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SpikeUK
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Can I use the remote control from my TT 930 with a GO LIVE 1000 Europe?
Thanks
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| No it won't work the Go-1000 doesn't support the use of a remote control - Mike |
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SpikeUK
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Mike. Do any of the new Tomtoms support the use of a remote?
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:15 am Post subject: |
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No, they do not.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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 that was something I was thinking about today too... Ho hum guess the wife is going to have to get used to being the remote!  heh |
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MrRubberGloves
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm still using my 720 which I've got a remote control for, using the remote control makes using the 720 so much easier. Do any other sat nav's (non TomTom) have remote controls? |
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alanji
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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I think TomTom were mad to drop the remote (as with many other things) - I find it very useful (and much safer). For this reason I recently upgraded to one of the last of the 750's available.
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robbooth
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Got to agree it's really useful and much safer than reaching over to press the screen, didn't realise how much until mine packed in recently. |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Why do you need a remote control? | TomTom Website wrote: | The Voice command and control
Advanced speech recognition technology lets you control your TomTom device using voice commands. From planning a route to making a call, over 150 tasks are easily activated by voice, making your drive smoother and safer. |
Perhaps a slightly rhetorical question, however, as Voice Command and Control may perhaps not be all it's cracked up to be. I suppose it's OK for Memory Man who can memorise all those "over 150" commands.
My built in Carminat TomTom only works with a remote control. That's fine for reaching it, but what a pain when it comes to typing a long word or even a postcode - touchscreens on my others are so much faster. It would be nice if remotes connected exclusivley to just one device - I can't use mine (ex 920) for my GO520 or 550 because it wreaks havoc with the Carminat. 
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technik
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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I never used the remote on my 930...
In fact I have still never even put the batteries in it. 
A completely useless extra! 
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DennisN
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| technik wrote: | I never used the remote on my 930...
In fact I have still never even put the batteries in it.
A completely useless extra! |
Sour grapes! C'mon, 'fess up, you don't know how to open the damned thing with that weirdo catch!
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MrT
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:54 am Post subject: |
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I find the remote very useful for covering the shortcomings of the voice commands such as for most of them having to touch the screen first.
In a small car it is not worthwhile but in a large car it reallly is, I cannot touch the windscreen from the drivers seat and even mounted on the dashboard, I have to lean right forwards to reach it.
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| technik wrote: | I never used the remote on my 930...
In fact I have still never even put the batteries in it.
A completely useless extra! |
Get in on eBay, someone will buy it  |
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