so i stayed home with my son today because he was under the weather (poor lil' guy)...but the silver lining was that this time allowed me to call tomtom first thing this morning, and after literally 15seconds on hold, i had a CS rep, explained where i was in the process and he said they would add the US and CAN map to my account. i plugged in the device, selected update my ONE, and sho 'nuff...maps loaded, and everything works like it's new. yay.
NOW i can finally get familiar with what can be done using 3rd party sw, and DL some useful POI files.
of course i will do a back up this afternoon BEFORE i mess with ANYTHING...lol.
again, many kudos to this site for assistance, advice, and overall coolness.
Fusion