tomtom500

I have registered with your site, looks great but im useless with this download stuff I currently have europe truck v956.6913 on my old school tomtom 500 on an sd card I used to get them via a cd but on discovering your site i have downloaded a zip file 975.976. but i cant get it to open can anyone help me please?

Tell me exactly what link you used to download this map.

with the heading all new maps 975.976 it was approx 10 mb

squibbo wrote:with the heading all new maps 975.976 it was approx 10 mb

This info is no help. I need to know what map link you clicked on to take you to the download page of the map that you downloaded.

I think the OP is referring to the postcodes [Please Register or Login to download file]

It says corrupt archive if you try to open/extract it with WinZip....but all is ok when WinRAR is used

hi all
I could really do with some basic help having read some of your posts etc i'm trying to work out how I do all this stuff, I am pretty much a novice, I run a TTgo 500 with an external sd that I previously purchased and have been updating for a few years via some one who sent me updates on a cd that I then saved the old stuff put the new maps on and bingo all good. its got navcore 9.700 on it and maps from maybe 18 months ago can someone guide me in thicko terms how to do the downloads and update my tt500 please,
regards
Squibbo

Do you really need a Truck map...if you do, it's a big download so I'll give you some instructions for UK & ROI instead which is a lot smaller but the process is the same no matter what map is used.

1. Download UK & ROI 975.7748 map from [Please Register or Login to download file] (PW: navitotal)
2. Download FastActivate from here
3. Do a full backup of your current setup before proceeding
4. Extract the map (leaving it in it's own folder) to the root of your SD card...then extract FastActivate.exe to the root also
5. Run FastActivate.exe from there and select option 2 & 3 which will activate the map & patch the navcore
6. Disconnect and reboot the device...job done

If you also want install the latest SpeedCam files....

1. Download the files from [Please Register or Login to download file]
2. Extract the 2 x UK & ROI premium files into the new map folder on your device
3. Run FastActivate.exe selecting option 2 again

The file you were talking about in post #1 contains the postcode files, open that with WinRAR & extract that to the root

All done

Thanks Fredderf Ive managed to download the 2 files on your 1st reply, i'm to attempt tomorrow
Regards
squibbo

squibbo wrote:Thanks Fredderf Ive managed to download the 2 files on your 1st reply, i'm to attempt tomorrow

Ok, let us know how you get on

before I extract the uk roi and fastactivate do I take out the europe truck folder in total or just the map file within the whole folder?
thanks

squibbo wrote:before I extract the uk roi and fastactivate do I take out the europe truck folder in total or just the map file within the whole folder?
thanks

You don't have to remove it at all if you have enough space available, if not remove the complete truck map folder (you should have the whole device backed up anyway)

I get a message saying no maps found! thats even after ive removed everything and replaced with my backed up files.

squibbo wrote:I get a message saying no maps found! thats even after ive removed everything and replaced with my backed up files.

Run FastActivate from your device and select option 3 to patch the navcore

Still same message, something about no maps found, Ive checked to make sure that the files are on the unit etc, any thoughts??