Navcore 8 Upgrade for Older Devices Released

HummerUK · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:29 am Post subject:

I was out yesterday with my 520.
Seemed at first to have trouble keeping up with my physical position on road and also not indicating full GPS signal level.

After a soft restart it seemed better but I did note that twice two of it's computer generated voice messages played at the wrong speed making them sound a little odd.

I shall wait till the new v8 maps are released in case TT make another upgrade causing the x30 v8 maps to no longer work on a x20 unit.

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Hoppy · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:16 am Post subject:

I did about 120 Miles on Sunday with my 520 V8 Software and V8 Map and I was very impressed. It kept up with my posistion all the time no problems with voices. Lane Guidance worked a treat but I only saw it a couple of times on the A52.

The most annoying thing was the incorrect road speeds, travelling along the A46 at 60 then all of a sudden for no reason TomTom beeping at me, it thought the road speed had changed to 30 when it had not.

They have also fixed the voice telling me to turn right at one point when the route is to turn left.

Also traffic showed a green circle nearly all the time at one point I lost a quarter of the circle but it came back to full almost straight away no hold ups shown and none encountered.

All in all I am very happy with the upgrades.
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Wazza_G · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:24 am Post subject:

I definitely think I'll be waiting for the official product release to make sure that if I have any problems, I'll be able to get technical support should it be required.

I'm tempted to try out the v.805 map but if the next map is due out in August then I think I'll wait.

LesP2008 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject:

Hoppy · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject:

GPS_fan · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject:

Life's always a gamble, isn't it?!

At best, you buy the maps now and save up to 30%, or at worst you'll have to buy new maps after the sale ends.

So far, the gamble has paid off for me and a few other people Laughing

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turbo10 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject:

Well I'm glad I have taken the "gamble" I think the new features of the v8 maps are great

perussell · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 292

Yes, concur with that, a gamble but well worthwhile! Very Happy

GPS_fan · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:40 pm Post subject:

Yes, some nice features.

I only wish that ALG and "Reality View" appeared more than half a mile in advance - if you're not in the correct lane by then, it's often/usually too late to change safely.
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Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject:

I hadn't realised it was that close!

I've always thought that the distance to exit slip roads etc. is misleading anyway.
It seems to be calculated to count down to zero at the furthest point of the junction, at the point where the road actually splits, so at "0" you are well past any chance of taking the exit.

I've certainly learnt to live with it, but it's annoying, and if that is the datum used to trigger the ALG and reality view then that sounds much too late!

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Wazza_G · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject:

Trevor1234 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject:

Andy_P wrote
I've always thought that the distance to exit slip roads etc. is misleading anyway.
It seems to be calculated to count down to zero at the furthest point of the junction, at the point where the road actually splits, so at "0" you are well past any chance of taking the exit.

Yes Andy Its always puzzled me why Tomtom use the point where the road actually splits. But its nothing new, they were using it on Tomtom navigator 3 years ago. I would have thought that common sense would have chosen Zero yards (and the words ‘Take the exit’) to coincide at the point where the slip road actually starts. I wonder who made the decision.
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batties · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 07, 2006 Posts: 111

Downloaded version 8 map of UK and Ireland for my 720 but home says this map is not compatable with my devise? I have version 8.010 software installed on my devise. How do I fool TOMTOM home into letting me download the 730 v8 map?. Is there another way to download the maps brought from TomTom without using home?

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