Unable to program tomtom unit.

For TomTom you need TomTom home to update your maps.
When connecting a TomTom to a PC, it will ask you if it should connect to TomTom home. Eventually it will install the program

I was also unable to get TomTom Home to recognise my VIA 160. I called TomTom Support and was advised that there was a programming issue with TomTom Home and it was being addressed. They advised I would receive an email notifying me when the Home Application had been updated to allow connection with the VIA 160. At 21 February, I still have not heard anything back from TomTom and have not checked to see if an updated version of Home is available. If there is, hopefully the new version will work with VIA 160.. JT

perform the following:
type the following three lines in to the Command window:


%SystemDrive%
cd "%ProgramFiles%\TomTom HOME 2"
xulrunner\HOMERuntime.exe -app xul\application.ini


To avoid having to type these lines every time you start HOME:

Right-click your desktop and choose New > Text Document - enter the commands provided above and then save the file as RunTTH.bat
copy this file to the TomTom HOME 2 folder in C:\Program Files (you will require Administrator rights to do this)
in the Start menu, right click on the TomTom HOME 2 icon.
select Properties
in Target, change "C:\Program Files\TomTom HOME 2\TomTomHOME.exe" to "C:\Program Files\TomTom HOME 2\RunTTH.bat”

The icon will change and HOME 2 should now run normally on your PC.
Please note that links like "Send to TomTom device" or "Add to TomTom" won't work because they rely on TomTomHOME.exe (which this workaround by-passes).
A full fix for this error will be implemented in a future HOME update.


NOTE: for 64 bit Vista change the second line of code to:

cd "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\TomTom HOME 2"

try uninstalling the home program and then reintalling the home program again....first follow www.tomtom.com/9545 do FULL uninstall
then www.tomtom,.com/5122 to install home program again

Truck routes are not possible....the unit is designed for everyday road to road navigation only...

I wish I had that problem...mine won't stick at all!

here is the thing....not all phones are compaitlbe for the hands free calling nor the PLUS services...phones with tmobile and att&t are the only providers that are going to work...the PLUS services use a gprs wireless connection(which is needed), verizon, sprint, rogers, nextel, usea cdma wireless connection.

If you haven't already done so, take a small pin and press the reset button located on the bottom of your unit next to the SD card slot.

If you have the programs downloaded from tomtom home then you need to copy them to the sd card that you purchased. In the home program you can choose to install the programs and map to the sd card. It takes a bit of a search to get the tomtom home program understood. The credit card with the codes is an authorization code for the program.

You may have not written the entire program to the SD card. If you saved the program prior to the upgrade, start tomtom home program and reinstall the program. then upgrade again. The tomtom home program is not as user friendly as you would hope. Also turn the unit off, take out the card and then reinsert and turn the unit on again.

exactly the same problem here, don't know what to do