anyone have a 2008 gps (In car) - RC-Monster Forums

JERRY2KONE · **Specific -** 12.04.2008, 01:12 AM

Can you be a little more specific? What do you mean by died? Is the battery dead? If so just contact TomTom and get it replaced. There really is not that much that can go wrong with these things that cannot be fixed easily. It is nothing more then either a huge thumb drive or a hard drive with data stored on it, and an LCD screen. The only thing that really makes one GPS unique from another is the software that drives it.

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Originally Posted by jhautz

My 720 just died.... 3 weeks after the 1 year warranty. gotta love it. I got it last year in the fall. It died a couple weeks ago and I went and dug ot the reciept and sure enough 1 year and 3 weeks. I was looking for the Garmin one at the time, but they were out everywhere so I got the TomTom.

I'm geting the Garmin next time. I'm rather PO'ed at this thing right now.

jhautz · 12.04.2008, 01:21 AM

Died... Its dead.... Won't boot up. startes up and then just sitss on the TOMTOM opening screen forever. Wont get recognized by the computer USB either. Spent 4 hours screwing with every troubleshooting thing their website had to try and then another hour and a half on the phone with their tech support. trying it all again. Bottom line.... "send it in and well see how much it will cost to fix it" I can get a new on that does everything that it does for $150 now. I paid almost $400 for it a little more than a year ago. I'm not even gonna screw with it anymore.

Don't mind me... I'm just pissed about the damn thing.

JERRY2KONE · **Understandable. -** 12.04.2008, 02:37 AM

Sorry for your trobles. It sucks when something like that happens. I know they must have run you through everything, but just by chance did they have you reset it by pressing the little hidden button on the back to reboot the drive?? You have to use a paperclip or something very tiny to get to it. Just a thought. I don't usually promote extended warrenties, but when it comes to something like that and it cost you an arm & a leg I always get a two or three years cover plan. Once again sorry for your loss. Where did you buy it at? SOmetimes they have a tech who knows a lot about the GPS's and can run through it a lot cheaper, then sending it back to TomTom. Good luck with that GPS man.

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Originally Posted by jhautz

Died... Its dead.... Won't boot up. startes up and then just sitss on the TOMTOM opening screen forever. Wont get recognized by the computer USB either. Spent 4 hours screwing with every troubleshooting thing their website had to try and then another hour and a half on the phone with their tech support. trying it all again. Bottom line.... "send it in and well see how much it will cost to fix it" I can get a new on that does everything that it does for $150 now. I paid almost $400 for it a little more than a year ago. I'm not even gonna screw with it anymore.

Don't mind me... I'm just pissed about the damn thing.

jhautz · 12.04.2008, 02:45 AM

Yea.... that litel reset button was the first 5 minutes.

So goes life. Just a little annoyed with it right now.

I got it at best buy. If you have shopped there you know that the people who work there basicall know knothing except what it says on the shelf. there is the rare gem you find there eho actually knows their stuff, but they are few and far between.

I have already resigned myself to needing to get a new one. After the Hollidays maybe. Not now. To many other things to buy for everyone else. lol Maybe santa will leave one in my stocking.