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BMWE34sport
Really Senior Member I Joined: 30-April-2004 Location: Hertfordshire Status: Offline Points: 353 |
Posted: 17-May-2005 at 10:17 |
Nigel I will PM you a website as i dont want to be seen as advertising Derek if you do decide to go for one look for the GO 300,500 or 700 depending on spec you require if you see a straight forward TomTom GO this will have the older maps on Nigel it still might be worth trying them again yourself the person I spoke to didnt seem that helpful but usually when i do speak to them they offer a good service ,sometimes the customer speaking to them directly gets a better response rather than me saying that i'm ringing on behalf of a customer |
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Nigel
Moderator Group Joined: 09-November-2002 Status: Offline Points: 6941 |
Posted: 17-May-2005 at 10:37 |
Cheers Stuart, its not advertising if your helping other members, and even less so if your helping me I'll have a squint then put a link on here for other interested parties. |
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Nigel
Moderator Group Joined: 09-November-2002 Status: Offline Points: 6941 |
Posted: 17-May-2005 at 10:44 |
It looks good : http://www.widget.co.uk/asp/product.asp?recorprod=1&prod uct=554 Thats in Hertfordshire like yourself, wouldn't be the one you work for would it ? |
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IamSpartacus
Moderator Group Joined: 21-November-2002 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 3625 |
Posted: 17-May-2005 at 10:46 |
Stuart/Nigel Thanks! With your post tennis you've helped me make up my mind. I'm going to go with the 700 as I believe that has all the European maps preloaded and living in Southern France but working in Holland I'll be dooing a good bit of driving - when I'm not sending my airmiles ballistic! I think I've to wait til June for the 700. If Tom Tom are Dutch then I should be able to get it at a better price here - so long as its all in English!! Thanks Again!! |
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Nigel
Moderator Group Joined: 09-November-2002 Status: Offline Points: 6941 |
Posted: 17-May-2005 at 10:54 |
Posh git lol. If as I suspect Stuart works for the site named above, pm him, see what discounts you can organise Mine arrived with all languages, I deleted everything except English to free up space to download the camera overlay. |
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IamSpartacus
Moderator Group Joined: 21-November-2002 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 3625 |
Posted: 17-May-2005 at 12:37 |
Not posh, just read that it can be a pain crossing borders if you don't have all maps on board, cna't have wifey getting lost with the monthly wine quota now can I? I didn't realise it can in all languages, deleting the ones you don't need was a sensible approach Nigel, stops any comedians form changing languages on you when you're not looking - happened to my mobile when in Singapore, after a few beers someone thought they'd change the phone language to Thai not realising that we'd not be able to read it to change it back a again! Still I found a very helpful young Thai lady waiting outside the hotel who helped me out! |
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Rhys
Moderator Group Coffee addict... Joined: 02-February-2003 Location: from the Latin locātiō Status: Offline Points: 10053 |
Posted: 17-May-2005 at 19:16 |
..and changed the phone menu back into English I used to remember what menu sequences were used to change the language on my phones, in case anyone did this to me. (I've done it to others myself ) |
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IamSpartacus
Moderator Group Joined: 21-November-2002 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 3625 |
Posted: 18-May-2005 at 03:45 |
But of course.... what were you thinking Rhys? |
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BMWE34sport
Really Senior Member I Joined: 30-April-2004 Location: Hertfordshire Status: Offline Points: 353 |
Posted: 18-May-2005 at 04:20 |
yup I do work for that company , although not in the sales department i'm in the technical department , so I don't get any comission Derek the 700 does come with all the european maps pre loaded so that is the one I would reccomend you go for , and it is due for release ealy June |
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skull
Really Senior Member II Joined: 20-April-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 640 |
Posted: 18-May-2005 at 06:52 |
nigel you can get a 512 sd card off ebuyer for 20 . works fine in the tom tom go , as i got one for mine.
does seem harsh to be charged so much to update maps. would be nice if the go gave a little noise out when you reached a poi scamera. i could do with the france map as ime off fishing in france next week and i dont seem to have the major roads of europe on mine ??? |
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BMWE34sport
Really Senior Member I Joined: 30-April-2004 Location: Hertfordshire Status: Offline Points: 353 |
Posted: 18-May-2005 at 10:03 |
skull ...which GO do you have and which scamera datbase do you have as you should be able to set it up to give a beep when you are within a certain distance from the scamera You should have also got a CD rom in the box with the major roads of europe
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IamSpartacus
Moderator Group Joined: 21-November-2002 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 3625 |
Posted: 18-May-2005 at 11:15 |
I can get the 700 for 550 quid in Holland, if anyone can better that inc postage to either France or Holland, pm me, please!
