Handsfree on TomTom520 Nav8.010

[D4VE]

Have never really bothered with the handsfree option as it never really worked that well for me, in particular those i called could not hear me very well. and besides I had a Bluetooth Headset which works.

So after updating to 8.010 I thought I would give it a try again. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised as it seemed to have solved the previous issues. The only problem I had is that it would not download my numbers from my Nokia 6230, every time I tried it would go so far then the phone would switch off.

So today on my way up to Haverhill I had an incomming call from the office and all seemed well untill nearing the end of the call but before we both hung up I had my colleagues voice get locked into a loop and kept repeating very rapidly.

Any attempt at swiching off would not work and a I resorted the the good old reset, which solved that particular problem.

Then the next issue was it took at least seven attempts to switch on, each time I tried it would just hang on the start up screen.

And finally when it did get it going I found it had done what appeared to be a factory reset as all my favs, POI's, in fact all settngs in MapSettings.cfg had defaulted. Luckily I have a recent back up thanks to this forum's advice.

My question is has anyone experienced or had similar issues, or is this a new incarnation of things to come from Navcore 8+.

All comments appreciated and apologies for any similarity to other lenghty posts on this forum.

Dave
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iPhone4 IOS 4.3.3
TomTom Western Europe v865.3252
App 8.300 V1.6 (670441)
TomTom iPhone Car Kit

PC Operating System: Windows 7

[box2k2]

The looping / stuttering is nothing new.

Have a search, both myself and DennisN have put stuff up.

Dissappointing (but not surprised) to see v8 doesn't fix it. Its a feature that would be useful when in hire cars.

Otherwise my top tip for hands free calls would be Parrot, mostly because it just works:

http://www.parrot.com/uk/products/hands-free-car-kits

[DennisN]

I had my fingers crossed for v8.010, but it did it to me yesterday at least three times.

And it used to be so brilliant on my old GO700.
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Dennis

If it tastes good - it's fattening.

Two of them are obesiting!!

[box2k2]

You might have a point there Dennis.

Anyone want to swap (downgrade) their 710 to a 720?

[DennisN]

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