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jean Regular Visitor
Joined: Apr 05, 2005 Posts: 150
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:27 am Post subject: Speed Cameras 910 |
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Aplogies if this is elsewhere - done a little search and cannot find it.
I have set up my 910 and am quite happy with it. It said I get speed cameras - I presume I have to download them from somewhere - so here are my questions.
Do I do it via the internet through the home software?
Do I do it via my bluetooth phone?
Will that cost me in phone calls?
Do they update automatically if you have bluetooth?
Is it easy to download them?
Just on another point - if I put the music and photos on the hard drive, will it slow it down when used for naviagation?
Thanks in advance. |
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TomDavison Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 384 Location: Bedford, England
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: |
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Its on the sticky topics just above your post. |
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jean Regular Visitor
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:33 am Post subject: |
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Thankyou. Didn't check the stickys - whoops! |
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jean Regular Visitor
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Actually, having just read it, I did see this one the other day. As it didn't say 910 I thought it may not be relevent.
Seems a very complicated way of doing things when it is advertised as having safety cameras. Thought it would automatically ahve the cameras on it.
I am not an over techie person so not sure I would follow it through and do it correctly. |
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TomDavison Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 384 Location: Bedford, England
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:41 am Post subject: |
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The Tom Tom database is virtually self installing, but incomplete. I tried the two side by side, and the PGPS database had everything that Tom Tom had, and some that Tom Tom missed. So I have now deleted the Tom Tom cameras, and stick to the PGPS. It only takes a couple of minutes to download the PGPS compressed file, unzip it and then drag and drop the OV2 files onto my Go 700, so I'm sticking with the better information. |
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alix776 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 03/05/2003 14:45:49 Posts: 3999 Location: leyland lancs ENGLAND
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:42 am Post subject: |
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there is a the tomtom database preinstalled on the 910 from what ive seen unfortunatly from some of the other psots it seams the pocketgpsworld database is more comrehensive and cheeper too _________________ currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .
Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl |
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TomDavison Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 384 Location: Bedford, England
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: |
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alix776 wrote: | there is a the tomtom database preinstalled on the 910 from what ive seen unfortunatly from some of the other psots it seams the pocketgpsworld database is more comrehensive and cheeper too |
You have also to accept that EVERY camera database is incomplete. The only way this would not be so is if the authorities notified the compiler of every change they were making, the database was updated for every change, and you downloaded the revised database after every change.
PGPS is updated monthly. Last month they say they had 473 additions, 362 changes and 79 deletions. In addition, 70 static sites were notified for the first time. Clearly these changes didn't all happen in the last few minutes before the database was updated, but had occurred up to a month before being available for your satnav. During that time, you would have had no warning at all of the change. So, yes, the PGPS is the best available, but it's by no means infallible. |
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spin36 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Apr 16, 2006 Posts: 8
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Be aware if you do use the tomtom 910 camera even theo it tells you that a camera is a head it says the wrong speed. about 60% of the cameras that are round me are report to be 40mph when they are in 30 mph zones. |
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CeeJay Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jan 06, 2006 Posts: 360 Location: East Sussex
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 1:15 am Post subject: |
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Hi spin36.
That's one of the reasons why we don't use the TT camera database. :D
CeeJay |
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RobBrady Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 2718 Location: Chelmsford, UK
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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Mike Alder has authored PocketGPSWorld.com speed camera downloading instructions for the TomTom GO 910.
Find them here. _________________ Robert Brady |
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jean Regular Visitor
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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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These are brilliant instructions.
I used them last week and found them so easy to use. |
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