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Hi,
I've got TomTom 3 on my iPaq, and was just wondering if it was worth paying the the TomTom5 £39 (well, 59 euros) upgrade price. The full postcode support feature is the one that interests me most. Also, can you use the POIs compatible with TT3? I've got a load of POIs that i've downloaded from various places.
I too am wondering this, for the full postcode search, I think thats pretty good.
There is also more features such as a traffic watch feature built in.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to do this.
I might wait for the inevitable bug fixes :)
I didn't notice full post codes on my version of TT5.
When I search, it says things like WS1 4, or LS6 5
Is that what you mean by full postcodes?
You can add full postcode search to the older versions of TT, theres a free download that you need to install to get it. Have a look on the pocketgpsworld website.
im using TT5 with full postcode lookup, you have to "fix" tomtom 5 yourself to have full 7 digit lookups.
its quite buggy, but works.
Okay, being thick - can't find it........Quote:
Originally Posted by Flibb
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Buggy in what way?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vini
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Originally Posted by CrimsonAvenger
I found it which sadly led to this page:
http://www.digitools.co.uk/home.php
Yes... it mentions it here: http://www.tomtom.com/shop/upgrade.php?action=pdasub2Quote:
Originally Posted by davidstone28
oops :(
Thanks for replying tho :D
When you say "fix" do you mean 3rd party software? Surely by default TT5 doesn't have 7 digit postcode support?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vini
The Mobile (phone) and Go versions of TT5 do, according to reviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by davidstone28
I've just checked my PDA - TomtTom5 definitely has 7 letter postcode support - you just have to select the postcode option under the navigate menu.
I've just upgraded from 3 to 5 and I'm impressed. Route planning is much faster, the animation of maps (e.g. zooming in/out) is smoother judging by demo mode, and you get loads of CDs full of maps (though I haven't installed any - maybe you need to enter more serial codes? I hope not, I'm sure I read they were included.)
But postcode searching is definitely not 7 character by default, at least not in London. How do you enable it?
To do 7 character postcode searches You have to go to 'Navigate To...' > 2nd Page > Postcode.
davidstone28 already pointed this out :p
Already tried that. You can type in postcodes as long as you like. But it only acts on the main part (up to where the space would go.) :(
(PDA version.)
EDIT> Got it working by installing map to SD card rather than through Activesync.
Now I just need to get rid of the "Cannot execute \Windows\ttgpseng.exe" notification error each time I power on, LOL.
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Originally Posted by rajagra
I have upgraded from 3 to 5 also.
Besides the odd bug as most people seem so be aware, it's great. The main things I like are the built-in postcode search and the fact that road names are displayed on the map as you're driving. This helps when you're trying to find a road in an unusual area :)
Also yeah as long as you hide POIs, the map scrolls beautifully smooth. It was annoying with TT3 if you were negotiating a roundabout it'd be all jerky and jumping around the place, lol. With TT5 it just smoothly circles it and back up the road you're taking.
It's also a rather accurate speedometer. In my car, 65MPH on the speedo = 60 true MPH ;)
It's also like that in my car. When my speedo says 70mph I'm actually going about 63mph according to TT5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Howard
Dunno which to believe!
Well speedos are usually off so I'd be inclined to believe TomTom. It'll be more accurate on a motorway because you're giving it ( and the satellites) longer to average out the speed :)
There is a bug in the TT5 installation.
To enable full 7 digit postcodes searches check out the the link to another forum below.
PocketGPS
I think the problem occurs if you don't remove TT3 before installing TT5. It is an old (now deleted) TT3-file that is creating the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by rajagra
There is a link to ttgpseng.exe in "Notification Queue" and Registry.
I used Pocket Mechanic http://www.pocketgear.com/software_d...ssociateid=373 to delete the link in "Notification Queue" and Clean up my Registry, and I got rid of the error.
Happy TT5'ing ! :-)
Cheers, tif, will give that a go.
I got 30% off Pocket Mechanic using code pg5679432 found here.
I'm so cheap! :D
EDIT> It worked! Also deleted 342 duplicate entries in the notification queue, LOL! :rockon: And it shows lots of stuff in the registry that needs deleteing, but I'll be a bit more careful about that though.
Thanks again. :iloveyou:
can see that one ^^^^ lasting long :p
spam removed now - good work :)
Why do spammers keep resurrecting old threads that I started?
I'm getting a bit paranoid now :-S