European maps on TTG300

Taximark · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 14, 2007 Posts: 44

First of all i want it to cover all of Europe if possible because im driving to Portugal (west) and Croatia (east).

Now what size SD card should i get? what make of card should i go for? and what is the total downloadable capacity ?

Is the UK included in the Euro map or have i simply to remove the card upon arrival or exit to the UK?

How is the download done?

Many thanks Mark.

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:19 am Post subject:

If you go to the TomTom Map shop http://www.tomtom.com/products/maps/ and enter what map you want, it will tell you what size it is. Get a card bigger than that. Get one that is a known brand (Kingston, Sandisk etc). Get "fast" (x133 something like that)

Buy it. Download it.
You will need to install Home v2.1 and v7 software to use the new maps.
It will tell you all that when you download it.

Uk is included on Western Europe map.

Taximark · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 14, 2007 Posts: 44

Sorry for sounding thick Andy but what are Home v2.1 and v7 software why do i need them, what do they do?

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject:

'Home' is TomTom's PC software suite designed to manage your Go.
You didn't used to need it, but now the only way to add maps or update the unit's software etc. is to use it.
Version 2.1 is the latest and can be downloaded from TomTom using the link at the bottom of THIS PAGE

"v7" software refers to the software actually running on your Go.
The Go originally came with v5 software, later updated to several versions of v6. V7 for the Go300 was launched only a couple of days ago.

You have to have v7 running to be able to use v7 maps properly (which are the only ones available from TomTom now).

You can check what version of software you are running now, by tapping the signal strength bars on the normal navigation display. The software version number should be shown in a box on the right-hand side of the next screen (tapping that box, will take you to yet another screen with lots more information.

If you are still running v5 software, you'll notice quite a few changes!
As always, make sure you do a full Windows Explorer backup, before you make ANY changes. (Instructions for that are in the Forum topic TomTom FAQs HERE

Taximark · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 14, 2007 Posts: 44

Andy it's V 5.2, if i load the new V7 will i lose all my existing speed cam alerts on it?

Daggers · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:07 am Post subject:

I've just updated a TT Go 300 from v6 to v7. All the alerts I had previously set up changed to the same audible warning sound, but all the distances etc. remained as before. (I use the TT default sounds, not the OGG file method)

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:22 am Post subject:

You might have to go through the "warn when near" set-up again to put your warnings back how they were, but it should all work as before in the end.
If you use the sound effects, note that some of the default sounds have been changed (especially Polite 1,2,3), but I have a get-round for that.
If you use the ogg files they should work as before, but again, you will probably have to go through the set-up again for every camera type, just to re-assign them.

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