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 Topic: Bus lanes in general |
Royston
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 Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:06 am Subject: Bus Lane |
| Seems crazy to me that the bus lane in question in Bradford appears to be just the width of the road. So, on a Sunday with little traffic and hardly any buses it would seem logical to me to allow cars ... |
| Topic: Cheapest Tomtoms? |
Royston
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Views: 1336
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:56 pm Subject: Cheapest Tomtoms? |
| Got myself a refurb tomtom 1 ver 3 European Maps from totalpda and loaded the latest map/firmware. Great bargain at £74.74 it looks like a new with the UK map version at £68.99. There is postage to pa ... |
| Topic: Bradford Bus Lane |
Royston
Replies: 7
Views: 3762
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:01 pm Subject: Re: Bradford Bus Lane |
| I have Tomtom 5 on a pda and Tomtom v8.010 on a tomtom 1 version3. Both versions seem to want to send me down a single bus lane which is not marked with the times it is used for buses. I always though ... |
| Topic: Map advice |
Royston
Replies: 14
Views: 6369
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:25 pm Subject: Re: Map advice |
| Just some advice really, i have a One 2nd edition which i've had for 2 years, think the map is probably outdated now, is it worth buying a new map from tomtom at around £40 or just upgrading my One to ... |
| Topic: Bradford Bus Lane |
Royston
Replies: 7
Views: 3762
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:41 pm Subject: Bradford Bus Lane |
| I have Tomtom 5 on a pda and Tomtom v8.010 on a tomtom 1 version3. Both versions seem to want to send me down a single bus lane which is not marked with the times it is used for buses. I always though ... |
| Topic: New Map for old tomtom |
Royston
Replies: 11
Views: 4821
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:19 pm Subject: New Map for old tomtom |
| I don't know that there's any way to determine if a refurb is originating from TT NA or TT Europe. But I don't think it matters really. They have a different policy on North American refurb sales. Yes ... |
| Topic: New Map for old tomtom |
Royston
Replies: 11
Views: 4821
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:56 pm Subject: Re: New Map for old tomtom |
| I purchased a tomtom 1 v3 recently which was a refubished item which I believe could have been several years old. However, when I plugged the device into PC I was still offered the latest free maps f ... |
| Topic: New Map for old tomtom |
Royston
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Views: 4821
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:17 am Subject: New Map for old tomtom |
Possibly. I don't know how the 'demonstration and set up' works in these stores. If they did it on the unit you bought, then yes the birthday file would be created on start-up.
Although, in some c ... |
| Topic: New Map for old tomtom |
Royston
Replies: 11
Views: 4821
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:52 am Subject: New Map for old tomtom |
Sounds like a case where the Latest Map Guarantee worked as it was designed!
I believe that when the device is powered up for the very first time, it creates a 'birthday' file which TT Home recogni ... |
| Topic: New Map for old tomtom |
Royston
Replies: 11
Views: 4821
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:41 pm Subject: New Map for old tomtom |
| I purchased a tomtom 1 v3 recently which was a refubished item which I believe could have been several years old. However, when I plugged the device into PC I was still offered the latest free maps f ... |
| Topic: Watered down map version 8.25? |
Royston
Replies: 31
Views: 13663
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:08 pm Subject: Watered down map version 8.25? |
| I have a Tomtom 1 version 3 with internal memory of 1GB. I have the maps of W.Europe installed as standard and these take up 876.2mb. I see the new maps of W.Europe at £59.95 for v 8.25 are "modified ... |
| Topic: Mapshare...free for how long? |
Royston
Replies: 6
Views: 11502
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Forum: TomTom/TeleAtlas Digital Map Data Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:10 pm Subject: Mapshare...free for how long? |
| I recently purchased a tomtom 1 version 3 and downloaded the latest maps of W.Europe for free. I see there is also a mapshare which is free but for how long. I think I read somewhere that this service ... |
| Topic: 10 hour battery life for tomtom 1 v2/3 |
Royston
Replies: 4
Views: 2783
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:27 pm Subject: 10 hour battery life for tomtom 1 v2/3 |
Yes, I see what you mean.
How about using a spare USB car charger for the battery pack?
I don't normally recommend eBay, but I still had it open from looking at your item number.
Item 35017260269 ... |
| Topic: 10 hour battery life for tomtom 1 v2/3 |
Royston
Replies: 4
Views: 2783
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:35 am Subject: 10 hour battery life for tomtom 1 v2/3 |
True. It looks like it doesn't have a "pass through" for the USB connector.
Not that many walkers or cyclists would be using the TMC aerial anyway though! 
I understand what you are saying ... |
| Topic: 10 hour battery life for tomtom 1 v2/3 |
Royston
Replies: 4
Views: 2783
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:03 am Subject: 10 hour battery life for tomtom 1 v2/3 |
| I believe the battery charge only lasts about 2 hours on a Tomtom 1 device. However, I would think this item on Ebay number 330270537230 would be most useful to walkers and cyclists in particular. How ... |
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