Tom Tom GO 520

Hi there guys, firstly great site full of useful information! Im a little stuck on something, i own a TomTom GO 520 with Navcore 8.396, Bootloader 5.5120, Will the western & central europe 2gb 860.3126 map work on this particular nav core?

Thanks in advance :)

Michael

EDIT:- I have a 4gb SD card to accomodate the 2gb+ map file :)

Canoe292 wrote:Hi there guys, firstly great site full of useful information! Im a little stuck on something, i own a TomTom GO 520 with Navcore 8.396, Bootloader 5.5120, Will the western & central europe 2gb 860.3126 map work on this particular nav core?

Thanks in advance
Michael
EDIT:- I have a 4gb SD card to accomodate the 2gb+ map file

1. Confirm that you are aware that 8.396 is a TRUCK navcore.
2. Yes, W&CE 2GB 860.3126 will run with your NC, but it is a NO features map. You want the full featured Western and Central 860.3101 [2518.8MB].

Hi there, thanks for the speedy reply! erm i didnt actually know it was a truck navcore, it doesnt need to be a truck navcore cos its only being used for a car lol, the current map on my tomtom is uk & roi v715.1703 but as im travelling to europe in new year wanted to upgrade, what navcore would you recommend for my tomtom go 520?

Canoe292 wrote:Hi there, thanks for the speedy reply! erm i didnt actually know it was a truck navcore, it doesnt need to be a truck navcore cos its only being used for a car lol, the current map on my tomtom is uk & roi v715.1703 but as im travelling to europe in new year wanted to upgrade, what navcore would you recommend for my tomtom go 520?

Make a backup, using windows explorer.

http://download.tomtom.com/sweet/navcore/9.205.rider3.CAB-navcore-RIDER.cab

Unzip & copy the .cab into you unit overwriting any common files.

X_ttsystem.9.205.547817.1

Unzip the ttsystem download & copy only the ttsystem & PNDNavigator files into your unit, overwriting common files.

Reboot. BTW, I am running this setup on a 720.

Hi again tendriver, just about to download the last part to that map and will try it on my g0520 :) the navcore is on and is working ok so just need to put the map on :D just another question, my father in law owns a tom tom one XL 32mb, hes a lorry driver and wants the trucks map putting on it, could you recommend a navcore for the device which supports the newest truck maps :) thanks in advance

Canoe292 wrote:Hi again tendriver, just about to download the last part to that map and will try it on my g0520 the navcore is on and is working ok so just need to put the map on :D just another question, my father in law owns a tom tom one XL 32mb, hes a lorry driver and wants the trucks map putting on it, could you recommend a navcore for the device which supports the newest truck maps thanks in advance

Navcore 8.398.1917 WORK inc. Truck

TomTom Map Europe Truck v860.3122

hiya tendriver, me again haha back to the original topic, loaded the map and navcore onto my tomtom go 520, it switches on fine but then hangs and after being unresponsive for a minute it restarts? any ideas pal

Canoe292 wrote:hiya tendriver, me again haha back to the original topic, loaded the map and navcore onto my tomtom go 520, it switches on fine but then hangs and after being unresponsive for a minute it restarts? any ideas pal

Did you load the navcore exactly as described in post 4? What map did you use?

i did indeed pal, its doing my head in, used map Western_and_Central_Europe_860.3101!

Canoe292 wrote:i did indeed pal, its doing my head in, used map Western_and_Central_Europe_860.3101!

Did you transfer the mapsettings.cfg file from the old map to the new?

hi again tendriver, what iv ended up doing is letting tomtom home update to the latest navcore ( 8.351 ) and installed maps and ran activator and it now works fine :) dont know what i was doing wrong with the navcore you suggested, it was like the tom tom didnt have enough memory to run it, very strange :S but at least its working now, am I missing any important features being on navcore 8.351?

Canoe292 wrote:hi again tendriver, what iv ended up doing is letting tomtom home update to the latest navcore ( 8.351 ) and installed maps and ran activator and it now works fine dont know what i was doing wrong with the navcore you suggested, it was like the tom tom didnt have enough memory to run it, very strange :S but at least its working now, am I missing any important features being on navcore 8.351?

I don't know what you did wrong. I change and test N/Cs this way almost daily, with no problem.
You are missing several features. Whether they are important or not is for the user to decide.

Make a backup, using windows explorer.

http://download.tomtom.com/sweet/navcore/9.205.rider3.CAB-navcore-RIDER.cab

Unzip & copy the .cab into you unit overwriting any common files.

X_ttsystem.9.205.547817.1

Unzip the ttsystem download & copy only the ttsystem & PNDNavigator files into your unit, overwriting common files.

Reboot. BTW, I am running this setup on a 720.

If 9.205 isn't good for you, take it out & load your backup.

Canoe292 wrote:hi again tendriver, what iv ended up doing is letting tomtom home update to the latest navcore ( 8.351 ) and installed maps and ran activator and it now works fine dont know what i was doing wrong with the navcore you suggested, it was like the tom tom didnt have enough memory to run it, very strange :S but at least its working now, am I missing any important features being on navcore 8.351?

the biggest noticable diffrence between v8 and v9 navcore is how they look v9 navcore looks a lot nicer than v 8, but you can use whatever suits you best, and if you follow tendrivvers instructions above all should run fine

merry Christmas
djc

Hi!

I updated my GO520 via Tomtom Home to 9.401, but I didn't find the cracked ttsystem 9.401. Anyone can help me, please?

J0nas wrote:Hi!

I updated my GO520 via Tomtom Home to 9.401, but I didn't find the cracked ttsystem 9.401. Anyone can help me, please?

Obviously you didn't look here: V8 & V9 Navcores