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TomTom GO 530T Satellite Navigation System | |
Brand: TomTom EAN: 0636926020008 Label: TomTom Manufacturer: TomTom Model: 1CH5.013.01 Publisher: TomTom Release Date: May 05, 2007 Sales Rank: 2042 Studio: TomTom Features:
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TomTom See more information on TomTom GO 530T Satellite Navigation System at Amazon UK or at Amazon.com Average Rating:  Rating:  - Tom tom trafficPoor poor item. My other half has the standard Tom Tom device and I actually prefer that. Raging about mine this evening as I had sat in a queue for forty minutes before it told me there was a problem - despite tapping my traffic column for updates numerous times. It then tried to direct me through town! A usual forty minute journey took two hours. It does not pick up usual traffic hotspots on my various journeys home either. I also find it cannot calculate a useful alternative route,and I am relying on my own knowledge, or that thing they call 'a map'. I bought the thing for home visits in my job but it doesn't seem to to be able to find its way out of the car park. So no, I don't like it. Rating:  - I really like the TomTom 530TI really like the TomTom 530T but I am comparing it with others that I have owned. The TomTom 530T is my fourth Sat Nav - the other three were Navman Sat Navs. I started with the iCN320, upgraded to the F50 and then (upgraded?) to the S90i. Now after only four months I have replaced the S90i with the TomTom 530T and I am absolutely delighted with it. I now have maps that are up-to-date and that I can immediately correct myself when errors are detected, experience both visual and verbal route guidance that is both accurate and easy to follow and get traffic (TMC) reception more often. I can now rely on the Sat Nav for guidance and concentrate on the road and traffic. The Advanced Lane Guidance feature is absolutely great! The F50 was brilliant for hands-free calling, requring only three actions (two button presses and one voice command) to make and end a call, but it took time to configure in the first place. The TomTom 530T requires four quick and easy selections to 'call home' and ending the call is simple to do - I rarely used the S90i hands-free calling process as it required too many on-screen selections, was unreliable and, in my opinion, unsafe. To rate my satisfaction with the TomTom 530T it would be useful to give a comparison - the F50 would be 70%, the S90i 10% (yes, ten) and the TomTom 530T 97%. The only disappointment with the 530T has been the slowness in connecting to the TomTom site for updates (but at least I ... Read More Rating: - Construction excellent but....................Bluetooth, Onboard Software?After progressing from a Dell Axim X5 with Tom Tom Navigator, to my current Garmin Nuvi 300, I decided to purchase the Tom Tom 530 Traffic. I will add the following comments to help any future would be purchasers. I had no problems on delivery setting up the Tom Tom 530T with my Apple Imac running OS X. Although I have read reviews elsewhere about the Tom Tom Home software, it worked fine for me in updating to latest maps and adding various extras. In use, the Tom Tom unit proved excellent in route planning, including use of the TMC Traffic mode. I managed to get a signal approx 90% of the time around the Birmingham and M6 North up to Manchester over a few days use. But..................the Bluetooth feature is very poor when the vehicle is in motion, with very low volume levels with the volume set to 100% I was able to have a conversation with the caller all be it with a low volume output at my end by leaning toward the unit whilst driving although this was a far from ideal situation. I encountered a software/hardware jam when receiving a call causing no volume output for any modes. This was cleared by doing a reset after pulling over, again far from ideal. I use a Sony K800i mobile that paired easily with the unit and was excellent in use when parked, with very good comments by the person I was speaking with at the other end. I ensured that the latest software updates were installed on the unit although this did not ... Read More Rating: - If it goes wrong, subscriptions are not refundedMy unit went wrong on the second day of operation. Amazon refunded with no issue. I had subscibed to a few of TomTom services, costing £20. Communicating with them is very difficult, I found my way through eventualy and they refuse to refund the £20, the small print in the licence says they do no have to. So beware, buy a unit by all means but us it for a few weeks to make sure it works, before buying anything off TomTom. Rating:  - Why has Blackpool no beach?Sat Nav `Points of Interest' damaging our tourist trade. I have just helped a friend set up the very latest model of `Tom Tom Go 530' navigator, am impressed by its navigation ability, it locks onto the sats much quicker than my Sony unit, but underwhelmed by its quoted points of local interest. At Morecambe, according to TomTom, the distance to the beach is 20 miles, and the nearest library 187 away miles. Swimming pools are over 140 miles away, one of the nearest being in Dublin. If you select this it will plot you a route, and obligingly gives the ferry company's telephone numbers! Blackpool fares no better. It has no cinemas, places of worship, swimming pools, theatres, or library, but plenty of clubs and pubs, the nearest beach is 18 miles away. The only listing under `visitor attractions' is `Blackpool Tower', how did they discover this? If you were a foreign tourist and had a TomTom, would you book a holiday at Blackpool or Morecambe? TomTom_GO_530T_SatelliteTomTom GO 530T Satellite Navigation System | |
