Navcore 8 Upgrade for Older Devices Released

LesP2008 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject:

Complete bull....

Well obviously you know better as i do.
I didn't say it could not be done i have done the exact same as you.
I am merely letting people know what TomTom support sent in their mail.
The reason for the mail was that i had the ver720 maps for my 910, when i got the 720 somehow home offered the western &central Europe map for download so i got an SD card and loaded them on and they worked fine. I asked TomTom why this should happen before i did it and the reply is what i posted.
Being very dubious of anything they say i tried it and it works fine.
Personally i could not give a monkeys about what TomTom say or anybody here about useing ver8 maps etc on machines that "supposedly are not supported, you have done it, i have done it, lots of others have done it. If they are available and are paid for correctlyand if they work then thats our gain.
Some of the things i have been able to do with my various systems and maps makes a mockery of this so called device specific thing that is purported. However this only seems to be the case for MY devices and not a friends 720. I had no intentions of trying to mget him the Ver8 maps of mine for free i was merely seeing how far the security measures went. In this case they worked.

And no i do not think they meant the ver 8 maps of W&CE as they knew exactly what maps i was talking about.

Wazza_G · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject:

Just remember then if it all goes "pear-shaped" and your TT crashes & needs professional (eg return to TT) you may find that you get charged for it or they won't have anything to do with it at all.

And if it does don't come back here whinging & whining about it and how do I fix it.

Because all I'll do is laugh and say "TOLD YOU SO!" Twisted Evil

By waiting for the official release, I know that I won't get any hassle or flak from TT.

LesP2008 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject:

Whingeing and whining ? what for? If you bother to read stickys and know what you are doing you can always turn to your many back ups, you do have back ups i assume?
Unless of course they have an imploder built in that activates after a few days, then as you suggest i would be stuffed eh.
Then again i suppose i could always go back to my old 910.
See, i knew there was a reason why Dennis has fifty TomTom's.

LesP2008 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject:

LesP2008 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject:

No Worries Andy i agree with what you say there.
I have just read through this whole thread and without starting a war i find the issues are coming from people who haven't tried it, so really what is THEIR issue?
And that's not aimed at you either. Wink

I can see the issues with TomTom perhaps not being happy but i don't think they would doctor it by clandestine methods, hell they don't need to do that they only have to give it to their software developers. Laughing

BackSeat · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 21, 2005 Posts: 11

One difference I have noticed with 8.010 (on a 520) is that I now get a voice saying something like, "Continue on the A40 for the next 28 miles". This message is useless as it doesn't tell me anything I need to know, but it does interrupt any music playing from the TomTom. The message seems to play at random intervals, typically every 3-4 miles or so, but yesterday I had it three times in less than a mile.

What's really annoying is that I've come to rely on the TT only "speaking" when it has something important to say: a warning to turn right in 200 yards followed by the command to "turn right". Now I have to get used to the idea of ignoring some of the messages.

I've spoken to support, and they confirm that this cannot be turned off; they suggested turning the voice off completely if I find these message annoying.

Anyone else irritated by them?

BS

mikealder · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject:

When you are getting these annoying messages from the device have you per chance got the traffic subscription service active or an RDS-TMC device connected? - Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:46 pm Post subject:

I was getting that sort of message ONCE at the beginning of a long straight section of a journey, but not several times.

I've gone back to a non-TTS voice now though, so don't get it at all.

john877 · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 468

Calomax · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:30 am Post subject:

gtdave · Lifetime Member Joined: May 04, 2007 Posts: 10

Out of interest, is the IQ routing information feature a static thing in the maps, or continually updating via Home?

BG · Lifetime Member Joined: Jun 11, 2005 Posts: 22

LesP2008 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:48 am Post subject:

Trigger · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject:

Do's anyone know if this update will be avilable for the 700 series as I have one works well so why change unless you have to
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