Beeping noise from TomTom720

Cinkel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 30, 2008 Posts: 11

Every once in awhile my TomTom makes this strange beeping noise. Is it because it's losing sattellites?

Wishlist · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 160

shaun43uk · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:37 pm Post subject:

are you using the hands free when you hear the beeping if so this is normal, when in a handsfree call navigation alerts are disabled so not to interupt your call but you will hear a beep instead of a voice alert.

also check to see if you have set any of your POI's to alert you when you are near them. when you hear a beep look at your screen to see if you have any icons flashing.

if its not any of the above then give a bit more information what your actually doing with your 720 at the time you hear the beeps.

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:51 pm Post subject:

My guess is it's an overspeed warning.
Turn it off in Change Preferences / Safety Preferences / 'Warn when overspeed' or 'Warn when over a set speed'

The problem with these settings are that there is often a speed error in the mapping data, so you suddenly get a 30mph section on a motorway for example, and the TT decides you're speeding!

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject:

Copied from PM (Cinkel, please use the forums rather than PMs for questions, especially if you don't see the replies)

Wishlist · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 160

As Andy said...Copied from PM (Cinkel, please use the forums rather than PMs for questions, especially if you don't see the replies)

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject:

...or as shaun says, what are you doing when it beeps?

Cinkel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 30, 2008 Posts: 11

TomTom720, no audible beeps set, no phone connected. I'm just driving, and all of a sudden it beeps a few times then stops. I've been turning the volume off since the beeps are annoying.

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

And you're SURE that the 'Warn when overspeed' or 'Warn when over a set speed' boxes aren't ticked in Safety Preferences page 1?

Just because YOU didn't tick them, doesn't mean they haven't got ticked by the 'TT Home fairies'!

Nothing visible on-screen? Not the TT speed cameras? (which also keep getting switched on every time I connect to Home).

Cinkel · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 30, 2008 Posts: 11

this is an intermittent problem. went out today for a drive and no beeps at all. however a new problem:

TomTom directions are perfect, however voice comes on and tells you to do the wrong things, also after inital route is planned, it re-calculates it over again two or three times.

I downloaded a new driving icon (Mario bros) and a new voice. Could one of those two contain a virus which effected my TomTom?

Wishlist · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 160

Wishlist · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 160

pcaouolte · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: beeping noise and new problem

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