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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: 8.35 Update Oddities
Andy_P wrote:
Blue is distance to your current location, as the crow flies (turns grey if you do not have a GPS fix)
Well, I'm trying, Andy, but you've lost me there. I mean, would I want to know how far it is to where I currently am? It wouldn't by any chance be NIL distance? Like I said, I'm lost - how far is it from where I am to where I am? Heeeeeelp!
I thought the other thingies were how far it is to Home from where I am and how far it is to Destination from where I am. Is that too simple? I suppose there's a FM to R, but that seems like it'll be hard work. _________________ Dennis
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: 8.35 Update Oddities
DennisN wrote:
Andy_P wrote:
Blue is distance to your current location, as the crow flies (turns grey if you do not have a GPS fix)
Well, I'm trying, Andy, but you've lost me there. I mean, would I want to know how far it is to where I currently am? It wouldn't by any chance be NIL distance? Like I said, I'm lost - how far is it from where I am to where I am? Heeeeeelp!
I assume that while browsing the map, if you drag the map to a point in any direction you will have an idea of how far away that point is from your current location.
Hmm, it makes sense when I say it to myself...
Someone else complains it's just eye candy, no new features. Well it is only supposed to be a minor update! And anyway, there ARE two big new features. I think the new markers are excellent and the return of the instructions on FM is a good workround for a legal issue that was not of TomTom's making.
Then there's the roundabout improvement, and the improvements to importing phone contacts.....
So, 8 or more pages, but then some people just love to moan.....
(Stands back and waits to be shot down in flames)
Andy - some of us have been waiting since November for the stuttering voice / repeated instructions bug to be fixed (even DennisN is suffering from it now!).
If TT are going to release updates they should fix the existing bugs not just keep adding extra eye candy and features whilst the underlying app is still full of bugs - for instance the mp3 playback is about 50% of the volume of the nav instructions, even with TTs muzak mp3s that are included. Hands free still crashes. Bluetooth mp3 playback still jumps and sticks and the playback speed varies ever so slightly.
As I said previously - it still doesn't do what it says on the tin!
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Joined: Mar 18, 2007 Posts: 21 Location: South Yorkshire
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject:
After instaling this 8.350 on my 920T, my unit will not restart, just goes through a continuous loop at startup screen.
I have deleted all applications via latest HOME, then reinstalled but exactly the same looping.
If I have on the cradle connected to pc then it will connect to home, check for updates etc & even operate my go works fine, but as soon as i disconnect then i get the looping and will not boot up, If I do the reset it will stop the looping and turn my device off but turn back on with same issue.
Joined: Oct 08, 2007 Posts: 2544 Location: Toronto CANADA
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 8:51 pm Post subject:
While the unit is connected to the computer, use Explorer to delete the mapsettings.cfg file within your specific map folder (Don't worry, the file will get recreated on next boot up).
Now, disconnect the unit PROPERLY from the computer. Shut it off. Turn it back on. Is the problem still there? _________________ David
Joined: Nov 13, 2008 Posts: 59 Location: Atherton lancashire
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject:
good idea get a vid up, same here drive a vw caddy and 1 year old , on motorway you can bearly hear it .. i tryed fm transmitter (glad that is back) but it seems you have to play music via tomtom to keep the signal link ..
DennisN wrote:
I gave it a fair trial yesterday (Bristol to Porlock and back) on my 920T and was sickened by the poor volume. So I copied my previous app 8.302 onto SDHC card and used that today for Bristol to Tooting. The volume reverted to usable. Coming back from Tooting, I took the card out and ran home on device's internal app 8.350 and could barely hear anything on the motorway, despite driving at mega economy speed of around 55mph (my van is in good nick, 14 months old, so it's not a banger for noise).
So I'm sticking with 8.302 and will get round to moaning at TomTom - it looks as though there are enough others with this volume problem for me to decide it's the 8.350 doing it. I can (and have done) sit here and switch from 8.302 to 8.350 and back again to prove the volume problem. I could video it (the difference) if I thought anybody would pay me any attention, but I suppose TT will tell me to adjust the slider in volume preferences.
Incidentally, yesterday the second spoken instruction got repetition "At the roundabout roundabout ...."
RDS-TMC is working as before (and I'm no lover of it), with different announcements - previously something like "Traffic delay on route now 1 minute. No faster route available." is now "The traffic delay on your route is now 1 minute. You are still using the fastest route."
upgraded the other and 530 would not turn on. left on charge for about twenty minutes then reset. sprung into life. but now when i attach to the pc 530 dies and will not reset. again i have left on charge by wall charger for twenty minutes and reset ok. any ideas anyone
Joined: Nov 24, 2003 Posts: 1441 Location: Swansea
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: TomTom release v8.350 for GO x20, GO x30 and GO x40
News Team wrote:
The notable features and fixes in this release are:
Re-enables route instructions through FM Transmitter (GO x20, GO x30 only)(only when music is also being transmitted).
