I'm getting really fed up with TT software

[alan_sh]

The concepts are great - but the execution isn't....

My latest bug - making a call and after about 30 seconds, the sound disappears - I cannot hear them and they cannot hear me - but the phone is still connected. Only solution is a reset. Do that and it works fine for a few days, then does it again.

It's so obviously some sort of memory leak or buffer overflow - but I can't be bothered to raise a TT call - I know what the answer will be (reload all the s/w, run clean_reset if it still goes wrong, send it back).

I'm so tempted to give up and buy a Garmin. My 550 works great on the bike - I've never had these issues. The 765T looks favourite at the moment.

Just needed a moan - thanks for listening

Alan

[mikealder]

Have you considered a decent dedicated handsfree kit for the car, probably a cheaper solution than purchasing another GPS device? This was the approach I took when I got the new Ovlov - Mike

[alan_sh]

I like the all-in-1 approach - so that if I am on the phone, an instruction doesn't "butt in". It also means my music cuts out and waits when I get a call.

Also, the Garmin can have the phone play over the car radio (FM or audio lead) so I get a bonus there as well...

Alan

[mikealder]

[alan_sh]

Interesting. But I am just about (in 2 months) to buy a new car - I don't know how they'd feel about me riipping it apart to fix the IO-Play in the first week of ownership

I guess my choices are limited:

1. Accept the TomTom and live with the shortcomings. Not a good option if the phone cuts off during a conversation. I can live with the music going to the wrong output once in a while - I don't like the flickering every 15 secs if I have RDS.

2. Buy a Garmin 765T and hope that works better. I had one for about a week and it was OK - but I prefer the display of the TT.

3. Hang the expense and get a BMW phone kit added to my order.

4. Get an IO-Play device (if I can find one).

Ahh, choices - who needs them

Alan

[mikealder]

[alan_sh]

Next issue - I haven't connected to Home for a few days - therefore no reset been done.

Started playing music and it would cut off after a few seconds. Weird. Then, it locked up. So I switched it off and on and it came up in some weird diagnostic screen with very very small writing and things like CPU Voltage etc. Hummmm..

Switched if off and on again and it did a reset (you can tell because the TT hands come up) and then everything all OK again.

So, tell me there isn't a memory leak somewhere - but how to convince TT that this is the case?

But I still like the display and the routing better than Garmin (which is obviously, the main reason for a sat-nav).


Alan

[sgould]

The "weird diagnostic screen" is the basic firmware list thingy. I only see that on my old GO if I startup with the SD card removed.

I think you can see it on newer machines if you press and hold the startup button for a few seconds.
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[mikealder]

You get the black screen by pressing the reset button and holding down the power on button until it appears, on the newer models where the on/Off switch doubles for a reset switch simply press and hold the on button until the screen appears - Mike

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