TomTom Start 20 series - too good for first-time buyers?

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:19 am Post subject:

I'm working from (dodgy) memory here as I no longer have my unit, but I think

Coordinates - maybe

PGPSW database and POI warnings - Yes.
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claymorebob · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 31, 2007 Posts: 1

Can anyone tell me how to transfer Pois to my start 25, I used to could on my xxl but now nothing
Help!!!

Andy_P · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:10 pm Post subject:

You can either use "Add Community Content" in the "MyTomTom" utility, or use TomTom's "Transfer Content assistant" to copy them from an old TomTom to a new one.

Instructions for "Add Community Content" are here (That's to add the PGPSW camera data, but all POIs are similar)

The "Transfer Content assistant" can be downloaded from here
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wiggy25

Well at long last have updated the now VERY old GO700!!

Bought the Start25 Western Europe from Halford's yesterday as it was on offer for £129.99.

Installed MyTomTom all OK although I wouldn't say it's incredibly stable!
If you connect the device MyTomTom starts up and goes straight to the web page but the web page goes into walking through treacle mode so in the end just closed the browser and went to the page manually and that all seemed to work fine.

The first thing it said was everything was up to date, but then showed me a map of Western Europe that I could download...very odd.

Then it said there were 25 new items to download, downloaded these items one of which was a new firmware for the unit, I think mainly bug fixes.

So that all went in well, it still showed the map of Western Europe that I could install.
I double checked and found that this unit actually comes with the map of Europe installed which had a release date of 1/2012 so first quarter of this year, fairly old.

Ticked the box and started downloading the Western Europe map, it tells me that there is not enough room and I need to put in a memory card or remove the current map which can be reinstalled at any time.
I didn't have another card so just selected remove existing map and started the download after a few seconds the Start25 lit up saying connection to server lost and "Something went wrong don't disconnect the device"

The download timer on the PC was still counting down but nothing happening on the device after a 40min download I thought it would just install...nope.
So disconnected the device turned it on and it said no maps installed!!!
Turned it off connected back to PC and it suddenly connected and started to install the downloaded map another 30mins and it said all was done.

Disconnected the device turned it off then turned on holding the on button for more than 4seconds to give the drum sound which is a reset.
Hey presto all up and running with the latest map.
I have no idea why it said there was a problem and why it didn't automatically install the map but the MyTomTom function needs to be more stable than this.

Installed the Speed camera data base using the MyTomTom zip file and that all went in OK .
What I did find was when selecting the speed cameras in the Manage POI menu it asks for the distance to be warned at but DOESN'T ask for which sound you want to use!!
Reading the instructions it does say select the camera, then the distance and then the sound you want, but this doesn't appear as an option.
I looked around the forums and a comment was made that if you see a loud speaker symbol next to the pgpsw camera symbol then it will already have the voice activated.
I have now tested it and can confirm that this is true and even though I didn't need to select the voice I wanted to use it's already been selected.

As a further idea I unzipped the file and using MyTomTom insert community content I copied the voices into the community warning sounds area.
Now when you go into the TomTom speed cameras there is an Alert settings icon and you can select these voices to use as well.

Hope this is useful.

Cheers

Ian

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:56 pm Post subject:

HI Ian.

You're not the only one to find the new "MyTomTom" to be more than a little tiresome!
I think some of the issues are caused by the split between the "support application" (the icon and notifications that you get in thePC system tray next to the clock) and the rest of the system which is web-based (although a lot of the "web pages" you see are actually generated inside the TomTom itself!).
Often they contradict eachother, and the web-based stuff always switches to "you are up to date" as soon as you have triggered the download of something, rather then waiting to see if it actually completed and installed!

I get the feeling that different software teams worked on the two halves and didn't talk to each other enough... Rolling Eyes

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Moving onto the sound warnings for the PGPSW cameras.

The fact that you don't get asked to choose a sound file when you are doing the warning set-up is correct and 'as expected'; but it does confuse a lot of people. For that reason, it was specifically pointed out in the instructions for the older models:

norm2002 · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:15 am Post subject: QVC TSV

An old thread I know but, if anyone is still thinking of getting this unit, the Start 25 with European maps is QVC's TSV today at under £100 with free UK p+p and with a TomTom promotion of FREE LIFETIME MAPS.

Seems a great deal although not for me.

gluey · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:02 pm Post subject: start 20

Also on ideal world 23 nov 2012 (friday), start 20 £99.00 with traffic receiver.
Pay £33 now and then £33 jan,£33 feb.

Might be tempted but i prefer a live unit.

Rhubarbe · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 3:28 pm Post subject:

If any of you ordered the Start 25 for £99.96 from QVC on the 18th Nov as I did, I'd suggest you check that they've not added P&P to your bill (P&P was supposed to be free). I've looked in my account today and they've added £5.95!

My confirmation email says that P&P is free. I've mailed them about this today.

For anyone waiting, when I ordered mine thay said it would be dispatched on 29 Nov, I mailed them last week and they say that my order should be 'fulfilled' by 15 Dec.

JamesEncliffe · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 18, 2012 Posts: 4

I was very disappointed on changing from a Go300 series device to a Start25. The mount arrangement in the box is totally unusable. They actually expect the user to peel the suction off the screen each time! It wouldn't last a week before refusing to stick, not to mention the difficulty involved. The old device was a one button press and remove from a well-designed dock connector/holder. The Start needs the USB to be unplugged each time. Utter rubbish design.
It is possible to buy a docking mount, for the dashboard, which would go some way to recovering the fuctionality of older models. However the design can only be mounted on a surface that is near-vertical!! Few dashboards have such a surface near the line-of-sight of the driver (and devices mounted such that the driver has to look away significantly from the road to see the display are dangerous and impractical). It can't be mounted on any of the many horizontal surfaces in most cars because the device cannot be then rotated to a vertical screen position. Stupid design.

I finally made do with a 'gooseneck' windscreen mount which allows the device to be clipped off. But the cable still has to be unplugged.

A very badly thought-out mounting design that lets down the whole device. Whoever 'designed' up this system hasn't a clue.

Compared to earlier devices, the sound quality is very poor, being thin and tinny. This is a side-effect of the (unnecessary) design goal of making a thin device.

James

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:00 am Post subject:

Unfortunately the Start are the "entry-level" models so corners needed to be cut to bring it in at a price people were prepared to pay.

But don't forget that in most countries you are advised by the police to remove all traces of having a sat nav - removing the mount and even wiping the ring-mark from the screen. Lots of people in the various forums moaned that it was annoying to have to take the bulky mount with them when they left the car and asked for an "integrated" mount.

Other models have better mounts, with release buttons (GOx40/GOx50 series) or magnetic catches (GO100x series and the new GO500/5000), you did have a choice.....

Sometimes TomTom can't win?
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