Do TOM TOM's give your speed?
08-06-2006, 06:33 PM
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Do TOM TOM's give your speed?
ie like Road Angels do?
My dads just got one but I can't take it out in my car till Monday to give it a go (traffic is at a standstill on the island cos of the festival lol)
I've just loaded the speed camera pack on there, looks good so far on the demo
08-06-2006, 06:34 PM
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My brother has TomTom on a PDA and that does
08-06-2006, 06:36 PM
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08-06-2006, 06:44 PM
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08-06-2006, 07:10 PM
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My 300 doesn't.
08-06-2006, 07:45 PM
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08-06-2006, 08:08 PM
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My 700 does
08-06-2006, 08:26 PM
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its a go 500 if that helps...
08-06-2006, 08:29 PM
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MIne does, how acurate are they though???
08-06-2006, 09:30 PM
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MIne does, how acurate are they though???
they should be better than the speedo.
my Tom Tom ONE has the speed on it, just have to turn it on.
08-06-2006, 09:43 PM
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Only ask as it differs by about 10mph
ill stick to my speedo pmsl
08-06-2006, 09:47 PM
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then your speedo is out then.
08-06-2006, 09:49 PM
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hence why i said ill follow that pmsl!!!
08-06-2006, 09:53 PM
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Only ask as it differs by about 10mph
ill stick to my speedo pmsl
you said you will keep to your SPEEDO.
08-06-2006, 10:13 PM
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Works on my phone ok
08-06-2006, 10:41 PM
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Compare Speedo, Tom Tom and RoadPilot Micro and the speedo is way out. 1mph between TT and RP.
08-06-2006, 10:48 PM
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beat me to it. just go to menu and turn it on
08-06-2006, 10:52 PM
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It works on my 300. but as others have said it's way different to what my speedo says. still dunno which on to trust !!!!
08-06-2006, 10:59 PM
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I'd trust the GPS over an overstretched piece of wire & plastic
08-06-2006, 11:16 PM
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gps IS accurate, speedo's arent - FACT
LOVE tomtom on my pda
09-06-2006, 05:57 AM
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I always use Tomtom for my speed - same as I used to on the Road Angel.
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my speedo reads 3-4 mph more than my tom tom....and my sprinter reads 5mph faster than tom tom........id trust the tom tom over the speedo
09-06-2006, 01:03 PM
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ok anyone like to tell me how to turn it on then?
I'm fucked if I'm gonna read through that instruction manual lol
09-06-2006, 01:25 PM
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if i had one here i'd show you how to turn it on, but i don't so i'll remember how to do it
go to the properties section, then you've got one that says things like settings or something
you get oads of options there from how to display the speed to how many satalites you want and warnings for congestion charge etc
its one of them
09-06-2006, 07:09 PM
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turn on.
click on blue arrow.
click on change preferences spanner
scroll right till you see status bar prefernces, click it.
make sure speed is ticked
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08-06-2006, 06:33 PM
Do TOM TOM's give your speed?
