To upgrade or not to upgrade - that is the question

jguiver

I run TTN5 on a Mio168 with maps version 632 for UK, Iberia & France (which I bought a year ago) on a 1Gb SD card.

I'm tempted by the discounted upgrade to TTN6 & a map of Western Europe, but wonder if it's worth it.

Apart from a few bells & whistles, what will the benefits be?

TT Home - any good?
The new map will fill up my SD card
I only use the use the France & Iberia maps on holiday & for research, & the UK map seems to get me to where I want to go.

So I'm thinking that what I have is adequate, and if it's not broken, don't fix it for £60.

Any views from you TTN6 guinea pigs out there?

In the real world, is it a quantum leap forward, or just minor enhancements?
Are the maps that much better?

Your experiences would be appreciated.
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Border_Collie · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:15 am Post subject:

The Mio168 has a 288MHz processor where the minimum recommended for TTN6 is 350MHz. It will probably run but will be very s-l-o-w updating maps.
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st1967 · Lifetime Member Joined: Nov 28, 2003 Posts: 189

Like you I wasn't going to bother but I'm a sucker for latest and greatest.

I am only after UK and Ireland maps so it only cost 33 UKP which is not too bad really.

Upgrade process was quite painless. I had read about the favourites being lost so I converted all mine to POIs so they were saved. Postcodes seem fine too, I have the latest version and they appear to work.

As for the processor speed, well I have an Ipaq Hx2410 which is only 270mhz. While I've not used TT6 in all its glory on the road yet I did an advanced planner from Lands End to John O'Groats and it took 24 seconds !! Quite acceptable to me so glad I took the plunge.
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aj2052 · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:36 am Post subject:

If your happy with TTN5 then positively do not upgrade, It does run slower, TTN6 sometimes worries me that it might not catch up before the next turn, The routing does not seem to be as good as TTN5, I have not found that the maps are any better than TTN5 but this may depend on the area that you cover, The exceeding speed limit function is useless where road speed are available(it turns display to red and cannot be seen in daylight), You will have to upgrade to win2003se to enjoy Landscape mode, The contacts routing has simply been moved from the ms database to within TTN6 (not added), the only benefit is increased POIs numbers(100) if you need them,
This information applies to Mio168 and I upgraded to 2gb sd card at same time whether this affects or not the choice is yours, personally I do not feel worthwhile,

neil01 · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:38 am Post subject:

aj2052 · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:47 am Post subject:

For your information Lost_Property the MIO 168 is a 300Mz Processor and is on Tomtoms compatability list.

lbendlin · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:52 am Post subject:

Guys, you are missing the point slightly. You can run the latest maps with your existing TomTom Navigator 5. That way you get the best of both worlds. A decent UI (TomTom 5) and newer maps (v6.60)
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aj2052 · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:53 am Post subject:

Neil with all due respect it is very hard to compare maps, the 632 map version was a vast improvement over the 5 series with a lot of updates added, my comparison is with version 632 on TTN5 and version 650 0n TTN6

neil01 · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:28 am Post subject:

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weelogic · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:38 am Post subject:

Lutz, apologies if I come across like a complete idiot, but have newer maps now been released that work with TT5? I run a Palm LifeDrive and have been holding off the potential upgrade to TT6 as this rumour of new maps has been filtering down from TT Towers. I was under the impression that the v6 maps were incompatible with v5. If I am wrong (and I will be delighted if I am) where do I get the new maps? Do I need TT Home to get them?

Thanks in advance.

weelogic · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:44 am Post subject:

And additional apologies for posting Trev's exact questions simultaneous to him! Both posts timed at 6.38pm - D'oh!

jguiver · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:46 am Post subject:

Thanks for the feedback, guys.

The little voice in my head still whispers 'Upgrade, Upgrade. Go on, you know you want to. And it's Xmas - better than socks'

Everything works, and as the maps don't seem to be vastly different, I think I might give it a miss. If I should find myself on a 'new' road, it will reroute me, so I'll still get there!
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Tim Buxton · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:50 am Post subject:

weelogic · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject:

Lutz,

Thanks for that - I hadn't seen the thread elsewhere on this site. For anyone who is interested, I have downloaded the latest UK map (by selecting "other device" so as to avoid getting a potentially incompatible update to TT6) and it works just dandy with TT5 on my Palm Lifedrive. The new maps have the one major road update that I was looking for, although the system does appear to run very slightly slower. I haven't done a proper road test yet though, so don't quote me on that!

Thanks again for the heads up, and eventual thanks to Tomtom!!

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