REVIEW COMMENTS: TomTom GO

Jonboy · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject: Tom Tom GO ! <<LOOK>>

:D Helo there,

Does anyone one now if TomTom's Go works O.K with cars with a heated front windscreen?

I have a new shape Ford Mondeo, and just wanted to check before i buy one.

By the way wheres the cheapest you guys have found one?

Thanks Thumbs Up

Darren · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 7:38 pm Post subject:

Going on users experience with other GPS, the Ford heated screens do not cause any problems, strange considering they're almost Faraday cages!
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Dave · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 8:08 am Post subject:

The only thing I would say is that heated windscreens can cause a little signal degredation when the coil is powered and the heater on, but it's not to the same strength as a UV/Athermic windscreen will degredate a signal so in 90% of cases you should be okay.

Dave · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 8:11 am Post subject:

PeterLuit · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 9:45 am Post subject:

Thanks very much Dave,

I do understand the principle of ASN. But the strange thing is that ASN seems to work only very ocasionally (at least in my TTG). In most cases in tunnels the screen goes into greyscale, but the systems keeps navigating me in the right way (it follows my movements....). When I get out of the tunnel the system receives the sat signals again and continues. But I have only seen ASN blinking on the screen one time, through a tunnel (and then the screen did not go into greyscale).

So, are there more similar experiences with ASN on the TTG?

Peter

Syt · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 29, 2004 Posts: 16

Dave · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 9:44 pm Post subject:

Wads · Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:47 pm Post subject:

Expansys received some GO stock today and mine has been dispatched..... so I will post my thoughts later in the week.

Hardnuts2Crack · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 05, 2004 Posts: 9

Well, I've ordered my TomTom Go and it should be here in the morning. Looking forward to it.

I'm driving through France at the end of this month, and want to get hold of a France SD card for the Go. Any idea if or when these maps are going to be on sale? Or is there any other method of acquiring one from, say, a French owner?

OZ · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2004 Posts: 165

Hardnuts try TomTom Direct, i was just on their site and they say they are available.
www.tomtom.com

Hardnuts2Crack · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 05, 2004 Posts: 9

PeterLuit · Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 5:36 pm Post subject:

At this moment TomTom only sells the cards in the countries where you buy the Go. That will change soon according to many sources. So, with any Go you get the area where you live, plus the main roads of Europe. If you have a 128MB SD supllied with the Go, buy a 256MB card and copy the contents and then add the Europe main roads......

Peter

Hardnuts2Crack · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 05, 2004 Posts: 9

OZ · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2004 Posts: 165

Hardnuts, Sorry buddy looks like i've lead you up the garden path.
I just went back and tried it and yes you are right when you hit the map link in the go section it takes you back to maps of Western Europe but for TT3 on CD.
They do say that the cards are available- umm?, but as Peter says it must be only with a new kit as again there is no direct link to the individual items, a bit short sighted from TomTom what with the silly season upon us they could have sold hundreds of the various cards to people tranversing the European networks.

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