Problem viewing France Plus Map from UK

DaveGlasgow

Hi everyone,

still a TT newbie here so hopefully a simple request!

I'm in UK, and I'm driving to France next month. I got the France Plus Map, loaded this onto my SD card and instructed TT5 to change maps from GB Plus to France Plus. When it does this, I just get a grey screen with the blue arrow in the centre of the screen, no detail shown. Is that because I'm still in the UK? I wasn't sure if I'd be able to load it and check it worked OK prior to leaving, but thinking about it I don't know whether it should be visible or not.

Any clues would be really appreciated, thanks! It'll be a long drive there and I'd prefer to know it was going to work before I t!ried to use it in anger

MarkHewitt · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:13 pm Post subject:

Go to Browse Map and then zoom right out, you should be able to see the whole of Europe.

Since it's a plus map you should be able to see the major roads in the UK too.

DaveGlasgow · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject:

Thanks for that, I see two names listed and two roads but nothing else. Is that maybe due to the scale of the map that it can only zoom in / out to a set scale?

At least I can see something listed, I hadn't even thought of zooming out!

Border_Collie · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject:

When you change to the France plus map, if you wait for a lock it will show your position in GB but only the Major Roads of Europe. Set up a Home within this map. My Home in the France map is on a road about half a mile from where I live.

If you want to look around France, don't use Navigate to, go to page 2 and use Advanced planning. Choose depart from home and destination e.g. Paris. You will now be able to browse map and zoom in on Street level.

One thing I would add, you don't really need two plus maps. Uninstall the GB plus map and load the GB map. Before travelling to France select the France plus map. You will be guided over the Major Roads of Europe in GB and the France Street level will be there when you get off the train/ferry. For your return choose Home.
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DaveGlasgow · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject:

Fantastic, many thanks for that. I have a 2GB SD card and use for TT5 for work, so it's handy to have the GB map on it to get all the roads, and switch to the French map when I get there. Excellent, thanks for the tip - I see it has exactly the info I'm going to need, especially since I'll be arriving late so driving in the dark.

Border_Collie · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:05 pm Post subject:

DaveGlasgow · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject:

Excellent advice, many thanks. I don't leave for ages but thought it best to play with it ( oo-er, Matron ! ) well in advance so there are no surprises, so I was delighted to see just how much detail is in there.

Great idea of separate destinations, that's how I'll do it. I'm still amazed at being able to leave my house in Glasgow and be guided to my hotel outside Paris, all the way!

JockTamsonsBairn · Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:57 am Post subject:

DaveGlasgow · Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the tips. Typically, after saying how great it was I've lost the voices from my TT5 - see recent posting in this forum!

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