USA Tom Tom, in UK ? or Visa Versa

bluefish1104 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 16, 2009 Posts: 5

Hi All.

If this is not in the correct section please let me know, thanks

I'm heading to Florida soon Very Happy

and I'm looking at using some sort of SatNav whilst I'm there.

As I see it, I have 3 options.

1 - Rent one, not so sure about that as I'm getting reports of shoddy quality.

2 - Buy one here, then add the maps of America to it. Is this possible / costly

3 - Buy one in the USA (walmart have a TomTom One 125 for $95), then when I'm home add the UK / Europe maps to it, again is it possible / costly?

I look forward to your assistance

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andyfr · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:18 pm Post subject:

Personally I would buy one here so that you can get used to the functions and plan some trips. You can get the US maps from the TomTom site. Also you will get a UK warranty if you have any problems once back home.

Andyfr

Darren · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:23 pm Post subject:

Be aware that some models such as the later TomTom ONE's have internal memory only, no memory card slot so if you buy a UK one it mau not have enough space for US maps even if you delete the UK map and if you buy a US one you would need to delete the US map to make room for a UK one on your return.

x20's, x30's and x40's all have memory card slots so can be easily expanded to cope with large maps.
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mikealder · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:32 pm Post subject:

Also consider the 920 or 930 devices, if you can find one at a decent discount price it might be cheaper than a lessor model when you add together the price for device and US mapping - The 920 and 930 are both supplied with full European and North American maps built in - Mike

bluefish1104 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 16, 2009 Posts: 5

bluefish1104 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 16, 2009 Posts: 5

garcor · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:45 pm Post subject:

Here is a site that is with amazon.com that is selling 920 for $230.00 USNEW I believe . and if you are buying new you should be able to update both N/A and C/W EU maps. and those maps alone to buy would be almost $200.00 US so this isn't a bad deal.
http://www.amazon.com/TomTom-920-Portable-Vehicle-Navigator/dp/B000VLHN9E/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&m=A22UHVNXG98FAT&s=generic&qid=1237210645&sr=1-9

Or here is another site that is even cheeper but don't know anything about them & they are in china. Question

http://www.wildinshop.com/TomTom-GO-920-Portable-GPS-Vehicle-Navigator_p2237.html

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bluefish1104 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 16, 2009 Posts: 5

Another thought.

One of the guys I'm travelling with has one of the old style Tom Tom's big fat thing but has a card slot, could we / he buy the maps then just add then to the device?

Darren · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:32 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject:

Andy_P · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject:

mrfreeze · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject:

Bluefish,
I live out here in FL and have a go 720 & 920.

The 920 fits the bill for what you need in that it has both maps as Mike as stated earlier.
There is virtually no difference between a 920 and a 930, as once you load the latest software onto a 920 you have a 930. (Software available free via TT home)

You can pick up bargains on Ebay, they are selling whats called recertified units. These are units that were originally found faulty and TT take them back and test everything replacing the faulty parts to like new. They are perfect in every way plus you know it works as they have thouroughly tested them before release. Both my units were recertified and they had no marks/scratches whatsoever, plus you get all the parts in new bags etc.

Check one out here here, but there are many others:-
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bluefish1104 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 16, 2009 Posts: 5

J_i_m_s_t_e_r · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 18

I have a one XL with an SD slot and I am due to visit Florida. I'd like to use my unit with the US map over there, but before I download and pay for the US map from TomTom, how do I get the map onto the device without losing the UK map?

I have the UK map installed in the internal memory, and was hoping to put the US map on an SD card without removing anything from the internal memory - but can this be done, in terms of the device seeing two map sources and letting me decide which map I want to use on startup?

I would like to avoid wiping the internal memory of the device if possible, otherwise I envisage the pain-in-the-swiss approach of:

Make backup of current device with UK map.
Download US map to PC.
Delete UK map from device.
Install US map to device.

and of course, until I get to the US, I won't get a fix on the US map over here to test it....

Any advice appreciated!

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