Sat Nav ARGGGGHHHH

[steve j]

I really do hate bloody electronics etc, RANT. I`ve received an e.mail stating that my brand new tomtom with europe on it will not accept the routes Longers kindly sent. WTF are tomtom doing? selling ste kit.

[Stew Mc]

Got my Tom Tom at Christmas for the trip. After spending several hours yesterday and conacting Tom Tom, got the same answer. Pile of Poo I say!
Tried a memory card but that would not load either. Found a link on some strange site that seemed to suggest the card can be no bigger than 2GB, mine was 4GB so I have ordered a 2GB card as a last resort to try. Not holding out much hope so have just ordered a map.

[TurboTony]

Stew

I am just starting to look at loading info to a nav. This is new to me as the everyday car has it in the dashboard and would need a chainsaw to get it out.... I may use my co pilots' Garmin, a borrowed no name nav, or go out and buy a cheap navman (which takes TOMTOM mapping) from Halfords for 69.99. If you want a short trip down the A46 we could compare notes.

Cheers
Tony

[Stew Mc]

Hi Tony.
The good people at Tom Tom told me I could not do it on the model I have (don't get a Tom Tom Via if you get one). As the memory card was only £2.50, I thought I would give it a go. Doubt I will get time to play with it again before the weekend but we can sort something out after that if you and I are still struggling.
Cheers, Stew.

[Barry S1]

Well i,v got a navigon haven't a clue how to put all those numbers in it
but i will take it because she has a nice voice and its someone to talk to.
can we just put in post codes each day

Barry

[steve j]

A daily postcode would be a good idea, where would we get them from? or is that a daft question?

[Mr Plow]

steve j said:

A daily postcode would be a good idea, where would we get them from? or is that a daft question?

You could use a daily postcode, the info is available in the PIMP Longers put together. By using the postcode of the end destination Sat Nav systems will generally take you there, either by using the quickest or shortest route depending how you have it set up.

The routes that Longers has provided makes the most of the great "driving" roads available off the beaten track.

I have a Garmin Sat Nav that also doesn't let you download files. It would appear that generally, newer (I would suggest less than one year old) Sat Nav systems no longer have the option to download pre planned routes. The Garmin I have has a "Route Planner" option that lets me plot routes using waypoints or Points of Interest (POI) to input and save the route I want. I have spent some time getting all the routes into the sat nav using the maps that Longers supplied to ensure I'm going the same way.

From experience it is worth following the routes suggested but entirely up to you.

[Scoobimax]

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What he said about following Longers routes - well worth the grin factor.

[Barry S1]

no one son thinks i can do that on ours so going to get him
to have a go at the weekend, if it don't work will have to try
to keep up with that Chim again

[steve j]

Finding Belgian postcodes is a bit tricky, I can find Wednesday hotel- 59279. Thursday lunch - B6464 and Thursday hotel- B6838, the rest is all electronic felgergarb and confusing, please can someone shed a bit of light on the postcodes, ta.
steve j

[Gerald-TVR]

If you use TomTom or Garmin this site provides a super planning tool http://www.tyretotravel.com/

[Longers]

Gents, I've just sent you another email which will hopefully answer some of your questions

[jacksocket]

Things were going incredibly well....
I discovered my TomTom is already loaded with European maps, good.
Downloaded and installed Tyre ver 6.0 (which looks a little different to screen shots in Ians satnav guide doc), very good - could use this for work.
Opened and copied all the .itn files to TomTom, great stuff.
Then discovered my TomTom 'Start' is not compatible with itinerary files.

so need to 'Start' thinking about a replacement satnav!!
or maybe just follow the car in front.......
steveS

[TurboTony]

If push comes to shove I will load the individual coordinates into a nav. It wont take too long but it just needs a level of accuracy to ensure that one of the waypoints is not in Nova Scotia......

Cheers
Tony

[Longers]

jacksocket said:

or maybe just follow the car in front.......

...and hope they know where they are going

[Longers]

TurboTony said:

If push comes to shove I will load the individual coordinates into a nav.

If recreating the routes yourself make sure the coordinates are on the correct side of any dual carriageways or you'll be doubling back on yourself - dont ask how I know this! We're not on dual carriageways much so shouldn't be a problem

[TurboTony]

Longers said:

If recreating the routes yourself make sure the coordinates are on the correct side of any dual carriageways or you'll be doubling back on yourself - dont ask how I know this! We're not on dual carriageways much so shouldn't be a problem

I wouldn't know if I was coming or going!

[chrischat]

Just found this new fangled thingy called a 'map' if all else fails and im late out of a pit-stop i will hopefully find my way home

[glenrobbo]

chrischat said:

Just found this new fangled thingy called a 'map' if all else fails and im late out of a pit-stop i will hopefully find my way home

Now we're really cookin' Why didn't anyone come up with this before?
It would've saved many a furrowed brow.....

[Ragtop]

chrischat said:

Just found this new fangled thingy called a 'map' if all else fails and im late out of a pit-stop i will hopefully find my way home

Great idea Chris, but wrong country... oh, no it's not, I can see Belgium on the cover as well!

I recommend one of these:



It's a PROPER map, the size of a tablecloth, not one cut into little squares and stapled together


Graham