TTN5 vs TTN3 - my experience

robbie · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject:

David,

Forgot to say -PDA is same as yours HP4700

Robbie

DavidM · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:59 pm Post subject:

Ahhh - unfortunately my GPS is CF - so that slot is already taken Sad

Artisan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 45

Hi Dave,

I have a Rikaline 6021 X6 CF gps receiver which worked perfectly well with TTN3, since upgrading to TTN5 I have experienced almost all of the same problems as you. Reading these message boards on a regular basis has convinced me that it’s down to the CF GPS receiver and the only way to get it to work is to swap to the BT338 receiver.

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DavidM · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject:

Artisan - but why when it worked perfectly before - should we have to change hardware to get a working system? I invested in a system which worked and now for an upgrade much of it - whilst it is still fine with other software - does not work with TomTom's latest offering

Trevor1234 · Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject:

Hi Artisa
Yes, I’m sure that the troubles can be overcome by changing the GPS receiver. As I stated earlier, I have the BT338 and TT5 runs perfectly, smoothly, no lagging and has never jumped about. However, that’s no help for other people who already have a decent receiver that previously worked ok with TT3. It’s a poor do if one has to buy a new GPS receiver just to run an upgraded program.

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DavidM · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject:

The latest from TomTom - after telling me that there are no reported errors with my setup and that running it on the hx4705 is a stable platform

Artisan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 45

Hi David,

I'm surprised TomTom have offered to collect the PDA and test it, are you going to let them?
It would be interesting to see if they can cure the problems, particularly if they use your CF receiver.

Good luck

Art
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DavidM · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:11 pm Post subject:

Artisan - I am tempted - but I want to know what their response will be if they cannot get it to work in a consistent fashion - and they won't answer me that

Artisan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 45

David,
I guess they wouldn’t commit themselves until they’ve had a look, but you’ve done extremely well to get this far Clap

and I’d be very tempted to let them have a look. But then again, if they’re as sloppy with your PDA as they’ve been with the software chances are you won’t see it again! Rolling Eyes

If they do find the problem PM me.

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garyparson · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 09, 2004 Posts: 24

I have a Holux CF 270 and was wondering if I have to use the drivers that came with the 270 to get it to work or does the TT5 use it's own?

DavidM · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:16 am Post subject:

Artisan - how right you are - this is a without condition offer - no guarantees at the end of it Sad

DareDevil · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 20, 2005 Posts: 11

I have used TomTom 3 for a long time on an iPAQ and then switched to TomTom 5 on a Dell Axim X3. The GPS is the same (Fortuna, USB).

TomTom3 was extremely stable. TomTom5 has more features and some old features removed, but it is simply not reliable.

I do not know who is responsible for Quality Assurance at Tom Tom, but whoever he is, should seriously consider a career change.

DareDevil

Artisan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 45

Gary,

I belive the drivers are on TTN5 but it's best to download the patch to 5.1 have a look on the Holux Forum

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=34

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Artisan · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 45

I cannot for the life of me believe that TTN5 has been correctly tested. I’m also disappointed with Pocket GPS for not testing it properly or having the balls to say how bad it performs with other receivers. I’ve had a look at the original review by Dave Burrows and it was given a rating of 97.5%! If they’d have highlighted the bugs in their review a) I would not have bothered upgrading straight away, and b) TomTom would have had to sort the bugs or lost sales.

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