New Here With Questions.

[canderson]

I have an external WD backup hard drive running all the time. Would that not do the same as backing it up on my PC hard drive ?
It's this one

WD SmartWare

No - this device will poke around looking for new files to back up, but unlike your hard drive, your TomTom won't always be connected for it to find. Further, I've had less than stellar success with both WD and Seagate's 3rd party backup software. I've taken to doing manual backups to my NAS device rather than trust what came with it. One of the absolute worst I've run across is the Memeo software that comes with Seagate and D-Link NAS devices that "loses" your backup plan/folder on the device such that you must erase what's there and start over.

You may also find that the file types that the backup software does not recognize (which will be the majority of the files on your TomTom) will not be backed up unless you create a specific backup "plan" for them.

Avoid the grief -- Back up your TomTom to your PC using the instructions in that link so that you know ALL of your TomTom files are being backed up. If your NAS backup software happens to pick up a copy of all of it and store it for you, so much the better -- but don't depend upon it.

 

[William Young]

Thanks for the quick response.
While you were typing I was editing my message re owners manual. Could you please check that out.

 

[canderson]

I was provided with a link to the 335SE user maual earlier. I have now returned that unit and am awaiting arrival of a XL340M.
Is the same manual used for that one ? If not , could someone please give a link to the 340M manual .

Actually, they're quite different from a "front panel" perspective. The 335SE used the "EasyMenu" system. The 340 uses a much fuller menu system with more options. However, the manual they pointed you to before is actually a better fit for the 340 than it was the 335. Work with that link.

 

[William Young]

Actually, they're quite different from a "front panel" perspective. The 335SE used the "EasyMenu" system. The 340 uses a much fuller menu system with more options. However, the manual they pointed you to before is actually a better fit for the 340 than it was the 335. Work with that link.

Thanks for that .
My main conceren with the 335 manual was that it says to plug it into the vehicle first and do the step by step instructions that come up while many people say to hook it to the computer and do it that way first . So does it not matter which way is done first ?

I was hoping there would be a manual that was geared more to the 340M but couldn't find one while searching around.

EDIT

After this reply I checked my email and I noticed that you had provided this link within the email but didn't spot it in your message here.
http://download.tomtom.com/open/manuals/xl40/refman/TomTom-ONEv5-XLv2-en-GB.pdf

I have saved that one as it looks more geared to the XL340M