TomTom One - Does it display the speed limit of the camera?

CobaltBlueUk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 22, 2006 Posts: 7

Hello! Few newbie questions...

(All assuming the relevent 3rd party software is present and installed). Please advise on what software Smile

Can a Tom Tom One display the speed limit that a camera is set to, when it alerts you.

Can it be configured (with xtra software) to voice the speed limit too e.g. "GATSO ahead, limit 30"

Can the tomtom just alert you for speed cameras without a route planned?

Thanks! In the market for a budget sat nav. Torn between the Garmin i3 and TomTom One. Opinons welcome!

mikealder · Last edited by mikealder on Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:18 pm; edited 1 time in total

Welcome to the forums a few Q's with answers (I hope)

tonys66

CobaltBlueUk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 22, 2006 Posts: 7

Wow rapid response guys thanks!

couple more q's for you 8)

- Is the standard SD card ok for adding the extra camera POI's and are there any useful extra features that can be obtained by upgrading to a bigger SD card?

- I have read that the tomtom one is particulary good with those troublesome windscreens (I have a renault laguna) without an external aerial - can anyone confirm?

mikealder · Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

You will need the larger card if you intend loading up celebrety voices/ alternate voices etc, the only thing I would sugest in this area is that you get a good reputable card with as higher speed as possible, the cheap e-bay ones don't always work out, you should be able to get the speed camera files onto the card as they have a very small file size.

I would recomend a larger card, copy the original then lock the original away somewhere safe (after copying its contents to your PC as well of course) Back ups are allways recommended, but you would be surprised how often people simply don't do this.

As for your car, does it have athermic coated glass? - if so the unit will probably struggle without the external aerial, do you know anyone with a sat nav product? - if so see if they will put it in your car to see if it will work or not - if you have the athermic glass then I would probably try the unit without the external aerial if it works great, if not get the external aerial later, it might save you a few pounds if its not required - Mike

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tonys66 · Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject:

Brose map or you can plan a route and view it

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You can't use an MMC card - not enough terminals!!
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mb300tdGREEN · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 10, 2006 Posts: 20

The 128mb card that comes with the Tom Tom One UK British map is sufficient to take the 24 speed zoned files and the voice warning file for the cameras to replace the sounds. The card also took a John Cleese voice file. However, if you want to load more maps, then a larger card is necessary.
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ColinS · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:12 am Post subject:

I previously owned a Laguna and copilot live. It would not work at all without an external aerial. When I got my current car (a Ford Focus C-Max with heated screen) I tried it without the aeriel and it worked (just about) so I reconnected the aeriel but mounted it inside the windscreen and that worked fine.

My GO 510 works no problem without an external aerial (in the C-Max).

Hope this all makes sense but I think you may struggle without an external aerial on the laguna.
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mikealder · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:05 am Post subject:

The Ford electric screens comprise of a heater element embeded in the screen, whilst this will attenuate the sat signal it will still get through, the other system using athermic glass is a heat reflective layer applied to the screen when manufactured (IIRC someone once said it was titanium), this is very good at attenuating sat signals to the point of no / little reception. It is still worth giving a unit a try in the car without the external aerial, it might work, it might not.

If you need to use the external aerial, you should find the area behind the rear view mirror is left uncoated, so the external aerial is best tried in this location. - Mike

ColinS · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:16 am Post subject:

I believe that the bottom left of the screen (where the tax disk goes) is also left uncoated for this very purpose but check with Renault.
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mentalpostie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 15, 2005 Posts: 22

i have a peugeot 307 with athermic windscreen and i own a tomtom one and it works perfectly with these comfort screens that's the reason i got one, there was a review somewhere about the fact that the tomtom one use's a new chipset which gives a signal through these screens.

i've never had a problem at all with mine no matter where i place it in the car even on the back seat with no view of the sky it picks up a good signal and even in the house

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