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Darren
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| MrRubberGloves wrote: | | Just one question regarding the maps, I noticed they are Western Europe, will these be an improvement on the current WE maps and will they have the same amount of countries as the WE&CE maps (silly question?). Also, will the detail of the maps be as poor as the last update with finer details missing, ie, water, some minor roads etc? |
Can't answer that, we had a 520 so have not seen the European mapping, a retail 720 should be with me tomorrow.
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| FazerUK wrote: | | will the 720 be the top of the range, or they bringing the 920 out later |
We have no information that a 920 is in the pipeline, we have asked!
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| SpeedCam wrote: | | :D How does the Text to Speech compare with the 910, my understanding is that the file sizes have been drastically reduced, hopefully this hasn't had an impact on the quality. |
I can't detect any difference in quality, however the 520 we had only had a few TTS enabled languages which may explain the reduction in file sizes, even the 720 won't have US mapping unlike the 910 so that will have an impact on file sizes too.
| Quote: |  Dare I ask...mmmh...any update on the TMC quality, and how this is integrated into the new units? |
It's not integrated and FM TMC will not be a UK option.
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Darren
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| uocooper wrote: | | One of the new features is the ability to select the state or country you want to see results for when inputting a new address. Do you have to do this each time you enter a new destination or can you set it once and each new destination will be for that state or country until you decide to change it? |
You only need to set this once for each country you visit.
| Quote: | | Is using speech recognition to input destinations faster than typing it? |
Faster? Not really, easier when driving, of course!
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Darren
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Our French cousins have a review up already, it's in French of course but plenty of images and a video to gander at! See here.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| SpeedCam wrote: | | One more question regarding BT, do these devices now support the new PAN profile ? |
I don't have any devices that use PAN with which to check but will ask TomTom.
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A quick screenshot to demonstrate the building layout representation which is new to the latest TeleAtlas mapping.
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Hamie
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Quick question. Have they fixed the auto zoom problem, where the unit wants to keep the zoom at about a 120metre scale? On the motorway I'd really like to be able to see more than a few hundred metres around the vehicle... In previous versions if you zoom out, it just zooms straight back in again... If they fix that, it'd be damn near perfect.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Looks good RDS-TMC must be working as the information is updating top right without a mobile phone coonected bottom left?
When are you going to get the Discovery image sorted though - mountain bike and canoe are missing  - Mike |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| mikealder wrote: | | Looks good RDS-TMC must be working as the information is updating top right without a mobile phone coonected bottom left? |
 , it was polling just as I switched the phone off hence the phone disconnected icon!
| Quote: | | When are you going to get the Discovery image sorted though - mountain bike and canoe are missing - Mike |
Hmm, good idea ;)
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| Hamie wrote: | | Quick question. Have they fixed the auto zoom problem, where the unit wants to keep the zoom at about a 120metre scale? On the motorway I'd really like to be able to see more than a few hundred metres around the vehicle... In previous versions if you zoom out, it just zooms straight back in again... If they fix that, it'd be damn near perfect. |
No it is the same but I confess it has never been an issue for me.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: rds-tmc |
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| Darren wrote: | | Jammy1 wrote: | | Please can someone clarify. Does the 720 have built in rds-tmc capability. it mentions on the US site 'RDS-TMC traffic compatible'. Does this mean built in or compatible with a future addon? |
No. In the UK the only TMC option will be to subscribe to TRAFFIC and use a compatible Bluetooth connected mobile to poll for updates. On the Continent there will be a 720T that comes with a bundled TMC Antenna. The TMC antenna will still be an option for basic devices. |
Is this an indication that they haven't improved the TMC functionallity in performance is still questionable? |
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I think the inference is pretty clear, if they're not offering a TMC FM Antenna either bundled or as an option for the UK market then they clearly don't think it's good enough.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Darren on TomTom website they quote the 720 as having a 5 hour battery life-i really need this sort of battery life:)as most of the trucks i drive have dodgy 12/24v sockets so i rely on the battery....i have preordered one but can you confirm its close to 5 hours? Cheers
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The most I've tried it for is a shade short of 4 hrs, I'll test tomorrow from full charge until flat and report back.
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