TomTom RIDER Additional Battery Cable
TomTom RIDER Additional Battery Cable
Make sure you are always ready to ride with this spare battery cable that will give full power to your TomTom RIDER while you are on the road.
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TomTom Go 520 Traffic Edition 
TomTom GO 520T, introducing a new era in car navigation. Elegant, slim, pocketable design - perfect fit for your car and your pocket. GO 520T 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. 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. The smartest navigator is also the easiest TomTom has a reputation for the most user-friendly and efficient navigation devices. And the GO 520T 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 quickerBetter 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 aheadBetter listener: speech recognition lets you tell your device where to go, instead of typing it on screenBetter view day and night: light sensor gives automatic brightness controlLatest mapping: preloaded internal memory containing maps of United Kingdom & Ireland provided by
Amazon Price: ?204.99
Used Price: ?169.99
Customer Review: Misleading, Very Poor Software, Oh and a Car Crash
I simply must write to advise people to seriously consider purchasing one of these, especially for anyone a) not computer literate, or b) a relatively new driver. My partner has been driving 6 months now and had mentioned a few times, despite my trying to convince her to learn to map read, that she wanted sat nav, which culminated in her getting upset at getting lost for a couple of hours one night. Anyway, I bought this product on the back of rationalising that she’d not be distracted reading maps while driving and it had hands-free mobile facilities. First off, the hands-free is a waste of time; it’s got such a terrible mic that you end up shouting and being misheard the whole time. Distracting at best. Secondly, the traffic for life is misleading as its just an RDS aerial, and not the actual TomTom traffic service. Thirdly, the TomTom HOME software is truly awful. As a software developer with a background from a very well-known software company, it is one of the most unreliable and bug-ridden pieces of work I’ve seen since the mid-nineties. Search out the forums to see the issues people are having with it. Finally, the actual device is buggy, too. I’ve witnessed first hand as an experienced driver the misleading directions and told my partner to keep an eye on the map and not to take the spoken directions verbatim. Today, just after the device hung as it received a phonecall, my partner mounted the central reservation and had a puncture while trying to “keep right”, while the map was pointing to a left turn. Probably something an experienced driver would have dealt with, but the poor girl is, as I type, waiting for a tow-truck. The AA said that she “wouldn’t believe the amount of accidents they attend as a result of sat-nav”. If the internet can do anything, it can provide a balanced set of opinions and aid people in making buying decisions, and avoid dissapointment or worse. Therefore, I implore you to consider how bad life was when you had to look at a map and read good ol’ road signs. What a shame.
Customer Review: Excellent !
I was a bit unsure about this sat nav after reading some of the reviews. I would like to say, however, I have not experienced any of the problems some people have. It has worked perfect and I have added an SD card for my music. You do get free trafic info, using the supplied ariel that fits inside your windscreen, but the information you get is patchy. You can upgrade to getting traffic info from TomTom through your mobile phone, but you have to pay a subscription for this. I would say that if you want to use the hands free feature’s on this, then you should check with the TomTom website for your phone’s compatability before buying it. Overall a great unit, and i would highly recommend it.
SCREEN PROTECTOR BRANDO Ultra Clear for TomTom Go 700 100% fits, Display Protection Film, PDA, Pocket PC 
BRANDO Protector Plus Ultra Clear SCREEN PROTECTOR.
This protector 100% fits and is exact with regards to the shape !
The BRANDO Protector Plus Ultra Clear SCREEN PROTECTOR is a first-class protection of highest quality and is against scratches on your display.
strong protection, incredibly clear, removable and reusable
it sticks to the screen using static, no glue, washable, anti scratch, dust prevention
anti light reflection, better writting
absolutely wear-resistant and scratch-resistant, protects and usable a whole equipment life
easy and quick fixing without using any liquids
optimum screen protectors - best maintenance of value for your equipment, thus increases the resale price
lightning dispatch, competent service
detailed, illustrated and easily coherent instructions
DuraSec NanoTec liquid screen protector TomTom GO 
Bubblefree screen protection by liquid sealing of the display with nanotechnology!
