Navcore 8 Upgrade for Older Devices Released

GPS_fan · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:39 am Post subject:

Itinerary planning continues to work on a 720 with v8.010.

I use that feature specifically to dictate my route to/from work via particular waypoints.

The Itinerary function appears no different in v8.010 than it did in v7.481 or v7.221
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mikealder · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:20 am Post subject:

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ajsasr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 30, 2007 Posts: 17

I'm in need of a file so I can do a little test. Can someone please post the .toc file that was apart of the navcore 8 download. It should be in "My Documents" under where you store your TomTom stuff. The directory tree should look like the the following.

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\TomTom\HOME\Downloads\program

Thanks.

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject:

What do you need the toc file for? just perform a manual update using Windows Explorer as explained earlier in the thread - Mike

perussell · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 292

So, having read all the previous comments I downloaded the correct .cab file for my unit for the v8 update. I connected my Go720 to my PC, clicked 'yes' to connect, and then extracted this from the zip file (I wasn't offered the option to save) direct to my Go720 through Explorer.

Result - nothing.

My TT still says I have v 7.481 installed.

Am I doing something wrong here?

(Oh, and yes, I did take a copy of the whole system before starting)

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject:

Check page 8 or 9 of this thread where there is a guide on how to do the update from the CAB file which uses Winrar to extract the files from the CaB directly to the device - Mike

perussell · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 292

Thanks Mike, had seen the instructions on p9 but hadn't associated the need to use WinRAR with this downlaod on all occasions - had thought this was specific to one problem. Doh!

All fine now, v 8.010 loaded

thanks again

gtdave · Lifetime Member Joined: May 04, 2007 Posts: 10

, the update has borked the speech recognition 'feature'.
Does not work at all, infact, it is no longer one of the options under the 'navigate to' etc icons. Sad

mikealder · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject:

Try resetting the device and does that bring back the ASR functionality - Mike

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Philgo · Regular Visitor Joined: Jan 02, 2008 Posts: 80

I like to use my TomTom One XL with a tidy memory, so I try to avoid filling it up with files that are not used. When a new firmware application comes out I usually let Home do the upgrade first, this will then put the software in the TomTom download folder. I then do this:

Remove the Memory card and copy, map folder, zip folder and the raster folder to a folder on my computer. Also any custom start and suspend .bmps

I then do a quick format of the card choosing fat32 and the copy those three folders back to the card, leaving the .bmps to the end otherwise they get overwritten.

I then put the card in the TomTom and reset it.

Using TomTom Home 'Add maps, traffic, voices etc' 'Items on My Computer', I then choose ‘Application’ which installs the latest firmware which has been downloaded to your computer.

You then reboot the TomTom and reconnect it. Then repeat the above steps with whatever voices you want, QuickGPSfix and phone connection settings.

If you have custom start and suspend .bmps then add them next and rejoin mapshare.

It works for me, and it gives a nice clean install.

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