Tom Tom 1 speed detector

tim158 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2006 Posts: 16

Merry Christmas all,

sorry to what might be a simple question to you experts, I have a road angel i use at the mo in the car and am thinking off upgrading to sat nav.

Tom Tom 1 @ £143.99 is the one i am after but it says nothing about speed camera detection, so here are my 2 xmas questions:-

1. Is the tom tom 1 a good piece of kit?

2. if/how can it be modified to detect speed cameras

Many Thanks and Merry Xmas

Tim

Hirvevarra · Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject:

Guess that's the One v2 Regional (GB) at that price.

1. Yes, it is.

2. It isn't a detector. It uses a loaded database ( comprising various camera sites ) and will alert you when you approach one of them depending on how you set it up.

Hope that answers. Post for more info as required.

nadolig llawen,
hirve

tim158 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2006 Posts: 16

Thanks hirve,

Yes it is V2, I belive it comes pre loaded with GB maps, do you know how much it will cost and where, for the camera database updates and if there is any software required,

Kind regards

Tim

Hirvevarra · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:23 am Post subject:

You get a free trial of the TomTom database with purchase, which some people use. You can also pay £2 for a month or £19 p/a for this PGPSW version which, naturally, majority of people on here use. Can run both together even but that's a bit extreme........

Have a read around but essentially, subscribe here & you get regular updates ( Nov '06=3, Dec '06=2, for example ). You just decide how often you want to update your unit with the data and download it as available/required.

There a a couple of ways to install the files - OV2 method (manually) or HOME method (using TomTom own software, which you get with the One anyway). This will make more sense when you actually try downloading the database to install.

You can also add sounds &/or spoken alerts to warn of camera sites & your other POI's ( Points Of Interest ) as you are approaching them. That info is on here as well.

All clever stuff, but quite easy to set up & use. Plus this Forum is a great source of help & advice.

If you do get a TomTom unit, first advice is to make a copy of your SD card as that is the only copy of your maps and if anything goes wrong, you can simply copy it back to your SD. Saves calling Support Hotline.
Or better, get a bigger SD and copy to that. Then use new SD & keep your original safe, for the same purpose, ( still backup to PC though !!! )

tim158 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 25, 2006 Posts: 16

Wow sold, thanks for making up my mind hirve, i am going to buy it and sell my road angel on ebay,

Many thanks for your help

what a great forum

Regards

Tim

Hirvevarra · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:56 am Post subject:

In case you hadn't seen this info, it's the figures for what's in the latest PGPSW release.

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