![]() ![]() On a Mac it sits as an icon in the top bar and if you click on it a small window opens (see below). Once you have downloaded and installed “My TomTomSA” it can either run in the background or just started like any other bit of software. you have to subscribe, the first year is free – it comes with the device and currently it costs £47.50* per year after that. quick fix updates and Map Share. However, to get the “Go Live” bit to work…. It’s a bit more complex than that… but I think that’s the gist of it.īundled with the Go Live service are map updates, speed camera updates. ![]() The info that it sends back is about routing and road conditions, so if you are only moving at 20 MPH on the motorway, it sends this back to TomTom and that information is used to update other Go Live devices with road delays. ![]() The whole idea behind the Go Live version is the unit has built-in a GSM module which communicates via the mobile phone network to update the unit and to send information back to TomTom. Once that is done and you are logged in, it will download any updates required, you have 90 days to update to the latest map free of charge. If you havent already got a TomTom account, you will be prompted to create one, which is free. and this is where everything is now done. It will open a new window in your browser…. The app will launch and it takes a minute or two to connect to TomTom and your device. When you have done all that, you can connect your TomTom to your computer. Information on how to do all this starts at page 110 in the downloaded manual. This will make the journey time more accurate. You can also select the maximum speed of the combination at this point as well. By entering the weight I think it also cautions you if there are any steep hills on your planned route, but I have not verified this. I suspect this is more important for large 4 x 4’s towing big twin axle caravans – but the facility is there so why not use it. This ensures the unit will not route you over some of the small weight restricted bridges or roads. I also added the axle weights for the tow car and the MTPLM for the caravan as an axle weight. Once set up, one of the first things to do in the device is to enter the tow vehicle and caravan dimensions. It’s a fairly quick download and install. You open your browser window and download it from here – /getstarted Unlike the older TomTom units that used TomTom Home software installed on your computer, this needs a different piece of software… more like an app. There is a quick setup document in the box that I suggest you follow first. I won’t go through unboxing it, but in the box you get everything you need – a 12 volt plug for your accessory socket that has a USB output, a USB to TomTom connection lead and the unit itself. It allowed us to enter our own POI’s, transfer our POI files from our old TomTom and for some sites ( La Tournerie near Montignac comes to mind) I’d done custom approaches based on specific instructions on how to get there.Īfter looking at various websites for pricing, it seemed like buying direct from TomTom would not cost much more and it would probably easier dealing direct with the manufacturer if we had any problems. ( I also believe you can’t enter a LAT & LONG to navigate to, but that my be hearsay)Īs we had been happy with our old TomTom up to the point it went on strike, we looked at the TomTom Go Live Camping & Caravan unit. Specification wise it ticked all the boxes. As we havent had a PC in the house for over 7 years, I wasn’t going to get a PC just to update a GPS, nor did I want to install a Microsoft emulator on any of the Mac’s and buy a copy of Windows. One, you can’t load your own POI’s (Point Of Interest) and second, the software didn’t run natively on an Apple Mac. We did consider the Snooper unit and looked closely at it at the Manchester Caravan Show, but it had two major drawbacks for me. But looking for a GPS for caravanning, Garmin didn’t a offer a product that fitted the my idea of what I wanted. That set us on the path of looking for a new GPS.īeing a pilot, I had ‘grown up’ so to speak with Garmin over nearly 20 years and trusted Garmin products to navigate me round the world and drop me on a runway centreline from 1200 nautical miles away… including crossing the Atlantic a few times. We had been using a TomTom Go 960 for five or six years and hadn’t really any problems with it until we went to France, where in it decided to become French and in the best Gallic tradition went on strike with no notice ( here’s the story). After you have read this, please read UPDATE - Review of the TomTom GO LIVE Camper and Caravan Sat Nav
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