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Roadcarver
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 6:41 pm    Post subject: Upgraded to TT5 - PDA shuts down after three minutes Reply with quote

I am new to this forum. It looks excellent and is exactly the type of user info / discussion that I was looking for.

I recently upgraded my software to TT Nav5. Now, every time that I use the PDA (Palm-T5) for navigation my PDA goes into auto-off mode after 3 minutes(as set in my power preferences on the PDA). It did not do this when I was running my previous version of TT. I cannot see how I can adjust this to recognise that the program is still in use. Any advice would be much appreciated. Question
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can you not turn the auto off feature off??
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 6:51 pm    Post subject: Found answer- TT programing oversight? Reply with quote

I found the following message on another site. It appears that I am not the only one with this problem. I will make inquiries with TT.

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I am running TomTom Navigator 5 (Bluetooth) on my Palm Tungsten T5.

The Palm automatically turns itself off after 3 minutes, which is the longest allowable Auto-off setting in the Palm Preferences application.

This means I can only use Navigator 5 for journeys of less than 3 minutes(!).

How can I overcome this problem?

Posted 13:09 30 Aug 05 by High John


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I have the same problem which I didn't have with TomTom 2004 (essentially version 3 for the palm T5). The only solution for vehicle drivers is to get a 12V power adapter for your T5 and have it running on that. It appears to be a programming oversight by TomTom.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm assuming you have a Palm with access to Grafitti strokes (no Treo 650 in other words).

It turns off because Navigator does not override the auto-power off feature on all Palm devices, which has a maximum interval of 3 minutes.

To shut down that function:

- Tap on Memo
- Tap on New
- Draw the Palm shortcut
- then immediately after the Palm shortcut put in a: .3

So: Shortcut.3

The inputted string will turn into : [No Auto-Off]

- Tap on Done.

Problem solved.

On a Treo 650, same thing except:

in Memos, type in S, then press Alt. A little screen will pop up. Choose the bottom-most character (looks like a loopy L), then .3

Same effect.

Hope that helps.
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