Product Description

FREE TOMTOM MUSIC BUNDLE FOR GO 520 - Priced to clear - Last remaining stock Grab this fantastic TomTom Music Pack which includes TomTom iPod Cable and £10 iTunes Voucher (subject to availability - see in box for details). TomTom GO 520, introducing a new era in car navigation. Elegant, slim, pocketable design - perfect fit for your car and your pocket. GO 520 takes everything that has made TomTom the world leader in portable navigation and builds on it. Perfectly engineered, and with a range of enhancements to every aspect of your navigation experience. TomTom has a reputation for the most user-friendly and efficient navigation devices. And the GO 520 is no exception. A range of useful and also fun new features all benefit from the latest version of an award-winning intuitive user interface that makes the smartest TomTom technology ease to use. Easier on the eye: a 4.3" widescreen improves your view of where you are, and makes entering instructions easier and quicker. Better communicator: text-to-speech means your device can announce street names, as well as sms and traffic messages. Giving you easier guidance and allowing you to focus better on the road ahead. Better listener: speech recognition lets you tell your device where to go, instead of typing it on screen. Better view day and night: light sensor gives automatic brightness control. Latest mapping: preloaded internal memory containing maps of United Kingdom & Ireland provided by TeleAtlas. Speech Recognition: Speaking an address, to tell your device where to take you, is much easier than typing. TomTom GO 520 understands the pronunciation of city and street names. You can also answer questions while driving, so you can keep your eyes on the road with the combination of text-to-speech and speech recognition technology. For example: Your GO 520 asks: - "Traffic delay now 12 minutes; shall I try to optimize?" - "A new text message was received; shall I read it aloud?" and you just reply

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #634 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: TomTom
• Model: 1M00.562
• Released on: 2007-09-16
• Dimensions: .49 pounds

Features

• GPS performances: Number of channels - Information not provided / Precision - Processor clocked at 400 mHz / Upgradability - Information not provided / Route planning - Shortest, quickest, by address, by post code, by vocal instructions / Vocal guidance - Yes / Bluetooth transfer - Yes / Extra functions - Built-in ground contours Text-to-speech Bluetooth Voice recording with voice recognition Points of Interest Pre-programmed speed camera location Help-Me Menu Compatible with iPod Ph
• Mapping: Support type - SD/MMC / Included cards - TeleAtlas Maps: Great Britain, Ireland / MapSource (download possibilities) - Speed camera updates via the TomTom HOME website
• Physical specifications: Display - 4.3" (10.9 cm) TFT touch-screen with automatic brightness control 480 x 272 pixels 65,536 colours / Antenna - In-built GPS antenna In-built FM transmitter / Power - Rechargeable lithium battery / Battery life - 5 hours / Internal memory - Information not provided / Included accessories - Docking station, car stand, car charger / Dimensions - 118 x 83 x 24 mm / Weight - 220 g

Manufacturer's Description
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.

Reviews
TomTom ONE XL Traffic (UK & Ireland): the world?s #1 portable SatNav now with wider screen. TomTom ONE XL has everything you need to make your trip safer, more relaxed and more fun. At its heart lies TomTom?s award-winning plug-and-go navigation software, but the new 4.3? wide high-quality touchscreen makes navigating even easier. ONE XL has a pre-installed database of safety camera locations in the UK. This database is fully integrated in your ONE XL navigation software and alerts to warn you when there is a fixed safety camera on your route. There?s a large choice of route options and to make your trip complete, thousands of useful and fun Points of Interest pre-installed for on the way. In other words, the TomTom ONE XL makes getting there better than ever. Avoid the Traffic - TomTom now includes RDS TMC V2 receiver in the box! Truly the simplest way to get traffic information on your TomTom! Include in this Traffic bundle pack with your TomTom unit, you have a lifetime RDS-TMC subscription. Just plug the RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver into the Windscreen Dock of your TomTom or directly into your unit and you receive traffic information from the strongest, local supplier. TomTom offers Premium RDS-TMC services in France (Via Michelin), Germany (TMC Pro) and the UK (ITIS), featuring extra coverage and more accurate information, as well as Basic coverage from Austria, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Sweden & Switzerland. TomTom ONE XL (UK & Ireland) features include: EASY TO USE:Plug & Go: works straight out of the box.Large 4.3" high quality touchscreen.Easy-to-use navigation: with user-friendly menu and TomTom's award winning software.Tip Feature: discover everything ONE XL has to offer through useful onscreen tips.Portable, light and easy to handle. GREAT NAVIGATION:Find your location quicker than ever before with TomTom's free QuickGPSfix software.Fast route calculation and re-routing if roadblo

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Customer Reviews

Poor Bluetooth & Battery life
Upgraded to this model from my old original tomtom one, found a few issues:

1.Internal speaker is not as crisp or clear as the tomtom one

2.Battery life is 90 minutes at most

3.Bluetooth handsfree is a joke, even at full volume you can hardly hear the caller above road noise

4.On battery power, after about 40 minutes the speaker starts to crackle for no apparent reason, this is rectified by changing to external power

5.The new style suction mount is a joke, its tiny, has a habit of falling off and is pretty hard to position as there is no movable arm as such.

The only reason I never gave this one star was because outwith these points above, its a typical, Tomtom unit, great maps, good up to date speedcams, easy to use and 99.5% accurate

I love this device!
This is my first ever satnav - and I am really happy with it!.

The main thing is that if you should deviate from the route given, it will very quickly pick up on this, and recalculate the route, getting you back on track. Very useful if you are in an unfamiliar area.

The spoken voice is certainly loud enough to hear out of the speaker on the satnav when on the motorway, although you can tune it in to your stereo and have it come out of your car speakers (or via an audio cable if you have an auxiliary socket in your car).

It bleeps at you if you're driving too fast on a particular road (should you select it to) and warns you of upcoming speed cameras (again, should you select it to).

Every time you connect it to your computer, you can update the information on it, so it is as up to date as you want it to be. If you notice an error on the TomTom map, you can even report and correct this with TomTom - including adding any missing points of interest that you feel should be on there.

It is certainly worth taking the time to get to know this machine before you use it, as it will do an awful lot of stuff (including being used as an MP3 player or allowing you to make and receive calls on your mobile via bluetooth whilst driving).

The battery life isn't so great so you will have to charge it quite soon after using it on a journey of a couple of hours, but it does come with a car charger so no real problems with this.

I am really happy with my TomTom and, despite all the stories I have heard about inaccuracies of directions, it has been spot-on for me so far.

Don't buy if you have a Mac
Do not buy this product if you have a Mac as the support team only have Windows tools to fix problems. I bought a new map but after installing it the device is "unable to store settings: file access error". The only solution from TomTom is to plug the device into a Windows PC and run a Windows exe. So I'm stuck with a device that either won't work or works with an out-of-date map. AVOID.