mda compact III and tom tom

[ansaar99]

Hi

I notice that t-mobile in the uk are offering the compact III with copilot. Has anyone installed tomtom 6 on it? does it work ok?

Also i read somewhere that the co-pilot software bundle is being offered with free traffic alerts? Any truth in that? Not seen anything on the website about it.

[cactusbob]

TomTom 6 works fine

[snoop85]

cactusbob have you tried tried and tested this?
are there any problems.

also this is to anyone. which software is better tomtom or CoPilot:confused: because t-mobile UK now has a package where they are giving you CoPilot as well. just wanted to know which ppl thought was better and why

thanks:rolleyes:

[cactusbob]

Yes tried and tested TomTom6. Went on a 100 mile roundtrip on Friday without any problems at all. The GPS reception is excellent. I had the phone down in my centre console and it worked great.

Haven't tried CoPilot but TT works well.

[ansaar99]

yeah, that was my second question. The co pilot package is meant to be offering free traffic alerts, though i havent read anything on the website. Anyone confirm?

[ansaar99]

If there is free traffic info available, maybe the copilot is a better option than tomtom. I think traffic alerts are a subscription service with tomtom.

http://www.coolsmartphone.com/news2810.html

Available with CoPilot® Live 6 satellite navigation*, the MDA Compact III makes dedicated navigation systems redundant, with turn-by-turn voice instructions, detailed street mapping and powerful route calculation for navigation in-car or on foot. With its integrated jog wheel and touch screen, the device makes it easy to enter a destination and follow the comprehensive door-to-door directions. Web’n’walk customers will be able to take advantage of free real-time traffic alerts and avoidance, delivered directly into CoPilot via the T-Mobile GPRS network.

[snoop85]

cactusbob i assume you were using the in-built gps? right?

ansaar99, well pointed. that would a benefit if you have web'n'walk. which i am planning to get as well anyway. so should be gd idea to get live traffic alerts init.

[treblechance]

Co-Pilot is an excellent piece of kit, not as intuitive and simple as Tom Tom but certainly worth the inclusive price.

The traffic alerts are free for the first two years and instructions for how to set them up are included in the box.

The one benefit Co-Pilot has it that from personal experience the maps are slightly more up to date... plus it's cheap.

Make sure you get web n walk though, it saves a ton on those traffic GPRS charges.

[snoop85]

Make sure you get web n walk though, it saves a ton on those traffic GPRS charges.

when you say saves on the traffic GPRS. what do you mean about that?
sorry if asking a silly question. just that i never had a PDA and Sat Nav software.

thanks

[treblechance]

In order to get the latest Traffic information the Phone will connect to the co-pilot live server over GPRS. This is the only information you will get over GPRS when using Co-Pilot.

This is charged at 7.50 a mb without web n walk and if you are using will easily rack up 1mb of data usage over a month. With web n walk you pay 7.50 for unlimited data including the co-pilot live data.

[snoop85]

ahhh rite yes that is good. i def getting this phone now :)

thanks everyone

[azhar03]

TomTom 6 works fine

Hi

I am new to this forum,

I have recently purchsed a MC3 and have installed TT6, but for some reason i cannot pick up the internal GPS receiver,

Can you plese help me?
i have made sure that i have downloaded the quick GPS, and have also selected the internal GPS receiver as degault,

also selected com 4 in my gps setting on the actual device

any ideas???

regards

Azhar

[mikealder]

Leave the GPS applet alone, put it back to where it was when you got the device:

GPS Program Port should be COM4
GPS Hardware Port should be COM0
Baud Rate 9600

Now in tomtom start the application and select other Change Prefences/ Show GPS Status - configure Other NMEA GPS receiver, Baud rate 9600 and Com 4 - now take the unit outside and wait for a few mins to get a signal lock - Mike