Year 2099?
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Year 2099?
What might be wrong, my gps is showing year 2099 and altitude -20m today?
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Re: Year 2099?
It is the Y2K syndrome again
Explanation and possible remedy here
Must go and dig mine out and see how it has fared.
Explanation and possible remedy here
Must go and dig mine out and see how it has fared.
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Re: Year 2099?
Remembered to try my satnav today - it is rarely used.
Won't even boot up
Won't even boot up

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Re: Year 2099?
It might be sulking from lack of use. How long since you last ran it?
As I get older I think a lot about the hereafter - I go into a room and then wonder what I'm here after.
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what the hell happened.
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Inside every old person is a young person wondering what the hell happened.
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Re: Year 2099?
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.
A good excuse to replace it - no updates in it's lifetime so it is often of limited use.
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Re: Year 2099?
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.
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Re: Year 2099?
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.
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.
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Re: Year 2099?
Lots of chat here about this, other makes sites have similar discussions.
https://discussions.tomtom.com/en/discu ... l-over/p1
https://discussions.tomtom.com/en/discu ... l-over/p1
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Re: Year 2099?
myglaren wrote: 12 Apr 2019, 21:58 ........ 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

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Re: Year 2099?
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
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

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