This is driving me CRAZY

I've got the latest PGPSW speed camera files loaded (UK Speed Zoned) and
I've got Liz Whittacker's voice as the warning, ie, "Warning! GATSO ahead -
speed limit xx mph" and that all works brilliantly.

However, even when there are no speed cameras around (so no warning needed
at all), the darn thing gives out three "bongs" at 40mph, 50mph, 60mph and
80mph.

I've never set it to warn me about anything, and I've certainly never asked
it to bong at me. How can I stop it - but still keep voice warnings for
speed cams and voice directions???

Sorry, should have said - TomTom GO700 App. V7.903,
Western_and_Central_Europe map V720.1803, GPS V1.21, Boot 5.4201

TIA

Sounds more like a menu setting than the Speed Camera POIs. Try disabling
the Speed Camera POIs temporarily & see if the Bongs persist. If they do,
check out the safety menu settings on yout TomTom.

Chris

"Pete Zahut" <dont@bother> wrote in message
news:kPudnUuo8vQrcyrXnZ2dnUVZ8i-(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is driving me CRAZY
>
> I've got the latest PGPSW speed camera files loaded (UK Speed Zoned) and
> I've got Liz Whittacker's voice as the warning, ie, "Warning! GATSO
> ahead - speed limit xx mph" and that all works brilliantly.
>
> However, even when there are no speed cameras around (so no warning needed
> at all), the darn thing gives out three "bongs" at 40mph, 50mph, 60mph and
> 80mph.
>
> I've never set it to warn me about anything, and I've certainly never
> asked it to bong at me. How can I stop it - but still keep voice warnings
> for speed cams and voice directions???
>
> Sorry, should have said - TomTom GO700 App. V7.903,
> Western_and_Central_Europe map V720.1803, GPS V1.21, Boot 5.4201
>
> TIA
>
>

What about exceeding the speed limit warnings

"Pete Zahut" <dont@bother> wrote in message
news:kPudnUuo8vQrcyrXnZ2dnUVZ8i-(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is driving me CRAZY
>
> I've got the latest PGPSW speed camera files loaded (UK Speed Zoned) and
> I've got Liz Whittacker's voice as the warning, ie, "Warning! GATSO
> ahead - speed limit xx mph" and that all works brilliantly.
>
> However, even when there are no speed cameras around (so no warning needed
> at all), the darn thing gives out three "bongs" at 40mph, 50mph, 60mph and
> 80mph.
>
> I've never set it to warn me about anything, and I've certainly never
> asked it to bong at me. How can I stop it - but still keep voice warnings
> for speed cams and voice directions???
>
> Sorry, should have said - TomTom GO700 App. V7.903,
> Western_and_Central_Europe map V720.1803, GPS V1.21, Boot 5.4201
>
> TIA
>

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:30:41 +0100, "roberthorsey"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>What about exceeding the speed limit warnings
>

I've got them, plays 'tally ho!'
Bloody nuisance aren't they.

artleknock wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:30:41 +0100, "roberthorsey"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>
>> What about exceeding the speed limit warnings
>>
>
> I've got them, plays 'tally ho!'
> Bloody nuisance aren't they.

Thanks for your efforts guys. I've been away for a few days so didn't have
access into here but I can say that someone on the pocketgpsworld forum came
up with the right answer. It seems that some versions of the TomTom app have
speed limit warnings - as pointed out here by roberthorsey )

TomTom knows that a certain road should be, for example, 30mph and will
sound the bongs at about 35mph. To disable it, go into "Change Preferences"
> "Safety Preferences" and de-select "Warn when driving faster than
allowed".

"Pete Zahut" <dont@bother> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> artleknock wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:30:41 +0100, "roberthorsey"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> What about exceeding the speed limit warnings
>>>
>>
>> I've got them, plays 'tally ho!'
>> Bloody nuisance aren't they.
>
> Thanks for your efforts guys. I've been away for a few days so
> didn't have access into here but I can say that someone on the
> pocketgpsworld forum came up with the right answer. It seems that
> some versions of the TomTom app have speed limit warnings - as
> pointed out here by roberthorsey )
>
> TomTom knows that a certain road should be, for example, 30mph and
> will sound the bongs at about 35mph. To disable it, go into "Change
> Preferences"
> > "Safety Preferences" and de-select "Warn when driving faster than
> allowed".
>

With the way they get some of the speed limits incorrect around this
part of the world, it's a pretty useless setting. What do they do
when they haven't got a speed limit for certain roads, which they
apparently don't on a large number of roads in north Norfolk?

>
> With the way they get some of the speed limits incorrect around this part
> of the world, it's a pretty useless setting. What do they do when they
> haven't got a speed limit for certain roads, which they apparently don't
> on a large number of roads in north Norfolk?

In the Australian version I have (XL340) maximum legal speeds are not given
for quite a lot of roads, in which case it just shows the speed you are
travelling at, without reference to the maximum legal speed. But it is
would be foolhardy to rely on TomTom to keep you legal, since the "known"
speed limits are often wrong. This though, I suppose is up to users to send
in corrections so they get it right.

["Followup-To:" header set to alt.satellite.gps.tomtom.]
blank wrote:
> In the Australian version I have (XL340) maximum legal speeds are not given
> for quite a lot of roads, in which case it just shows the speed you are
> travelling at, without reference to the maximum legal speed. But it is
> would be foolhardy to rely on TomTom to keep you legal, since the "known"
> speed limits are often wrong. This though, I suppose is up to users to send
> in corrections so they get it right.

I still have the map of a few years ago and many speed limits have been
lowerd. What you see is that most often they are lowerd to save lives,
but without thinking. If they would lower the maximimum speed to 0,
there would be no deaths at all.

Ad I am talking about stretches of road where nothing ever happend
(unless people were speeding anyway). Somehow they also ofte put
camera's there.

There are also stretches of road where there is a lot of difference in
speed difference. The worst I ever saw was in Spain, where the speed
difference changed between 200 meteres and 1km between signs over a
distance of about 20km.
60,30,70,50,80,90,40,...

In Belgium I often have no idea what the maximum speed was again and I
live here. So either having a correct or having none is better then to
have the wrong information. Turning it off would lower the confusion
rate.

houghi
--
But I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am
free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I
tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free
because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.