Tomtom one XL v2 - USA Maps

obeone · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:14 pm Post subject: Tomtom one XL v2 - USA Maps

Hi
A bit of advice if you please.
A friend has asked me about a sat nav. Cheap. Nothing fancy, no bells, whistles, bluetooth etc, etc. ( i.e. a MKII atlas Laughing

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I recommended he stick to Garmin or Tomtom. Agree??
Knowing nothing about Garmin I said I would go for a TT One XL V2.

Or could anyone recommend an alternative make/model?

He wants to put USA maps on it. (not interested in European maps). I know the V2 has no SD card, but has it the capacity to take USA maps alongside the UK ones - I think the download is approx 800mb.

Thanks
Steve
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MrDJ · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 18, 2006 Posts: 205

if its got 2 in the header avoid it. they are much lower spec versions.
if they dont come with american maps then i dont think you can add maps to other system.
i bought a 930 with 4gb hard drive and that wasnt enough space to update to the latest uk/eu/usa maps so i had to buy a 8gb sd card.
so if it hasnt got an sd card slot youve got no chance.

Andy_P · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:42 am Post subject:

The Start and Start2 "regional" (i.e. Uk and Ireland) versions have 1GB memory. The "Europe" version has 2GB.
If you go to the TT on-line mapshop they warn about limited memory.

I don't know where you found a US map download for 800MB. The only ones I can see are:
North America (for 2GB machines) @ 1393.5 MB
and USA @1549.2 MB

So a regional version wouldn't do, you'd need to get a "Europe" one and then buy the extra North America map for it. Probably not a very cost effective route....

How about a Refurbished 'GO 930' or 'XL IQ Routes Europe'? Although they are both out of stock from the TomTom outlet store at the moment, you might find one elsewhere.. A much more capable machine.

Or go to the US version of the TT website by changing the country in the drop-down box at the top left of http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/products/ and see what could be bought in dollars with only US mapping.

obeone · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:13 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the advice guys - I'll pass it On. I mentioned the Go930, then noticed it was out of stock!!

Take your point on version 2's but he really does only want a bog standard Sat Nav

The 'download' map on the TT store for USA (XL) only seems to show it at 769mb - and the USA/Canada only marginally bigger, or have I read it wrong?

How reliable are the refurb units - any experiences?

Thanks
Steve
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Andy_P · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:57 pm Post subject:

MrDJ · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 18, 2006 Posts: 205

obeone · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the comments/advice - appreciated as always
He's got until Xmas yet so time to look around - Failing that he could always borrow mine Idea

Steve
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