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saudidave Regular Visitor
Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 99 Location: Poynton, Cheshire
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:22 pm Post subject: Go 510 replacement |
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I waited months for the Go 510 to be released then when it arrived:
The bluetooth broke up repeatedly and I sounded like Norman Collier on the phone
Sattelite locks took up to 10 mins in my Mondeo with heated screen. (My Garmin i3 takes a minute and my TT5 on a pda in a thinknavi mount takes 0-30 secs, same car, same location)
The battery lasted 3 hours max
It refused to work at all after 4 days
After reading lots more tales of woe on these forums, I decided that it was dodgy design or QC and sent it back for a refund.
What do I buy instead? I need bluetoooth hands free, speed cameras and I must admit I like the tom tom interface and the way it works in general. I'd also like to be able to input my own POI's
Does the Go 500 work OK in a Mondeo?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. |
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Chippychap Occasional Visitor
Joined: Nov 30, 2004 Posts: 48 Location: Todmorden
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: |
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I had the same problem with mine (6 days, and the replacement dead on arrival)
I liked it a lot, don't like titchy screens, if anyone gives you any hot tips can you share 'em with me, otherwise will wait for the bomb-proof version. |
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sherman Lifetime Member
Joined: May 01, 2006 Posts: 81 Location: Birmingham
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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why not go with a Garmin ??? _________________ Garmin Nuvi 1390T |
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saudidave Regular Visitor
Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 99 Location: Poynton, Cheshire
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't go with a Garmin because I liked everything about the 510 and I prefer the tomtom interface. I got a second 510 which by and large has been great and droopiness aside, is A1 |
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Peasemold Regular Visitor
Joined: Jul 03, 2006 Posts: 83
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: Go 510 replacement |
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saudidave wrote: | I waited months for the Go 510 to be released then when it arrived:
The bluetooth broke up repeatedly and I sounded like Norman Collier on the phone
Sattelite locks took up to 10 mins in my Mondeo with heated screen. (My Garmin i3 takes a minute and my TT5 on a pda in a thinknavi mount takes 0-30 secs, same car, same location)
The battery lasted 3 hours max
It refused to work at all after 4 days
After reading lots more tales of woe on these forums, I decided that it was dodgy design or QC and sent it back for a refund.
What do I buy instead? I need bluetoooth hands free, speed cameras and I must admit I like the tom tom interface and the way it works in general. I'd also like to be able to input my own POI's
Does the Go 500 work OK in a Mondeo?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. |
Buy a Mitac Mio C510E for £240. With a £20 1Gb SD card you have full street level EU mapping, MP3/JPG, hands-free. I bought one last week and it has a lot of bang per buck.
Peasemold |
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Gmonkey Frequent Visitor
Joined: Oct 17, 2005 Posts: 390 Location: Washington DC
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Is it possible that you had an early model and perhaps TomTom has fixed the problems? |
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