TomTom one v2 Satnav - a word of warning

RichDay · 5 Mar 2007 at 08:59

Hey guys, just thought I'd let you know about a little experience I had with a one yesterday.

First of all I have a TomTom One v2 with maps of western Europe. My girlfriends parents we pretty impressed with it and decided to go and get one for themselves. Never having the need to drive abroad they saved a bit of cash and got the One v2 with UK & Republic of Ireland maps only.

I tried to get their One to navigate to my house. It didn't recognise the postcode. I tried to browse the map and there was a big blank space where my street is. I should probably mention here that my house has been built for 8 years and appears on the maps for my One and it recognises the postcode.

After a lot of hunting about trying to work out why two almost identical products were so different I check the copyright page of the device and lo and behold the answer:

The One v2 UK & ROI has rubbish TeleAtlas maps, the One v2 Europe has excellent Navteq maps. So a word of warning - if you're planning on getting a One v2 and want decent maps, get the whole of Europe. TomToms site doesn't mention the differences between the units (except for a little logo buried away at the bottom of the regional page) so be aware.

Baz · 5 Mar 2007 at 17:34

I like the fact it has my house on Tom Tom one which is two years old, but shows a roundabout in town that has not been there for 20 years!!!

Malt_Vinegar · 5 Mar 2007 at 17:40

Can you not just copy the map file from one unit to the other? I did it with the postcode file from my Gran's Tom tom to my phone. Had no net connection at the time.

BenST · 5 Mar 2007 at 18:04

The Western Europe map can be copied across to a standard TT unit without needing to be activated. Vice-versa needs activation though.

Ollie's Gadgets · 5 Mar 2007 at 18:45

Hmm my tomtom one uk arrived today. Time will tell how accurate it is.

ShiWarrior · 5 Mar 2007 at 20:29

TomTom ONE and TomTom GO use 2 different map systems

the ONE has Teleatlas, and the GO (better maps) use NavTeq

My TomTom ONE is just fine, and its the later V3 GB Edition

Vertigo · 5 Mar 2007 at 20:50

Wonder whether TT5 for PDAs used Teleatlas maps as my house didn't exist when I used this. The Audi system has no such problems and they use Navteq.

ShiWarrior · 5 Mar 2007 at 20:52

Vertigo1 said:
Wonder whether TT5 for PDAs used Teleatlas maps as my house didn't exist when I used this. The Audi system has no such problems and they use Navteq.

pretty sure they use TeleAtlas (i know mobile 5 does) same as google.maps, they use TeleAtlas

benneh · 5 Mar 2007 at 23:06

Malt_Vinegar said:
Can you not just copy the map file from one unit to the other?

Yep. I would/have done this. Only problem is that really it shouldn't be the way, and OPs mrs's parents may not take too kindly to using haxor3d softwarez.