Fixing a TOMTOM
 

Hello,

I've been offered a TOMTOM 700 that has suffered one too many drops and it's now knackered. :erm: The screen will turn on and do the little tune but that's it and you need to reset it to turn it off.

However I was thinking that I maybe able to get it fixed and get £300 sat nav fixed at a lower price. My problem is that I seem to only be able ton find repair services online and one site wanted to charge £23+ just for me to send it and then give me a quote! :shocked:

Does anyone know of a good reptuable company or a premises somewhere on the southcoast? I can cover from Chichester to Poole if neccessary.

Many thanks for any advice!

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Halfords are doing TT for £100 +/- so it might be cheaper / better buying new :shrug:

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700 runs from SD card, doesn't it? What happens when you power up without the card? Does it whinge that the card isn't present? In that case it may just be the build of the app on the card...

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i can't see a sd card slot and i got told it was all on the tomtom, i know there are £100 offfers but for similar money i get more facilities with a repaired 700.

thanks for the advice! ;)

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I looked at a few sites for tom tom repairs last month, they were all very expensive around £70, better off with new

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But I would still save £30! What websites/companies did you use?

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Suppose you have to consider whether the backing of a 12 month warranty, brand new untampered with internals, and the latest firmware/hardware, are worth £30.

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Only one I remember was this http://www.satnav-shop.com/

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Errr - I believe the 700 has a hard disk... well a mini HDD or something...

Edit - yep it does - think it's about 2.5GB

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Speaking of Tomtom's my TT1 v2 has decided not to bootup untill I eject the SD card and put it back in ever since I updated it.

Its had another update since and that's not fixed the problem
Mind you not been plugged into the pc for a while so Should I check for updatges again?
It seems to be crashing on shutdown at a guess.

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What exactly does it do while it's on? What shows on the screen?

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Ahh righto. Not too familiar with the 700. Does it show up as a drive when you connect it to your PC/Mac? I'm thinking if it powers up and does the drums it should be saveable...

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Yes it will show as a drive - but then so will an SD card!

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Unless its the GPS part thats failed

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@Lsainsbury: I'm not quite sure what you're saying. If the embedded memory in a 700 shows up as a drive then the OP can rebuild the TomTom software which may help.

@Wicked: True.

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What I mean is that regardsless of the type of "memory" in the TomTom - HDD or solild state RAM, it'll still show up on the PC as a "drive" - and yes if he can get to it, it may be fixable. Pray you have the maps intact, otherwise you'll be buying new maps!

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Just a heads up, Tesco are doing Sat Nav for £85 with maps for western eutope and uk. Sounds good to me :tu: There are a few cons to the pro of the price, but as I said, seems good to me.

Link The price says £90 but I've just been in store and seen it at £85.

HTH's somebody :)

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I had the same problem with mine after update.Cured it by using reset button, you need a small pin to do this. hope this helps.

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Ah thanks, i'll try that next time I've got the tomtom

:dunce: forgot to bring it home from work.

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How did you find your way home? :D

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By stumbling around till i found the house ;)