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Posted by Sally Thompson on March 23, 2009, 9:29 am


I have never had satnav before and am getting very bewildered by the choices
available. From all the reviews I've read, it seems that TomTom would suit me
best, and I would also prefer a wide screen. I only need UK coverage and I
don't need breakdown assistance.

It seems that one of the XL models would fit the bill (I assume that XL means
wide screen). I've seen the recommendation above for the TT One v3,
currently at £80.49 from eBuyer. However, the only XL they have seems to be
the TT One XL Traffic edition, UK & Europe with TMC receiver at £179.99 -
over my budget (I suppose I would go up to £150 if pushed!).

Amazon do a TT One XL GB Classic at £104.99. This model however is not
listed on TomTom's own web site, nor on any other site I have looked at, so I
assume it is a "special" edition just for Amazon. The cheapest XL on the TT
site is the XL Regional Assist at £146.80.

Would the one listed on Amazon be a good one to buy? I'm not really worried
about speed camera location (is that what TMC stands for?) but news of
traffic jams would be useful. Presumably that is what "with Traffic" means?

Would really appreciate some guidance.


--
Sally in Shropshire, UK




Posted by Steve Firth on March 23, 2009, 9:49 am



> I have never had satnav before and am getting very bewildered by the choices
> available. From all the reviews I've read, it seems that TomTom would suit me
> best, and I would also prefer a wide screen.

Because your TV has one?

Wide screen is the wrong aspect ratio for satnav. Sadly manufacturers
refuse to recognise this. The screen should be rotated to "portrait"
format since this works much better with route finding and display than
wide screen. However you can only get the display the right way round on
mostly obsolete PDA based navigation.

Anyway. Your money, your choice.

Posted by Sally Thompson on March 23, 2009, 10:10 am


On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:49:47 +0000, Steve Firth wrote

>
>> I have never had satnav before and am getting very bewildered by the choices
>> available. From all the reviews I've read, it seems that TomTom would suit
>> me
>> best, and I would also prefer a wide screen.
>
> Because your TV has one?

No, I don't have a TV :-)

> Wide screen is the wrong aspect ratio for satnav. Sadly manufacturers
> refuse to recognise this. The screen should be rotated to "portrait"
> format since this works much better with route finding and display than
> wide screen. However you can only get the display the right way round on
> mostly obsolete PDA based navigation.

OK, good point. My reason for wanting a wide screen was that I had read in a
review somewhere that the text was bigger and therefore better for older
eyesight! Is this wrong? If it IS wrong, then presumably the TT One v3 on
eBuyer would suit me fine?

Supplementary question: it appears that you download map updates through your
computer. I have a Mac. Does the necessary software work on both PC and Mac
do you know? Or am I talking rubbish? :-)

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK




Posted by Steve Firth on March 23, 2009, 10:55 am



>
> OK, good point. My reason for wanting a wide screen was that I had read in a
> review somewhere that the text was bigger and therefore better for older
> eyesight! Is this wrong? If it IS wrong, then presumably the TT One v3 on
> eBuyer would suit me fine?

I think the only sensible advice there is to have a look. My experience
is that the text is the same size on both systems. Just less of it on
the 4:3 screens.

> Supplementary question: it appears that you download map updates through your
> computer. I have a Mac. Does the necessary software work on both PC and Mac
> do you know? Or am I talking rubbish? :-)

No, you're not talking rubbish. I don't use a TomTom, I have a Garmin
Nuvi, mostly because I also have a Mac and the Garmin support for the
Mac is very good. It save me having to run Windows under Parallels just
to update the software on my sat nav. Sadly I still need Windows because
my mobile phone maker supplies only Windows software.

I've no experience of Mac + TomTom. I had a look at the TomTom and
didn't get on with it. YMMV.

Posted by Sally Thompson on March 23, 2009, 11:30 am


On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:55:37 +0000, Steve Firth wrote

>
>> OK, good point. My reason for wanting a wide screen was that I had read in a
>> review somewhere that the text was bigger and therefore better for older
>> eyesight! Is this wrong? If it IS wrong, then presumably the TT One v3 on
>> eBuyer would suit me fine?
>
> I think the only sensible advice there is to have a look. My experience
> is that the text is the same size on both systems. Just less of it on
> the 4:3 screens.

Will do.

>> Supplementary question: it appears that you download map updates through
>> your
>> computer. I have a Mac. Does the necessary software work on both PC and
>> Mac
>> do you know? Or am I talking rubbish? :-)
>
> No, you're not talking rubbish. I don't use a TomTom, I have a Garmin
> Nuvi, mostly because I also have a Mac and the Garmin support for the
> Mac is very good. It save me having to run Windows under Parallels just
> to update the software on my sat nav. Sadly I still need Windows because
> my mobile phone maker supplies only Windows software.
>
> I've no experience of Mac + TomTom. I had a look at the TomTom and
> didn't get on with it. YMMV.

I've managed to find the answer to this now on the TomTom web site: it is
compatible with Mac OS X (10.3 and 10.4 listed), as well as various Windows
versions.

Thanks for the help.

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK




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