Tom Tom sat nav knackered up

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going to get a new sat nav today out Tom Tom has not completed downloads and signals have been pants so going to get a new one this morning
Tom Tom camper we have not sure as I'm not geeky f you can buy a up to date SIM card for it?
 
The laird said:
going to get a new sat nav today out Tom Tom has not completed downloads and signals have been pants so going to get a new one this morning
Tom Tom camper we have not sure as I'm not geeky f you can buy a up to date SIM card for it?
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Gordon somebody on the forum was selling a Garmin recently at a good price. It was obanboy666
 
These days
I would go gor a 7 in tablet.
Then a suitable app with downloaded maps free or cheap ?
Also install organic maps and pois
Tetherimg to your phone as needed.
When driving portrait orientation suits me best.
When planning and using maps landscape mode.
Google maps uses data as it is live.
Organic maps ..download on home wifi.
As your vehicle is quite big you may even lile a 10in tablet
 
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Hi Gordon, if you have a decent tablet Co-Pilot is pretty good, the maps are downloadable so you don't need to rely on the internet for them to work. I'm pretty sure that Dave and Adele use it without any problems.

Regards,
Del
 
Buy a cheap compass and keep heading south after about 500 miles you’ll come to some water get on boat cross that water get off boat turn right drive for another 800 miles then turn south again go strait on till you have to take your jumper off and roll the window down carry on till you see some more water. Ask the first person you see where can I get a san miguel if he talks all funny and you cant understand him tell him he’s got a grassy arse. Your there.😜😂
 
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Wully said:
Buy a cheap compass and keep heading south after about 500 miles you’ll come to some water get on boat cross that water get off boat turn right drive for another 800 miles then turn south again go strait on till you have to take your jumper off and roll the window down carry on till you see some more water. Ask the first person you see where can I get a san miguel if he talks all funny and you cant understand him tell him he’s got a grassy arse. Your there.😜😂
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I spent about 7 hours looking for routes, stopovers & campsites, including joining search for sites, and then combining their App with the Garmin to program all the information onto my phone and the SatNav! I should have asked you first, Wully, and saved myself hours of fun ... :D

Steve
 
There is no perfect satnav Gordon but you won’t go far wrong with a Garmin.
If you have a tablet, download something like Search for Sites, and just put the co-ordinates into the Garmin.
 
TJBi said:
A bit different to what you said in posts 2 and 6 in https://motorhomer.com/threads/navpal-sat-nav.43101/ !!!
I'm looking to replace an old Garmin. How did you get on with the Navpal?
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The Navpal was sent back. It was clunky, terrible graphics, and basically I hated it more than the Garmin.
I still don’t believe that anyone has created a satnav which is infallible, but a friend of mine ran my Garmin through an update programme, on his computer, and eerily enough it has behaved itself up til now, so at the moment it has won a reprieve.
 
RoaminRog said:
The Navpal was sent back. It was clunky, terrible graphics, and basically I hated it more than the Garmin.
I still don’t believe that anyone has created a satnav which is infallible, but a friend of mine ran my Garmin through an update programme, on his computer, and eerily enough it has behaved itself up til now, so at the moment it has won a reprieve.
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Thank you for the feedback, I have never used the Navpal myself. I was always led to believe it was a good device.
 
Google maps on iPhone. Listen to some nice songs then also “Siri” when she’s mad “perform a u turn :) “
 
Everybody has their own thoughts on satnavs.

I started with TomTom on a pda: in Spain it started taking a long time (10-20 mins) to pick up satellites.
We bought a Garmin in Halfords and didn't like the aerial wire trailing across the dashboard and didn't find the interface as intuitive as TT. It gave up the ghost at Vallidolid when it was 3 months old. Fortunately we were on the way home.
Halfords exchanged it for another TT, which was fine.

We tried several apps but couldn't get on with them; my Hudl got quite hot on the dashboard in the sunshine and started switching off.

We lashed out on a TT6200 for the MH which allowed us to enter height, length, weight and it has been almost 99% reliable in that respect, although the routing is only as good as the map detail. There is a "community mapshare" facility which should input new restrictions etc BUT I found TT did not always respond quickly and even reverted information which they had accepted previously. HOWEVER, it is reasonably accurate.

TT also has a 3 routing opportunities: fast, short, eco-friendly. Short is ridiculous, taking you down narrow roads to shave 5 metres off a main road. AFAIK Eco is identical to short: we have been taken off dual carriageways in order to go down forest tracks and through villages with roundabouts and traffic lights rather than a longer straightforward bypass. I stick to Fast now and just turn off when it takes my fancy: I ignore TT until I get somewhere that looks suitable. I find the rerouting facility quick and easy.

I don't like "voice control" because we will be having a conversation and the map will disappear whilst the device tells me that it didn't understand what I said and please will I choose from the displayed options: not helpful at a complex road junction in a foreign country.

TT comes with "lifetime" map updates BUT it is only what TT decides is the lifetime of the device; ours must be 10y old now.

A lot of money to spend BUT worth it IMO.

Gordon
 
I have a "MEANDER"as we call it, its a map book and all the pages have different coloured roads on them, it's a matter of deciding where we are going, pick a coloured road and follow it🙄👍
All roads lead somewhere and meanders are dirt cheap 🤣🤣
 
I love my Garmin Drivesmart 66. Much better than the older Garmin I had. POI updates are easy, the POI's show up great as you near them. Searches are easy, graphics are clear, all the important stuff...
The voice control is a bit naff as it clearly does not understand a Geordie accent, but then again, many people don't either...
My only criticism and I dont know if the blame lies with Garmin or the Map people, is the speed limit alerts which are often wrong, and yes I have the latest updates.
K;)
 
I have had the TT Camper for a few years now and found it to be really good. Even with the dimensions entered it has twice tried to take me under bridges that were right on the limit so I turned round each time and it rerouted me immediately. Apart from that have found it to be excellent. Have used it in UK, France and Spain.
 
alun100 said:
I have had the TT Camper for a few years now and found it to be really good. Even with the dimensions entered it has twice tried to take me under bridges that were right on the limit so I turned round each time and it rerouted me immediately. Apart from that have found it to be excellent. Have used it in UK, France and Spain.
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I suppose you could re-enter the height dimension as 10 or 20 cms greater than you actually are. That would give you a comfortable safety margin.
 
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