TomTom Go 700 useless in a RRC with heated screen!

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Nige

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Bugger me, as I'm using the RRC as my full time ride due to work at the
moment, I needed to find a specifiic address in Barnsley today & as i
approached on the M1 the thing couldn't tri-angulate etc. Is it the heated
screen (useful as it it is!) or just the very 'flat' screen angle?

Never mind etc, but it wasted half an hour on a silly busy day.

I still got the order for the schools (£135k) so i could afford an outside
reciever etc!

Nige


 
It is the heated screen, as you suggested the only answer is an outside
receiver.

Rob

"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Bugger me, as I'm using the RRC as my full time ride due to work at the
> moment, I needed to find a specifiic address in Barnsley today & as i
> approached on the M1 the thing couldn't tri-angulate etc. Is it the heated
> screen (useful as it it is!) or just the very 'flat' screen angle?
>
> Never mind etc, but it wasted half an hour on a silly busy day.
>
> I still got the order for the schools (£135k) so i could afford an outside
> reciever etc!
>
> Nige
>
>


 
Nige wrote:
> Bugger me, as I'm using the RRC as my full time ride due to work at the
> moment, I needed to find a specifiic address in Barnsley today & as i
> approached on the M1 the thing couldn't tri-angulate etc. Is it the heated
> screen (useful as it it is!) or just the very 'flat' screen angle?

Heated screen. I've got a seperate aerial for my Garmin Quest which sits
in the bottom corner of the screen where there are no wires.

John
 
Nige

I've got one. Used it in the previous Disco in the corner of the screen
where there are no elements, works a treat. Don't think I need it now, drop
me a mail!.

Andy


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> On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:44:28 -0000, "Nige"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Bugger me, as I'm using the RRC as my full time ride due to work at the
>>moment, I needed to find a specifiic address in Barnsley today & as i
>>approached on the M1 the thing couldn't tri-angulate etc. Is it the heated
>>screen (useful as it it is!) or just the very 'flat' screen angle?
>>
>>Never mind etc, but it wasted half an hour on a silly busy day.
>>
>>I still got the order for the schools (£135k) so i could afford an outside
>>reciever etc!
>>
>>Nige
>
> You can get external antennas for tomtoms
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I have one of the old Tom Tom's and use it with our Sierra which has a
heated screen and it works fine does not seem to be any difference from the
car to my works van which does not have a heated screen, but all the same
they are great aren't they ?

Rich
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"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Bugger me, as I'm using the RRC as my full time ride due to work at the
> moment, I needed to find a specifiic address in Barnsley today & as i
> approached on the M1 the thing couldn't tri-angulate etc. Is it the heated
> screen (useful as it it is!) or just the very 'flat' screen angle?
>
> Never mind etc, but it wasted half an hour on a silly busy day.
>
> I still got the order for the schools (£135k) so i could afford an outside
> reciever etc!
>
> Nige
>
>


 
Nige wrote:
> Bugger me, as I'm using the RRC as my full time ride due to work at
> the moment, I needed to find a specifiic address in Barnsley today &
> as i approached on the M1 the thing couldn't tri-angulate etc. Is it
> the heated screen (useful as it it is!) or just the very 'flat'
> screen angle?
> Never mind etc, but it wasted half an hour on a silly busy day.
>
> I still got the order for the schools (£135k) so i could afford an
> outside reciever etc!
>
> Nige

Odd, never had an issue in my Disco with heated screen? However, an
external antenna will resolve the issue. Or wait for the enxt generation.
The new TomTom ONE has a SiRFstarIII receiver which is not affected by
heated screens, athermic windscreens etc. Doubtless the current GO's will
be replaced by models with the SSIII chipset in due course.

--
Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.PocketGPSWorld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
Creators of the free UK Safety Camera POI


 
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 23:44:28 -0000, "Nige"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Bugger me, as I'm using the RRC as my full time ride due to work at the
>moment, I needed to find a specifiic address in Barnsley today & as i
>approached on the M1 the thing couldn't tri-angulate etc. Is it the heated
>screen (useful as it it is!) or just the very 'flat' screen angle?
>
>Never mind etc, but it wasted half an hour on a silly busy day.
>
>I still got the order for the schools (£135k) so i could afford an outside
>reciever etc!
>
>Nige
>

Bit late now, but where in Barnsley?
--
Tim Hobbs
 
"Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...

> Odd, never had an issue in my Disco with heated screen? However, an
> external antenna will resolve the issue. Or wait for the enxt generation.
> The new TomTom ONE has a SiRFstarIII receiver which is not affected by
> heated screens, athermic windscreens etc. Doubtless the current GO's will
> be replaced by models with the SSIII chipset in due course.

Our Rangie Classic & Disco had big issues with GPS Mouse. Had to use the
sunroof on the Disco.

Lee D


 
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> "Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com" <[email protected]>
> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Odd, never had an issue in my Disco with heated screen?
>
> Our Rangie Classic & Disco had big issues with GPS Mouse. Had to use
> the sunroof on the Disco.
>
> Lee D

P38 and Garmin GPS12. Never a problem - just took a bit longer to acquire.

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==============================
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S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)


 
Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com wrote:


>
> Odd, never had an issue in my Disco with heated screen? However, an
> external antenna will resolve the issue. Or wait for the enxt
> generation. The new TomTom ONE has a SiRFstarIII receiver which is not
> affected by
> heated screens, athermic windscreens etc. Doubtless the current GO's
> will be replaced by models with the SSIII chipset in due course.
>
Just bought a One - quite impressed so far, but I've found one oddity I
was wondering if you'd noticed.

