7.9xx for TT One, GO 700, Rider + 2nd Ed

[Arno]

FWIW
A German poster with a TomTom One reports that when he went on
HOME 2.4.0.104 this morning he got updated to 7.900 .

Another one got 7901.9181 for the Rider & Rider 2nd Ed

A third one installed it on his GO 700.


Maybe that is to which the source for this post was alluding.

 

[werv4fun]

New version

When I updated my GO910 this am (10/30/08) I received version 7.900

 

[rcacs]

Hmmm...sounds interesting. Did you note any changes/differences?

I shall plug in my Rider2 tonight and see what happens and advise on any changes I notice.

Cheers!

 

[Oldmoose]

Ver. 7.900 on my tomtom one new edition

So far haven't noticed any changes?

 

[rcacs]

Yo Moose, its good practice on the forum to put your location and model in your signature....

cheers,

 

[Smokiewolf]

FWIW
A German poster with a TomTom One reports that when he went on
HOME 2.4.0.104 this morning he got updated to 7.900 .

Another one got 7901.9181 for the Rider & Rider 2nd Ed

A third one installed it on his GO 700.


Maybe that is to which the source for this post was alluding.

Thanks for the heads up, I just downloaded v7.900 into my ONE v2. First thing I noticed was my color schemes looked weird. That corrected once I reset them. Then, I noticed that the password had been cleared. I went back into HOME, and reset that too. I'll post more as I notice it!

 

[rcacs]

Downloaded the new application, 7.901 tonight on my Rider2. I really dont see any differences, and I went thru all functions to check.

Although when I went to "operate my rider", it asked to download an emulator, which it did. Now "operate my rider" doesnt work......

Perhaps it is in preparation for new maps, etc?

Cheers

 

[Smokiewolf]

Downloaded the new application, 7.901 tonight on my Rider2. I really dont see any differences, and I went thru all functions to check.

Although when I went to "operate my rider", it asked to download an emulator, which it did. Now "operate my rider" doesnt work......

Perhaps it is in preparation for new maps, etc?

Cheers

I read somewhere else that this will enable the 8 series maps, but we'll never get version 8 Navcore. I also read that the new maps in 2009 will be the first to incorporate mapshare corrections. It may be worth it to hold on on a new map until then.

 

[rcacs]

I currently have a 715 map on my R2, and will wait at least until spring when the riding season begins again before I think of upgrading my map.

The latest map at this moment for the Rider2 is the 725. For Canada, it really is no improvement over the 715, so I will wait and see what comes down the pike.

cheers

 

[Thom]

I updated my Rider2 today as well. I notices I was still on 667 maps. I may wait until the next set of maps come out and just do that upgrade.

The bike is packed away (maybe one more trip, but I don't know) winter set in this week in NE Ohio. only about 7 more months to riding season...

 

[Smokiewolf]

My favorites were erased, so I copied the mapsettings.cfg file but this didn't work

 

[dhn]

Smokie, see this link, courtesy of Mike at Pocket GPS Review in Britain:
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=71517

 

[ausmartin]

Correct Favorites lost, see other posts where you have to edit your old one with PoiEdit2007-2-ENU from pocketgpsworld & save it as _FAV.ov2 Point Of Interst file, navigate to each POI then save last recent destination as Favorite ! - What a job.

POI Audible warnings turned off - can easily be activated again.

Otherwise 7.9 seems to work really well with audible instructions making more sence - there's one bit I travel which always said stay in the Left Lane shortly followed by Turn Right - Which is now FIXED - it seems. Let me drive a few more times to be 100% a believer ......, seems to also advise earlier of a turn.
So Yes it's a PIA but I am much more happy with it - even with the "favorites debarcle"
Cheers !

 

[rcacs]

I discovered today that my Rider2 is using some gravel roads in calculating my destinations!

geez, does TT not actually test these updates?

I have now reinstalled the 7.541 and my "operate your Rider" function works again on HOME.

Cheers

 

[Smokiewolf]

I discovered today that my Rider2 is using some gravel roads in calculating my destinations!

geez, does TT not actually test these updates?

I have now reinstalled the 7.541 and my "operate your Rider" function works again on HOME.

Cheers

Of course not! That's where we come in!
I will say this, I don't know if it's a new feature or not, but I like the route summary screen automatically closing after 10 seconds. It was annoying to always hit done on that screen when I didn't really need to look at it after the route was calculated.

 

[ezerhoden]

The closing of the route summary screen after 10 seconds was an option in version 7.162. Is this now the default? Seems to be the most logical default.

 

[JimT]

I updated my 510 to 7.9 last week. One negative, as already mentioned, is that you lose your favorites(at least on my 510). You can not use a saved mapseetings.cfg file either. When you drag it into the root is is automatically overwritten. One firmware differance I noticed is that the TT poi icons are changed. they are all now blck and white. Gone is the green church for "Places of Worship". You now have a blck and white icon of a candle. Talk about going backwards. Instead of adding more colorful poi icons, they make them black and white. There are also a few new poi categories which I did not have-ie: tourisy information, tourist attractions and rest area-as well as a few others.

 

[Arno]

You can not use a saved mapseetings.cfg file either. When you drag it into the root is is automatically overwritten.

This may sound like a silly suggestion but it has been successful when I merged custom POIs into a TT supplied ov2 file:
Open the old mapseetings.cfg, highlight everything, open the new mapseetings.cfg. highlight everything and paste and save.
There is a 50/50 chance that it may not work.

One firmware differance I noticed is that the TT poi icons are changed. they are all now blck and white. Gone is the green church for "Places of Worship".

I thought it was to save space and tested by changing a 107 KB JPG to a 1,655 BMP. That changed to 2 colours for a size of 70 KB

Although that is an impressive reduction, checking my BMPs in the map folder, only a few are 2 KB, most are 1 KB only.

 

[Smokiewolf]

The closing of the route summary screen after 10 seconds was an option in version 7.162. Is this now the default? Seems to be the most logical default.

Shoot, I never knew that was an option! I don't think it's the default, I changed it to do so. I agree, it should be the default setting.

 

[Thom]

Hmm, I updated my Rider 2 and didn't lose my favorites. Could it be the map that you have installed? I'm still on 6.67