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[Jay w]

hey you had rain today!!!!

Its been really nice here, not a drop of it..... 8-) 8-)

BTW has anyone told the guy in the transit connect that he cant get through.....looks like he's waiting for a gap to open up and let him out

[TheBoy]

To date, I've not bothered with Satnav.

Does make you lazy, but great for the last miloe of a journey. Great for speedcameras as well

[TheBoy]

If you look at the SatNav display, you will see the blue arrow marking the location of where the SatNav thought I was. But to the left of it, you can see a dead-end road, and this is where I actually was. So it simply positioned me one street away....

Yes, street level satnav does move your position to 'likely' position - due to high buildings, I suspect weak satellite fix, hence may have been flicking between the 2...

[Markjay]

I agree with the above, in areas that I know well I don't like the routes it is choosing, so I ignore it while driving to the general location of my destination, then I follow the SatNav only on the last mile.

[edwardmickey]

There must be a crisis of faith.  You should still turn left is that's what the sat nav says.  Put your trust into the machine!!!!

[bumbles5]

We have a tom tom 710 and before that the 510 so far we have had no problems it has put us on the spot where we need to be everytime , especially handy with the speed cameras as there are loads round here.

[TheBoy]

I am a TomTom 6 (on PDA) user myself, and had 5 (and 3) previously.  It is a reliable bit of kit, only hassles have been inner ringroad in Brum (the tunnels caused hassle), and the occasional city location with tall buildings, where sometimes it may put you on a parallel road.

[Taxi_Driver]

We have a tom tom 710 and before that the 510 so far we have had no problems it has put us on the spot where we need to be everytime , especially handy with the speed cameras as there are loads round here.

My 510 threw a wobbly a few months back......it kept insisting i was on a adjacent road about 300-500 yds away in towns.....and kept showing i was driving through fields when i was on a main A route.....really started to hack me off.......so called TOMTOM expecting to have to send it back to them and pay them to fix it......but blokey i spoke to seemed to know all about the problem.....'Its lost it sync with the satellites sir......you need to goto restore factory defaults in the menus and select that......give it 15 mins afterwards and it should be ok'.....so did that and it was   But it did loose all my fav locations stored and all my settings.....but then restoring factory defaults you would expect that!

[Markjay]

There must be a crisis of faith.  You should still turn left is that's what the sat nav says.  Put your trust into the machine!!!!

..you mean like platform 9½ at Kings Cross...?  

[Markjay]

I am a TomTom 6 (on PDA) user myself...

same here...  

[OmegaFanatic]

if you ask me satnavs are like women

at giving directions

[size=36]USELESS[/size]

[TheBoy]

if you ask me satnavs are like women

at giving directions

[size=36]USELESS[/size]

I disagree. They are fantastic bits of kit, and incredibly useful, esp in the last mile of any journey, or if you have to deviate.

[ffcgary1]

It thinks your on ironmonger row, not ironmonger lane.YOU CANT GO WRONG WITH TOM TOM ONE.

[OmegaFanatic]

anytime i have used tomtom

it tells me where to go after ive past the turning

and then raises its voice at me

ive either got a rogue tomtom

or the misses has nobbled it to act like her


 :-?

[TheBoy]

anytime i have used tomtom

it tells me where to go after ive past the turning

and then raises its voice at me

ive either got a rogue tomtom

or the misses has nobbled it to act like her


 :-?

Of all the TomToms I have used (as well as other brands), I'never seen your problem, be it on the GOs, PDA versions, or Palm ones.

TomTom gives you a speed dependent prewarning (eg, if doing 30mph, 'in 100yrds, turn left'), then just before the turn, the command to turn.

The only change in volume is if you have speed dependent volume turned on, it gets louder as you go faster (actually, thats a lie, it reduces volume if you are slower, but thats a minor, but subtle point)