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Spit_Fire
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 Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:48 pm Post subject: I'm Thinking of Buying a... |
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Hi Guys.
At Current I have a Garmin Satnav 1390T with Traffic , I keep on losing the Traffic , its a pain! , so im looking at going to a TomTom Live With HD Traffic 
On the TomTom Site looking at there Sat Navs , The sat navs Labels with "LIVE" i take it have HD Traffic , Speed Cameras IQ Routes ?
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Spit_Fire
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Do they allow custom POIS etc? |
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Darren
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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LIVE means it's HD Traffic enabled.
The latest models, GO 1000, GO 1005 and Via have limited custom POI support.
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Spit_Fire
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Darren
Does Limited Means I Would be able to put on PGPSW Database on then?
Which unit would you choose? |
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Darren
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They can use our database BUt installation is a long winded affair and no support for custom alerts.
We're hopeful that TomTom will improve this in due course. I'd suggest the GO 1000 if you want the latest model or if not so bothered about that, an x50 (550, 750 or 950) which have full support for POIs as well as custom icons, car icons etc.
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technik
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Darren wrote: | | They can use our database BUt installation is a long winded affair and no support for custom alerts. |
I have never used the so called customised voice alerts, but find the choice of audio alerts more than good enough.
As I use the consolidated camera files it doesn't take too long to add the POI's.
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Spit_Fire
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Darren wrote: | They can use our database BUt installation is a long winded affair and no support for custom alerts.
We're hopeful that TomTom will improve this in due course. I'd suggest the GO 1000 if you want the latest model or if not so bothered about that, an x50 (550, 750 or 950) which have full support for POIs as well as custom icons, car icons etc. |
Are TomTom still distrobuting the x50 Ranges - Carn't find any of them on there site? |
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mikealder
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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The only way to get the 750 Live from TomTom is through their Refurb Outlet and it costs £150, for this price you DON'T get to update the map to the very latest.
However if you search on Amazon you can find the same TomTom 750 Live for £168 as a new item which does come with the latest map offer, for an extra £18 its well worth the outlay otherwise the installed map could be as much as 18 months out of date.
If you do go for the 750 Live get a 4GB MicroSD card for the device as the newer maps won't fit on the internal storage space unless you want to use the dummed down Zonal Euro mapping they seem to be peddling these days - Mike |
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Spit_Fire
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:54 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for your advise Guys
I have brought a Via LIVE 120 Europe from halfords yestoday , however i'm not 100% sure the Traffic is working.
Im in the North West and my Satnav is picking up 9 Incidents/7 miles long
On My dad's Tomtom 550 Live - The Traffic Won't Connect to it - it just says there was an error connecting to the server - with a Red Background.
Looking at http://www.tomtom.com/livetraffic , there seems to a a lot more that 9 Incidents in the UK.
is the Traffic Working Ok?
Is the TomTom Server down? (my dads Won't Connect??)
How Many does ur tomTom Pick up ? |
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technik
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Yes.
There are 9 incidents within about 100 miles of where you are in the north west.
You will only see incidents within up to 100 miles, so everything is working.
Only the GPRS traffic service which is not available on LIVE models does show all of the UK traffic.
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jonbaker12345
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:25 am Post subject: |
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The HD Traffic server is working at the moment.
I'm in Hull and my 550 Live is currently seeing 9 incidents - the furthest west being on the B6153 near Leeds, and on the M1 near Wakefield.
I've found that HD Traffic only sees incidents within about 50-60 miles or so from my current location, so you're almost certainly seeing a different 9 incidents to me.
| technik wrote: | | Only the GPRS traffic service which is not available on LIVE models does show all of the UK traffic. |
Technik....do you mean the RDS traffic, or am I misunderstanding you? I'm confused, but it's still early
**EDIT...I've now realised that you probably mean TT HD traffic running on a smartphone. Am I right? |
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technik
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| jonbaker12345 wrote: |
Technik....do you mean the RDS traffic, or am I misunderstanding you? I'm confused, but it's still early |
Not RDS traffic.
GPRS traffic is the TomTom subscription traffic service for non-LIVE models.
It costs about £29/year to subscribe.
It is similar to the RDS free traffic except it uses your mobile phone to receive the traffic information which is then received on the TomTom GO via bluetooth.
The traffic information is updated every 15 minutes.
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jonbaker12345
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| technik wrote: | | GPRS traffic is the TomTom subscription traffic service for non-LIVE models. |
Thanks for that. I didn't know that service even existed for the non-Live models. No wonder I was confused!  |
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mikealder
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| Are you sure GPRS traffic is still available for new users, I thought TomTom were phasing this service out - Mike |
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Spit_Fire
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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Very Happy with My VIA 120
The Traffic is Much Better than my Garmin , it kept losing the Signal!
Will be using it again when I travel to Sheffield |
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