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jaflonpink
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 Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:32 am Post subject: Speed Camera Voice Alerts |
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Hi
I wonder if someone could tell me what Sat Nav's are available that give spoken speed camera voice alerts.
I have a TomTom 720, it's excellent, but no longer available. My wife suffers from an inability to keep to a speed limit and likes the fact that my 720 tells her that she is approaching a camera and what the speed limit should be, not just a beep. So I purchased a TomTom XL v2 assuming that having text to speech this would do the same with cameras. What a disappointment, this device would not even allow me to have 2d with the direction of travel at the top let alone speaking camera warnings.
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Darren
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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Depends, many of the TomTom's do if you use our database, as do some Garmin's.
You can change the alerts on TomToms own database but as they do not differentiate between camera type or speed it's not much use.
As you are a subscriber you should be able to use the voice alerts on the XL as you do on the 720?
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, you can certainly have voice warnings on the XL just the same as on the 720 if you are using the PocketGPSWorld database.
Can you post back with more details of what you're doing now?
I'm surprised that you say the XL won't do a 2d display with your direction at the top too.
I could understand it if it was the NORTH at the top view they had dropped, but I'm sure that if they do a 2d view at all it would be the normal driving view with the car icon pointing upwards. .
My XL Live can certainly do it, but the XL2 did have some bits left out |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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Darren and Andy - note the compatibility chart on the download page where it says Start, Ease and XL-2 don't do the database.
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DennisN
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Google for TomTom refurbished units - e.g. the 730 is available from TT at around £150, the 530 is a bit cheaper.
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mikealder
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| DennisN wrote: | | Start, Ease and XL-2 don't do the database. |
XL-2 does work with the PGPSW Speed Camera database and the associated alerts as long as its running the latest Navcore, TomTom realised that not having full POI options on the device was a poor idea so introduced it for this model with a recent update.
Start and Ease can be made to work via Custom Menu but don't work with third party POI files straight out of the box - Mike |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| mikealder wrote: | | DennisN wrote: | | Start, Ease and XL-2 don't do the database. |
XL-2 does work with the PGPSW Speed Camera database and the associated alerts as long as its running the latest Navcore |
Mike you missed the earlier few words from my quote - it's not me saying it don't work.... | Quote: | | the compatibility chart on the download page where it says Start, Ease and XL-2 don't do the database. |
So we need to update the compatibility chart. And jaflonpink needs to update the software (Navcore) on his wife's XL.
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M8TJT
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Welcome back Dennis, with a bullet  |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| DennisN wrote: | it's not me saying it don't work.... | Quote: | | the compatibility chart on the download page where it says Start, Ease and XL-2 don't do the database. |
So we need to update the compatibility chart. |
I've mentioned that the compatibility chart needs updating for the XL2 and Start more than once, but it doesn't happen.  |
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Darren
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| Andy_P wrote: | | I've mentioned that the compatibility chart needs updating for the XL2 and Start more than once, but it doesn't happen. |
To whom? I've added XL2 and Start to the supported list with notes.
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DennisN
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| Darren wrote: | | Andy_P wrote: | | I've mentioned that the compatibility chart needs updating for the XL2 and Start more than once, but it doesn't happen. |
To whom? I've added XL2 and Start to the supported list with notes. |
Compatibility Chart a few minutes ago.....
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Darren
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Apologies, I'm away on holiday and the connection is slow. Now corrected.
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Darren wrote: | | Andy_P wrote: | | I've mentioned that the compatibility chart needs updating for the XL2 and Start more than once, but it doesn't happen. |
To whom? |
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