TT One V's I3 & A Few Questions..........

Robin2 · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:44 am Post subject:

Nobody has yet mentioned the most significant difference between i3 and TT1 - the clarity of TomTom's 3D display. The equivalent display on the i3 is far too small and jumbled to be able to pick out much detail at complex junctions. To me this even more important than the greater convenience of touch screen entry on TomTom
Robin
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Montala · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Good point there Robin! Having just travelled over 600 miles in the last three days, I have decided that I certainly prefer the larger 3D view, and I also like the way it zooms right in on roundabouts etc. and virtually tracks you going round... very accurate positioning!

It did prompt me to try and turn around a bit more often than I would have liked though, although it would eventually realise that I had no intention of following its advice!

I almost started to miss the i3 telling me that it was 'recalculating' as the 'One' often performs this operation so quickly, if you should happen to deviate from its suggested route, that it is all too easy to miss it actually doing so!

Thanks also to 'Aitch' for the very useful looking link. I haven't had a chance to actually install it yet, but I presume it does work as advertised, and that it doesn't require a working knowledge of Linux to set it up for use here in the UK?

David

zogman · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject:

btw, if anyone wants voices look at my 'www'...
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zogman · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:12 am Post subject:

just put de niro and elvis up..the elvis one is really good...
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Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:11 am Post subject:

Aren't most of these copyrighted "paid-for" voices?

Aitch2 · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:37 am Post subject:

Montala · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject:

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Montala · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject:

JB101 · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject:

Another i3 to TT One v2 (Europe) here:

The Tom Tom is in a different league. The display is very clear and though I never really had a beef about the scroll wheel input of the Garmin once you've tried the touchscreen there's no going back.

I swear the TT keeps up with me and scrolls faster than my i3 as well.

I have installed the PGPS Speed Cams and they work well. The voices are good too and the instructions at complex junctions are much clearer than the Garmin gave.

At present have found a few mini-roundabouts that are not recognised but these tend to be those where there was a corner with a T junction and now there's an RB so if you stay on the main course (easy to see on the large display) you can't go wrong. If you do it recalculates instantly.

But by FAR the best TT feature is the way you can navigate round traffic or road closures on the fly. That's really really impressive. You can tell the TT to avoid any waypoint or road on your route so you're halfway through your journey and suddenly the Police shut the A1234. Just pull over (safety first) tap the screen, and input the road/junction/town you want to avoid. And you're off again on the fastest route to your destination avoiding the problem.

Downsides?

The day/night scheme but thanks to the link above I shall hopefully get it automated. None other so far, glad I switched.

JB101

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject:

zogman · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:09 am Post subject:

i dont think mini roundabouts are classed as roundabouts as such, as previously said they are normally situated at 't' junctions and are only about 2 foot in diameter..
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