distraught owner lost his computer hook-up

[larrylintz]

Hi. I just moved back from Europe, can't find the cradle that links to the computer, and need to download the map for Canada so i can find my way to an obscure address in Montreal, a nightmarish city to drive into. I assume you can't buy one of these at a retail store and I assume ordering will take forever. Advice? I live in Ottawa.

 

[dhn]

Any mini usb cable will work. The doc just made it convenient to place the unit.

 

[Andy_P]

That depends on what model larrylintz has, and he doesn't say!

The dock for a Gox20 has a standard mini USB connector in the bottom, so a normal cable will work fine, but the dock for a Gox40 has a version of the TomTom multipin connector (similar but not exactly the same as the one on the Go1000/2000 models).

larrylintz... What model?
How about the windscreen dock? Do you have a model where the power input to that is a USB connector?
If so, that will also work on the computer.

 

[larrylintz]

Hi. I should have specified that i have a tom tom Go 950 i bought in France, i went to future shop and two computer shops and all of them said the standard usb cable mentioned here wouldn't work. I guess I'm stuck hoping the manufacturer can ship me one unless anyone has suggestions.

 

[Andy_P]

OK... the Go950 uses TomTom's own design multipin connector to connect to the world, so you normally use a docking shoe or a lead with a USB connector on one end to go to the PC and a multipin on the other to go to hte Tomtom.

But as I mentioned above, the windscreen dock has a standard mini-USB connector on it for the power, and I'm 99% sure that will also work for connecting to the computer.
So all you need is a standard USB to mini-USB lead, and use the windscreen mount as your "dock".