W&CE v 850 map released

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[MrT]

Apart from the memory issue, could some peoples problem be not using the latest version of Home? I thought that the choosing a map zone feature was only added in the latest version?
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Drivelux

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[Froggy]

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[MrT]

Mine offers me Western and Central Europe as default, then the option of Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Zones.
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Drivelux

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Hmmmm, having downloaded and "installed" the latest map to a USB stick I am still unable to get it from my PC or the USB stick to my device.

I am using HOME v2.7.5.2014 and this reports itself as the latest version when I check for an update.

When I go in to manage my device, expand the Maps tab, I am shown "Western & Central Europe 2GB" which is showing as 1682.5MB. There is a "More info" link, but no option to change zones. When you click "More info" the map describes itself as "Detailed map seamlessly covering Western and Central Europe - modified to fit devices with 2GB memory."

When I look at the new map under "Items on computer" the map is 2264.2MB and again has "More info" but no option to change zones. Selectign more info suggests that "users of devices with limited memory ... will be able to choose between and swith map zones using TomTom HOME" but I cannot for the life of me work out HOW!

When I run LMG while my device is connected, I'm told a new map is available so I click "Get it now" - this identifies that there is a new map available online (wonder why it doesn't see the one on my harddrive?) and under "more info" it says "This item needs to be downloaded" - there is no option to change zones. When I click "Install now" I am told that the new item won't fit and to free up 384MB of space although there is only 34.8MB of available files for removal.... and again there is no option for downloading and installing just one zone from the new map.

As the map is already downloaded, I can click "Add maps" and it shows as being on my computer. When I click "Add" to put it on my device, I'm told that the full version will not fit, but that I can choose zones, and to click continue to add the map to the shopping cart (???). I click continue and am once again presented with the "it wont fit, free up some space" dialogue as opposed to any zonal choice.

Any suggestions, anyone??

[MrT]

I have just put a 8GB SD card in a reader and TT Home recognised it and recommended I download the W&CE map. In the available downloads there is the option to change zones and download the zoned maps. I am trying the Western Zone to see if it will let me have more than one zone at a time or if it deletes a zone if you install another. At the moment it is downloading to a different directory "Europe_-_Western_Zone".

On installing to the device it renames the map folder to "Europe_West" and overwrite the map files but leaves all my personal files (POIs etc) intact.

if you go back into add maps you can add the W&CE map which copies all the POI files from the Western Zone Folder into a new W&CE folder but deletes the Western Zone Map Files then installs the W&CE map files.

If you manually add a map folder it will support both maps and you can switch between them on the Go in options, manage maps, switch maps.
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Drivelux

[DinAlt]

OK here's how to get it all onto an SD card if you're usign a 7XX Tomtom..


Firstly you can't use a card reader since Home won't recognise your SD card when put in alone... (this is actually mentioned in their help pages from TomTom Home but not on the website - reading between the lines this is because it's easy to spoof them into letting you use a map you haven't paid for - ie we're being treated just like users of TomTom Navigator..

Any how what you need to do is as follows:

OOPS almost forgot DO A FULL WINDOWS BACKUP FIRST!

1. Make a complete copy of your internal memory to your SD card (make sure you've enabled hidden files etc in your windows settings

2. Open TomTom Home - select your memory card as the active device

3. Select update my device

4. You will be told that there's not enough room on your device and be offered some files to delete - make a note of these file locations (note you want the locations of the files on the device itself not the memory card)

5 Abort the upgrade and reopen windows explorer and delete the files you made a note of in stage 4 from the device

6. Reopen TomTom home and select upgrade - this time it should run without an hitch (making room on the device itself will allow the download to occur and it will actually update your memory card not your device - basically their idiot software won't allow an upgrade if the device is full even if you're not using it)

7. Do the normal restart routine (copy a recent back up of mapsettings.cfg back into the new map and use operate my GO in TomTom home) and everything should be fine - you can now delete all of the files on your internal memory BTW

Hope this helps

DinAlt

Edited for clarity

[AndyVaughan]

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When I went to download the maps before I fooled it, it would not give me an option of downloading zones... It just told me to make more room available than is actually on the device. I tried fooling it in the hope that it would allow me to zone it once I had it downloaded :-/

[AndyVaughan]

How much room have you got on the XL and what voices do you have installed?

On my XL LIVE with 845 W&CE 2GB installed I had over 200Mb free. To achieve this kind of free space delete all voices apart from Jane, delete the raster folder and delete all files that begin with cspeech out of your map folder.

[harley-noj]

Hi All
Following the advice here I've managed to download the full map to my 4gb sd card in my 720. I used the card reader trick, it downloaded ok but would not copy to reader. So I put the card back into the 720 and it copied OK
Thanks for the info
John

[technik]

My map-update service expired in May, but I have still been offered by TTHome and have downloaded WCE 850 for free, the 2.2GB version on my 930. Maybe TT are giving me 6 months free even though I never renewed.

WCE850 is no better than the last map, which is why I wasn't going to bother subscribing any more until I see a change in the maps.
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