Re: TomTom chirrup? Forums

geraldandannie · Moderator

Whilst cruising Europe recently, occasionally the old girl stuck to the windscreen made a funny "chirrup" noise - a bit like a dodgy ringtone.

It wasn't a speed camera, and there was no message on the screen to say what it was. It did it a couple of times through Switzerland, a few times coming back through Switzerland, and a few times in France. Any ideas?

Supplementary question: apart from the odd 'hangup', has anyone had it be about 10-15 seconds behind everything that's happening out on the road? Coming back through Reims, the messages were seconds behind the 'action', and even the map updating was out. We took the turnoff it told us to, but about half a km earlier than it told us to, and the map was showing us where we'd been some time before. Weird. A switchoff / switchon 'cured' the problem. Maybe it was just overheating?

Gerald

LPDrifter

Nope, no funny noises.

And no problems with delayed response either. Maybe occasionally a momentary delay say on a roundabout, but certainly not like 10-15 seconds.

Lost satellite coverage a few times when under tree cover

Smile

ps Also came across situations when the mapping was slightly out of date which confused her for a while!

Frantone

Is it posible that he/she is giving an audible warning about a nearby poi category? Something more common in Switzerland than France? Cuckoo clock factory?
TonyP

geraldandannie · Moderator