TomTom HOME 2.4 released

dhn · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:08 am Post subject:

I realize there are many more users of TT's in Europe than the USA but you bet the Americans who use TT's aren't too happy about the rounding error.

And what's with the comment associating the compass appearance with the muting of the voice?? Rolling Eyes

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falkirk81 · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

I had a brief go of the x40 navcore and can confirm that that does NOT have the 29/39/49 bug in it, so it should be fixed with the next navcore update!
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Calomax · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:

dhn wrote

dhn · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

There is a reason why the emulator loses the voice selected. The reason is hidden deep in a file (forget the name) that stores a default voice every time the session with emulator is finished. The problem is, the default voice ALWAYS reverts to Harold, an Africaans voice(!), I kid you not.

So, you start up your unit, the firmware looks for Harold and doesn't find it and you lose the voice you have selected.

It would take a software developer 2 minutes to clean up the code to store the proper default voice selected. Gives you an idea where TomTom places this bug fix in its priority list.
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pcaouolte · Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:38 am Post subject:

DanielBrookes · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 13, 2008 Posts: 23

Quick question:

I've got a subscription to the new TomTom service and already have the latest map; When a new map is available how will I install it (Which TomTom screens etc?). At the moment I see nothing "new" on the TomTom HOME software to check I have the latest map and of course I don't want to click on any of the usual map buttons incase this requests payment for it. Of course, there is no need to know this information now but I'd quite like to know how updates will be dealt with, before the time comes!

Cheers.

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:31 am Post subject:

There's an add-on for Home called something like the "Map Status indicator"
You get it by clicking on Tools/Home extensions.

It installs a small box at the top right of the Home main screen, which should tell you how upto date the main map is and how many MapShare updates you have.
But as with Home in general I wouldn't trust it to tell the truth half of the time.

If you click on "Add Maps Traffic Voices etc." it should show you if a new map is available and give you plenty of chance to back out if you don't want to buy it. With Home v2.4, it should also offer you the new Map Subscription Service at that point.

DanielBrookes · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 13, 2008 Posts: 23

I already have the Map Subscription Service... So if/when a new map becomes available I'll just need to click on "Add Maps Traffic Voices etc." and instead of offering my maps with price tags, it'll (I assume?) offer me the Great Britain map (The one I'm subscribed with) with a price of £0.00?

Or is there some other method I'll follow to update once they do release a new one?

Cheers.

Anita · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:09 am Post subject:

As it's a new service that has yet to release the first update, nobody knows.

We're all as much in the dark as you are, Daniel.
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cacheman147 · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:24 am Post subject: Map Share servers still down

Any one know when the Map Share servers will be back up or what the problem/situation is? , I received an email from TomTom today:

Thank you for contacting TomTom Customer Support about Map Share™.

We have temporarily disabled Map Share as we are carrying out maintenance on our servers. TomTom will reactivate Map Share when the situation is resolved.

We are working as hard as we can to reactivate Map Share as soon as possible. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Best regards

The TomTom Customer Support Team

Cheers

John

odonoghue · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 12

hi all I have done an update with tomtom home today abd got 13000 mapshare corrections servers are back up and running by the looks of it
also got updates for tomtom rds-tmc receiver lets hope it makes it more reliable.

psyskiesman · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject:

I've just logged on to Home and been offered GPS fix update and RDS TMC update, but no Mapshare updates. My TMC has been working fine for the past few weks, so I'll hang fire on the update in case it screws things up. Guess I'll just have to wait a bit longer for the Mapshare to become operational.

furryfred · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject:

Ive just logged into Home and been offered nothing at all - no mapshare and no map option.

Is this map option dependant on the version of TomTom Home (I am using 4.2) or is dependant on the model TomTom that I have (I use a GO700)
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Andy_P · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject:

I think I read somewhere on the forums that a TT rep. had said the new subscription service hasn't been rolled-out for all models yet (but I can't find the quote just yet).

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