WARNING FOR GO 300 Users

Darren · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject:

AFAIK, the upgrade offer you mention was applicable only to owners of the original GO.
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Darren Griffin

slast · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 23

Thanks for the rapid replies!!

I think you are probably right.... which makes me a bit p****d off as I had checked it with the vendor before buying!! In any event, I can't find any way to BUY a France SD card - the website doesn't appear to supply them and UK retailers refer you straight back to the web-site!

I may be able to find someone in France who has a card, but would the map data files be readable if transferred to my SD card? I don't mind paying for the blasted thing but there doesn't seem to be any way of doing so!

One other thing - I noted the earlier correspondence on this thread about backups and did that to my unit - I thought the backup routine was rather "bad mannered" as it didn't give any indicatuion of where the files were going to be, and seemed to just dump them into my documents!
Steve

Darren · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:07 pm Post subject:

You can't use someone elses SD card as it would require activation on your device.

As for backups, the only proper backup is a full copy of your SD to somewhere safe. The backup routine suggested on the CD backs up favourites et al, nothing more so if your SD gets knackered, so are you!
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Darren Griffin

slast · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 23

"You can't use someone elses SD card as it would require activation on your device."

I understand that, but are the map files themselves device - specific? Presumably if you can buy them (eventually!!) on a CD, they are then ciopied to your own SD card? Is it not possible fopr example to put sevaeral maps on a larger SD card in if you want to? If so, how does that get "activated"?
Steve

rkm_hm · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:20 pm Post subject:

slast · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 23

I just allowed it to run from the original setup disk, and it looked like it had copied the whole set of files, however when I look more closely it is missing about 100 mb from some of the folders! So I've copied the whole thing now.

I am really rather annoyed about the card issue as I need France more than the UK, I would have delayed buying it until I got there if I had known that the maps would be sucj a problem.

Steve

Darren · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:51 pm Post subject:

60 secs on Google:

TomTom GO France Maps on SD

TomTom GO Western Europe mapset
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Darren Griffin

slast · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 23

Aha! You can tell I'm a complete novice at this GPS related stuff....!!

I understood from the message on their voicemail that the maps set would "be available soon", but assumed that as it isn't shown as available on their website wasn't available at all. Now, given that I appear to have been burned once by not comprehending that there is a difference between a Tomtom GO and Tomtom GO 300, can I be sure that the CD map set will run on my new 300??? It certainly seems better value than the SD card. However, I still don't understand about how a map off a CD set will apparently run OK, while a copied file off someone esle's SD card won't. Not proposing to do that, just don't understand what the difference is and don't want to buy something which then won't work again. Thanks very much for the comments, much appreciated.
Steve

Darren · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject:

Both those links are for maps that will work on your GO 300. It is possible that they are older releases but will work all the same. If you are concerned just ask the retailer to confirm suitablity withe the Go 300.

Wether on SD or CD, maps need to be activated on first use, on the SD you insert and activate, on the CD you install your chosen map(s) to an SD card and then activate. Once activated they will work on that device only and if the SD is inserted into another GO they will prompt for activation.

Below is a link at TotalPDA to a mapset specifically adverstised as being for the GO 300:

France
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Darren Griffin

slast · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 23

Thank you very much indeed for both the pointers and the explanation!
Steve

Darren · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:27 pm Post subject:

You're most welcome, apologies if the replies appeared terse, I'm trying to ctach up on a backlog Smile

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rkm_hm · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:30 pm Post subject:

slast · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 23

Thanks again. Let me know if this is leading to too much "thread creep"!

The file activation stuff is highly informative! Clearly these guys are using the Gillette marketing technique, the equipment is amazingly good value but renewables are expensive if you need them.

Say I want to do a journey Marlow Bucks to S of France. Obviously the S of France destination isn't on my UK map or database.

So if I buy a France SD card, and another larger capacity HD as well,

1) can i move my legitimate France AND UK data onto the one larger card and be sure it will run?

2) can I then construct a single journey itinerary?

Or do I need to construct say Marlow- Channel Tunnel entry, swap cards and then do tunnel exit - destination?
Steve

Darren · Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject:

I can't answer re. the multiple maps on one card query but regardless, cross border routing is not possible so you would need two distinct routes on the two seperate map sets.
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