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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14892 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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bloater wrote: | Note alanji. I am going to Cornwall in a few weeks, so checked mine for a blocked A30. Nothing, all ok. |
The coordinates dropped me into a field perhaps 300 yards to the east of A30 and I couldn't find any blockage in the area (wanted to put it right as I never know when I'll be down there next). I don't download or accept any Mapshare corrections at all - maybe alanji takes everything and some nutter has done another of those jokes! _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
Two of them are obesiting!! |
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14892 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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PeteT wrote: | Is there a way to get the update for £35.80 and not the next years worth of updates? | I'm afraid the choice is Map update service for £35.80 plus £35.80, or the new map for £69.95. I'm a bit surprised that your offer isn't actually cheaper than the stand alone map - it was for my offer and just about everybody else, I believe. But not just the £35.80. _________________ Dennis
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PeteT Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 16, 2004 Posts: 32 Location: Leeds, UK
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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DennisN wrote: | PeteT wrote: | Is there a way to get the update for £35.80 and not the next years worth of updates? | I'm afraid the choice is Map update service for £35.80 plus £35.80, or the new map for £69.95. I'm a bit surprised that your offer isn't actually cheaper than the stand alone map - it was for my offer and just about everybody else, I believe. But not just the £35.80. |
Hi Dennis
If i was to buy a new map, am i correct in thinking that i wouldn't get the updates for a year? |
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Holdfast Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 12, 2006 Posts: 47 Location: Stockton on Tees, Smoggy Land
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:04 am Post subject: |
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Hi Dave,
I am in the same boat, I have spoken to Tom Tom uninstalled Home and re-installed, all to no avail, they have asked for my system info, this I have sent, I am now awaiting a reply. All I would say is to speak to them do not rely on e-mail via web site.
let me know how you get on, I will post my result. _________________ Sat Nav of choice WAZE
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DinAlt Regular Visitor
Joined: Nov 25, 2003 Posts: 190 Location: Slough
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:34 am Post subject: |
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Hi all,
Got back in this evening to find the e-mail from tomtom which supposedly allowed me to access latest map guarantee - their "solution" ?
Use a paper clip to do a soft reset... chocolate and tea pot springs to mind.
I decided it wasn't worth the hassle chasign them t save £9.50 or whatever the cost was so I paid up and subscribed to the 12 months free maps thingy as well. Guess what - AFTER downloading the map it now recognises there's a map available for me to d'l using latest map guarantee - to be honest i wouldn't trust this lot to give me directions to the corner shop ...
Was gonna let it slide and pay up but i'm going to contact them tomorrow and demand to speak to 2nd line or a manager -
DinAlt |
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14892 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:50 am Post subject: |
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PeteT wrote: | Hi Dennis
If i was to buy a new map, am i correct in thinking that i wouldn't get the updates for a year? | Yes, if you buy the new map at £69.95 from the TT Map shop, all you get is the one map and no further updates. You cannot get just the new map for £35.80.
Alternatively for £71.60 (a mere £1.65 dearer) you would get the new map, PLUS all the new maps released during the next 12 months (generally believed to be the next three maps after this one).
It's entirely up to you, but everybody else has gone for the £71.60 option of 4 maps for the price of one. _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
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D4VE Lifetime Member
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 207 Location: Hertfordshire
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:03 am Post subject: |
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Hi Holdfast,
Glad, in a way, that I am not the only one in this predicament. Having said that I would not wish problems I may have on others if you know what I mean.
I am interested to know if you also had the cheaper same or similar map upgrade option for what is now an older map as well?
I agree that speaking in person may be faster in the long run, but with email you have what they say or promise in writing, and not just hearsay from, what maybe a still wet behind the ears customer support representative...
