iv got the latest tomtom 5 version 5.2 what i cant work out is why it takes so long to find all the sats? once its up running its very good but it can take anything from 10 mins to 30 mins and more to find the sats and thats driving around, i no its not just mine as 2 of my friends have the same one and thers do the same?? i see ther is a gps driver and wonder if you can update that..

andy

 

is that running on a PDA or similar rather than a Tomtom self-contained unit? What GPS receiver do you have?

 

i have a tom tom blue tooth one tomtom5 on a pda. mine sometimes does this...

i connect the blueooth with the manager first when it starts playing up - and then load the programme.. if it hasnt picked it up in a minute I simply exit it and reload it - finds it ok then.

 

do you know if it's the receiver sattelite lock or bluetooth link that takes time to establish? Has it ever worked quickly?
I've got a BT receiver - http://www.qstarz.com/products/bt-q880.aspx - and Tomtom 5 on a PDA. Mine locks within 30-45 seconds from switch-on generally, and it's got indicators on the receiver to show status of internal sattelite lock and bluetooth link integrity, so it's easy to see which is holding the system up if it's slow..

 

ask on www.pocketgps.co.uk

there is a forum on there full of geeks that know everything there is to know bout sat navs. good site.

 

i found mine picks up a lot slower if i turn it on when i'm moving, when i stop at a junction it locks on. do you have a ford heated screen?