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Does it cater for motorhome width, length and height to route them accordingly ?
I did look for that but did not see any details in the message.
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Bringing it down to £222?
I'd be inclined to flip it on eBay as new/boxed/sealed and make a few quid...
You could undercut all the current UK sellers and still make a tidy profit:
Yes that's the price.....flipping- an interesting thought.
Waiting to see if it's any good....not had any feedback yet.
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And PayPal is always on their side! Waste of time nowadays ?
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I bought one, also set up companion on the phone (my drive), you can set the phone one up for a heavy duty van, giving length, width, height and weight. Sent the route from phone to TOMTOM via bluetooth, and it did not detour off chart, down side lanes etc.
I think it is good for the money, warns you of any hold ups ahead and how long the hold up is, gives rout details and top to bottom on right hand side.
All I have to do now is work out how to save the routes in favourites etc.
Let us know how you get on, have fun as I have, it is totally different to what I am used to, using an old TOMTOM.
Flook
I think it is good for the money, warns you of any hold ups ahead and how long the hold up is, gives rout details and top to bottom on right hand side.
All I have to do now is work out how to save the routes in favourites etc.
Let us know how you get on, have fun as I have, it is totally different to what I am used to, using an old TOMTOM.
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HI Decker
The Tomtom Premium and Premium X are Car only Satnavs upon which you cannot input the dimensions of the Vehicle you are using with a view to avoiding narrow roads etc.
Regarding the comment from Flook that he has created a route in My Drive which has been set to create a route for an RV I would comment as follows:-
If he has not input and saved the dimensions of the RV in MyDrive before it created the route it will have created a route for a car hence when transferred to the TT device there was no change.
If he has input the data for the RV and then having created the route then saved it to My Routes as a Track and synced it to the device, then when opening the Route on the device it will follow the route saved. A Track is a bread crumb route which will be religiously followed. However as it is a track it will take no notice of Taffic data and so not offer faster routes and should you miss a turning will direct you back to the missed turning and not recalculate a route to correct the error.
If he has created a route based on an RV in My Drive and sent the Destination or Stops to the device then the Device will recalculate the route based on the Routing Preferences on the Device ie as a Car but will for example avoid motorways if that is a routing preference on the device.
Flook Regarding saving routes when you have a route on the device you want to save then Tap Menu, Tap Current Route and then select Save the route to My Routes. A route created on the device and saved there will be a Route not a Track ,see the different Arrow against the route in My Routes, and so will when selected recalculate based on traffic etc.
Traffic on the TT devices is good and better than Garmin for example in my experience.
Hope that helps
Doug
The Tomtom Premium and Premium X are Car only Satnavs upon which you cannot input the dimensions of the Vehicle you are using with a view to avoiding narrow roads etc.
Regarding the comment from Flook that he has created a route in My Drive which has been set to create a route for an RV I would comment as follows:-
If he has not input and saved the dimensions of the RV in MyDrive before it created the route it will have created a route for a car hence when transferred to the TT device there was no change.
If he has input the data for the RV and then having created the route then saved it to My Routes as a Track and synced it to the device, then when opening the Route on the device it will follow the route saved. A Track is a bread crumb route which will be religiously followed. However as it is a track it will take no notice of Taffic data and so not offer faster routes and should you miss a turning will direct you back to the missed turning and not recalculate a route to correct the error.
If he has created a route based on an RV in My Drive and sent the Destination or Stops to the device then the Device will recalculate the route based on the Routing Preferences on the Device ie as a Car but will for example avoid motorways if that is a routing preference on the device.
Flook Regarding saving routes when you have a route on the device you want to save then Tap Menu, Tap Current Route and then select Save the route to My Routes. A route created on the device and saved there will be a Route not a Track ,see the different Arrow against the route in My Routes, and so will when selected recalculate based on traffic etc.
Traffic on the TT devices is good and better than Garmin for example in my experience.
Hope that helps
Doug
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Doug you have said a lot there, I only have had the TT just over four weeks now, and I am still playing around with it.
As far as the phone app is concerned, there is a selection on vehicle types which you select what is best for your vehicle, from car to heavy vehicle. I found it does give different routes for car or van depending on size of vehicle that one has inputed. This I thought was a good idea and put in a route I know well into the phones then blue toothed it over as you have mentioned. It did not deviate from that route despite various hold ups, but it kept me updated on those, also it lets you know when your approaching a motorway service station, I found this particularly useful as last year I was held up in a sue which I unknowingly was nt aware it was for a service station about a mile ahead. I could have avoided that with this TT.
