Updating your maps?... BE PATIENT!

Montala

Hi,

I have just spent the last 3 hours updating the maps on my TomTom ONE (Europe) to the latest available version, using a direct USB connection between the device and my computer.

I have a fast PC with a Pentium 4 dual core processor, and 4 GB memory, but not the fastest of broadband speeds unfortunately, so the download itself took about an hour and a half.

It did of course initially advise me that the available storage on my device was not now large enough to accommodate to whole of Europe, but I decided that the Western Europe option would be more than adequate for my requirements.

After completing the download, it then moved on the installation process, which is where the next hour and a half went. It spent so long Copying files, and the 'blue bar' hardly seemed to be moving at all, that at times I thought it had 'crashed', but it did eventually complete the entire process without a single error message being displayed, which is a 'first' for me!

When I moved outside to try it out, it took longer than I expected to 'boot up' and to locate some satellites, but having done so, all seemed well.

So... the summary of this message is, BE PATIENT, and having started the process, just leave it to get on with it, and give it a chance to sort itself out, which it hopefully will do, for you also! Smile

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:00 am Post subject:

I'm afraid your ONE only has USB v1 chips, so the transfer rate is dreadfully slow compared to the USB 2 on the Go models.

(USB 2 can achieve 480 Mbit/s, a fortyfold increase over the 12 Mbit/s that USB 1.0 can manage)

Montala · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:40 am Post subject:

Thanks Andy... but are you saying that even the latest IQ Routes Edition models (which mine is!) still don't have the newer USB 2 chips?

Surely even TomTom can't be that far behind! Wink

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:15 pm Post subject:

XL IQ and XL IQ Live are both equipped with USB 1 - Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:25 pm Post subject:

TT must still have a great big bucket of them left over that they bought cheap! Cool

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beashley · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 18, 2005 Posts: 37

I got the e-mail from TomTom stating there latest map, with it's greatly improved graphics etc. was available for download.

After downloading W&CE v850.2800 onto my 940L I cannot see any difference from earlier versions. Some Forum members speak of trees etc.

Afterwards I did a 150 mile trip and this was the first time the graphics froze, the voice instructions carried on working OK.

By just touching the screen and then selecting 'Done' brought it back on track. I have it all on a 8GB card with ample spare space and nothing on the internal memory.

Not offered any options on what to download so is my version the latest available?

Waiting for a reply from TT support.

Montala

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