TomTom GO 520 Satellite Navigation System With UK & Ireland Mapping

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Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Electronics Brand: TomTom EAN: 0636926017022 Feature: Pack Size: 1 Is Fragile: 0 Label: TomTom Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers. Manufacturer: TomTom Model: 1N00560 Publisher: TomTom Release Date: 2007-06-11 Studio: TomTom
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Review Comment: This Tom Tom is very badly designed. Even though it still has the same easy to use interface (which is still great) it has many other faults: 1) The mop thing that sticks to the windscreen is not good at sticking to anything so the unit keeps falling off. 2) The combined power/data connector is at the bottom of the Tom Tom and that has meant that the connector has come loose after falling onto the dash so many times. Now the power connector is damaged and I am constantly trying to re-adjust the cable to get it to charge. This is not a safe thing to do while driving. 3) The latest thing to happen is that the unit is now switching off and showing a battery warning even when the power is connected. I have now retired this unit even though it isn't even a year old. Customer Rating: Summary: Beware of additional charges!!!!! Comment: I bought my TomTom 520 in August following some research on the internet. I liked the concept of the MapShare idea. TomTom are now trying to charge me 60.00 to update my maps, only three months later. Perspective customers need to be aware of this!!!!! Battery life is poor to put it mildly. Apart from this the device performs well although I find the operation of the device somewhat illogical. Some items are burried deep in menu's and are difficult to find. Would I buy another one? No! These additional charges are too high and a come too soon following purchase. Customer Rating: Summary: I'm Impressed - Top Buy! Comment: I've just read some of these reviews and am surprised at some of the views and problems - I love mine! Not had it long and decided to treat myself as my old satnav was well past it's sell by date. I spent a lot of time prior to my purchase researching the various brands and models, I wanted one that would allow me to use my phone handsfree and play mp3s/audiobooks and decided to go for this one. My mobile phone was easy to set up and works well via bluetooth (Model: Samsung) but I'd suggest anyone thinking of buying this, check on the TomTom website for compatibility as others seem to have problems. FM receiver - set up was a doddle (once I'd worked out how to get my standard Renault cd/radio to manually search step by step rather than automatically find the next FM station - and believe me that took some doing!) The sound is clear as a bell with no interference which is great as I love playing mp3 audiobooks on long journeys. Using additional SD card for mp3's did have me foxed for a while - but soon found the answer on google and created a folder called 'mp3' on my SD card and dragged them into there. Individual Albums/Audiobooks are placed in their own folder within this folder. Voice recognition - works instantly for me every time and must admit I use it all the time. Satnav itself hasn't taken me wrong yet - map correction worked for the closed off road just round the corner from my house and no longer routes me that way. The 4.3" screen gives a clear view of the road ahead and the lane guidance at motorway merges is really good. Plenty of warning is given for speedcameras and usefully also indicates the speed limit. It's not fallen off the windscreen yet - though looking at the other posts, I'll expect that to happen in the future. (Thinking about buying the airvent holder - any views anyone???) No problems with the TomTom home software - just connected it up to my PC and automatically installed the latest software and updated my maps and speedcameras. Another great feature is the backup facility and that was one of the first things I did - very handy should I mess up. In summary, I'm absolutely delighted! Customer Rating: Summary: Too many gadgets Comment: Despite loads of software failings "Even microsoft have software problems" said one of the tom tom customer care team, I do like the GO520. The problems I have encountered; The voice recognition locks out regularly and the only way to clear the problem is to reset the Tom tom. When it actually works it works well. The battery doesn't last very long so on journeys more than an hour the voices distort because of battery drain. Plug it in I hear you say, the problem is I like my sat nav on the right side because I find it obstructs my view too much in the centre. This means I have to trail the lead from the centre consol over the dash and wheel! The mp3 is exellent and because the unit transmitts in Fm you can listen over the stereo in very good quality. Get a good sd card and you will fit alot of albums on. One thing though if you use windows media player you will have to convert all your tracks from wma to mp3 format before uploading to tom. We've had it for 3 months now and don't use the mp3 at all, the voice recognition we don't bother with and given the choice now I would have just bought the basic model to show me where to go, that is after all a sat nav's purpose!. Customer Rating: Summary: I love this device! Comment: This is my first ever satnav - and I am really happy with it!. The main thing is that if you should deviate from the route given, it will very quickly pick up on this, and recalculate the route, getting you back on track. Very useful if you are in an unfamiliar area. The spoken voice is certainly loud enough to hear out of the speaker on the satnav when on the motorway, although you can tune it in to your stereo and have it come out of your car speakers (or via an audio cable if you have an auxiliary socket in your car). It bleeps at you if you're driving too fast on a particular road (should you select it to) and warns you of upcoming speed cameras (again, should you select it to). Every time you connect it to your computer, you can update the information on it, so it is as up to date as you want it to be. If you notice an error on the TomTom map, you can even report and correct this with TomTom - including adding any missing points of interest that you feel should be on there. It is certainly worth taking the time to get to know this machine before you use it, as it will do an awful lot of stuff (including being used as an MP3 player or allowing you to make and receive calls on your mobile via bluetooth whilst driving). The battery life isn't so great so you will have to charge it quite soon after using it on a journey of a couple of hours, but it does come with a car charger so no real problems with this. I am really happy with my TomTom and, despite all the stories I have heard about inaccuracies of directions, it has been spot-on for me so far. More Reviews