TCM navigator and POI database?

snj · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 21, 2005 Posts: 7

Thank you. I was hoping to get one that I could stick to the inside of the car windscreen, not sure how easy that would be. I'll keep hunting...

antibt · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:27 am Post subject:

Hi, I just received a letter from tchibo direct asking me to send a cheque.They mentioned that it is my first order and so cannot accept credit card. Anybody else had this problem? I would have thought a credit card is safer for them as well as me.This is regarding their satnav.
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awaghorn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 16

Darren · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:21 am Post subject:

awaghorn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 16

Well I rang them this morning (on 0845 0700 590, option 1) and the guy accepted payment by cc without any problem at all.

Now just waiting for it to arrive...

Andrew

antibt · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:27 pm Post subject:

I thought they sold out on 2oth itself?
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plusman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 21, 2005 Posts: 20

I was very lucky to get one of these on Friday (somebody had bought it the previous day and returned it). For the price, it comes with a lot as detailed in some of the mailings above. And it does come with a set of European maps (on CD; which can be downloaded to the 256Mb SD card which comes pre-installed with the UK maps).

So far it's worked fine, and I've been able to generally pick up 6 or more satellites when driving (I can even pick up 3 or 4 in my office, about 1 metre away from the window).

I've downloaded POI-Warner and got it working (needed a soft reset to get it fully functional) and have downloaded spped limit and speed camera information - not had a chance to try it out yet, though the coverage seems a bit patchy. I've also ordered a SD-wifi card to see if I can get it linked wirelessly.

So far it has worked fine and I am impressed.

Only problem so far is that I am having problems using the IR beam with my wife's IPAQ (for transferring contacts, etc). I can send contacts no problem, but cannot receive them from the IPAQ (even though the IPAQ detects the TCM, it tries to send but I get the "failed message") Anbody else come across this problem?

awaghorn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 16

antibt - it was sold out but as I had ordered one mine was already held but was just waiting my payment. You should be the same I think.

plusman - You say it comes with European maps which can be loaded onto the 256MB card. Reading this is sounds like it only comes with a 'major roads of europe' type map whereas an earlier post suggests that it comes with detailed level maps. Can you clarify whether the European maps can all be loaded at the same time (which would suggest the major roads theory)?

Thanks

Andrew

rother · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject:

Hi
has anyone who ordered one Wednesday received their goods yet.

plusman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 21, 2005 Posts: 20

awaghorn:

I haven't yet loaded any of the European maps as there is not enough space on the SD card (256Mb). The UK maps (which are street level) take up about 125Mb; other countries vary - Germany for example is 231Mb, so I don't know yet whether they are street-level (though the size of the file would suggest that they are). The Navigator comes with 3CD's of maps - Germany, Austria, Switzerland plus Navigator on 1; Benelux, UK/Ireland, Scandanavia on CD2; and France, Italy, Spain/Portugal on CD3.

awaghorn · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 16

rother · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:38 am Post subject:

Plusman
did you have to do a hard reset on the PDA, after you had charged the battery, the manual says todo so during the first time setup

many thanks
rother

LesleyW · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 04, 2005 Posts: 3

I bought one last week - just got in before the "Sold out" I think - and I'm very impressed. But I'm having one problem which I hope someone can help with.

On Disc 1 it says that there is a Manual which I presume contains instructions for Navigation. However there just doesn't seem to be a Manual! I have phoned Medion, but the guy there just said that there is a Help facility on the PocketPC itself and instructions for Navigation are there. Right, fine I found it, but I would like to have a hard copy of the Navigation instructions in my hot little hand - far easier for me to get the hang of the darned thing!!

Can anybody help, please, either to tell me how to print out the instructions, or to tell me how to find the instructions elsewhere. I have already printed out the rest of the main manual not covered in the booklet provided.

Thanks in anticipation

Lesley

plusman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 21, 2005 Posts: 20

Lesley W:

If you look through the set-up disc that came with the PDA (the disc with Outlook and AutoSync on it) you will see that there is a .pdf copy of the manual (readable using Acrobat) in the TCM/APPS folder.

Rother:
I can't remember if I carried out a soft reset of not on changing the battery. However I've done a soft reset since then when the PDA got hung up.

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