Year 2099?

[Xantippa]

What might be wrong, my gps is showing year 2099 and altitude -20m today?

[myglaren]

It is the Y2K syndrome again
Explanation and possible remedy here

Must go and dig mine out and see how it has fared.

[white exec]

Global warming, and a rise in Sea Level

[myglaren]

Global warming, and a rise in Sea Level

Not to forget the impact of B*****

[myglaren]

Remembered to try my satnav today - it is rarely used.
Won't even boot up

[Paul-R]

It might be sulking from lack of use. How long since you last ran it?

[myglaren]

Probably last year sometime. I do drag it out and charge it periodically although it rarely needs it.
A good excuse to replace it - no updates in it's lifetime so it is often of limited use.

[Xantippa]

Is there anything to fix this problem other than set clock and date manually? I guess this would require software update, and that won´t happen anymore.

[myglaren]

Mine has resurrected itself.
Did some pootling around with just the map showing and it got the positioning correct.
Set it to take me home (only half a mile in a straight line but three miles by road)
It knew the way and I confused it by taking alternative routes, recalculated correctly within a few seconds.
Time was correct too, never looked at the date.

[Gibbo2286]

Lots of chat here about this, other makes sites have similar discussions.
https://discussions.tomtom.com/en/discu ... l-over/p1

[Sloppysod]

........ Set it to take me home (only half a mile in a straight line but three miles by road)
It knew the way and I confused it by taking alternative routes, recalculated correctly within a few seconds.....

Yes, but it knew where is was going, even I know where home is without thinking....too much

[myglaren]

At least it knows where home is.

Will be going to Teesside next weekend so will see if it can find it's way there.

It knew when I was at my son's house - ¼ mile away (1 mile to drive there).
It hasn't been there before