Map purchasing

[shuoli]

I got a Tomtom at my local costco. It has US Canada maps, but not UK and Continental Europe maps. Can I use it when I am on vacation in Europe next month?

Shuo

[Zsolt Elite Voyager]

As long as you purchase the EU map, yes you can. Just in case, have a look in the settings, switch maps menu. You might have it (if it is a world whatever edition). Otherwise, get a micro SD card (4 or 8 GB), and you can purchase the map online.

[shuoli]

When i just about to purchase, I ran into this:

When you download your newly purchased map, it will replace the map on your device, if there is not enough memory on your device to fit them together. You can re-install the original map at any time. If your device has a memory card slot, you can install your map(s) on a memory card.

Now my question is

How do i find out the availbale memory size?

Can I restore my device to original spec with life time USA, Canada and Mexico map update when I return to USA?

Is there a speed penalty when map are store at micro SD?

Shuo Li

[Zsolt Elite Voyager]

On the TomTom website, top right corner, MyTomTom, Manage Content. That will show you the available space.

I'm not with you on the speed penalty question though.

[shuoli]

I am trying to create a mytomtom account and activate the promotion code. After I entered teh Promotional code and cilck activate, I got the following message:

The activation code you have entered cannot be used due to incompatibility with the installed application version.

Again I am using  VIA 1605 from Costco.

Shuo Li

[Zsolt Elite Voyager]

You need to call customer services to activate it for you.

[dhn]

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Zsolt wrote:

On the TomTom website, top right corner, MyTomTom, Manage Content. That will show you the available space.

I'm not with you on the speed penalty question though.

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There is also a bug on both the US and Canadian sites listing the memory size in the specs tab. It just says 'yes' for internal instead of the 4 gb size.......

I believe the poster is asking if data retrieval by the unit will be an issue if the map is on a sd micro card instead of internal.

If a user gets at least a class 6 speed ration card, there should be no problems...

[Zsolt Elite Voyager]

@dhn: That's a different issue. The Manage Content page shows what is used, what is available on the device/memory card, not the product description. That would tell if there is any space left for the new download, or if not, you know it will go to the memory card.