tom tom new verssion

philmc · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 6

I have a go 700 with version 6.150 when I go to tom tom home I do not get the option to update to V7.160. do I have the wrong version of home or should I be looking for somthing to tell me the only new application it is offering me is v6.150 that I already have, any help much appreciated and is it worth updating anyway? cheers

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

So which version of Home are you running?

philmc · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 6

Hi Andy, I tried to instal version 2 but as I do not have the latest windows I could not install it, whre would i look to check which version of home i have, cheers.

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject:

Help Menu / About
(You can usually find the version number of any Windows prog. there)

It's possible that Home 1.5 and 1.6 won't offer the update, I know you can't download the latest maps without V2.1

philmc · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 6

Sound, just checked it out v1.3 must be really old How can I get newer version without latest windows I.E vista or xp ? cheers

EricWB · Frequent Visitor Joined: Jan 31, 2007 Posts: 310

I have Home 1.3 with Windows ME and downloaded TT version 7.160 for my 510 about a week ago without a problem. I dont remember the exact detail but I know that I followed a link back to the TT website to find more detail about the update and that link was identified as for 6.150 so it maybe the same for you.

Why not backup your 700 anyway as you should do before any attempt to make a change, download the update and see what you get.

7.160 will give you improved functionality including mapshare, but you will need to update the maps that means you will need Home 2.1 and also Windows XP or Vista and broadband. I am thinking of just updating my Windows ME to XP by purchasing an upgrade version of XP this seems to be the least expensive option, a change to Vista would mean a completly new computer and most of existing software and hardware would also be scrap.

Check out my thread "TT510 Upgrade problems" for more details about a similar problem. I dont know why TT decided to write Home versions higher than 1.3 so they could only run with XP or Vista its not as though there is some complicated stuff going on. I can only assume Microsoft demand current software applications should not be maintained for use with earlier versions of Windows as they no longer support them either.

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:13 am Post subject:

I found a link for Home 1.5 and it says

philmc · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 6

Thanks for all that guys, I dont think I will bother updating windows so stuck with 6.150. Is it really worth the update of the TT will I notice that much difference?I really only use it when I travel to europe. Regards philmc

Andy_P · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject:

If you only want to navigate from a-b and don't want all the extras like Mapshare, then no.
Your only problem is that you won't be able to update your maps without Home 2 and v7 software.

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