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please explain and save me from a life of eternal damnation!
according to the woman at Halfords, IF you get a Problem with a Garmin, they allow you to take it back and exchange it, however..... IF you get a Problem with a TomTom unit, they will NOT let you exchange it, it HAS to be sent back for Repair to TomTom itself, what does that say to you? _________________ Wayne Harris (Pro Musician)
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject:
Not a lot! The x40's are plagued by issues, take a look at the discussions. If I was going to go for a TomTom instead I'd be looking at an x30. You realise that the x40 services entail a £7.99 per month subscription after the trial period? _________________ Darren Griffin
oh ok then, how are you finding your Garmin 765T then?
any re-boots or re-starts or ANY problems you have noticed?
do you think that Garmin will sort this out with the next Software Update?
or is it the same as "how long is a piece of string" ??? _________________ Wayne Harris (Pro Musician)
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject:
I have a few issues, some un-commanded restarts etc but on the whole it's 'ok'. I must admit that given the choice I'd choose my 720 in preference though. _________________ Darren Griffin
i see, is it worth me hunting down a TomTom go 720 or 920, or better still a 730 or 930 ?
which out of all of the above is best for a Heavy User like myself, i travel all over the UK, IRELAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, GERMANY AND FRANCE....
want to make sure i get "the most accurate maps"
i noticed when i have a TomTom One with all the latest map updates, it couldnt find a few addresses in the republic of ireland, where as my new Garmin found them all, and it hasnt sent me down any NO ENTRY roads.....so far! _________________ Wayne Harris (Pro Musician)
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject:
Waynesters wrote:
i see, is it worth me hunting down a TomTom go 720 or 920, or better still a 730 or 930 ?
930 just adds US mapping and the Gyro, you can live without them.
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which out of all of the above is best for a Heavy User like myself, i travel all over the UK, IRELAND, WALES, SCOTLAND, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, GERMANY AND FRANCE....
720 or 730. The additional services on the x40's work ONLY in the country of purchase so you would not have HD Traffic etc when abroad anyway.
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want to make sure i get "the most accurate maps"
i noticed when i have a TomTom One with all the latest map updates, it couldnt find a few addresses in the republic of ireland, where as my new Garmin found them all, and it hasnt sent me down any NO ENTRY roads.....so far!
Garmin use Navteq, Tomtom use TeleAtlas.
On the whole there isn't a lot between the two except that Navteq has much better coverage in the ROI, TeleAtlas is getting better but still not as good. For most other places they are as good/bad as each other.
If you can find a 720 it can be upgraded to v8 for free and if it's a new or factory refurbed model you'll get a free map update. That then brings it up to the same spec as a 730 and you'd have change from the money you spent on your 765T. _________________ Darren Griffin
Thanks Very Much Darren, im gonna see how i get on with my Garmin
if i have any problems, i will pop in Halfords on Monday and have decided to go with this model
as of tomorrow, it will give me until late Sunday night to test my 765T
im leaving in the morning at 7am from Oxford on my way to Swansea to pick up our Guitarist, then onward to Fishguard Ferry Terminal, jump on the boat......arrive into Rosslare in Southern ireland, then onward to my friends house in Cork... up the next day and off to Galway, back to Cork, then to Waterford and back to Rosslare and home to England
if the Garmin goes off or re-boots, re-sets or blows up, i will let you all know, fingers crossed it doesnt as i want to keep it really! im really pleased with it and all its little features, coming from TomTom i am more than impressed with it....
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject:
What the ****** are you looking there for GPS Issues The 730 is just as reliable as earlier devices, it doesn't have a hard drive as claimed in that post either! _________________ Darren Griffin
I called Garmin and they have never heard of the fault. Yesterday and today, my 765t shutdown after about 30 minutes and refused to turn on until after an hour - almost as if there was some form of safety cut-out to stop the unit overheating. No matter what I did or what parts of the screen I pressed to access the "hidden" screens it wouldn't turn on, yet an hour or so later it would turn on fine, until left on for over 30 mins.
According to the shutdown log it was an RTL trap but I think this is a standard unauthorised shutdown log from what Garmin have told me / asked to have details of in the past.
Unit was running 4.50 and I've now exchanged in Halfords for one running 4.30 (Garmin Speed Cam database 1st Oct - so fairly new production batch) which I'll keep at 4.30 for now. I couldn't see any improvement in 4.50 and if anything the sound seemed lower in volume and fewer street names appeared.
I have a new 765T purchased from Amazon UK. It shows the software version to be 2.80 and not 4.5. I have done a Webupdater and I apparently have the latest update. Can anyone enlighten me please
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:45 am Post subject:
michaelj2 wrote:
I have a new 765T purchased from Amazon UK. It shows the software version to be 2.80 and not 4.5. I have done a Webupdater and I apparently have the latest update. Can anyone enlighten me please
That's what I see on mine too so I'm not sure where the references to 4.5 come from _________________ Darren Griffin
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:05 am Post subject:
The Nuvi software (Beta 2.31 above) is the Firmware that gets updated from time to time. It runs the menus, functions, display etc
The GPS software is the GPS receiver chipset firmware. I'm not sure if this ever gets updated by WebUpdater (i don't remember it ever being offered) or if it's set once it leaves the factory.
ETA: After checking Garmins website and other sources i can't see where anyone is getting 4.50 / 4.30 from.
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BAVC10 wrote 'Unit was running 4.50 and I've now exchanged in Halfords for one running 4.30'
If this is the firmware number, that may be your problem. The 765T is only on 2.50, I think you will find the 760's run that firmware, maybe you have somehow loaded the wrong firmware? _________________ Glynne.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:30 am Post subject:
Glynned wrote:
BAVC10 wrote 'Unit was running 4.50 and I've now exchanged in Halfords for one running 4.30'
If this is the firmware number, that may be your problem. The 765T is only on 2.50, I think you will find the 760's run that firmware, maybe you have somehow loaded the wrong firmware?
Or maybe he had a 760? _________________ Darren Griffin
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