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skull
Really Senior Member II Joined: 20-April-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 640 |
Posted: 18-May-2005 at 14:45 |
BMWE34sport
i have the first one , had it for 6 months now and no maps other than uk on the cd . cant see how to set it up to beep within any distance of a scamera. from pocket gps world . http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/uksafetycameras.php |
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just a little crazy.
My drive E46 M3 COUPE [MAN]CARBON BLACK GREY LEATHER H/K 19"s LED REARS S/B. |
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stephenperry
Bavarian-Board Contributor Joined: 20-April-2004 Location: Elgin Status: Offline Points: 7213 |
Posted: 18-May-2005 at 15:21 |
you won't get me to convince you as I am in the same camp, i only use my pda for satnav Ally is right, I have an HP Ipaq 2210 with TomTom Navigator 3, added the free CheckPOInt software (http://checkpoint.oabsoftware.nl/) to warn me of upcoming Points Of Interest, downloaded from POIplace (http://poiplace.oabsoftware.nl/index.php) and pocketgpsworld (http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/uksafetycameras.php) As TomTom can only handle 5 digit postcodes at the moment (rumoured to be resolved in the upcoming v5.0), another nice little addon is this one from www.digitools.co.uk... err, actually it isnt now, cos he's been busted by the ordnance survey for breach of copyright, but i've got a copy that ill put up on the ftp server for download if any bmw forum users want it? |
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stephenperry
Bavarian-Board Contributor Joined: 20-April-2004 Location: Elgin Status: Offline Points: 7213 |
Posted: 18-May-2005 at 15:21 |
most of this stuff is applicable to tomtom go btw
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stephenperry
Bavarian-Board Contributor Joined: 20-April-2004 Location: Elgin Status: Offline Points: 7213 |
Posted: 18-May-2005 at 15:24 |
they have TomTom Traffic available for use with a GPRS mobile phone? sorry, just noticed Stuarts reply earlier (note to self: pay attention!) Edited by stephenperry |
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2007 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI Titanium X Auto 1983 Ford Sierra XR4i 2000 Alpina B10 3.3 #118 1999 BMW 323Ci 1995 BMW 318i SE 1994 Vauxhall Omega 2.0 GLS 1995 Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX 1990 Honda Concerto 1.6 EX 1986 Ford Orion 1.6 GL 1989 Ford Fiesta 1.1 Firefly |
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stephenperry
Bavarian-Board Contributor Joined: 20-April-2004 Location: Elgin Status: Offline Points: 7213 |
Posted: 18-May-2005 at 15:27 |
Have they started rolling out the upgrade offers for registered TomTom 3 users yet? I subscribed to the tomtom5 upgrade mailing last month via email and haven't heard anything so far |
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BMWE34sport
Really Senior Member I Joined: 30-April-2004 Location: Hertfordshire Status: Offline Points: 353 |
Posted: 19-May-2005 at 04:01 |
Stephen - Not yet , we are expecting to recieve the full version of Navigator 5 at the beggining of June so my guess would be as soon as that starts to ship they will release details of the upgrade . I assume it will be the same sort of process as when they upgraded 2 , you pay an upgrade price and they then send you the new CD Skull - You should be able get the GO to warn you as my one does and it has the same speed camera datebase , try the following Go into the change preferences menu |
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Nigel
Moderator Group Joined: 09-November-2002 Status: Offline Points: 6941 |
Posted: 19-May-2005 at 05:51 |
Stuart. You have been very helpful, and although not actually in the Central region, would your company like to be on the Central reco pages ? As it has an internet side location shouldn't be an issue. You can email me on this is you want, and heres what we have already to give someone at your end an idea of what it looks like. http://bmwcarclubgb.co.uk/regions/centrl/recommends.htm I'd need a piccy of the building or perhaps the showroom or workshops to keep it in the same format. |
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BMWE34sport
Really Senior Member I Joined: 30-April-2004 Location: Hertfordshire Status: Offline Points: 353 |
Posted: 19-May-2005 at 09:21 |
Nigel , thats very good of you mate thanks , I will have a word with management and see what they say ...i'll PM you later thanks again
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