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I have a cheap reciever from eBay, the phone becomes paired with it but the TomTom software keeps saying that it can`t get a signal, anyone else had problems wih this? Should I just bite the bullet and buy the TomTom branded reciever?

Thanks in advance

This item was edited on Saturday, 30th July 2005, 18:36

Hi,

Make sure you do it outside. GPS wont work indoors, even beside a window. Make sure the GPS reciever is fully charged, and even then I would connect the car charger.

Sometimes you need to rename the GPS receiver Tom Tom Gps or something like that.

I use a Nokia 6600, tom tom 5 and a cheap Ebay reciever no problems. When I switch it on, I need to delete the GPS reciever and make a new Bluetooth connection ocassional if it wont pick the Satelite up.

Best regards

Barry

Just to confirm that when you say the phone becomes paired do you mean that you can simply pair with the device or that the TomTom software finds the GPS recevier ok?

Different things altogether. I was able to pair successfully but TomTom couldn`t `see` the receiver. Re-installing several times made no difference, but did a full format using the phones built in function and re-installed and worked first time.

Bare in mind that it can take `upto` 40 mins to get a lock for the first time ever. Mine took about 20 mins.

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Just to confirm that when you say the phone becomes paired do you mean that you can simply pair with the device or that the TomTom software finds the GPS recevier ok?

Yes the phone pairs up but TomTom does not find it, i`ll try again waiting outside for longer

Thanks

This item was edited on Monday, 1st August 2005, 13:57