TomTom launch 7.480 for GO x20 devices

mow · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject:

I have just loaded 7.481 and can't see any changes whatsoever over 7.40

I am reaching the limit of patience with this organisation. Having had my unit in Holland for 8 weeks with a promise of returning it fully operational as far as RDS-TMC is concerned. I find that the functionality has gone backward.

In the race for market domination and maximum profit in a technology sector that will have a relatively short lifecycle, I believe Tom Tom are releasing product that is far from proven in terms of functionality. They really need to stop promising the world in terms of technology advancements and only release them after full and in depth testing.

Consumers will soon be put off if they purchase products that have less than a year’s life before “the new one comes out”. Spend hard earned pounds on Hardware for Traffic Solutions that just don’t perform to the specification stated by the Company and in the meantime hear of press releases quoting yet another (HD this time) solution to beating traffic congestion.

I for one believe the Company has overstepped the mark by selling a Traffic solution in RDS-TMC that clearly does not perform to specifications (as clearly stated in their manual) and is certainly not fit for purpose. It would appear that desperate releases of software is a panic measure to get an already out of date solution to work, and what’s worse is that they appear to be going backwards.

Mike

stuart · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject:

andy-c1

mikealder · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject:

Andy, Can you supply the exact conditions as to how you planned the route for it to come up with the "One Moment Please" message, it might be handy if a few of us tried the same scenario to trap the error as map dependant or something else? - Mike

andy-c1 · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

hi

navigate/address/street and house number/in my case paddock wood and still saying 1 moment please even after reboot
oh and using the latest UK Ireland maps

haven't tried anything else yet
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mikealder · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject:

paulonthenet · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2006 Posts: 4

Thanks Mike, just followed your instructions and 7.221 is installed and the problem cured.

Lets hope the next official release solves this problem.

Are there any issues with 7.221 I need to be aware of?

andy-c1 · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject:

just found out it even worse than before the only thing i can go to is a postcode address and poi's now giving the 1 moment please ......

already written to tomtom about it ,i do suggest everyone else does too
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mikealder · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

Andy, have you tried resetting the device then trying this again - I cannot replicate this problem on my 720 with the same software release, but I did reset it earlier today - Mike

ricchop · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: TomTom 7.481

I recently updated my TomTom 720 with application version 7.480 and found it littered with bugs i.e. The Sat signal strength was very weak with no fix from inside my home address, I was unable to navigate to an address without a house number or to a crossing as the 720 showed "one moment please". I was unable to navigate to a POI as again the 720 showed "one moment please". I was able to alternate between the crossing and POI faults by resetting the unit several times. I quickly reverted back to application version 7.221. As a multi drop courier covering drivers in areas I do not know I need my sat nav with the latest maps and software.
I have just updated to version 7.481 and straight away I discovered once again I can not get a signal from inside my house this has never been a problem with version 7.221. I then found once again I was unabe to navigate to a POI, a Crossing or a street without a house number the unit simply hangs on "one moment please". I did not investigate any further I reverted straight back to version 7.221.

Smartdriver · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject:

AndyVaughan · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

Did you try connecting it back to your PC and the choosing disconnect device from within Home. Let it reboot then choose No when prompted to connect to computer and then power off.

I have found that mine has had all kind of weird errors if not disconnected correctly via Home.

Andy

andy-c1 · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject:

oh my g*d i've just had a close call with my tomtom tried to revert back to the old version and all it did was start up then go blank .push the on button again and die just before password appears ,until i replaced the 9 files downloaded from oldboy PHEW
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