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TomTom GO 520 Satellite Navigation System With UK / Ireland Mapping | |
Brand: TomTom EAN: 0636926017022 Feature: Pack Size: 1 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: June 11, 2007 Sales Rank: 229 Studio: TomTom Features:
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TomTom See more information on TomTom GO 520 Satellite Navigation System With UK / Ireland Mapping at Amazon UK or at Amazon.com Average Rating:  Rating:  - ReviewThis 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. Rating:  - Beware of additional charges!!!!!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. Rating:  - I'm Impressed - Top Buy!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 ... Read More Rating:  - Too many gadgetsDespite 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!. Rating:  - Poor Design FeatureI brought the 520 because of it's many features. Without a doubt it's a very good navigation system, unfortunately many of it's features proved to be of little use. For a start the auto display dimming feature did not work properly. This was because the location of the sensor had been poorly designed. They should have mounted it on the rear of the unit so it was facing out towards the light, not on the front facing towards the dark interior of the car. The result being that it always thinks it's getting dark and the display will remain dim even in bright daylight. The FM transmitter was something else I could not get to work. I don't know about other car radios but mine has auto tuning. You press a button and it searches till it finds a signal. What it will not do is search for a frequency not being used. Which is what you need in order to use the 520 through the car radio. Not being able to use this feature, there seemed little point in trying to use the 520 as an MP3 player. Although many people advised me that no Tom Tom tells you to turn round when you miss a turning, the 520 does. One of the features I really like. Once or twice I found the voice instructions to be way out of sync with the map display, telling me to leave the motorway in 800 yards after I had already passed the exit ramp. Pitty because I was hoping I could drive without having to keep looking at the display. But the majority of the time, the instructions ... Read More TomTom_GO_520_SatelliteTomTom GO 520 Satellite Navigation System With UK / Ireland Mapping | |
