TomTom is ****ed - Help
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My TomTom500 Go wont switch on. It got us to a location in shoreham yesterday, and just wouldnt turn on when we were ready to go home.
Green charge light shows when its plugged in. Doesnt show when its unplugged. But the unit wont switch on whether plugged in or unplugged.
Any ideas, other than taking it back?
Green charge light shows when its plugged in. Doesnt show when its unplugged. But the unit wont switch on whether plugged in or unplugged.
Any ideas, other than taking it back?
One more thing - when reading reviews, I stumbled upon text somewhere, saying something to the effect of:
"Some chap had a TomTom, it broke 4 times. He lost his rag when it broke the 5th time (iirc) and the delivery/parcel bloke agreed that he took a lot of units back to the manufacturer) (or close)
I bought it just under a month ago. Would halfrauds likely attempt to send it back for repair, or give me a new one?
"Some chap had a TomTom, it broke 4 times. He lost his rag when it broke the 5th time (iirc) and the delivery/parcel bloke agreed that he took a lot of units back to the manufacturer) (or close)
I bought it just under a month ago. Would halfrauds likely attempt to send it back for repair, or give me a new one?
Update - the chap at hallfrauds said the TomTom 500's needed to be reset every once in a while, and that he had to do the same thing with his Navman. Under the tom tom is a small reset button which reboots the machine - leaving you with all your recent destinations still in the memory (so no harm done resetting it). Its working fine now 
UKBob said:
Update - the chap at hallfrauds said the TomTom 500's needed to be reset every once in a while, and that he had to do the same thing with his Navman. Under the tom tom is a small reset button which reboots the machine - leaving you with all your recent destinations still in the memory (so no harm done resetting it). Its working fine now
I've never had to do that with my TT Classic. But my daughter has that now as, for various reasons, she could not easily operate the mount release on the 500 and the 500 does not fit on the old screen mount (but the classic will fit on either.) and I didn't like the look of swapping the mounts on the arms because they seemed to be of different sizes.
I will check the 500 now I have it and wait for a required reset.
The personal settings are all held on a file written to the SD card so unless the SD card becomes corrupt or the file gets screwed by running out of space when writing to it you should not lose anything. I copied my old file off the Classic and onto the 500 when we swapped them over. All my personal setting work fine afaict.
So if you take a backup - as recommended in the user gide - al should be recoverable anyway.
then again if I help only one 500Go user, my post would not have been in vain, and obviously I'll be sleeping all the better at nights 
hehe... I read the thread by Melv before this one and just suggested what you've already found out.
Doh!!
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=209837&f=153&h=0
Doh!!
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=209837&f=153&h=0
budaholic said:Ahhharrr! Nice one. I didnt think to look for a reset switch (its easy enough to miss, due to its size). Well done
hehe... I read the thread by Melv before this one and just suggested what you've already found out.
Doh!!
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=209837&f=153&h=0
Its a fantastic unit, I wouldnt want to be without it!
Ukbob, rob, or what ever.....
u have any other probs with tomtom i have had one since day dot and as they are all basic same machines i should hopfully be able to help u out wiv them probs..
there still the best on the market in my eyes.... even more so when you're loaded ur camera sites on to them,,
regards speed.demon
u have any other probs with tomtom i have had one since day dot and as they are all basic same machines i should hopfully be able to help u out wiv them probs..
there still the best on the market in my eyes.... even more so when you're loaded ur camera sites on to them,,
regards speed.demon
Ukbob, rob, or what ever.....
u have any other probs with tomtom i have had one since day dot and as they are all basic same machines i should hopfully be able to help u out wiv them probs..
there still the best on the market in my eyes.... even more so when you're loaded ur camera sites on to them,,
regards speed.demon
u have any other probs with tomtom i have had one since day dot and as they are all basic same machines i should hopfully be able to help u out wiv them probs..
there still the best on the market in my eyes.... even more so when you're loaded ur camera sites on to them,,
regards speed.demon
speed.demon said:Cheers mate
Ukbob, rob, or what ever.....
u have any other probs with tomtom i have had one since day dot and as they are all basic same machines i should hopfully be able to help u out wiv them probs..
there still the best on the market in my eyes.... even more so when you're loaded ur camera sites on to them,,
regards speed.demon
The system does have its bugs, updated maps would be very welcome(!) and I still need to find the time to check out the downloadable voices.
Are downloadable voices free - I saw one site where they wern't. Can you email them to people? And can you send people the latest maps on CD? (are my only questions)
UKBob said:
Are downloadable voices free - I saw one site where they wern't. Can you email them to people? And can you send people the latest maps on CD? (are my only questions)
The official Tom Tom celebrity voices are something to do with thier 'for fee' "Plus" services iirc. Not sure if anyone else has hacked the system to make their own.
As for the maps, as far as I am aware the 300/500/700 machines were launched with the latest maps available - though that does not mean they are accurate. There are some differences between the latest maps and the original ones. Liberating new issues to work with older devices is something I have not yet tried.
The standard maps are SHITE!!
If you'd asked me last week, Id have said an update would have been welcome. Took us nearly 2 hours to do a 1 hour journey, whilst "traveling through fields" and being taken to dead end roads...
Great unit, wouldnt change it for anything (better the devil you know etc) and I love it to bits, but its far from perfect.
What do you mean "for free" - are the celeb voices downloadable free, or do you have to pay for em? I think podie gave me a link but ive not had time to check it out yet (lame excuse since I asked weeks ago, will try to read up on it tonight)
If you'd asked me last week, Id have said an update would have been welcome. Took us nearly 2 hours to do a 1 hour journey, whilst "traveling through fields" and being taken to dead end roads...
Great unit, wouldnt change it for anything (better the devil you know etc) and I love it to bits, but its far from perfect.
What do you mean "for free" - are the celeb voices downloadable free, or do you have to pay for em? I think podie gave me a link but ive not had time to check it out yet (lame excuse since I asked weeks ago, will try to read up on it tonight)
www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-plus.php
this URL will set u up with ur new maps and free camera detector software, ps u may at some point want to get alarger SD card... every thing u need is on this page.. you can use one of the chimes to warn u when ur getting near a camera as the voice will not unless its been change recently, work on cameras from this FREE site but look on the bright side its free and i haven't got a tickit yet, and im a 90 - 120mph cruiser...
this URL will set u up with ur new maps and free camera detector software, ps u may at some point want to get alarger SD card... every thing u need is on this page.. you can use one of the chimes to warn u when ur getting near a camera as the voice will not unless its been change recently, work on cameras from this FREE site but look on the bright side its free and i haven't got a tickit yet, and im a 90 - 120mph cruiser...
Was or should i say did that do the trick for you UKBOB ??
camera down loads and colour changes and even signs are all here, eh i mean there, just follow the URL
speed.demon
www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-plus.php
camera down loads and colour changes and even signs are all here, eh i mean there, just follow the URL
speed.demon
www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-plus.php
If you look on here :- www.mytomtomgo.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=27 you'll see that using the 'reset' button on the TTG unit's is not unknown.
You don't lose any data or favorites etc when doing it and it appears to cure most lock ups / refuse to power ons.
Just had a scare myself but magic 'reset' solved it
Time for TT to hire decent kernel programmers???
You don't lose any data or favorites etc when doing it and it appears to cure most lock ups / refuse to power ons.
Just had a scare myself but magic 'reset' solved it
Time for TT to hire decent kernel programmers???
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