have to legally own both products to be able to do that.
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DataMan · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:20 pm Post subject:

DataMan

:D well I have both TomTom Navigator 3 (which I updated to 3.07) and Tomtom 2004 USA and Canada after working alot with both of these I found a twik in it that could make the maps of tomtom 2004 readable to Tomtom 3 it is a file that I made and the way of installation.

Im happy with tomtom now. b/c The TT3 didnt have the USA Maps but it has a lot of functions and Tomtom 2004 that had the Maps was lacking a lot of functions. so now all is cool and I will wait till they give out their new update.. lets hope they will improve..

lbendlin · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:27 am Post subject:

There is an easier way to accomplish that. Simply buy the USA map pack for TomTom Navigator 3

http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=600
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DataMan · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 1:13 am Post subject:

Very Expensive and I already got the Tomtom 2004 as an update to tt2.

lbendlin · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 1:51 am Post subject:

I was not aware of that update path. Did you get it automatically or did you have to apply for it? I have TTN2 USA, but was never sent any update.
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farwellbooth · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 2:42 am Post subject:

My thoughts about 04:

What I like:

-Having street names and freeway exit numbers on the map. This feature alone, even with all the losses in 04 makes it worth the upgrade to me. Cruising down the freeway and being able to see the exit number well before you can actually read the road sign is worth some money. Having names/exits increases my situational awareness big time.
-The smoother movement of your position over the map. It looks really nice.
-Hearing a cow moo when I'm near a Nightlife POI is too cool. It's hilarious! If I'm not having fun it's not worth it. Being able to select the warning distance and sound is valuable.
-Customizable POIs. While the POI is somewhat updated it's imperative to add my own POIs. While I did this on the previous version I spent a lot of time making little graphics and transferring them. Now I have quite a few icons to choose from.
-The map turns to grayscale when you lose your fix. While I rarely lose it it's handy in tunnels, under large evergreens etc.
-Landscape mode. My hard wired Brodit mount also rotates 90 degrees so it's handy however I think I may like portrait better.
-I don't have to turn on my BT. TT turns it on for me. Lutz walked me through a registry hack, more later.
-Touch screen finger pad for volume
-Jane English UK voice is the best! LOVE her accent. Not sure if I could add her on the old version but I'm in love with her accent, maybe her. And "motorway" just sounds better than "highway"

What I don't like:

-The loss of distance to destination is huge. I'd much rather have remaining distance than time or speed. Giving you current time, time of arrival, and remaining time to destination is redundant. I'm pretty sure I can subtract. And what's up with fractions of hours vs. minutes? What in the world is .19 hours? How about minutes? I can handle yards but this sucks.
-Don't like the autozoom algorithm. I like to zoom out so I can see more roads and where I'm going to be further out in time. Unfortunately by default after I zoom out it zooms back in. I really miss the option of not autozooming in the previous version.
-Miss the buttons assigments. Very nice to change between day/night colors or 3d/2d with a push of a button. And exit with a button too, and volume etc. All gone
-Miss the compass. The red circle representing north was extremely valuable in enhancing my situational awareness.
-The font is smaller. I can just make out the times and I have excellent vision.
-Extremely challenging for me to install. Sure it installed easy but then like other versions TT hijacked my BT and I couldn't use my Pocket Navigator. Thankfully Lutz (Thank you!!!) walked me through editing some of the registry. I worked on it for days and couldn't get it all to work and then Lutz spent over 2 hours with me. The port hijacking should be illegal.

All in all even with the losses I think it's an improvement. Like most things in life I had to make a few concessions but worth it.

DataMan · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 3:40 am Post subject:

they have an upgrading promotion of tt2 to tt 2004 for 53 $ in USA website.

Mizio · Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:19 pm Post subject: TT 2004 US

Has anyone been able to load TT 2004 into a Dell V50, which is not yet in the TT 2004 compatibility list?

Thanks

DataMan · Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: TT 2004 US

crash · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:08 am Post subject:

is there anything to gain by using the tomtom 3.07 version with the 2004 maps? i've been playing with the tomtom 2.34 version over the 2.24 maps trying the itinerary settings (still trying to figure it out.) do you add any new functions by running 3.07 with 2004 maps? thanks.

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