Full postcodes using Go 500?

Altea · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 42

My Go 500 will not accept full postcodes, it will only take the first part of the code. This is useless as postcode areas can be huge so there's no chance of getting to destination if the street/road is unknown. So, is there a way to get this to work?
Cheers.

AliOnHols · Pocket GPS Verifier Joined: Oct 15, 2008 Posts: 1936

What version of the postcode zip file do you have installed and how current are your maps?

Has it ever worked correctly for you?

Have you recently done anything to your TT which may have changed some settings?

EDIT - Just to confirm, do not put a space between the 2 parts of the post code, enter it as one long 6/7 digit code.
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Altea · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 42

Thank you for your reply.

I'm sure that when I first bought the unit it did accept the full postcode - though this is a long time ago and I haven't used that feature until a couple of days ago, when I only had a postcode, not an address. I'm up to date with the maps as I subscribe to the map updater.
I've looked at what's on the memory card but can't find anything obvious that looks like a postcode file. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place, and it's hidden in another file somewhere.
Finally, I've not done anything to the unit except have Pocket GPS World camera database and custom voice loaded.

Altea · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 42

I've looked again and found an item within the map folder that is called 'postal_GBR.ttd'. However, there isn't a version number. It only says that it was modified today( because I have just downloaded the latest map update.)
By the way, I installed the PGS World camera database and custom voice a long time ago.

John

dhn · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:56 pm Post subject:

Do this .......

Download this compressed file:
http://www.tomtom.com/updates/zipcodes/Map_885/zip.zip

and use WinRar to extract the contents to a FOLDER called zip (all lower case) in the root of the unit.

Thus, you should find up with a folder called zip AND the contents of the zip file (confusing with the naming, eh?) on the unit.
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Andy_P · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:00 pm Post subject:

Altea · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 42

Thank you dhn and AndyP. I will give that a go.
John

Altea · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 42

Done all that but still no joy. I now have a couple of files in my map folder that are called Great_Britain.postal and another Great_BritainPostal.ver. Still won't accept full postcodes though. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

dhn · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject:

Those files NEED to go into a FOLDER called zip in the root of the unit, NOT in the map folder as individual files.
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Altea · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 42

Can't find a folder called 'zip'. Where do I look for it?I've looked at everything that shows on the Tom Tom when I connect to my computer. Sorry, I'm not up on these things.

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject:

When you "unzipped the download" it should have ended up in a normal folder called zip and you copy the whole thing across, but if not, it doesn't matter... you can just make one.
You can do that by right clicking in the window in Windows Explorer and selecting "New" then "Folder" or by selecting "New" then "Folder" from the File menu at the top. Then put all four files back inside it.

Here's what it should end up looking like in Windows Explorer.
The TomTom will have lots of folders, one of which has to be called "zip" and that folder has the four files inside.
(The other folders will include your UK or Europe map folder and will be somewhat different on a Go500 to what's in my picture)

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AliOnHols · Pocket GPS Verifier Joined: Oct 15, 2008 Posts: 1936

If you do not have a folder named "zip" you can create one yourself. Once you have plugged your TT in to the computer, opened Windows Explorer and clicked the TomTom icon so you can see the files, right click on the TomTom icon and a sub menu should open and one of the choices should be "create new folder" select this, call the new folder "zip" without the quotation marks. So now the new folder zip shall be added to the root of the TT and you should be able to see this new folder, along with all the other folders when you select the TT icon. It is into this folder that you place the contents of the 885 zip download once you have unzipped/expanded them.

Edit - Doh! wot genesis says above Wink

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Altea · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 42

Success! That's done the trick! Thanks everyone for your help.

John

AliOnHols · Pocket GPS Verifier Joined: Oct 15, 2008 Posts: 1936

Altea · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 30, 2005 Posts: 42

Will do. Thank you.

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