Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16047 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: TomTom
• Model: 1CF5.013.00
• Released on: 2008-11-07
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .49 pounds

Features

• TomTom LIVE Services - HD Traffic, Safety Camera Alerts, Real Time Fuel Prices, Local Search with Google, TomTom Weather, TomTom QuickGPSfix
• Voice Command & Control
• Hands-free Calling
• IQ Routes, the smartest route any time of the day
• Advanced Lane Guidance, for navigating difficult junctions
• Active Dock
• Maps of UK & ROI

Manufacturer's Description

TomTom LIVE services

The latest innovation from TomTom helps you drive smarter with a live connection to the most up-to-date real time route information. With TomTom LIVE services you are always connected to real time information, with premium services such as High Definition Traffic, up-to-date mobile safety cameras locations, local search with Google and Live fuel prices. This means you will always have access to the latest information on route.

This service is available as a FREE trial for the first 3 months, with the choice to continue on as a subscription at £7.99 per month.

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  TomTom HD Traffic™

  Unique to TomTom, get the most up-to-date, real-time traffic information live on your TomTom GO LIVE. Includes detailed incident reports, estimated delay times and alternative route proposals. 95% coverage of Motorways & A-roads in the UK, updated every 3 minutes directly to your TomTom GO LIVE.

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  TomTom Safety Alerts

  Your TomTom GO LIVE receives advanced warnings from Road Angel™, including fixed safety cameras, mobile safety cameras, black spots and more, to get you there safely.

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  TomTom Fuel Prices

  Your TomTom GO LIVE receives the latest fuel prices from 29,000 stations across the UK. Get directions to the cheapest petrol station on route and save money on your fuel bill.

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  TomTom Local Search with Google

  Find the latest local Google listings using your TomTom GO LIVE to locate any of the 11 million business addresses, wherever you are. Type in any search word, find matching locations and let your device guide you there.

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  TomTom Weather

  Your TomTom GO LIVE receives local and five-day forecasts so you can make plans based on the latest weather.

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  TomTom QuickGPSfix™

  Speeds up the time taken to fix a GPS signal, making it quicker to begin your journey.

GO LIVE: The real-time connected car navigator

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  LATEST MAP GUARANTEE

  Download the latest map free via TomTom Home. Available within 30 days of using your TomTom device.

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  TOMTOM MAP SHARE

  Make instant corrections to your own map and benefit from thousands of corrections made by TomTom users every day free of charge from tomtom.com.

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  'HELP ME!' MENU

  You can find help, with local emergency service information at your fingertips. From hospitals to roadside assistance, this information will be useful in all situations.

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  PRE-INSTALLED SAFETY
  CAMERA LOCATIONS

  Your device comes with fixed safety camera alerts pre-installed, to help you to drive more safely and responsibly.

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  TOMTOM HOME - FUTUREPROOF

  Everything you need to keep your TomTom device up to date - get new software, download new maps, access free content from the TomTom community and subscribe to services.

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  4.3" WIDE TOUCHSCREEN

  Touch screen technology gives you the easiest operation to make using your device a pleasure.

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  IQ ROUTES™

  Calculates your routes based on the real average speed measured on roads rather than maximum speeds. This will always provide you with the smartest route, saving you money, time and fuel.

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  ADVANCED LANE GUIDANCE

  Clearly shows which lane to take at junctions so you don’t miss your turning, allowing you to drive relaxed and safe.

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  HANDS-FREE CALLING VIA BLUETOOTH®

  Make and answer phone calls safely while driving, putting you in control and in touch.

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  TEXT TO SPEECH

  No need to take your eyes off the road. Speech technology can give you directions, inform you of the latest traffic messages and even read your text messages.

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  VOICE COMMAND AND CONTROL

  The latest in speech recognition technology lets you control your TomTom GO LIVE using voice commands. From planning a route to making a call, over 100 tasks are easily activated by voice, making your drive smoother and safer.

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  POWERDOCK

  Gives you easy docking and charging to optimise your TomTom GO for daily use.

TomTom is powered by Tele Atlas Quality Maps

Tele Atlas is a leading worldwide map data provider for personal navigation solutions. In a rapidly expanding industry and changing world, Tele Atlas continuously produces rich, fresh and accurate quality maps. Tele Atlas brand promise: find more, reflects how we see a world where people do not just want to move from A to B, but want to find interesting things and places on the way: restaurants, hotels, petrol stations, museums and so on. It's not about just guiding users to destinations but also helping them easily find the people, places and products that interest them the most.

Box Contents

• TomTom Go 540 Live satellite navigation system
• Active dock
• Car charger
• Docking station
• CD ROM
• Documentation

Customer Reviews

tomtom go 540 live
TomTom GO 540 LIVE UK & ROI

purchased this unit from another website. mine came with a tomtom promotional £30 fuel voucher. i think this should be the case with most of the first lot of 540's. check before buying in any case!

this unit is slimmer than a 520 that i had briefly a couple of months ago.

main changes i can notice are the overall UI icons have changed...which doesnt really bother me too much. the IQ routes service is pretty good, it does take you to places via different routes depending on day and time of day which is pretty handy. the lane assist feature is good too if you have trouble getting into the correct lane at motorway junctions and the like. all 3 of these features are available on the 530 i believe.

