Using a UK Sat Nav in the USA
Dec 24, 2007 | 6:30 am
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Using a UK Sat Nav in the USA
I managed to win myself a Tom Tom One 3rd edition (1 gig memory) sat nav. It came with Western Europe and UK maps. I live in the UK.
It does not have a memory card - so all maps, etc are stored on the hard disk inside the machine.
I am going to the US next year and will want to take it with me - and will purchase a USA/Canada map for 30 pounds off the Tom Tom website.
Does anyone happen to know how it works - I had a little play - and when I connect to the Tom Tom website via the software that you download - it advises that I backup before I download or change anything.
I have therefore backed it up to my PC. If I purchase the map of the USA - it will not fit on with the Europe and UK map already loaded I assume as the map is 900 Meg in size. I assume it will therefore overwrite it. Am I correct?
If I download the USA map today (currently half price) - where will it be stored? If I then want to use my UK map tomorrow - how do I put it back on? Do I simply restore it? How would I then put the US map back on in a few weeks time? I don't seem to be able to name the backups i.e. UK Map and US Map.
I have never used one before so sorry if I am asking silly questions.
It does not have a memory card - so all maps, etc are stored on the hard disk inside the machine.
I am going to the US next year and will want to take it with me - and will purchase a USA/Canada map for 30 pounds off the Tom Tom website.
Does anyone happen to know how it works - I had a little play - and when I connect to the Tom Tom website via the software that you download - it advises that I backup before I download or change anything.
I have therefore backed it up to my PC. If I purchase the map of the USA - it will not fit on with the Europe and UK map already loaded I assume as the map is 900 Meg in size. I assume it will therefore overwrite it. Am I correct?
If I download the USA map today (currently half price) - where will it be stored? If I then want to use my UK map tomorrow - how do I put it back on? Do I simply restore it? How would I then put the US map back on in a few weeks time? I don't seem to be able to name the backups i.e. UK Map and US Map.
I have never used one before so sorry if I am asking silly questions.
Dec 24, 2007 | 6:53 am
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I'd be worried that it would keep yelling at me that I'm on the wrong side of the road. Come to think of it, that would be a pretty good marketing strategy for Tom Tom, so you'd have to buy a new one.
Dec 24, 2007 | 7:28 am
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You should ask at
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/f...p?FORUM_ID=167
and
http://tomtomforums.com/
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/f...p?FORUM_ID=167
and
http://tomtomforums.com/
Dec 24, 2007 | 8:44 am
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Dec 24, 2007 | 9:09 am
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No need to go elsewhere... I just used my One XL in Germany to great effect. You'll need the TomTom software loaded on your PC.
The TomTom is a bit odd in that it can't see an SD card and internal memory at once. So, you can load the US maps onto an SD card and then pop that out when you're done, or (re)load the UK/European maps AND put the US maps on an SD card and have it all at once. That's the route I took.
Switching maps is convenience itself. You go into Preferences, Switch Map and then Select a Map. That's all it takes... about a 10 second process. The device remembers where you were when you switch maps so when you switch back it'll go right back to the exact location it was displaying when you switched.
The TomTom is a bit odd in that it can't see an SD card and internal memory at once. So, you can load the US maps onto an SD card and then pop that out when you're done, or (re)load the UK/European maps AND put the US maps on an SD card and have it all at once. That's the route I took.
Switching maps is convenience itself. You go into Preferences, Switch Map and then Select a Map. That's all it takes... about a 10 second process. The device remembers where you were when you switch maps so when you switch back it'll go right back to the exact location it was displaying when you switched.
Dec 24, 2007 | 10:16 am
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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The TomTom is a bit odd in that it can't see an SD card and internal memory at once. So, you can load the US maps onto an SD card and then pop that out when you're done, or (re)load the UK/European maps AND put the US maps on an SD card and have it all at once. That's the route I took.