| Author |
Message |
 Topic: The TomTom Rider works with the Starcom1 Bluetooth system |
Keba
Replies: 4
Views: 4545
|
 Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:34 pm Subject: The TomTom Rider works with the Starcom1 Bluetooth system |
Just paired mine earlier today with no issues at all - very straight forward.
Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I'll have the VOX setting correct - can't be bothered stopping every 10 minutes t ... |
| Topic: speed accuracy |
Keba
Replies: 44
Views: 12874
|
Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:25 pm Subject: speed accuracy |
How much tread you have on your tyres also dictates how far out your speedo will be.
Cop cars have to have their speedo <-> radar system calibrated once a day due to the difference that tread ... |
| Topic: So, what ya got ? |
Keba
Replies: 23
Views: 16655
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:23 pm Subject: So, what ya got ? |
| Was going to wait for a Rider - glad I didn't. 2610 was cheaper and is waterproof. Disappointed that TomTom don't give out proper specs on Rider. Gets a so-so review here - http://www.webbikeworld.com ... |
| Topic: Advice on systems wanted for ambulance use |
Keba
Replies: 3
Views: 3705
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:50 pm Subject: Advice on systems wanted for ambulance use |
| If you are after just full postcode search and not interested in GPS location destinations, then don't exclude the TomTom Rider - it will fit in with your requirements as far as you have outlined them ... |
| Topic: Tom Tom Rider & Autocom |
Keba
Replies: 18
Views: 19251
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:37 pm Subject: Tom Tom Rider & Autocom |
Did you manage to do this?
If you did could you let me know how you got on?
Regards,
KnightOwl
Actually, I've gotten a tad annoyed at Autocom sales - they were deliberatly ignoring my ques ... |
| Topic: Tom Tom Rider & Autocom |
Keba
Replies: 18
Views: 19251
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:14 pm Subject: Tom Tom Rider & Autocom |
Well, got a message back from Autocom.
My previous experience of them being very helpful is going downhill at a large rate of knots - I asked a simple question (is the Rider compatible with the Nok ... |
| Topic: Tom Tom Rider & Autocom |
Keba
Replies: 18
Views: 19251
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:08 pm Subject: Tom Tom Rider & Autocom |
| I'm still waiting on Autocom to finish coming up with a solution to the Autocom <-> Rider interface - was hoping to hear back from this week (been on holiday), but no emails, so I'll post when I ... |
| Topic: TomTom Rider - how to disable 'Drive Mode' |
Keba
Replies: 13
Views: 6708
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:05 pm Subject: TomTom Rider - how to disable 'Drive Mode' |
Personally, I think the main issue isn't that they attempted to force a decision on us, but that the options left whilst in Drive Mode are pathetic.
Having a 'drive mode' menu is a good idea - larg ... |
| Topic: TomTom Rider - on a BMW K1200 RS SE |
Keba
Replies: 3
Views: 3167
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:40 pm Subject: TomTom Rider - on a BMW K1200 RS SE |
Finally got around to permanently mounting my TomTom Rider on my bike - its not perfect, but it's almost exactly where I want it, and the power cable is nicely tidied away imo.
Three thousand words ... |
| Topic: TomTom Rider - how to disable 'Drive Mode' |
Keba
Replies: 13
Views: 6708
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:00 am Subject: TomTom Rider - how to disable 'Drive Mode' |
| Have you tried isolating individual pins? I'm looking into this over the weekend to see if I can fool it into still charging the unit whilst not going into 'drive' (should this be 'Ride', I wonder?) m ... |
| Topic: TomTom Rider - how to disable 'Drive Mode' |
Keba
Replies: 13
Views: 6708
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:12 am Subject: TomTom Rider - how to disable 'Drive Mode' |
Phase 1:
Get some sticky tape (use your teeth or get some scissors for cutting said tape - totally up to you)
Phase 2:
Cover the 4 little pins that are part of the wiring system that would pr ... |
| Topic: TomTom Rider No Euro Maps As Standard :-( |
Keba
Replies: 17
Views: 13765
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:02 pm Subject: TomTom Rider No Euro Maps As Standard :-( |
| You can use a larger SDCard in the Rider - which means once you buy the seperate maps (at additional cost thanks to TomTom's greed on that side of things) then you can load them on the SDCard and just ... |
| Topic: So, what ya got ? |
Keba
Replies: 23
Views: 16655
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:53 am Subject: So, what ya got ? |
| TomTom Rider - about to get an Autocom installed in the near future as well as the bluetooth speaker combo that comes with the Rider isn't loud enough at speeds over around 55 mph if you wear earplugs ... |
| Topic: Scottoiler Yes or No |
Keba
Replies: 15
Views: 9849
|
Forum: Motorcycle GPS Users Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:45 pm Subject: Scottoiler Yes or No |
What's chain oil ?? 
Two shaft-driven bikes = none of that nasty messing about lark.
It's like engine oil, but a lot thinner I'm told ;)
I've had a scottoiler put on my wife's bike (wh ... |
| Topic: TomTom Rider - Bluetooth dongle compatiblity? |
Keba
Replies: 0
Views: 956
|
Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:55 pm Subject: TomTom Rider - Bluetooth dongle compatiblity? |
Does anybody know which bluetooth devices the RIDER is capable of connecting to in the same was as the audio dongle that is included?
Specifically, is the bluetooth capability compatable with a BMW ... |
| |
Forum FAQ
Search
Usergroups
Profile
Log in for private messages
Log in