one major addition to this unit is the addition of LIVE services. on previous units if u wanted weather or traffic services you would have to allow the unit to use the GPRS connection on your mobile phone via bluetooth. however now, the unit has a sim in it already so it can connect to the server itself and access weather and traffic information. the traffic information is also the new traffic HD service which is meant to be much more accurate and up to date than previous sources such as TMC etc etc. i have found this to be true, it is more accurate than the traffic i used to receive via GPRS on the 520 unit i had. note that these LIVE services are free for 3 months i think, after that there is a £7.99 MONTHLY charge.

the google search feature is also useful. you can be anywhere and just use the unit to search using google to find anything eg restaurants. then the unit will direct you to that place!

the change that i am most thankful for is the new windscreen dock. to stick it to the windscreen, you dont just slap it on the windscreen. there is a rubber bezel that you must twist, this then causes the suction cup to stick very well to the windscreen (or dashboard). the cigarette power cable then connects to the dock rather than the unit. i used to find the old docks fairly flimsy and it was always difficult to take the unit and the dock apart and put them back together with any kind of haste. with the 540 it is very simple to attach/detach the gps unit from the dock. the unit actually clicks into place so it feels a lot sturdier.

having a few problems getting the tomtom home software to run properly with my mac (10.5.5). it is unable to recognise some of the files that it downloads in order to update the unit and hence cant unzip them. so mac users be careful!

also note that it is only the 940 that now has an FM transmitter. this unit DOES NOT have an fm transmitter.

overall i think it is a very good unit. havent really got any major complaints about it (other than the mac problem). i am really pleased with the new dock and the fact that it doesnt need my phone to get the traffic info so i think it is worth the extra £'s!

It should be great, but too many initial flaws get in the way.
I was very excited to take delivery of my new Tomtom 540 Live. On opening it up I found it to be a very good solid feeling device.

I used it for a couple of journeys in the afternoon and the mapping was good, more up to date than previous models and the traffic data seemed to be working though I didn't have any hold ups to test it with.

Anyway that was all fine until I connected it to the PC with the TomTom home software. This is required to update the maps (corrections are made daily), speed cameras or generally to change anything about the device.

The software told me that a newer software and map was available and recomended me to upgrade. So I allowed it to run its process, which was simply me pressing 'OK' and letting it go. Everything seemed to work fine, but in performing this update I effectively broke the Sat Nav on the first day!

This is apparently due to me previously owning a Tomtom and using the same computer before, nothing in the manual tells you this, nothing on the software told me this. It just went about its business corrupting the device.

TomTom support replied after 2 days asking for a large amount of technical information including taking a number of screenshots and attaching them to my reply. At no point did they appologise for the way their software destroyed my device within 1 day, and they expected me to wait another 2 working days for a follow up message (which may or may not solve the problem).

Having purchased from Amazon, I simply sent it back. Amazon's customer service is second to none and a new Tomtom arrived on the same day as the old one was collected by courier.

My new device is now working great having uninstalled the Tomtom software on my PC, however there are some bugs which I have not seen on a Tomtom before.

1) The volume seems to be all over the place. Disabling 'increase volume during high noise' setting helped, but its still not perfect.

2) The voice occasionally stutters - "turn left into ma..n..ch..est..errrrrrr road" quite annoying.

3) You cannot as of yet setup a PIN number, or operate your device from your PC, as they have not created the necessary software file to do this. No mention of this problem in the manual, so if you didn't google search for the problem you would keep trying forever.

4) The HD traffic information is a bit patchy - it doesn't seem to be working properly all the time and suffers from some periods where it doesn't connect at all.

All in all, I think it is a very good device, but it has too many early glitches which should have been fixed before they released it for sale. I think they rushed it out early in time for Christmas.

If I was you I would wait till January and see if these problems have been resolved before making a purchase - oh and buy from Amazon, any problems and they will come and collect it from you whilst delivering a new one.

TomTom Go Live - the ultimate Sat Nav
I held back from buying the new GO LIVE sat nav from TomTom thinking it might be full of gimmicks, but now I have one I am SO pleased. I travel a lot with my job, and it made an immediate difference to how I drive and plan my journeys. I bought the 540 version.

Local Search with Google: this is truly awesome and almost makes the previous POI redundant. It enables you to find just about any named place you want to go, local, or in any town or city. Just type in the name (Sainsbury,Odeon,Fitness First,Waterstones,anywhere) and lists appear showing location, address and contact no's so you can pick one and let TomTom take you there. It's truly fantastic.

HD Traffic. This has to be the best yet. It informs you of realtime traffic delays and enables you to decide whether you want to wait in a queue or take a different route. A 5 minute delay might be better than a 20 minute re-route so you might decide to stay in the queue. A 20 minute re-route might be better than a 1 hour queue, so you might choose to avoid the delay. It's not about 'never' sitting in traffic, it's about making your own decisions with the information presented to you. Very clever!

Fuel Prices: Excellent, with lots of choices and real pricing and of course TomTom will take you to the station of your choice.
IQ Routes: Made a noticeable difference to my journeys when compared to my basic TomTom model. This can only get better as TomTom collate more and more journeys each day to give you better routes from A to B.

Cameras: It's good to know that Road Angel are involved now giving information on portable speed cameras. MapShare allows you to update this information if you find one while you are driving and warn others in a matter of minutes.

In conclusion, the GO LIVE is truly impressive, leaving other brands like Garmin and Navman way behind and in the doldrums. Don't hold back..GO GET!