TomTom ONE 5.450 - Update May 2006

honey · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2006 Posts: 4

hi guys.

i searched gooogle on tomtom reviews and here is where he linked me.
seems to be "they know what they're talking about".

i purchased the tomtom go 700, I've the following concerns:

1) when navigating to a location of the POI list, is there any way how to read it's actual address too? or the only option is to follow directions blindly?

2) after reading a lot of reviews online. i figured that they use maps out of the last century or earlier, especially in the US. is there a any available link where to update those maps?
or to buy updated discs and transferring their mapping data into the go700? certainly, it needs to be supported.

3) and this is my main concern, many times during a route my device simply loses GPS reception, (i drive Chevy express 03,) and then takes another critical seconds -sometimes up to a minute! - to relocate its position ! extremely frustrating!

10XAM for ur hlp

999tommo · Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject:

Honey, welcome to the forum.... in answer to your questions...

1 - You cannot view the addresses of POI's which are pre-installed. If you were creating your own, then you could put a name and full address, which can be viewed on your POI list or pointing to a POI on your map.

2 - The maps which are installed are always going to be out of date as new roads can take up to two years to appear. Map upgrades are available directly from Tom Tom but are quite pricey so it is not cost effective to update your maps very often. The changes from one map to the next are not generally huge.

3 - It depends on how you have the TT fitted and what features your car has. The TT needs direct line of site to satellites for optimum reception, so ideally on a suction mount on the windscreen. If your car has a heated front screen this can adversely affect reception and so to does a heat-reflective screen. In these cases it is advisable to obtain an external aerial, which can be bought from various on-line sources.

Lastly Honey, your post is about a TT 700, although the thread you have posted on was one regarding a firmware upgrade to the TT One. If you hunt through the forum index, you will find various posts relating specifically to the 700. There is a lot of good information out there to be had. Please make good use of it. If you have another query and can't find the answer by searching the forums, please create a new post clearly stating what device you have.

Regards,

Tommo
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honey · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2006 Posts: 4

thanks tomo for your quick response.

sorry for messing up... i will surely take a quick hunt thru the forum to learn more about the model i possess, GO 700.

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Honey

rattler · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2006 Posts: 2

I bought my TomTom One recently and it came with version 5.45 installed. I want to be able to use the Speed Camera Voice prompts but think that I can only use these up to version 5.44?

Can someone confirm if this is correct and if I do need version 5.44 or lower, am I able to downgrade if I don't have a backup of less than 5.45 ?

Thanks V.much !

thebinman · Banned Joined: Mar 04, 2006 Posts: 770

They're available here http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-poi-alerts.php but there are errors/ommissions

oldfogy · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject:

I hope this might also help anyone.

Cam Type, is the order in which the "Camera Update" comes in.
Snd Assigned, is from the new "5652_new.data.chk" file for the TT One 5.450
Which you can download from here

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-poi-alerts.php

giving a Result of:

Cam Type - Snd Assigned - Result
Gatso 20 ------- Beep 1 = Gatso
Gatso 30 ------- Beep 2 = Gatso 30
Gatso 40 ------- Beep 3 = Gatso 40
Gatso 50 ------- Beep 4 = Gatso 50
Gatso 60 ------- Beep 5 = Gatso 60
Gatso 70 ------- Beep 1 = Gatso
Gatso TBA ----- Beep 1 = Gatso
Gatso VAR ----- Beep 1 = Gatso
Mobile 20 ------- Bell 1 = Mobile
Mobile 30 ------- Bell 2 = Mobile 30
Mobile 40 ------- Bell 3 = Mobile 40
Mobile 50 ------- Boing = Mobile 50
Mobile 60 ------- Bugle = Mobile 60
Mobile 70 ------- Cow = Mobile 70
Mobile TBA ----- Beep 1 = Gatso
Mobile Mobile -- Beep 1 = Gatso
Red Light ------- Cuckoo = Red Light
Specs 20 ------- Polite 1 = Specs
Specs 30 ------- Polite 1 = Specs
Specs 40 ------- Polite 1 = Specs
Specs 50 ------- Polite 1 = Specs
Specs 60 ------- Polite 1 = Specs
Specs 70 ------- Polite 1 = Specs
Specs TBA ----- Beep 1 = Gatso
Specs Temp --- Polite 2 = Temporary

Obviously you don't need to assign all of them if you dont want to, but I thought, what the heck!

oldfogy · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject:

After just reading another post where the person wants to get rid of the spoken speed voices and return to the original sounds, I would recommend that you keep your original data.chk file somewhere safe.

All you then have to do is replace the one you inserted with the original.

999tommo · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:31 pm Post subject:

rattler · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 10, 2006 Posts: 2

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