720 wont store current gps position

sensei121

I have tried to store my current gps position to my favourites but the 720 just won't have it, yet my 920 does it without any problems at all, if anyone has any suggestions I would very much appreciate it, or is this a software glitch?

DennisN · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject:

I take it you mean the 910 does it?

Only reason I can think of is lack of GPS signal. My 720 does it perfectly.
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DennisN · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject:

Or possibly, are you off road and it can't snap to it?
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sensei121

Yes the 910 does it no problem, only the 720 is causing me a problem, in theory it should add my current position wherever I am, as does the 910, although the 910 can be grouchy if it is on an 'unnamed road'

bazzza · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: Storing current position

The other day I was taken to a destination by a friend and may in the future have to go on my own. It was an exteremely complicated route to a point out in the sticks that does not have a postcode. If I had taken my Go300 would I have been able to enter and save the position in it so that I can find the place next time? If not, what is the next unit up the ladder where I can do that?
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Oldboy · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: Re: Storing current position

DennisN · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject: Re: Storing current position

Trevor1234 · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:05 pm Post subject:

Hi Bazza
Are you the same Bazza that used to run Tomtom Navigator on a PDA. I still use TT5 and saving a location is a piece of cake. When parking in a strange city I always safe the position on the map into Favourites. Its saved me looking a Twit many times.
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bazzza · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject:

Hi Trevor,
Not me I'm afraid. But that's good advice. It would have saved me from tramping round the streets of Aachen in Germany for 2 hours trying to find the car that I had parked on the street with a clock at the end. I didn't know that nearly every street had a clock at the end.
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mikealder · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject:

I would have a read of THIS Thread from last year for a simple explanation and confirmation of how to store an off map / off road location and expect the Nav unit to reliably route you back to it.
You can use any option at all IF you are on the map when doing so, if you are off the map in a field or the area simply isn't mapped (airfields are a good example, but there are plenty of others) only the point on map or Lat/ Long will reliably produce a navigable route to the nearest known road to your stored location - Mike

technik · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject:

Tried to add my work car parking space as a favourite but it was not accepted as I guess too far from the last reported road.

I guess easiest best option is to add as a favourite just before you go 'off road'.

MaFt · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject:

technik · Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject:

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