TomTom full postcode update

So for a while now I’ve been struggling with the fact that my TomTom One Classic has only accepted the first part of a postcode, rather than the full thing. When entering a postcode I’ve only been able to add the part before the space (e.g. TS6) and then manually select the street. This was causing me no end of frustration, and it happened that a throwaway conversation with one of my colleagues here at the banana patch alerted me to the fact that something was wrong.

You see he also has a One Classic yet he can search against full postcodes. Very strange, thought I. And from a quick Google of the problem it appears that I’m not alone! There are quite a lot of people reporting the same problem. However help is at hand.

If you suffer from the same problem as I did then the solution can be found at http://www.tomtom.com/updates/great_britainpostal_all.zip. All you need to do is download the file and unzip it. Remove the SD card from your TomTom and insert it into a card reader, then run the setup.exe file that you’ve just unzipped. Follow the instructions on-screen and tell the program to update the memory card. Once the installation is done, pop the memory card back into your TomTom and you’re away. Full postcode searching goodness is now your to enjoy. Now you’ve got no excuse when you end up on the wrong street…