MY TOMTOMXL SAYS NO MAPS FOUND

these have major issues during updates. mine also failed after update in very similar fashion. and after searching a lot of forums apparently its a very common thing. unfortunally i never found any solution to this. and ended up having to throw it away since it was past its warranty period. i suspect it was a buildt-in planned obsolescence since it was very rarely used (less than 6 times) but maintained at ideal long term storage condition

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Your maps are currupted. Can't tell you where to find new ones. The company does not support map updates or have any old discs with maps for downloading from computers.

If the GPS reminded you to get the maps updated, I would recommend taking it to Best Buy. You are supposed to be given free map updates within 1 year of the date of purchase I believe. And updating the maps on Insignia devices is a very convoluted process that involves downloading software off of specific internal best buy websites.

You need to go to the tom tom website to register your tom tom, then you upload maps, some do not have the operating software on them so you will have to install the operating software on it also, then upload your maps too. After doing this, you will be able to connect your gps in the car and it will work.

Min System Requirements for Tom Tom Navigator are as below:-

Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7 (newest servicepacks required)
Pentium III or higher
256 MB RAM, 512 recommended
Internet connection (Broadband - DSL/cable/LAN) for downloading updates, maps or services
The TomTom HOME software is a 20MB download requiring 50MB of disk space when installed

For NAVIGATOR 6 devices, the system requirements for Windows are:

Windows XP, 2000, Vista or Windows 7 (newest servicepacks required)
500 MHz processor or better
128 MB RAM
Internet connection (preferably broadband - DSL/Cable/LAN) for downloading updates maps or services
Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher

Please note that the following MOBILE & NAVIGATOR versions are not supported by TomTom HOME:

MOBILE
MOBILE 5
NAVIGATOR 1
NAVIGATOR 2
NAVIGATOR 3
NAVIGATOR 2004
NAVIGATOR 5

Hello.
You can try the nüMaps Guarantee. It will give you free map update for 60 days after registering your unit.
Check it out here.
Now, you can get map updates from Garmin only as there are no longer free maps except if offered.

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Hi,

the road maps for this model are on An SD Card.
If you don,t have the SD Card with the maps on, your roadmate won,t find them.
You can also contact:- Magellan for mapping updates.

I believe they do not supply the roadmaps with this item, which @ $1. 200 is a bit of a rip-off however good and accurate they are.

First BACKUP your SD card.
Go here and download latest version of TomTom HOME >> For the PC or for the MAC , You can download tomtom HOME here > http://uk.support.tomtom.com/cgi-bin/tomtom_uk.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=7408&p_created=1184659653&p_sid=PmvpQQmj&prod_lvl1=&prod_lvl2=&cat_lvl1=&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MjE1LDIxNSZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9ZG93bmxvYWQgaG9tZQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1

I would recommend you only do a map upgrade if you definatly need to as looking at other posts on this forum lots of people have problems after trying to update maps.
Updating maps is NOT FREE , you have to pay for updates and after downloading updates you need to reactivate the map with your product code . Only do an update after backing up your existing maps other sie you might have trouble reverting back if the download goes wrong.

GOOD LUCK