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PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:31 pm    Post subject: TomTom Choice? Reply with quote

Hello

If money was no problem, which TomTom unit would people on here purchase?

TomTom ONE

TomTom GO 300

TomTom GO 500

TomTom GO 700
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What do you want to do with it?

300 is probably a dead duck as the ONE is cheaper and has a better signal

500 and 700 allow you to use it as a handsfree phone

700 has all the detail maps of Europe - if you aren't going to drive in Europe you don't need it.

Can you wait a month or so? See what TomTom announce at the CeBIT exhibition in early March.

Maybe all you need is a ONE with the extra SD card for all of W Europe?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The sound quality is not that much better. I would rate the receiver as a more important feature than either sound or battery.

In response to the OP, if you don't need hands free then get the ONE, if you do then get the 500 and if you need pan European mapping get the 700!

Or alternatively wait and see what TomTom announce at CeBIT in March :D
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DavidL wrote:
Maybe sound quality is a subjective matter but it seemed far better to me tested side-by-side. And I can't see much wrong with a receiver that will log on inside my garage even when mounted inverted!

But no doubt I'll wish I had waited for the Tom Tom Two, or whatever they call it!

Obviously you already own one and are happy with it which is great. However, in my wife's car (A Renault Megane) the 300, 500 and 700 along with manu other units cannot get a fix due to the athermic windscreen and an external antenna was required.

The ONE with its SiRFStarIII chipset is unaffected.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darren wrote:
However, in my wife's car (A Renault Megane) the 300, 500 and 700 along with manu other units cannot get a fix due to the athermic windscreen and an external antenna was required.



I have the TT Go 700.

Can you explain why i can get a fix, ( upto 3 bars showing ) in my Renault Grand Scenic brand new 55 model, confirmed with an Athermic windscreen, without the need for an external antenna???.

I can place it anywhere on the windscreen, even on the console between the front seat,and it doesn't go below 3 bars. I know the more it shows is 'supposedly' better, but it never fails to navigate to destination.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gingernut777 wrote:
I have the TT Go 700.

Can you explain why i can get a fix, ( upto 3 bars showing ) in my Renault Grand Scenic brand new 55 model, confirmed with an Athermic windscreen, without the need for an external antenna???.


Nope!

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I can place it anywhere on the windscreen, even on the console between the front seat,and it doesn't go below 3 bars. I know the more it shows is 'supposedly' better, but it never fails to navigate to destination.


Got a glass roof?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TomTom will almost certainly replace the current GO's with new Srif Star III models in the next few months. So if you are thinking of buying then either get the ONE, or hold off a few months, IMO.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darren wrote:
gingernut777 wrote:
I have the TT Go 700.

Can you explain why i can get a fix, ( upto 3 bars showing ) in my Renault Grand Scenic brand new 55 model, confirmed with an Athermic windscreen, without the need for an external antenna???.



Nope!

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I can place it anywhere on the windscreen, even on the console between the front seat,and it doesn't go below 3 bars. I know the more it shows is 'supposedly' better, but it never fails to navigate to destination.


Got a glass roof?



Darren wrote:
Nope!


That throws out your theory on external antennas being needed on vehicles with 'Athermic' windsceens. Seemingly, not always the case.


Darren wrote:


Got a glass roof?



Nope!. Any other theories???

Or is it that my tt go700 has already got this SiRFStarIII chipset??, because mine seems to work 'without the need of an external antenna' in a vehicle fitted with these athermic screens!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darren wrote:
Obviously you already own one and are happy with it which is great. However, in my wife's car (A Renault Megane) the 300, 500 and 700 along with manu other units cannot get a fix due to the athermic windscreen and an external antenna was required.

The ONE with its SiRFStarIII chipset is unaffected.


Well I've got a TTG Classic and in both my Laguna & my wife's Megane (neither car has a sunroof) I get very good reception without additional aerials. I do mount the unit beside the mirror where there is a section of windscreen that does not have any coating. I'm only glad that the TT external aerial was unavailable when I bought my TTG which saved me from shelling out for kit I do not need.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not all athermic windscreens block the GPS signal, only specific ones. I know for a fact that not even all Megane Scenics have the same windscreen. I don't know if it depends on the exact model or year, or both.

Often the cheaper ones don't have any issues 8)
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

TuurG wrote:
Not all athermic windscreens block the GPS signal, only specific ones. I know for a fact that not even all Megane Scenics have the same windscreen. I don't know if it depends on the exact model or year, or both.

Often the cheaper ones don't have any issues 8)


What a load of rubbish.

According to Renault, all of their cars have the same type of manufactored windscreen, from the same supplier.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Leadtek bluetooth goes bananas in a Peugeot 307. It's the only car I have problems with. I still get signal but it puts me off the road keeps telling me turn around :D
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