Dave _________________ 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 |
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Skwark Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 30, 2005 Posts: 86
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:13 am Post subject: |
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Well my home street has finally made it on this map, only 2 years old so not bad going by my reckoning... and I did report it via mapshare (I can pretend that made all the difference!) It still isn't showing on Google maps though, I thought they shared the same data and first time I've noticed a difference in the two. |
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Hyperchaotic Occasional Visitor
Joined: Nov 12, 2008 Posts: 1
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:50 am Post subject: Upgrade from 710 to 815 worth it for British Columbian? |
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I know that mileage may vary (heh), but I am wondering if it is worth it to upgrade from maps 710 to 815. I live in British Columbia.
Any British Columbians to comment? |
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sjh4 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 6
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:41 am Post subject: |
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updated my 920 to map815 having already updated software to 830, worked fine until copied map.cfg over then just constant reboot, replaced cfg file with one that came with map and working okay again, just have to manually re add favs and speed camera warnings etc, first time in over a year updates havent worked without a hitch |
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norm2002 Regular Visitor
Joined: Aug 13, 2005 Posts: 147 Location: Panama City
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:36 am Post subject: |
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I have a similar problem to sjh4. Installed Navcore 8.30 on Monday. All OK. Installed the 8.15 map last night but my mapsettings.cfg file is now 2k and does not contain my Home or audio warning settings for the speed cameras. Put back the mapsettings.cfg file from the backup I made immediately before installing the new maps but my 920 is now in a loop and cannot get beyond the startup screen. The only solution I have at the moment is to dlete the mapsettings.cfg file so it creates a new one on startup. That works but I really don't want to have to recreate all my audio and other settings. It took ages the first time!
Any ideas? |
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Calomax Lifetime Member
Joined: Sep 30, 2005 Posts: 988 Location: St Martin's, Guernsey
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:05 am Post subject: |
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alanji wrote Quote: | Had to pay £8.95 (plus £35.8 for 12 month upgrade) as my map was one quarter old | same here, I bought version 810 on September 15th so it isn't a quarter old until December 15th. I paid up because it didn't seem worth the agro for the sake of £8.95 but I wonder if others are getting the same thing. _________________ TT Go Essential |
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1ka Occasional Visitor
Joined: Sep 08, 2007 Posts: 34
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:11 am Post subject: |
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LB-Greg wrote: | Just updated my maps on my 720 to 8.15. Did the update to 8.300 yesterday.
All seemed to go OK; but now when I switch it on it just cycles between the tom tom Go opening screen (with sky, trees and sign post), then blank screen then TomTom on a black screen then the yellow screen with the progress bar at the bottom
I've pushed the reset bottom underneath - HELP!! |
I have this same problem after updating the map to 815 and replacing the mapsettings.cfg with the 810 version. If it's out of the cradle then continual reboots.
To fix, stick it in the cradle and you should see the drives (at least on my Mac I do). I can now delete the mapsettings.cfg and it'll be fine.
So, major gripe - why have TomTom f'ed up the map settings. Isn't this one of their recommended solutions to recover the favourites?
Secondly, why the shell are favourites in a binary file anyway? This should be a simple text file that is unrelated to the map. BOI. |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:14 am Post subject: |
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For those of you having ''fun'' with the MapSettings.cfg file have a read of #15 on the FAQ page near the top of ths forum section index, it was written for a different device with a similar issue and should therefre resolve this problem - Mike |
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IanS100 Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 05, 2008 Posts: 870 Location: Southport
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:26 am Post subject: |
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AlandEi wrote: |
Perhaps the X20/X30 series are reaching their limit of feature ability due to limited memory... I popped some of my earlier backups on my Go 520 to take a look at the available spare memory with earlier apps...
Free Ram with Navcore 7.41... ver 715 map... 32.6Mb
Free Ram with Navcore 8.010... ver 715 map... 32.4Mb
Free Ram with Navcore 8.010... ver 720.803 map... 29Mb
Free Ram with Navcore 8.3... ver 720.803 map 18Mb...
Can't comment on the ver 8X maps I am afraid...
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I've just checked my 520, updated to the latest Navcore & maps this week:-
Memory used 397MB
Free space: 91.6MB
I don't think I'll run out of space for a while |
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