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[JamesV6CDX]

Ok, title is obviously meant in Jest, but I am getting very, very frustrated with my TomTom.

It's a TomTom One XL Europe. I bought it around 4 years ago. In the last 2 years, it takes AGES to find a GPS signal, and is always dropping it's GPS mid journey at the most inconvenient times.

It's a BIT better outside the car, but still takes forever. Sometimes I Can drive 50 miles before it finds a GPS signal!

I've tried everything on the TomTom forums, tried a hard reset, kinda stuck now.

Shall I just buy a new one! 

[SMD]

Fit a CID.

Give me the TomTom. 

[Andy B]

......., but I am getting very, very frustrated with my TomTom.

It's a TomTom One XL Europe.  ....

Shall I just buy a new one! 

Being the throw-away world we now live in, the answer's probably yes! I have the same sat-nav but haven't realy had any problems with it, it's a bit slow to find a signal in the house, but generally OK outside & in the car. TomTom does seem to have a problem sometimes with its sense of direction! 

[Kevin Wood]

Applying all the updates may help as the almanac data might be old or corrupt.

If the GPS is taking that long to sync, though, it might well be a hardware problem. Can it accept an external antenna input? Does connecting one help?

[JamesV6CDX]

Applying all the updates may help as the almanac data might be old or corrupt.

If the GPS is taking that long to sync, though, it might well be a hardware problem. Can it accept an external antenna input? Does connecting one help?

There is like a , very small socket on the back that looks like it could take an antenna - this had crossed my mind, only, I can't seem to find anything suitable, and the spec doesn't say it can accept one 

I don't really want to bin it, as it's really good when it's working

[John-R]

......., but I am getting very, very frustrated with my TomTom.

It's a TomTom One XL Europe.  ....

Shall I just buy a new one! 

Being the throw-away world we now live in, the answer's probably yes! I have the same sat-nav but haven't realy had any problems with it, it's a bit slow to find a signal in the house, but generally OK outside & in the car. TomTom does seem to have a problem sometimes with its sense of direction! 

Wow ! ! Must be some house 

I can usually find the room I want from memory. 

[dbug]

......., but I am getting very, very frustrated with my TomTom.

It's a TomTom One XL Europe.  ....

Shall I just buy a new one! 

Being the throw-away world we now live in, the answer's probably yes! I have the same sat-nav but haven't realy had any problems with it, it's a bit slow to find a signal in the house, but generally OK outside & in the car. TomTom does seem to have a problem sometimes with its sense of direction! 

Wow ! ! Must be some house 

I can usually find the room I want from memory. 

 

[Andy B]

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Wow ! ! Must be some house 

I can usually find the room I want from memory. 

 
It's just the west wing I get confused in ....................... I can normally find my way around the east wing! 

[TheBoy]

All portable units are shite, accept it and move on. Personally, I think they should be banned

[OOMV6]

All portable units are shite, accept it and move on. Personally, I think they should be banned

So you've tested them all the eh? 

[tunnie]

Amount of people I've seen with SatNavs stuck to side windows, or directly in front of them on windscreen is staggering 

TomTom units are ok-ish, never had problems with ours.

[tunnie]

All portable units are shite, accept it and move on. Personally, I think they should be banned

So you've tested them all the eh? 

Don't need to, weak GPS reception due to the size of the units, behind thick glass. All units will be shite, built in units with a much, much more powerful GPS receiver on the roof will be better.

[OOMV6]

Ok, title is obviously meant in Jest, but I am getting very, very frustrated with my TomTom.

It's a TomTom One XL Europe. I bought it around 4 years ago. In the last 2 years, it takes AGES to find a GPS signal, and is always dropping it's GPS mid journey at the most inconvenient times.

It's a BIT better outside the car, but still takes forever. Sometimes I Can drive 50 miles before it finds a GPS signal!

I've tried everything on the TomTom forums, tried a hard reset, kinda stuck now.

Shall I just buy a new one! 

I have a Garmin bought maybe 5 years ago now. I accept that as I have not updated recently it will not know all roads ... but ... mine used to take ages to find a signal, especially when moving.
Mine improved dramatically, bizarely, when Garmin recalled it for changing the battery as they were faulty. Since I have it back it great. It still takes a minute or so longer when moving but that is only logical to me.
But as a new one ain't gonna cost millions, you'd probably better off going that route IMO

[OOMV6]

Amount of people I've seen with SatNavs stuck to side windows, or directly in front of them on windscreen is staggering 

TomTom units are ok-ish, never had problems with ours.

Yeah, seen that too. Illegal here to have it in front of you. Shame a law had to made for that, and people couldn't work out for themselves that having something stuck to the windscreen in front of you is dangerous

[OOMV6]

All portable units are shite, accept it and move on. Personally, I think they should be banned

So you've tested them all the eh? 

Don't need to, weak GPS reception due to the size of the units, behind thick glass. All units will be shite, built in units with a much, much more powerful GPS receiver on the roof will be better.

Built in may well be better, not doubting it. Just saying I am perfectly happy with my Garmin.