However, to my mind it is best to read a map and work a route out first, then set up the sat nav with any relevant way points one may want to make.
However, if one wants a specific sat nav for the sole purpose of motorhome use only, there are the options of ebay Chinese ones, or the expensive ones advertised in motorhome magazines etc.
Thanks again Doug for the info, and I will play with the TT until it is well ingrained to do it automatically in the future.
Flook
As far as the phone app is concerned, there is a selection on vehicle types which you select what is best for your vehicle, from car to heavy vehicle. I found it does give different routes for car or van depending on size of vehicle that one has inputed. This I thought was a good idea and put in a route I know well into the phones then blue toothed it over as you have mentioned. It did not deviate from that route despite various hold ups, but it kept me updated on those, also it lets you know when your approaching a motorway service station, I found this particularly useful as last year I was held up in a sue which I unknowingly was nt aware it was for a service station about a mile ahead. I could have avoided that with this TT.
However, to my mind it is best to read a map and work a route out first, then set up the sat nav with any relevant way points one may want to make.
However, if one wants a specific sat nav for the sole purpose of motorhome use only, there are the options of ebay Chinese ones, or the expensive ones advertised in motorhome magazines etc.
Thanks again Doug for the info, and I will play with the TT until it is well ingrained to do it automatically in the future.
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Hi Flook
I don't know why but when I first used the My Drive app on the phone I had not put any dimension data in against the Truck or RV options. When I picked the Truck option the App created a different route to a car suggestion. If however I selected the RV icon it showed the same routing as the car. I think the reason is that without inputing data the RV option defaults to a max 3500kg vehicle and so a car route is thought to be suitable, whereas the Truck must have some minimal weights etc inbuilt. If however if put in larger weight and other dimensions the RV option then the routing varied.
The problem is that unless you save the route as a Track when you send it to the device it should automatically check the route against the Routing preferences you have input, ie No Toll or No motorway etc and it is a car.
One think you might find useful is the Mapcode App on your phone. If you open the App and select the Hybrid Map option then you get a Google Earth type satellite map. The cursors position on the map is given an Address, Mapcode and Long/Lat. You can search using the same data as well as Postcodes and then move the map around until your cursor is over the exact position you want, ie the entrance to a Campsite or an Aire. Then you can input the mapcode etc into search on your Satnav and accept the search result and get a route to the exact position. Mapcodes are accurate enough to pick out a parking bay in car park. If you are in the UK you can input DH.FX, include the full stop, and you will be routed to the middle gate at Buckingham Place. If you are not in the UK you would have to add the country code in front. I find this can be very helpful with rural postcodes which can be quite far from the place you are looking for. You can also Cut and Paste the Long/Lat, not Mapcodes, into the MyDrive app on your phone.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask and I will try to help.
Doug
I don't know why but when I first used the My Drive app on the phone I had not put any dimension data in against the Truck or RV options. When I picked the Truck option the App created a different route to a car suggestion. If however I selected the RV icon it showed the same routing as the car. I think the reason is that without inputing data the RV option defaults to a max 3500kg vehicle and so a car route is thought to be suitable, whereas the Truck must have some minimal weights etc inbuilt. If however if put in larger weight and other dimensions the RV option then the routing varied.
The problem is that unless you save the route as a Track when you send it to the device it should automatically check the route against the Routing preferences you have input, ie No Toll or No motorway etc and it is a car.
One think you might find useful is the Mapcode App on your phone. If you open the App and select the Hybrid Map option then you get a Google Earth type satellite map. The cursors position on the map is given an Address, Mapcode and Long/Lat. You can search using the same data as well as Postcodes and then move the map around until your cursor is over the exact position you want, ie the entrance to a Campsite or an Aire. Then you can input the mapcode etc into search on your Satnav and accept the search result and get a route to the exact position. Mapcodes are accurate enough to pick out a parking bay in car park. If you are in the UK you can input DH.FX, include the full stop, and you will be routed to the middle gate at Buckingham Place. If you are not in the UK you would have to add the country code in front. I find this can be very helpful with rural postcodes which can be quite far from the place you are looking for. You can also Cut and Paste the Long/Lat, not Mapcodes, into the MyDrive app on your phone.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask and I will try to help.
Doug
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