Anybody still use a TomTom sat nav ? - Page 4

myfirstrover · 9th August 2018, 17:20

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Originally Posted by NewGuyPete

HI,
After reading your thread, I have just updated my TomTom Via135( with Lifetime Maps ) with no trouble at all, but I did notice They (TomTom) have renamed the operating programme.

I have a tomtom go 720 which according to them is too old school to be updated

Snetty · 9th August 2018, 18:09

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Originally Posted by RPWC

Possibly similar to my coach nav Tom that's Chinese, and has the facility to set the vehicle parameters

Can't bring myself to trust the sat navs for trucks/buses, always check for low bridges with an aa atlas and just use a standard Garmin to save me getting lost. Although it still happens having to call the office to ask for help via the vehicle tracker is a tad embarrassing, especially when asked which way are you facing the best answer you can give is uphill

impvan · 10th August 2018, 10:34

I still use my TomTom XL1. It too is being sunsetted by tomtom.
I'll update it to the latest, erm, 'shared...' maps off t'internet soon, as it doesn't have the new layout around Mcr Airport and some of the Glasgow junctions seem a bit wonky.

I have no qualms about using hacked maps.

- One, the genuine updates are a rip off;
- Two, it took over 10 years for them to stop calling 'Bangor' 'Bangor Uchaf' - which is a real place, but 90 miles away;
- Three, it took them six years to update the A4244 when it changed from the B43xx.
- Four, they now use some OpenStreetMap data, which as a volunteer mapper I contribute to for free! I'm paying for my own work!

reworht · 10th August 2018, 10:41

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Originally Posted by myfirstrover

I have a tomtom go 720 which according to them is too old school to be updated

Ditto - which is a shame as it is a reliable piece of kit. Nowadays. it shows too many shots of roads crossing fields, or no roads at all

stevestrat · 10th August 2018, 10:53

Have a Tomtom . . . . somewhere, shows when I last used it! DD in the 260 has sat nav although I could do with updating it.

actros · 10th August 2018, 11:10

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Originally Posted by stevestrat

Have a Tomtom . . . . somewhere, shows when I last used it! DD in the 260 has sat nav although I could do with updating it.

I have a tomtom xxL and i can still get updates for it.

stocktake · 10th August 2018, 13:04

I really must upgrade to edition 10 when I get a moment...

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impvan Avid contributor ZT-T Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: In the trees, near Caernarfon... and frequently Aberdeenshire, and sometimes Romania.. Posts: 143 Thanks: 5 Thanked 36 Times in 29 Posts	I still use my TomTom XL1. It too is being sunsetted by tomtom. I'll update it to the latest, erm, 'shared...' maps off t'internet soon, as it doesn't have the new layout around Mcr Airport and some of the Glasgow junctions seem a bit wonky. I have no qualms about using hacked maps. - One, the genuine updates are a rip off; - Two, it took over 10 years for them to stop calling 'Bangor' 'Bangor Uchaf' - which is a real place, but 90 miles away; - Three, it took them six years to update the A4244 when it changed from the B43xx. - Four, they now use some OpenStreetMap data, which as a volunteer mapper I contribute to for free! I'm paying for my own work!