QuickGPSFix Download

loro · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 02, 2007 Posts: 26

i've noticed that when i connect my Go 530 to tomtom home i am not being offered any QuickGPSFix downloads? when i connect with a TT one i get them, is this QuickGPSFix only for the TT one ? or have a got a problem with the TT Go 530 any help would be appreciated

DennisN · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:31 am Post subject:

If QuickGPSFix download is a must for you (I haven't downloaded it since February 2008 when some of us concluded it was doing nasty things to our devices), there has been some discussion recently - do a Search for it. If I recall correctly, it is to do with TomTom Navcore updates being incomplete in some respects and you may have ended up with a file or three missing.

In the meantime, don't lose sleep over it - if you use your 530 more than once a week and have "Startup Preferences" set to "Continue where I left off", you shouldn't have any trouble without it.
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dhn · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:48 am Post subject:

Dennis .... a question for you.

'Continue where I left off' is the setting I use for my 720 here in NA but, in a few weeks, my wife takes the unit to Britain. I realize that it will take longer for the unit to 'grab' a gps signal initially than it does when I turn it on here but wouldn't having the 'continue....' setting active make a satellite signal capture even longer initially?

(I have visions of her at Manchester Airport swearing mightely at the unit as it waits ... and waits ..... for a signal on that side of the pond. Rolling Eyes

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PaulB2005 · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:57 am Post subject:

I always thought the "Continue where i left off" just meant it returned you to whatever screen you where on when you switched off and had nothing to do with GPS Fix or location.

For example if i go into the Map Corrections page and then switch off, when i switch on with "Continue where i left off" selected after the splash screen it takes me back to the Map Corrections screen. The other options Ask for a Destination, Show the Main Menu and Start Slide show act according to their description.

I have i missed something here?

dhn · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:24 pm Post subject:

Appears you are correct, Paul. From the manual:

Continue where I left off - your GO starts and shows the last screen that
was shown when you turned off the device.

Guess I should read it more often Embarassed

Thanks.
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Darren · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject:

Is your wife hiring a car at Manchester Airport? If so, best advice is to install GPS, switch on and then wait for a signal if in the open or move to the first place she can safely stop and allow it time to re-acquire.

Driving off and hoping it will catch up is always a mistake, I know having tried it myself too many times! The hard part is finding somewhere to stop. Most time you're under cover when you pick up the car and airports aren't the easiest places to pull up in!
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Pocketgps · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: QuickGPSFix Download

loro · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 02, 2007 Posts: 26

dhn · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:00 pm Post subject:

To Darren:

Thanks. Have advised her to expect a delay and to try to do exactly that, get in an open place, have a ciggy, and let it acquire a signal.

p.s. Going to pm you about a severe problem I'm seeing in another forum.
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loro · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 02, 2007 Posts: 26

ah right DennisN have done search and found some posts will read and digest later thanks

Pocketgps..........thanks found folder on a backup i had done on my old TT one

DennisN · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:19 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject:

loro · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 02, 2007 Posts: 26

Thanks DennisN

i totally agree with you on the mapshare issue, i don't use it myself either, thanks for your input, now to decide whether to put these files on my Go ? or leave them off decisions, decisions

AndyVaughan · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject:

I always used quickgpsfix on the 920 and didn't have problems.

On the borrowed 930 it has never been used and it takes all of about 2 seconds longer to get a satellite lock.

Make your own mind up, but it doesn't seem to do much for me.

DennisN · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject:

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