It is a really really simple job - are you sure? Otherwise, print off the instructions above, take it to any car mechanic and ask for a quote. Won't take more than half an hour.

Mine is starting to get wobbly again - maybe it's the cold. It seems to be getting slower at finding and locking on to the satellites. A couple of times it hasn't found them at all. Seems to wake up if I go into the tools section and click on satellite status.
It's due for an update so I think I'll do another factory reset. Not really complaining though. It's a cheap unit and mostly it's great.

Past master wrote:

It is a really really simple job - are you sure? Otherwise, print off the instructions above, take it to any car mechanic and ask for a quote. Won't take more than half an hour.

Having read through this thread it inspired me to carry out the modification to my Freelander. Having given it a lot of thought I came up with another method of securing the Tom Tom using cable ties and hard plastic "foam". At the moment it is holding secure and I am hoping it does not loosen over time. Otherwise elastic instead of cable ties might be the way forward. The cable ties run through the two holes that were used to secure the cubby hole(now removed) and on the other side through the two slots that are no longer used.
For a picture please look in my gallery.

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That looks like it will stay put, it is a great mod, you will get the lifetime maps too, I bought mine a few days before the offer they are running

Yes got the free lifetime maps on UK Ireland and Europe

Its been 7 months since first carried out this mod and happy to say had no problems with TT . If anyone is carrying out this install I would recommend making a bracket to hold unit in place . It has held rock solid with no rattle or slippage. Not had prob with signal in East Midland area.

Only other customisation I did was add my car as the car symbol on the navigation screen.

Easy to do If you want to make your own it is a simple process

Locate a suitable image or take a photo of your own car. The best cursors are those that are viewed from the rear but slightly above the car rather than from directly behind.
The image size should be re-sized to 80 x 80 pixels.
TomTom automatically sets any part of the image that is red (RGB 255,000,000) to transparent
For optimum results a continuous 1 pixel white border should be added around the cursor.
The image should be saved as .bmp (bitmap).

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have to say this is the best modification I have ever done! Everyone whose been in my passenger just thinks it is an OEM fit. Even the dealer I talked to about part-X'ing the Freelander too thought it was OEM. Fortunately that fell through and we still have her. Looks like we will run her into the ground now over the next ten years

Our other FL2 is a HSE so has factory SatNav - IMHO the TomTom I fitted in my XS is far and away better than the LR system

If I remember correctly you can replace the screen graphic used with Tom Tom satnavs, I did this on a friends one some time ago.

Going on hols tomorrow so will check method in two weeks if further info needed.

Bob

You can replace the screen graphics, the Land Rover splash screens are in this thread, I have modified the shut down screen on mine too, it reads "Tracker Active" along the bottom, few have noticed it though.

Hi, I thought I would pass on my thoughts. Today, I fitted tom tom start 60 Europe to my fl2.
I followed all the advise in this thread. It has worked perfectly and took only 1 hour start to finish to install. ( I did my updates, prior to install). I used a piggy back fuse on F5, and have auto switching on and off with ignition. I put the USB connection into the glove box which enabled me to attach my laptop for the free lifetime map updates. I would re come d this fit to even a beginner, as this is the first time I have done any install to a car.

I couldn't be happier with this, and it was all down to the good advise and instructions posted on this forum.

Thanks to you all for the help.

Downloaded a quickfix update for mine from the Tomtom site, and it now locks onto satellites again. Thought I'd mention in case anyone else gets the "searching for satellites" problem. I don't update mine too often, as it means taking the laptop out to the car, but maybe I need to do it a bit more frequently.

I take mine out quite regularly, there's a file called GPSFIX which it downloads, it contains corrected ephemeris data as to satellite positions so it can lock on more quickly.
The timing signal drifts as the earths rotation and satellite positions drift a little making devices hunt for the signal.

I think that's how it works