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Antoeknee
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 Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 12:19 am Post subject: 550 live - battery indicator and camera warnings |
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Finally found time to unpack the 550 and so far looks promising compared to my 500.
Just a couple of questions that maybe someone can help with:
1. The battery indicator on the screen is OK but is there anyway to see an accurate status for battery charge rather than this rather small icon?
2. Installing the PGPS cams and want to set the warning distances. There is a table somewhere on the site that I used last time but try as I may I can't find the table again. A link would be useful. |
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Oldboy
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| Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:44 am Post subject: |
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1. I don't think so, but someone with a 550 would be better able to answer that.
2. At the bottom of This Page. 
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mikealder
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| Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Most TomTom devices can be forced to display the battery charge state as a % value but not while the device is actually running the nav application! You need to press and hold the power on/ off switch after about fifteen seconds the device will re-boot, keep the button held down for at least another 5 or 6 seconds and you get to the boot information screen, one of the values is battery strength in %
For camera distances I just use the times ten rule, for a 30MPH camera use 300 yards for 70MPH use 700 yards, much easier to remember than the values in the chart - Mike |
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Antoeknee
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| Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Thanks to you both.
Oldboy, that was the table I remembered. Thanks for link, I couldn't find it.
Looking at the table your 10x rule looks a reasonable suggestion Mike. |
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mccririck
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| 300 yards for 30mph seems a bit far imo. At 70mph 700 yards is almost half a mile. |
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IanS100
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| mccririck wrote: | | At 70mph 700 yards is almost half a mile. |
Isn't 700 yds almost half a mile regardless of speed  |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:51 am Post subject: |
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| mccririck wrote: | | 300 yards for 30mph seems a bit far imo. At 70mph 700 yards is almost half a mile. |
The question is "What speed are you doing when you approach the camera?" - if you're doing (legally) 70mph, 300 yards might pass rather quickly on the approach to a 30mph camera at the end of a dual carriageway.
And 700 yards is (so we are told) quite a lot shorter than the ACPO maximum recommended range of a mobile camera.
Correction IanS100 - at 70mph, 700 yards is almost double a quarter of a mile.
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Andy_P
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| mccririck wrote: | | 300 yards for 30mph seems a bit far imo. At 70mph 700 yards is almost half a mile. |
As the chart shows, the "10 times speed in yards" method gives you roughly 20 seconds warning at all speeds *if* you are going at the speed limit.
If you have drifted over it slightly, then it would be somewhat less than that.
I find 20 seconds gives me plenty of time to register the warning, check my speed and adjust it smoothly if necessary, usually by just gently lifting my foot of the accelerator and without having to use the brakes (with all the consequent dangers of tailgating and bunching that can create).
I've tried using shorter warning times and find it just makes the drive that little bit more stressful.
Not that I'm ever over the limit, officer!
As Dennis says, if you want meaningful warnings of mobile cameras then you should be INCREASING those times/distances. I use DOUBLE the "10 times" figures for mobiles, meaning nearly a mile warning at 70mph!
Also, as a verifier, I find it's useful to have plenty of warning of every camera, so I can double check the accuracy of the database position and details. Members looking for their free lifetime subscription award might like to do the same! |
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