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Penfold

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#15
December 06, 2005, 05:35:18 PM
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either as a standalone or with a PDA.

I love mine...

Gone_Away

GPS
#16
December 06, 2005, 06:06:06 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by ThePENDRAGON@Dec 6 2005, 05:35 PM
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either as a standalone or with a PDA.

I love mine...
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Really? I've heard lot's of problems with the 700.. I was looking to buy one but now I'm not so sure.

NF

Anonymous

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#17
December 06, 2005, 07:14:17 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Ninja_Freak@Dec 6 2005, 06:06 PM
Really? I've heard lot's of problems with the 700.. I was looking to buy one but now I'm not so sure.

NF
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There have been probs but I can't remember which TomTom it was with. I think it might have been the 300 where there was power issues or something. Think its fixed now. The other problem is with mapping errors or roads that have been altered since the maps were made. All solutions have this problem. However, Tom Tom have (at last) allowed you to buy newer updated maps - not cheap but if you need them as new as possible then its a solution. Seemingly you can download for 1 year after purchase:

http://tomtom.com/plus/services/mds.php

Armitage

GPS
#18
December 16, 2005, 09:39:51 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by ThePENDRAGON@Dec 6 2005, 05:35 PM
TomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTomTomTom TomTom TomTom all the way

either as a standalone or with a PDA.

I love mine...
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OK OK

I finally got tomtom 500 today. very cool + it is a Bluetooth hands free kit.

big-paddy

GPS
#19
December 17, 2005, 12:45:52 AM
Been using TomTom for a couple of years. PDa linked to bluetooth gps. Cool thing can use other map software on foot for about 4hrs battery on receiver. I and a mate have used it all over Europe as well and have no complaints - other than local drivers :)

sulky_uk

GPS
#20
December 17, 2005, 12:48:21 AM
got a p900 sony erricson about 18mths back cause some ejit said that tom tom worked on a p900 ............banker :sad:


I came into this world with nothing,
through careful management I\'ve got most of it left.

Dewey

GPS
#21
December 17, 2005, 11:14:10 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by big-paddy@Dec 17 2005, 12:45 AM
Been using TomTom for a couple of years. PDa linked to bluetooth gps. Cool thing can use other map software on foot for about 4hrs battery on receiver. I and a mate have used it all over Europe as well and have no complaints - other than local drivers :)
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Well apart from it couldn't even get us to the LAN mate, I wasn't impressed with it last to be honest, didn't you turn it of in the end  :narnar:

big-paddy

GPS
#22
December 17, 2005, 06:52:51 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Dewey@Dec 17 2005, 11:14 AM
Well apart from it couldn't even get us to the LAN mate, I wasn't impressed with it last to be honest, didn't you turn it of in the end :narnar:
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I took a wrong turn for fun at one point. Another bonus with sat nav is it doesnt whinge when you go the wrong way. Apart from that i think we did lose the sats for a short while. Other than that I dont recall any problems getting to March using it. My memory aint as good as it was mate, but would you really pitch your memory against mine?

Niel

GPS
#23
December 18, 2005, 10:52:52 AM
I have Tom Tom 5 on a DELL X50V PDA...........it maybe costs a little more but it is sure as hell worth it.

I travel a lot for business and i find it invaluable to take me straight to a place i have never been......or for diving off into backroads when there are motorway probs.

Add to that a wireless PDA and it had pretty much everything i need.

Armitage

GPS
#24
December 18, 2005, 11:07:07 AM
anybody with a TomTom 500 know how to add safety cameras to my POI's

Carr0t

GPS
#25
December 18, 2005, 12:24:40 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Niel@Dec 18 2005, 10:52 AM
I have Tom Tom 5 on a DELL X50V PDA...........it maybe costs a little more but it is sure as hell worth it.

I travel a lot for business and i find it invaluable to take me straight to a place i have never been......or for diving off into backroads when there are motorway probs.

Add to that a wireless PDA and it had pretty much everything i need.
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We use TomTom at work as well, and *most* of the time it proves pretty useful. However if you're going into deepest darkest Cumbria then it does sometimes take you down backroads that are too narrow for your vehicle (as in they're footpaths...), or tell you to turn onto a minor road which turns out to be (literally) a dirt track across a field, used by farmers in tractors and uncrossable by our Discoveries, though the Defender can manage it :).

Also it did on one occasion expect to me drive off a motorway bridge onto the motorway, which would have been quite interesting. It was a motorway bridge unaccociated with a junction...
[imga=right]http://77.108.129.49/fahtags/ms10.jpg[/imga]Wash: This is going to get pretty interesting.
Mal: Define interesting...
Wash: Oh god, oh god, we\'re all going to die?

Penfold

GPS
#26
December 18, 2005, 08:45:41 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Armitage@Dec 18 2005, 11:07 AM
anybody with a TomTom 500 know how to add safety cameras to my POI's
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Yes

Go here:

http://www.totalpda.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4638

and If that doesn't help come back to me...


PEN

Armitage

GPS
#27
December 19, 2005, 08:41:06 AM
Cheers Pen.

installed them this morning.  8)

Penfold

GPS
#28
December 19, 2005, 09:49:22 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Armitage@Dec 19 2005, 08:41 AM
Cheers Pen.

installed them this morning. 8)
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Excellent....

Remember you cna change the 'sound' that the POI makes to ensure that you're aware when you're driving near one.

You can also set it to only warn you if the speed camera is 'on route'..... the upside of this is that you won't get alerted should there be on on the other side of the road but the downside is that some of the newer camers can rotate to either direction. I leave mine on just in case.

Finally - there's load of other handy POI's available out there on pocketgps - so check to see if there's anything you're going to like.

GL, HF and if you got any other questions let me know.

PEN

Niel

GPS
#29
December 19, 2005, 11:20:30 PM
POIEDIT is the way to go for speed camera databases ( and many otherthings ).....automatically synch with online databases...for free.

I have Tom Tom 5....only time i've had anything strange with the routing is when i've used "shortest" route and not "fastest".....there is 1 local route in particular it would like me to use in this mode....and it's a footpath.......
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