Package contents: 2 sponges, 2 microfiber towels, 1 spray-bottle display cleaner, 1 spray-bottle nanotech sealer
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TOMTOM Go 920 T GPS Europe 4.3″ screen Tactile, Info Traffic TMC Premium (lifetime subscription), Bluetooth Customer Review: tomtom go 920 T
Thanks Rod Peel for your very useful and informative review. It helped us decide in purchasing TOMTOM 920T model, in Feb 08.
We had many problems with loading the “home” software and using it via vista, had to install a few updates before it eventually worked. Mostly found my 920 locking and wouldn’t turn on, the “reset” button sorted this out each time though.
I Strongly recommend you first make backup of your Tomtom before carying out any updates/upgrades via pc/internet, there’s a high chance you just may have to reload your backup!
I too found the volume a bit erratic, particularly in our MPV with kids/radio noise. Mine tends to be set towards the right (maxium), especially on motorway driving. Some instructions have “hic-ups” when announcing the location and road names together and come out fairly low, while others are very loud, even though volume settings hadn’t been changed. I will take Rod Peel’s advise and try linking it to the radio and see what effect that has to the volume level.
Anyone know if the way road names are announced, eg A1054, currently spoken as A-one-thousand, and fifty-four, can be changed to A-1-0-5-4, inastead?
In general, it’s the family’s first satnav and we’re fairly happy with it, would have given a 5 star rating were it not for the small problems we’d had. We look forward to using it in the US on our next fly/drive holiday. In the meantime, back to more manual reading.
Customer Review: The ultimate motoring gadget
The TomTom 920T was available on 7th December (2007) and I had mine delivered that evening. I had previously used TomTom on a PDA (HPx4700) so I was accustomed to all of TomTom’s quirks (yes there are some!) and also a large screen.
First use is intuitive and the software installed easily on my computer. Setup of basic functions (Home address, password, preferences such as voice) was a doddle and I was interested to try out the computer voice which reads road signs and road names to you. Also the ‘operate my TomTom from the computer’ was easy to use and soon had my first ‘Favorites’ set. A brief trawl of the FAQ on the TomTom web site showed me how to transfer my favorite places, new Points of Interest and additional voices from my PDA. I linked my telephone to the unit with ease and in 5 minutes I had transferred my entire phone book. Dialling out and receiving calls is really easy.
I sat in my car for about 15 minutes setting up some of the other functions such as the Traffic RDS system and the FM transmitter (so I can hear the voice through my radio). All worked first time and well. One small downside is that I find the volume control a little erratic and often the shutdown settings are not maintained on startup. However, using the small remote control was the easiest way to put this right.
TomTom’s route planning often leaves something to be desired and, as with my PDA TomTom satnav, it is always a good idea to preview your route on a map before journeying so you have no surprises en-route. The GPS Fix function that is downloaded via the cradle and TomTom Home software means that GPS startup takes a very short time (less than 30 seconds). However you do need to update this every couple of days to ensure freshness.
I haven’t tried out the USA maps yet but I have set up routes in Zurich just as easily as I set up routes in the UK. To say that the maps supplied are the latest means that TomTom take more than a year to record road changes. A particular village bypass and a new roundabout that I use are well past their first birtdays and have yet to appear on the map. TomTom gets confused by this and keeps trying to direct you back to the road in its memory. A free map update is granted but for only 90 days after purchase which seems a little mean to me.
The Mapshare feature was one of the persuaders for my purchase. This seems to be the best thing since sliced bread (what was the best thing before sliced bread?) but I still have not discovered how long it will take TomTom to update their maps and if this will be free to motorists who upload corrections.
Other features such as MP3 playing and photo slide shows await review. It appears that both MP3 files and Picture files must be in a specific directory in internal memory - it’s a pity that they cannot be stored on an external (and swappable) SD card (which can carry extra maps). I would have thought that a change to the software would fix this (TomTom please note!). Also a battery charge level indicator in % or time left would be a bonus.
All in all an excellent device - clear screen, clear voice and (reasonably) accurate performance. All the gadget that you could ever want.
