2007JUNE TomTom 910 De Luxe MAPS 2 YEARS OUT OFF DATE

thereitis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 14, 2008 Posts: 1

Found the brightness of the screen not bright enough in sun light.
910 set at maximum brightness, eyes coming out of sockets to see where to go.

QUESTION: Is there a upgrade for brighter screen. Tomtom did not read my e-mail, they told how to adjust the brightness, I have already stated I have done that.
Any info, I would be grateful.....

NEXT QUESTION: June07 bought 910 with the latest software installed.
Travel to Spain found new MOTORWAY not on map. Motorways took TWO YEARS to build, so the latest map installed is TWO YEARS OUT OF DATE.
TomTom made no comments, only purchase an upgrade, what in 2007, ??.

If one purchased the upgrade map and the Motorways are not on it, NO REFUND BECAUSE YOU HAVE OPENED OR DOWLOADED IT.

Not Impressed with Tomtom......

Any suggestions from anybody.........

LesMiserable · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:57 pm Post subject:

I think if they were to add a motorway before it was finished a lot of people would be upset when directed to a build site Shocked

Best buy a new map
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Andy_P · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject:

Screen brightness - Some people have said that some software updates have made a slight difference. Probably not enough to satisfy you. Only other suggestion is a sunshade like the Drumma Visor (may be out of stock for the 910 now, but I remember seeing a recent post about maybe re-starting production). There are several others (or were).

Maps - the most often discussed topic. Maps are always out of date for all satnavs. Argument rages as to whether maps from Mapmaker A are better than Mapmaker B. If you have a specific querey, ask here before you buy a new map and someone will usually look it up for you to see if it has been corrected. Supply Lat/Long co-ordinates or specific town names for best results.

sausage27 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 13, 2006 Posts: 29

I have map version 675.1409 is it worth upgrading to the latest one v710?

Thanks

Peter

Tomtom 910 appl. v7.162

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject:

Toneloc427 · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject:

v675 maps already work with MapShare when paired with v7.x application. Of course, TomTom probably won't be maintaining it for too much longer - 12 months from release, right?

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject:

GerryC · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject:

Does anyone know if mapshare updates are "shared" between v6.75 and v7.10 maps. If not, there won't be many updates coming through for anyone with the v6.75 map from others.
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Toneloc427 · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:

Andy - Good news indeed! Thanks for sharing.

GerryC - I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain that there is no inter-map sharing of updates. I haven't done a formal test, but since I have both versions I could check it out later this week if nobody else chimes in.

Or maybe not...How do you know if the change is "transferable" or if it's just been made in both maps independently?

I would be more interested in testing whether the updates are cross-build compatible, rather than cross-version. For example, will updates made to the "USA and Canada" maps (<1GB for most units) show up in the "North America" maps (~1.5 GB for 700/910)?

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

I can't be sure where to find it, but I'm pretty sure we proved that the corrections AREN'T shared across map versions. Dumb eh?

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