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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
Buy New: £133.40
New (10) Used (1) from £133.40
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 235
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 7 x 3.5
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.
MPN: 1N00560
Model: 1N00560
UPC: 636926017022
EAN: 0636926017022
ASIN: B000RW2WU2
Release Date: June 11, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New shipped fast from the UK
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 11-15 of 19
 Cool..... but! December 3, 2007
N. Baker
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
Found this new tomtom really cool, has some great features and much improved on my last tom tom - however..... br / br /I find the suction pad is rubbish - its constantly falling off my windscreen - Ive tried everything to get it to stick but I just dont find it very good - never had any trouble sticking my old one so I know its not a windscreen problem ... :O(
 Ace piece of kit October 31, 2007
C. Belcher (UK)
33 out of 36 found this review helpful
Basically i initially bought the TomTom 500, recieved it and could tell it was a return so i sent it back (not from amazon) so i had to look for an alternative, glad i did as this baby is amazing. Well what can i say, its slim, lovely design. Bluetooth set up as a doddle, simple to use, recieving calls is superb through it, no glitches, saved me alot on buying a bluetooth reciever (dont like the headsets) I recieved a text message through and it started reading it to me, i was shocked by it, i didnt know it had that feature. br / br /Its so much easier to type in an address, well you dont type it in just tell it the place you want to go and it finds it, tell it the number and you are away, so easy, alot less fiddly. br / br /So many choices of sounds and pictures for the display, alot better than a garmin or anyother sat nav available. br / br /Well worth the money, wouldnt suggest getitng another one, this one is so ideal for use in car with the bluetooth feature, oh and i forgot to mention the FM Transmitter, as it has built in memory, store your mp3s on there and transmit them to the radio, or evan buy another SD card and loads more mp3s. br /Only problem is the FM transmitter when driving can become fiddly if you go through a town with the signal being used, not usually a problem if you know how the car works ;-) br / br /Well worth the investment, if you consider TomTom One 149 bluetooth reciever 39.99 FM Transmitter 59.99 br / br /
Good solid, simple satisfactory device October 15, 2007
CjW (England)
41 out of 44 found this review helpful
Tried the Tom Tom, one or two points on the reviews to consider, but on the whole I liked the strong build, good quality mount and the screen is just a bit bigger, which makes it easy with a man's chunk fingers. br / br /Lots of configurations too, I like that. br /The voice is neutral and not snappy or annoying like others. You can download silly voices, cheaply too, for fun or record your own, but I'd rather hear a nice voice, not mine. br / br /Menu quick to setup -no need to even read the manual, its that easy to put in a route and go. br / br /love the way the map moves and the 'car' arrow symbol stays still. The car turning on the map as in others is too cartoon and confusing I found. br / br /Voice prompts, steady and nicely timed, pre-warning you on Motorways nicely. br /On complex motorway merges, it even advises the best land to take to avoid stress and nasty boy racers hassling you for the last 10cms of road space left. My wife appreciated that as we used the M40, M25 and M4 in the space of 10 minutes, she found it very helpful indeed. br / br /The device transmits to the car stereo, this is useful with the Ford focus, the sporty low-profile wheels make a lot of road noise and it makes it much easier to hear instructions. Note: In my Citroen, it is not needed, no road noise! br / br / br /The Tom Tom Home software is extremely easy to use, just plug the supplied home dock into a USB port and the GO 520 will charge, these also work if the PC is powered down. Handy. br / br /If the PC is on, the GO 520 asks if you want to download and install the home PC software, very fast, no effort - it just does it - so no need to use the CD, just go for the latest on-line version. br /Note when the PC is on and you plug in the GO 520, it ask if you want to connect, if just charging it, say NO and no problemo. br / br /Voice recognition. Marvelous, understood Tring, Windsor, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead first time, we were impressed. It then plotted the route easily, but the M1 was closed, so a simply route overview and avoid M1 by touching it and we had the better route I would have gone for too. br /Strangely, it never offered to use the short simple route between hemel and Hatfield, the M10, preferring to use the dreaded M25 instead, no no-no for those who know. Again an avoid touch cured it. br / br /I deviated through old town Amersham to get petrol, the Go 520 was quite patient and as i left, it did not try to take me back to the bypass, assuming there was a reason I left it and plotted a simple route through the scenic old town, easy on a Sunday. We were impressed with the speed of re-calculation too, and it didn't annoy us whilst filling up with repeated turn around requests as some other brands have been reported. br / br /Other all, we like it -it was bought for the family, there are 3 drivers, soon to be a fourth - so the extra expense over the ON model was deemed worth it. br / br /You need a ( 11) case to carry it around it to protect the screen, buy one with it and save the postage, it can be half as much as the case otherwise. Order an SD memory card too, if you like music whilst in traffic jams - it will take a 2 GB card, but 6 for a 1GB is enough for when they put rap on all the FM radio channels at the same time. br / br /Map share, not seen one yet, but it is possible to add a short cut to map correction and report a new road camera location, some said it would be tricky to report, but not with the short cut menu, which is configuration and instant access. Subscription is FREE. br / br /Phones - limited compatibility, go to the Tom Tom web site and look for phones and check, mostly Nokia / Samsung it seems and some Motorola. br / br /Traffic subscription 19 per year, via the mobile. br /To buy the TOM TOM unit is about 30 and uses the TMC blue masts you see around the place, there is no fee then, but reception is varied and another unit must be plugged on and the aerial placed as high as possible. The Garmin has it built in and the aerial incorporated into the charge cord - This was the only advantage the Garmin equivalent had over the GO 520 br / br /On the whole, The Tom Tom wins out hands down.
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