[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] AndySmee:
I have read all the posts I can find on TT5 and the IIs and have fixed a few of the following problems. I have yet to have any answer at all from TomTom support and it is now three days since I posted the issue with them:

"I have recently upgraded to Navigator 5 and have experienced a catalogue of faults with your new version. I have spent the weekend struggling with obvious issues with your unstable software whilst driving about 600 miles and I am seriously considering uninstalling version 5 and returning to version 3. Please respond to each of the following issues as soon as possible:

1. TomTom hangs when you try to close the application. Even after leaving it for up to an hour on the way home yesterday, the screen never unfroze and I had to re-boot. Still an issue, any ideas folks?

2. TomTom rarely runs more than once between re-boots. When you try to start TomTom for a second time the "two little hands" icon appears on the status bar but the PDA then freezes and has to be re-booted. Still an issue, any ideas folks?

3. When not running I get a message "Cannot execute \Windows\ttgpseng.exe" (see attached screenshot) Fixed by hacking the notification queue

4. The Navigate To screens do not show a keyboard on screen. This forces me to use the slide out keyboard on the PDA which is not practical. (see attached screenshot) Waiting on TomTom to patch?

5. When entering an address using the slide out keyboard the Fn key produces a n(tilda) character instead of being mute. This means that I cannot currently use postcodes or numbers when entering an address. (see attached screenshot) Fixed by installing postcodes properly

6. I welcome the new "Warn about POI" feature but it is fundamentally flawed compared to CheckPOInt which I used to use (and no longer works as you have not supplied a new SDK).

a. Your warnings are based on distance from the POI, not time. This means that it is not possible to set a warning which is appropriate to the speed which you are travelling e.g. if you set it to 500 yards/metres this is fine for POI in town but too short for motorway driving. CheckPOInt uses a 30 second warning which varies according to speed! Got round this by using speed rated POI's and setting different distances for different speeds i.e. Gatso30, Gatso40, Gatso70 etc

b. The only warn of POI on route feature is flawed since you cannot resolve which road a POI is on where the POI position is on an intersection. e.g. where a temporary speed camera location is on a bridge above a motorway you will not consider it on the route. (see attached screenshot) Sort of fixed this by only leaving mobile traps as "not on route", after all, gatsos, temps and specs are always on route.

7. Running TomTom changes the backlight settings on my PDA. I have my PDA set so that it will not turn off the backlight when on external power. Running TomTom changes this setting to switch off backlight when on external power. No fix, even through the thread on this forum

8. The change volume according to speed setting makes no discernable difference to the volume of voice instructions. I don't really understand how this works, does it increase the percentage and if so, how much? Anyone seen it work? I have volume on 100% all the time now anyway

9. If voice instructions are switched off and you tap the screen to get the next instruction to be spoken, the instructions are then switched on! You have to then return to the settings menu to switch it off again. Got round this by getting a "mute" voice pack off the web. Now I get silent instructions but still get POI warnings so no need to switch off instructions :D

10. The TomTom GPS unit often refuses to talk to the PDA without a re-boot. Often, even with patience, the GPS unit will be switched on and will not connect to the PDA. Once you re-boot, the GPS unit then connects and works. This is a constant problem with Nav 3 and 5. This is the bane of my life, any ideas?"

Thanks to everyone who has posting hacks and fixes on this forum, I only just found it but already it is improving my life!!! 8)