Re: TomTom Navigator 6 and Orange SPV M5000 (and the likes)

["marcrfuller" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Rob,

My device is running 1.13.00 so it's a few behind I believe. I wonder
if there is a place to get an updated ROM ? Any ideas ? Orange as
usual are very slow to release updates :\

Cheers

Marc


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Rob Lamb" <sheepdipgroups@...>
wrote:
>
> Thanks for that Marc. I use mine in landscape all the time so that
> could be a bit of a problem (and trawling through the net it seems
> it may not be particular to your device but could be the date of the
> ROM). I used the 'Extended POI Warnings' program to change the
> sounds and it's so much better to have the spoken warning than just
> a sound (but as you say it has to modify a couple of files).
>
> If it is just a problem with earlier ROMs I might give it a go as
> TomTom won't support any issues with the M5000. What ROM is your
> device?
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "marcrfuller" <groups@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey There,
> >
> > I'm runnning TTN6 on my SPV M5000. It all works perfectly in
> portrait
> > mode, but I get a corrupted screen in landscape mode. This might
> just
> > be my device however. Apart from this little problem it all works
> great !
> >
> > There's some good improvements but to be honest nothing
spectacular
> > over TTN5. I'm still pleased I bought it though.
> >
> > They best new feature (that apparently works with TTN5 aswell !!)
> is
> > that you can now make custom sound files for your POI's. I've got
> the
> > pocketgpsworld camera database and to have custom sounds you used
> to
> > have to change the data.chk file. With TTN6 (and 5 apparently
> although
> > I haven't tried it) you can just create an .ogg sound file and
> name it
> > the same as the poi OV2 file. Then when you setup the warning, it
> > automatically picks up the file. This also means the warning can
be
> > longer (size etc was limited the old way) and clearer ! Great !
> >
> > All in all, it's a good product. I've been using it for a couple
of
> > weeks with no problems.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Rob Lamb"
<sheepdipgroups@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone tried putting Navigator 6 on an M5000 (JasJar)?
Just
> > > wondered if there were any issues as there were with
Navigator 5
> to
> > > begin with? Seeing as there's no upgrade path from Navigator
5
> I'm
> > > wondering if it's worth it if there's going to be a load of
> hassle.
> > >
> > > Has anyone noticed vast improvements from Navigator 5 (apart
> from
> > > presumably updated maps)?
> > >
> >
>





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