TT5: Still no 7 digit postcodes

SonicBlue · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2005 Posts: 11

TT5 (v 5.12) on Tungsten T5

I have the folder called TomTom (in fact it was installed on the SD card when it arrived, although it is not empty, containg files called 'do_not_remove.txt', 'TOMTOM.AID' and 'Munich.bin') but still can only enter 5 digit postcodes. What other hoops must I jump through to use the 7 digit codes?

lupos0_1 · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject:

On mine, I have put an empty folder on the root of the SD Card and named it 'Tomtom' (try it without the speech marks).
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SonicBlue · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2005 Posts: 11

No joy

Neither FileZ nor Palm's Files can create the folder, telling me that the folder already exists. I tried Tomtom and TomTom. Presumably Palm folder names are not case sensitive. If this is the case, then shouldn't the pre-installed TOMTOM folder do the trick?

lupos0_1 · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject:

I would have thought so???

Are you able to extract the file onto your PDA???
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AllyCat · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:19 pm Post subject:

Hi Sonic,

Don't know about the Palm, but the extra hoops that worked for me were that you must NOT put a space between the digits, and then you still must tap on the 5 character postcode in the list. That then gives the road which you have to tap on as well.

Cheers, Alan.
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Darren · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject:

What happens when you 'Navigate to...' and then select next screen and then 'Postcode' ?

You should see a list of 7 Digit PostCodes starting AB101AF and so on?
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TazUk · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:22 pm Post subject:

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mikealder · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject:

Mary, is there a zip folder on the SD card, if so what is contained in it? if its not there dock the PDA via active sync and using the CD install maps, check the box for postcodes - also try the advanced planning (screen 2) nav from postcode enter a known value, does it equate to where you think it should on the map -Mike

Vic_Tina · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 03, 2005 Posts: 24

Hi

After searching the forums for 7 digit postcodes I was very pleased to read the "fix" for making them work. :D

Problem is after trying every suggestion on here they still don't work for me. Sad

BUT I think it may be my problem, the postal code zip file refered to in the instruction, does it have a .zip extension? The one I have been copying and pasting is called Great_Britain.Postal, is this correct or have I somehow mislaid the proper one?

Thanks in advance.
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Oldboy · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:19 pm Post subject:

Vic_Tina · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 03, 2005 Posts: 24

Thanks for the reply OldBoy, I don't have the zip folder, just the file. This is doing my head in now Laughing Out Loud

. Think I will wait til tomorrow when my super technical son visits and let him sort it for me Laughing Out Loud

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Thank you again for being patient with me, its not your fault I'm a technophobe.
Will post here what the outcome is.
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lupos0_1 · Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:59 pm Post subject:

What to do is, make a new folder on your SD card and call it 'Zip'. Then all you do is put the file called 'Great_Britain.Postal' inside that folder.

Then create another folder called 'TomTom' on your SD card and leave this empty.

It should now work.
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Vic_Tina · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 03, 2005 Posts: 24

Wooohoooooo now got it all working thanks to the help and advice here. :D
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SonicBlue · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2005 Posts: 11

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