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I have had a TT720 since Noah was using one and very good and reliable it was/is to. A couple of years ago I bought a 730, recognising that at some point the 720 was going to be finding it's way to the SatNav graveyard. It also gave me the opportunity to use all the same bits and bobs and Brodit clips I'd bought for the 720.
After about a year I upgraded the Maps and speed camera database on the 730 and because it's the full European mapping I had to buy a 4GB SD card to load it on. All working fine for some time and then the 730 decides life is not worth living and joins the choir invisible.
Out comes the 720 which is still working superbly but has old maps apart from the customer up-dates thingy. So I decide to pop the 730's SD card, with all those lovely new maps and speed cameras, into the 720. It didn't work and a quick exchange with TomTom tells me the 730's SD card will only work with my 730 and no other.
So I have a perfectly good 720, with an SD card slot and a perfectly good SD card with up to date mapping and never the twain shall meet.
TomTom tell me that it will not work but no doubt the collective PH masses will know different.
After about a year I upgraded the Maps and speed camera database on the 730 and because it's the full European mapping I had to buy a 4GB SD card to load it on. All working fine for some time and then the 730 decides life is not worth living and joins the choir invisible.
Out comes the 720 which is still working superbly but has old maps apart from the customer up-dates thingy. So I decide to pop the 730's SD card, with all those lovely new maps and speed cameras, into the 720. It didn't work and a quick exchange with TomTom tells me the 730's SD card will only work with my 730 and no other.
So I have a perfectly good 720, with an SD card slot and a perfectly good SD card with up to date mapping and never the twain shall meet.
TomTom tell me that it will not work but no doubt the collective PH masses will know different.
It's probably only down to a software version issue, so your TomTom OS on the 720 is incompatible with the OS requirements of the SD card for the 730.
Options include buying a 2nd hand 730 and waiting for the battery to die (then use it with a power supply only), buying a 720-compatible SD card, or buying a new model with the latest maps for £100.
Alternatively you could search google for 'hacking' options.
Options include buying a 2nd hand 730 and waiting for the battery to die (then use it with a power supply only), buying a 720-compatible SD card, or buying a new model with the latest maps for £100.
Alternatively you could search google for 'hacking' options.
Sorry, I assumed you'd bought the SD edition maps, which come on an SD card and can be swapped between units with the same soft/firmware.
If you've downloaded it, then it is indeed 'encrypted' with your device ID.
It's stupid because some of the downloaded maps are more expensive than the same map on an SD.
If you've downloaded it, then it is indeed 'encrypted' with your device ID.
It's stupid because some of the downloaded maps are more expensive than the same map on an SD.
This is why dedicated sat navs are going the way of the dodo. If I look up something on Google maps etc,. I get the latest map. I'm happy to subscribe to live update on the Tom Tom, but I refuse to keep buying new maps or a device which requires me to subscribe for new maps. For the odd occasion I need sat nav, I'll just use my iPhone.
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