Replacing my GO 500

young-goat · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:20 pm Post subject: Replacing my GO 500

My Go 500 seems to be nearing the end of it's life ! The battery won't hold a charge, it has wear marks on the screen on the frequently used areas and yesterday it fell off the windscreen and broke the mounting shoe.

The features I must have on a new one are bluetooth capability and traffic information. Which model do you suggest I replace it with ?

(and which ones should I avoid !)

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:52 pm Post subject:

A refurbished 530 or an XL

As you haven't mentioned POI capability, you could also take a look at the 1000 as there are many things to like about the hardware, such as the extremely bright (if rather reflective) screen and excellent audio quality. But as we know, it is currently let down by poor software implementation and missing features.

young-goat · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 1:50 am Post subject:

Ideally I don't want to lose any of the functions I already have on the Go500

I use POI's quite a lot in my job (London Taxi driver) both the Tom Tom ones as well as third party ones, so perhaps I should avoid the 1000 ?

I also use mapshare quite a lot to correct errors and avoid long term road works

Which type of traffic information system is reckoned to be best, is IQ routes a good thing ?

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:07 am Post subject:

HD Traffic (on the LIVE Services) is far superior to the RDS-TMC version.

IQ Routes is a good thing!

Go530 it is.

young-goat · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:43 pm Post subject:

Thanks for your advice, I've ordered a refurbished one from TT Very Happy

BTW do you know if it will run with Navcore 7 instead of Navcore 8 ?
Otherwise I will not be able to use Tripmaster audible warnings with the Navcore 8 on the GO530

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:18 am Post subject:

Why not? As far as I know, Tripmaster works fine with all versions of Navcore 8.
In fact someone replied in one of the forums only last week to say it was working fine for him on v9 as well.

DennisN · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:39 am Post subject:

All three of my TT devices, with latest map version 855 directed me to turn right off Regent Street into A40 Oxford Street today (oops, yesterday) - you can't! And then several more were wrong too. I don't know hopw you can rely on TT as a London cabbier. And it's not easy being a country boy in London.
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young-goat · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:50 am Post subject:

young-goat · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:09 am Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:16 am Post subject:

young-goat · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:43 am Post subject:

I presume that I will lose IQ routes (and some other features) by using navcore 7

But maybe that's not such a bad trade-off as I'd rather avoid being flashed by a camera, because Tripmaster has given me an audible warning, than save a few minutes traffic time.

young-goat · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:16 am Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:34 am Post subject:

x30 units initially went on sale with Navcore 8 installed and a map that contained IQ Routes data so I very much doubt a Navcore 7 install would work correctly given the map contains IQ Routes - Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:29 am Post subject:

...or would it just ignore it?

I don't have an x30 model to try the experiment on unfortunately.

young-goat · Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:52 am Post subject:

It arrived today and I spent a couple of hours setting it up (PGPS camears POI's, Favorites, and downloading latest maps etc)
Something I don't like already is the audible warning "New arrival time xxxx, you are still on the fastest route"
How do I disable it ?

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