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Currently selling for £204 vat included.
I'm off to get one today.
www.find-uk-deals.co.uk/sat_nav.htm
Currently selling for £204 vat included.
I'm off to get one today. www.find-uk-deals.co.uk/sat_nav.htm
Edited by silverback mike on Wednesday 7th June 09:14
Wife has had tt2 then 3 on Axim, then 300, then 500.
Borrowed 500 for a couple of days & although OK hated the bulk, which doesn't
fit into a pocket or my laptop case.
So bought TT1 from Currys for £219 as we don't have a Link recently.
Behaves brilliantly just been Kent-Newcastle-Durham-Bromsgrove-Kent.
More than enough volume to hear in the 944, louder than a 500 I think.
I use a VisorBlade bluetooth unit for the hands free so don't use the TT1
but it has the facility if you want it.
Only mean thing is that the memory card is virtually full just with maps,
so to get speed cameras on it you need to upgrade 512Kb SD from Mymemory was
£18 & the case is extra. Oh & you don't get a mains charger but I don't find that
an issue.
Borrowed 500 for a couple of days & although OK hated the bulk, which doesn't
fit into a pocket or my laptop case.
So bought TT1 from Currys for £219 as we don't have a Link recently.
Behaves brilliantly just been Kent-Newcastle-Durham-Bromsgrove-Kent.
More than enough volume to hear in the 944, louder than a 500 I think.
I use a VisorBlade bluetooth unit for the hands free so don't use the TT1
but it has the facility if you want it.
Only mean thing is that the memory card is virtually full just with maps,
so to get speed cameras on it you need to upgrade 512Kb SD from Mymemory was
£18 & the case is extra. Oh & you don't get a mains charger but I don't find that
an issue.
tr7v8 said:
Plug TT1 into PC, go to TT web site click latest version it upgrades! God so easy even my PC illiterate wife could do it....
Glad to hear TomTom map updating has improved so much since April: www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=263768&f=153&h=0
and February:
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=237011&f=153&h=0
I shall be visiting the TomTom site tomorrow to update my TT1 maps. Is the update free or do you have to pay?
J
It's difficult to hard wire a TT in. I wanted to do this but the car charger output is 5v, not 12v so it cant be hard wired to the car's 12v system. On my Jag X Type I fitted another cigarette lighter power socket in the end of a cubby hole on the far RH side of the dash & the TT1 is mounted to the air vent directly above it (using TT's alternate mount kit). Works great & you can only see a few inched of power cord.
I don't think you'll need an external GPS antenna it seems to find the satelites even when is far from the windscreen.
On a seperate note my TT1 has crashed three times since I got it at xmas. The symptoms are that it will not power up. This is fixed by doing a "hard re-boot" for which you need a pin or other sharp object. Stick this in the hole at the base of the unit & hold while pressing the 'on' button for 6 seconds. Take the pin out then release the button & all is well again. For this reason I always keep a safety pin in my car.
I don't think you'll need an external GPS antenna it seems to find the satelites even when is far from the windscreen.
On a seperate note my TT1 has crashed three times since I got it at xmas. The symptoms are that it will not power up. This is fixed by doing a "hard re-boot" for which you need a pin or other sharp object. Stick this in the hole at the base of the unit & hold while pressing the 'on' button for 6 seconds. Take the pin out then release the button & all is well again. For this reason I always keep a safety pin in my car.
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