TTN5 - using 'Advanced Planning'

[voice_of_reason]

Despitre there being several topics around this area, I still can't find the answer to this question. What I want to do is fairly simple:

I want to plan a journey in advance - from my home ('down south') to a place 'up north'. I plan the journey using 'Advanced Planning'. I review the route, make a few changes (e.g. avoid a particular road, make sure it uses the M6 Toll Road etc.). Finally, I'm happy with my route.

How do I then make sure this route is used when I actually make my journey in a couple of days time? I could leave the route programmed in, but I may want to plan other routes or use TTN5 for another route in the meantime.

Is there no way I can save my route?

Thanks for your help!

[MarkHewitt]

Unfortunately not no. It's one of the annoying features! That and you can't plan an itinery without a GPS signal.

[voice_of_reason]

OK, thanks for the reply. I hadn't bothered using itinerary planning for the exact reason you mentioned - you need a GPS fix to do it.

It's a real shame, because I must be one of the few people on here who reckons TTN5 is a great improvement over TTN3! The screen updating is much faster, the maps seem more up-to-date, it's got a lot of nice new features and it doesn't lose Bluetooth connection any more like TTN3 used to.

[Maxi]

Its a known bug that I'm sure they'll fix in the update. Cant you just switch on your GPS and stick it on your window sill till they do?

[Robin2]

In my opininon, this is one of the major deficiencies in TT5 as compared with TT3. I don't know if I'm unusual, but I frequently used the itinerary function to plan routes, test them out and then save for use later.
You can only do this with TT5 when connected to a GPS receiver, and even then you can only plan a journey which starts at the GPS position. I am shortly going to France, and need to plan 3 days journeys in advance. To do so, I had to restore TT3 on my PDA and use that.
Lutz has listed this as a bug. TomTom have sent me an email saying the function is not available on TT5, so I am far from confident that it will be fixed in a future patch. TomTom reps at Newport said that a proper itinerary planning function was "high on the wish list", whatever that means!
Robin
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