Does it transmit navigation instructions when "silent music" ie an empty MP3 file, is being played?
Robin _________________ TomTom One v3 Europe, Navcore 7.903, Western Europe 835.2420
TomTom Go 720 Europe, Navcore 8.351, Western Europe 855.2884
Satmap Active 10
Plus a lot of other PDA GPS kit, seldom used
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: 8.35 Update Oddities
DennisN wrote:
Andy_P wrote:
Blue is distance to your current location, as the crow flies (turns grey if you do not have a GPS fix)
Well, I'm trying, Andy, but you've lost me there. I mean, would I want to know how far it is to where I currently am? It wouldn't by any chance be NIL distance? Like I said, I'm lost - how far is it from where I am to where I am? Heeeeeelp!
DER!! These markers are on the BROWSE MAP screen, so you can be looking at anywhere in Europe (or wherever). So it is VERY useful to see where you are in comparison.
I thought the other thingies were how far it is to Home from where I am and how far it is to Destination from where I am. Is that too simple?[/quote]
Again, it's distance to Home destination, current location (or marker) from wherever you are on the map browser.
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject:
AndyVaughan wrote:
If TT are going to release updates they should fix the existing bugs not just keep adding extra eye candy and features whilst the underlying app is still full of bugs - for instance the mp3 playback is about 50% of the volume of the nav instructions, even with TTs muzak mp3s that are included.
Not for me....
The ONLY thing that is the wrong volume is that the TTS voices are rather too loud, everything else matches well. Normalising the volume of your mp3 files before you put them on the TT might help.
Quote:
Hands free still crashes.
Not for me, but I'd be the first to admit I don't use it enough to make it a fair test (my own phone isn't BT compatible.
Quote:
Bluetooth mp3 playback still jumps and sticks and the playback speed varies ever so slightly.
Not for me.... (except maybe playback speed once in blue moon - but do you remember audio cassettes!)
It is just annoying that these intermittent bugs are still here.
I could probably cure the occasional voice stutter by putting Kate 7.10 on there, but I shouldn't have to.
My mp3s are normalized, and are louder than the TT samples. If I stream music and directions via bluetooth the difference in volume is very noticeable. If only they would reinstate an independent volume control for the mp3 playback it would fix an annoying problem.
The mp3 playback is significantly better than 8.3xx, but ipods and mp3 car head units don't speed up and down and stutter occasionally.
Joined: Mar 18, 2007 Posts: 21 Location: South Yorkshire
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject:
dhn wrote:
While the unit is connected to the computer, use Explorer to delete the mapsettings.cfg file within your specific map folder (Don't worry, the file will get recreated on next boot up).
Now, disconnect the unit PROPERLY from the computer. Shut it off. Turn it back on. Is the problem still there?
Thank you for your response, Ive tried this, still I cannot boot the 920, exactly same looping.
I then connected to HOME again, I can then use the device , update it etc but cannot disconnect & run. When i connected to pc & HOME the mapsettings file hadnt rewritten, & home tells some error which I acknowledge before it searches updates.
Restore to the older files & everything works.
AndyVaughan, I fully agree with you. We are paying anywhere between 70 to 250GBP (Guesstimate & haven't got a pound sign on my lap top) for our SatNav's. This is an substantal investment of our hard earned money into something which is either an extravagant "Boy's Toy" or an essential piece of equipment for our jobs. When we buy a SatNav, we expect it to work as it should, at the point of sale. i.e. get us quickly, safely and without fuss from A to B on the most efficient route according to the parameters we have set it and according to the specification (aka marketing blurb) we have bought into together with any additional applications as advertised. The manufacturers first obligation should be to make available the technology we have purchased. Then, and only then, should they offer us FULLY WORKING optional enhancements as firmware so that they may compete with their (not our) competitors for market share.
An example of this is a route I take every day, everybody in the village takes this route, tourists also. It is signposted, yet TT would take the un-initiated on a 15km detour to complete a 3km journey. Sorry, this is not acceptable. _________________ Garmin Nuvi 2599
Android with CamerAlert, OsmAnd+, Waze & TT Europe.
TomTom GO 730, GO 930, GO 940 & Rider2.
SatMap Active 10 & 20.
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I mean, would I want to know how far it is to where I currently am? It wouldn't by any chance be NIL distance? Like I said, I'm lost - how far is it from where I am to where I am? Heeeeeelp!
