TOMTOM One 3rd - newbie frustrated need help!   

TOMTOM One 3rd - newbie frustrated need help!

Postby excessuk » Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:32 pm

Hi,

I've got a tomtom one 3rd edition. It came with a UK and Ireland. I've downloaded an updated one from this site and it worked really great after using FastActivate. Then I downloaded a South Africa map (as I'm flying to SA next week) and also used Fast Activate to activate the map (it shows as activated in my TomTom Home PC app). However when operating the tomtom device I can't seem to switch to South Africa? I can only see two options: Ireland, and UK, but can't see South Africa there.

I've read lots of different threads, updated my navcore to 8.412 and patched it using Fast Activate but still can't see South Africa on my device when switching countries.

I've tried two maps actually with same result:

- Southern_Africa_855.2937
- South_Africa_Swaziland_and_Lesotho_855_2884

When copying the map folders to my tomtom device I renamed them accordingly (removed the version number at the end) and I can effectively see them listed in my tomtom pc app, but not in my device.

What am I doing wrong?

Any pointers as to how to get this working will be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks in advance.

-excessuk
excessuk offline


Junior Member



 
Joined: Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:07 pm
Posts: 4
Has thanked: 0 time
Been thanked: 0 time

Postby PiEtU » Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:26 pm

I do not know what is wrong (are you sure you do not have directory inside directory) but anyway here is latest maps
All New Maps 860.XXXX
PiEtU offline


User avatar Elite Member



 
Joined: Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:59 pm
Posts: 929
Location: Pitcairn Islands
Has thanked: 0 time
Been thanked: 165 times
Age: 59

Postby tendriver » Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:25 pm

excessuk wrote:Hi,
I've tried two maps actually with same result:

- Southern_Africa_855.2937
- South_Africa_Swaziland_and_Lesotho_855_2884

When copying the map folders to my tomtom device I renamed them accordingly (removed the version number at the end) and I can effectively see them listed in my tomtom pc app, but not in my device.
-excessuk


860 is the currrent version for those 2 maps.

It makes no difference what you name the map folders. Main Menu, Change preferences, Switch maps, Switch map gets the map info from the map's .pna file.
tendriver offline


User avatar Ex Super Mod



 
Joined: Thu May 20, 2010 4:43 pm
Posts: 12005
Has thanked: 339 times
Been thanked: 627 times

Postby excessuk » Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:46 am

Yes I'm sure in the root of my TomTom it's just the folder and inside all the map files. In fact if I go into the tomtom home app and click Add Maps I can see the South Africa (or Southern Africa) maps, and they say they're in the device (before using FastActivate they showed as needing activation).

Then I go into main menu, change preferences, switch maps and can only switch between ireland and united kingdom. I'm sure I'm being silly and I'm missing something but I can't see what that is.

Could the device be locked to just uk and ireland somehow?? Is this something that can be changed? Any UK owners of tomtoms who may have experienced a similar problem?

Thanks!!
excessuk offline


Junior Member



 
Joined: Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:07 pm
Posts: 4
Has thanked: 0 time
Been thanked: 0 time

Postby PiEtU » Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:54 am

Download here SE_Navcore.8.412.1236_32mb_devices.rar
TomTom Automatic Navcore Installation

run exe and replace all files in your tomtom

and download latest map from this forum...
PiEtU offline


User avatar Elite Member



 
Joined: Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:59 pm
Posts: 929
Location: Pitcairn Islands
Has thanked: 0 time
Been thanked: 165 times
Age: 59

Postby excessuk » Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:28 am

I'm being an idiot, thanks for your help. I've installed the navcore but then accepted an "update" on the tomtom home pc which downgraded me to navcore 7 - a massive DOH!!!! :hunter:

I'm re-installing everything from scratch now hoping that this time will work.

Thanks again!
excessuk offline


Junior Member



 
Joined: Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:07 pm
Posts: 4
Has thanked: 0 time
Been thanked: 0 time

Postby excessuk » Sun Nov 28, 2010 12:00 pm

A fresh install from scratch solved the problem, I can see all maps now. Thanks very much for your help and sorry for the newbie questions! I've found the forum very helpful!!
excessuk offline


Junior Member



 
Joined: Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:07 pm
Posts: 4
Has thanked: 0 time
Been thanked: 0 time

Postby tendriver » Sun Nov 28, 2010 1:06 pm

excessuk wrote:A fresh install from scratch solved the problem, I can see all maps now. Thanks very much for your help and sorry for the newbie questions! I've found the forum very helpful!!


The Team sez, "You are Welcome". Enjoy!

THREAD_CLOSED
tendriver offline


User avatar Ex Super Mod



 
Joined: Thu May 20, 2010 4:43 pm
Posts: 12005
Has thanked: 339 times
Been thanked: 627 times


Return to General Discussions about TomTom

 


  • Related topics
    Replies
    Views
    Last post

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 34 guests