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jimbo_hippo
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Bird_FAT, I wouldn't mind so much if the mediaplayer functionality was a 'surprise' extra but they sell it based on this as a feature. The fact that the volume has been locked on full for several versions now resulting in distortion on most FM tuners drives me nuts. I wish they'd just get a programmer to spend a couple of days on it to get it back to what it was in previous versions in latest releases. The argument was over volume being too low. Making volume FIXED too high is hardly a bug fix! And locking the volume at full but leaving volume sliders is just lazy programming.
I'm still on some old version (upgraded then went back) because I swap between my car, hire cars abroad on business and my motorhome and the dream of taking entertainment in the form of music and podcasts with me only realises itself by sticking with the old versions. Drives me nuts.
My company sells software based products and if we had simple bugs like this for so long we'd sell nothing.
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| jimbo_hippo wrote: | | I wish they'd just get a programmer to spend a couple of days on it to get it back to what it was in previous versions in latest releases. The argument was over volume being too low. Making volume FIXED too high is hardly a bug fix! And locking the volume at full but leaving volume sliders is just lazy programming. |
Totally agree!
My preferred solution (which I've been prodding TomTom with every so often!) is to have a simple "Volumes" page with a bunch of sliders like you have for your Windows PC soundcard.
Total control and everyone is happy!
I even did a mock-up for them:
...and if that wasn't enough for everything (Bluetooth?), turn them vertical!
The "normal Volume slider could then become an "overall" or "master" level.
They also desperately need to sort out the navigation instructions always muting the jukebox output on line out and FM. Sometimes the instructions come so thick and fast, you hardly get to hear the mp3s at all!
They give you the option of whether to mute or not on the Bluetooth output, why not the others?
I wish everyone who thinks this is a pain would report it to TomTom... it's the only way to get them to change things. |
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jimbo_hippo
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It's a shame that such a wonderful idea will probably never even make it as far as the programmers. I DREAM of a menu page like that!
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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| jimbo_hippo wrote: | | It's a shame that such a wonderful idea will probably never even make it as far as the programmers. |
I suspect things like that get glanced at by the 1st line support bods for just long enough to generate the automatic "Thank you for your feedback, your input is important to us" email...  |
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Brickie64
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Andy,
I think we'd all love to see more control of the volume for different functions. It's a bit like the separate "INFO" volume setting that we all have on our RDS car radios for traffic broadcasts etc. I'm looking at adding the silent voice onto my 720 to silence or just "beep" the navigation turn signals when driving on familiar routes but still leaving the speed camera volume on max. Can't remember where I saw those voice downloads now 
Cheers
Gav 
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Andy_P
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brian3
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:57 am Post subject: muting voice instructions. |
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Brickie. On the 720, if you go into voice preferences, you can kill the voice. the mp3 doesn't get interrupted then.  |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:32 am Post subject: Re: muting voice instructions. |
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| brian3 wrote: | | Brickie. On the 720, if you go into voice preferences, you can kill the voice. the mp3 doesn't get interrupted then. |
Doh! Didn't spot he had a 720! That's exactly what I do on mine...
Change preferences / Voice preferences / Disable voice |
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alwyn1
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:41 pm Post subject: Update |
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For around a week now my 920 has been refusing to update anything.
Keeps claiming "there's a fault with the internet may be busy try later" Been like it as I say for a week.
Tomtom ver 8.010
bought UK and Ireland in map sale recently ver 720.183
Tried updates on the North America map and UK and Western Europe map and it's just not happening.
Anyone any ideas?
My 920 has been very slow to boot up since the last big update |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Update |
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| alwyn1 wrote: |
My 920 has been very slow to boot up since the last big update |
If there's nothing you found which is a "must-have" improvement with v8, go back to v7?
I'm always inclined to always want the latest software for everything. The TomTom has taught me to be a little more cautious!
I'm still getting updates as normal (i.e. slowly  ) for my 720 on v7.221. |
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beaconlegal
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyone think there is any chance at all of V8 being released for those of us still using GO x10 series? |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes. |
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alwyn1
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:16 am Post subject: |
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Re my earlier post.
Inexplicably my 920 has just updated, mapshare quickgpsfix, haven't done anything to it it just happened. Ah well these mysteries happen in the technological world we live in |
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beaconlegal
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:05 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks, Andy P ! Erm, any idea when??!! |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Nope! |
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