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ajpepe72 Occasional Visitor
Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 5
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: tomtom 5 indication arrow delay ? |
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Hi,
Im running tomtom 5 navigator on a dell X50 pda (windows mobile 2003) with bluetooth gps reciever and am having problems with the position arrow being about 10 meters behind where i am actually positioned, and also the arrow isnt very smooth when im driving ie. it only seems to update every 2-3 seconds. Ive tried two different gps recievers and have the same problem with both.
My dad has the tomtom1 unit and it updates every second (if not quicker) and is always spot on position wise.
my old gps reciever is a 16 channel one and my new one is the holox bt441 (44 channel) which according to the specs is the latest and quickest thing around.
any ideas or solutions gratefully recieved. |
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JockTamsonsBairn Lifetime Member
Joined: Jan 10, 2004 Posts: 2777 Location: Bonnie Scotland (West Central)
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject: Re: tomtom 5 indication arrow delay ? |
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ajpepe72 wrote: | Hi,
Im running tomtom 5 navigator on a dell X50 pda (windows mobile 2003) with bluetooth gps reciever and am having problems with the position arrow being about 10 meters behind where i am actually positioned, and also the arrow isnt very smooth when im driving ie. it only seems to update every 2-3 seconds. Ive tried two different gps recievers and have the same problem with both.
My dad has the tomtom1 unit and it updates every second (if not quicker) and is always spot on position wise.
my old gps reciever is a 16 channel one and my new one is the holox bt441 (44 channel) which according to the specs is the latest and quickest thing around.
any ideas or solutions gratefully recieved. | Such sluggishness is often caused by having too many POIs enabled. _________________ Jock
TomTom Go 940 LIVE (9.510, Europe v915.5074 on SD & 8.371, WCE v875.3613 on board) |
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ajpepe72 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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ive disabled the poi now and the position arrow is now a lot more smoother,so thats helped. But it is still showing the position as slightly behind where i actually am. If i approach a junction and stop, it shows me in the correct position, but when i move off and speed up the arrow then lags behind, not a great deal but it would be great to get it spot on ? |
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FrequentFlyer Lifetime Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 962 Location: London
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: |
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And the Dell x50 is not one of the fastest devices around. |
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theripper Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Feb 07, 2006 Posts: 581 Location: Medway Towns, Kent
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:57 am Post subject: |
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If you think about it it will always lag behind a little bit because it updates every second but if you are driving at thirty miles an hour how far have you travelled in that second(approx 44 feet) so its showing where you were a second ago
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vroomfondel Regular Visitor
Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 224 Location: Hampshire
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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FrequentFlyer wrote: | And the Dell x50 is not one of the fastest devices around. |
And the SD card could be a slow one. |
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