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TomTom 1005 Rubbish! Position shown as off-road. Why?

 
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:15 pm    Post subject: TomTom 1005 Rubbish! Position shown as off-road. Why? Reply with quote

Luckily, TomTom have replaced my 1005 unit with The Camper version, which is working perfectly, i still have my 1005 and will be sending them it back as agreed, but this is what happens, even after 50 resets of factory settings and pressing button on top and holding it down (which TomTom tell you to do)

its like it cant keep up with the road! this happens on lots of A roads its also slow to re-route

http://youtu.be/4qtJUoTOKiI?hd=1

any ideas WHY it does this? (showing position as off-road by several metres in one direction)

MOD EDIT: To add the actual problem to the title and text

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

When that happens, tap the screen and go to GPS status. How many sats are locked in and what signal strength?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And is it running the latest software?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes it's running latest software
But not latest map, which I consider rip offs anyway
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Haven't watched the video but what vehicle are you driving? Could its construction / design block the signal?

Have you tried in a different vehicle?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tried it in 3 vehicles, still the same
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dina Soar here. Not a Nav3 owner, though seriously considering it, but why is there no current TT Live model with just UK&RoI mapping?

Any way, this discussion reminds me of getting the One XL; version 6 software consistently lost the satellite signal, version 7 improved the lock, but still lost the signal regularly, and version 8 fixed it pretty much completely.

Could it be the software - the fact the 'camper' version works so well makes me think....?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used to see this on older generations of TomToms, and it's beginning to be seen more often on NAV3 models such as the Go1000 and 1005

Can you describe when and how it happens a bit more please?

Is it happening ALL the time with the 1005 now?
Or does it happen at a particular time of day? Or on the same stretch of road?

Did the problem possibly begin after any updates, or connecting to MytomTom on the PC?

Does it ever improve as you drive, or does it stay like that constantly?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My 1005 works sometimes, happens from morning until night
Haven't noticed any differences after updating it
Though resetting it seems to help it for a couple of hours
Then it's back to as you can see on the video

Doesn't happen on motorways, only A and B roads, country lanes etc
It improves shortly after it loses it's way on the road, but not that quickly
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Via 120 does this from time to time too. Very annoying and frustrasting Evil or Very Mad No rhyme or reason as to when it does it, completely random.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Possibly then the 'Camper' version is the most reliable Live device? Just have to wait for them to appear in the outlet shop [edit] which appears to have vanished from the website!
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