It's rigged to download traffic and weather information using my mobile
as a GPRS modem over Bluetooth every 15 minutes whilst en-route. If for
whatever reason my phone's out of coverage (Happens quite a bit on the
M62/18) then about 10 seconds after it fails to talk to the server then
the unit reboots.

Have you seen this with your test unit at all? It's caused me some
rather spectacular detours due to doing so 200 yards before some
complicated junctions and not coming back until I've overshot.

P.
 
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:38:44 +0000, Paul S. Brown wrote:

> Just bought a One - quite impressed so far,

I'm toying with idea, it would have been useful on Friday to dive off
down the backlanes to get around the closed bit of the A71 whilst they
pulled a lorry out of a field. What any GPS must do is have full 7
digit postcode entry and auto rerouting. It would be nice to be able
to put proper OS maps, of selected areas, at 1:25,000 scale into it as
well.

> It's rigged to download traffic and weather information using my
> mobile as a GPRS modem over Bluetooth every 15 minutes whilst
> en-route.

How much does that cost? The sub to the service and how much data is
shifted every 15mins? I have a Trafficmaster YQ but with an expired
key. With the Tom Tom service can you see the national road conditions
and decide your route or departure time accordingly? Being able to
watch the traffic build and die on the YQ is very useful and being
able to see conditions a hundred or more miles away allows you to
choose which side of the country to travel down or to stay on a
particular road, or not, way in advance of the trouble.

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Dave. pam is missing e-mail



 
Paul S. Brown wrote:
> Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Odd, never had an issue in my Disco with heated screen? However, an
>> external antenna will resolve the issue. Or wait for the enxt
>> generation. The new TomTom ONE has a SiRFstarIII receiver which is
>> not affected by
>> heated screens, athermic windscreens etc. Doubtless the current GO's
>> will be replaced by models with the SSIII chipset in due course.
>>
> Just bought a One - quite impressed so far, but I've found one oddity
> I was wondering if you'd noticed.
>
> It's rigged to download traffic and weather information using my
> mobile as a GPRS modem over Bluetooth every 15 minutes whilst
> en-route. If for whatever reason my phone's out of coverage (Happens
> quite a bit on the M62/18) then about 10 seconds after it fails to
> talk to the server then the unit reboots.
>
> Have you seen this with your test unit at all? It's caused me some
> rather spectacular detours due to doing so 200 yards before some
> complicated junctions and not coming back until I've overshot.
>
> P.

I haven't because it's a royal PITA transferring a Traffic Sub from one
device to another but I'll make enquiries and let you know. The OS is
essentially that of the GO and I've never had that issue on any of mine but
we'll see.

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PocketGPSWorld - www.PocketGPSWorld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
Creators of the free UK Safety Camera POI


 
Dave Liquorice wrote:
> How much does that cost? The sub to the service and how much data is
> shifted every 15mins? I have a Trafficmaster YQ but with an expired
> key. With the Tom Tom service can you see the national road conditions
> and decide your route or departure time accordingly? Being able to
> watch the traffic build and die on the YQ is very useful and being
> able to see conditions a hundred or more miles away allows you to
> choose which side of the country to travel down or to stay on a
> particular road, or not, way in advance of the trouble.

The subscription is Euro 59.95 for one year (UK) and the data is minimal, an
update poll consumes about 4-5k, update frequency is user definable too.

The data is supplied by iTIS who provide TMC data for all UK feeds, it's OK,
sometimes poor but often better than nowt!

--
Darren Griffin
PocketGPSWorld - www.PocketGPSWorld.com
The Premier GPS Resource for News, Reviews and Forums
Creators of the free UK Safety Camera POI


 
Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com wrote:

> Paul S. Brown wrote:
>> Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld.Com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Odd, never had an issue in my Disco with heated screen? However, an
>>> external antenna will resolve the issue. Or wait for the enxt
>>> generation. The new TomTom ONE has a SiRFstarIII receiver which is
>>> not affected by
>>> heated screens, athermic windscreens etc. Doubtless the current
>>> GO's will be replaced by models with the SSIII chipset in due
>>> course.
>>>
>> Just bought a One - quite impressed so far, but I've found one oddity
>> I was wondering if you'd noticed.
>>
>> It's rigged to download traffic and weather information using my
>> mobile as a GPRS modem over Bluetooth every 15 minutes whilst
>> en-route. If for whatever reason my phone's out of coverage (Happens
>> quite a bit on the M62/18) then about 10 seconds after it fails to
>> talk to the server then the unit reboots.
>>
>> Have you seen this with your test unit at all? It's caused me some
>> rather spectacular detours due to doing so 200 yards before some
>> complicated junctions and not coming back until I've overshot.
>>
>> P.
>
> I haven't because it's a royal PITA transferring a Traffic Sub from
> one
> device to another but I'll make enquiries and let you know. The OS is
> essentially that of the GO and I've never had that issue on any of
> mine but we'll see.
>

Ah - in which case you may be interested in the fact that the retail
versions come with a months free trial of the Traffic service :)

P.
 
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:37:27 -0000, Darren Griffin -
PocketGPSWorld.Com wrote:

> The subscription is Euro 59.95 for one year (UK) and the data is
> minimal, an update poll consumes about 4-5k, update frequency is
> user definable too.

40 quid or thereabouts. Plus, on my tarrif, about 12p a poll for iffy
data. Think I'll get a new YQ key...

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