I already send a message to this forum some weeks ago. I am a person who travels a lot, as I don?t have much time to visit the cities where I travel I bought a Tom Tom 130. Nevertheless I was surprised because the first time I turned it on it didn?t work, as I work in a cruise ship I believed that it was because of the ship that the GPS had problems to get the signal, then I sent a message to the forum looking for help, I received a lot of suggestions but I was very very surprised when I found out that I should connect the device to a computer in order to download files otherwise the GPS wouldn?t find the satellites.
First I bought it because I wanted independence, but now I should connect it to a computer and download heavy files? I have my personal computer at home, I don?t have any laptop. But what about if I needed urgently and I don?t have any computer? So the dream of independence was death because these devices can not work alone.
Following the advices I got in this forum I went to Cocoa Beach and tried it but the GPS showed a Bad reception, it said in the screen that I was inside a building!. I let the GPS on for at least 1 hour several times but nothing happened.
Back in my home I downloaded the files from the internet specially QuickGPSfix, I made the updates trough TOM TOM HOME but it was the same. The GPS doesn?t work because it can not find any satellite. I have to add that when I connect it to the computer it seems to ?recognize some satellites?, and I say it seems because I live in Peru (I know there are no maps for Peru), the device has a USA-Canada map pre-installed, when I put my address home of Quebec to test it, and I tried to see in the device my actual position the device show me in Quebec and of course it only ?works? when it is connected to the computer. I believed this device should show me my real position and not a position I entered it, otherwise I better use Google Maps or Google Planet.
So it is obviously that the GPS doesn?t work. The worse is that as I work in a cruise ship I had to by it through a friend with a credit card in the USA so I can not have any reimbursement. I will travel to Europe in some months, I have to buy a map for the GPS but I don?t have any guarantee this device will work in the future. I feel I threw away my money.
I wanted a solution but I bought a problem. So don?t buy any TOM TOM it doesn?t work and of course it doesn?t worth the price you?ll need to buy a laptop in order to have it ?work?.
First I bought it because I wanted independence, but now I should connect it to a computer and download heavy files? I have my personal computer at home, I don?t have any laptop. But what about if I needed urgently and I don?t have any computer? So the dream of independence was death because these devices can not work alone.
Following the advices I got in this forum I went to Cocoa Beach and tried it but the GPS showed a Bad reception, it said in the screen that I was inside a building!. I let the GPS on for at least 1 hour several times but nothing happened.
Back in my home I downloaded the files from the internet specially QuickGPSfix, I made the updates trough TOM TOM HOME but it was the same. The GPS doesn?t work because it can not find any satellite. I have to add that when I connect it to the computer it seems to ?recognize some satellites?, and I say it seems because I live in Peru (I know there are no maps for Peru), the device has a USA-Canada map pre-installed, when I put my address home of Quebec to test it, and I tried to see in the device my actual position the device show me in Quebec and of course it only ?works? when it is connected to the computer. I believed this device should show me my real position and not a position I entered it, otherwise I better use Google Maps or Google Planet.
So it is obviously that the GPS doesn?t work. The worse is that as I work in a cruise ship I had to by it through a friend with a credit card in the USA so I can not have any reimbursement. I will travel to Europe in some months, I have to buy a map for the GPS but I don?t have any guarantee this device will work in the future. I feel I threw away my money.
I wanted a solution but I bought a problem. So don?t buy any TOM TOM it doesn?t work and of course it doesn?t worth the price you?ll need to buy a laptop in order to have it ?work?.