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GarethP
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 Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:15 pm Post subject: Mio P350 and TomTom Navigator 5 & GB maps |
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Anyone any comments? Is it a good general all round combo for use in car, on foot and as a PDA (using Excel, Word and Outlook)?
Any others for around the same money that I should be comparing with (upto £300)?
Also,
Do TomTom GB maps include the channel islands?
Thanks
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I'm also planning to purchase a Mio P350 but am holding back because 1. It's not shown as compatible on the TomTom site 2. Evidently there are issues with activation codes, similar to the Mio A201.
I just checked TTN5 for St. Helier and St. Peter Port on both the GB and France maps and nothing showed.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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at the moment tomtom dont cover the channel islands though i beleive copilot does
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Can't say exactly for the p350, but I have a p550 + TTN5 which I believe is identical but for the addition of wireless and bluetooth.
Tomtom works perfectly ok on the p550 (came on an sd card). I did have to fathom out how to configure the built in gps - there were no instructions either with tomtom or the mio: In tomtom go into Change preferences/Show GPS Status/Configure, and select GPS_COM.
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Border_Collie
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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This is an answer I got from GlobalPositioningSystems when enquiring about compatibility.
| Quote: | Is it the preloaded SD card and separate European mapping only CD you have or is it the full CD with Software and maps? If it is the latter it may not work as this has caused problems with Mio units in the past, but the SD card and mapping only CD should work.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Lost_Property wrote: | | I'm also planning to purchase a Mio P350 but am holding back because 1. It's not shown as compatible on the TomTom site |
Have a read of This post (sdrury) as he has a P350 device working with TTN5 as reported at the bottom of the page - Mike |
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GarethP
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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OK, so there could be compatability issues. Sod's law says that mine won't work, so what could I be looking at instead?
As for the channel islands - I suppose they're so small that I doubt I'll get lost  |
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Border_Collie
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Have a read of This post (sdrury) as he has a P350 device working with TTN5 as reported at the bottom of the page |
Yes, I saw that Mike and started making arrangements to get one and contacted GPS to confirm it would work with my discs, as they showed only pre-loaded cards. I then saw in another forum that some people had experienced problems. One person provided a link to obtain a 'patch', which I thought would be similar to the Mio A201 problems, and actually passed it on to a post here.
What a mistake. It turned out it was a 'crack' not a 'patch'. 
I realise sdrury has his working but he doesn't say whether the maps were pre-loaded or from disc.
What's really confusing is it says on the Mio site
| Quote: | As long as it runs on the Windows Mobile 5 operating platform, the P350 can support the GPS software of your choice.
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GarethP
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:39 am Post subject: |
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I've had a quick surf around the TomTom site and can't find the compatability list. Can someone point me please? I might just have to end up with another PDA 
Thanks in advance. |
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| Lost_Property wrote: | I'm also planning to purchase a Mio P350 but am holding back because 1. It's not shown as compatible on the TomTom site 2. Evidently there are issues with activation codes, similar to the Mio A201.
I just checked TTN5 for St. Helier and St. Peter Port on both the GB and France maps and nothing showed. |
I've got a P550 which is apparently the same as the P350, just with bluetooth and wifi. Activation was problem free. That doesnt help, as I can't get any damn signal, but thats another issue...
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| GarethP wrote: | I've had a quick surf around the TomTom site and can't find the compatability list. Can someone point me please? I might just have to end up with another PDA
Thanks in advance. |
http://www.tomtom.com/products/features.php?ID=109
I hope this helps!
If you need to find your own way there:
www.tomtom.com
Choose support
Choose PDA navigation
Its question number 5
Good luck!
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GarethP
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks. I was obviously just having a completely dense moment! |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:36 pm Post subject: P350 + TTN5 |
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Purchased a P350 + TTN5 c/w Maps of Western Europe for my company. Installing software and activation of maps was trouble free.
All appears to be working fine.
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GarethP
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:36 am Post subject: |
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Hi Tewy,
Was it the SD card version or the CD version?
I just don't want to get stuck with a combo that may cause me problems because it's for my wife  |
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Tewy
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject: P350 |
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Gareth,
It was the CD Version
Hope this helps,
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