TomTom differences

bailes550 · 28 Mar 2010 at 11:16

Hey there, looking into tomtom sat navs. But my main problem is picking one of the below.

TomTom Start Sat Nav - UK & ROI 89.99

TomTom One IQ Sat Nav - UK & ROI 119.99

Looking at the specs of both they look preety much identical. Does anyone know what the diffrences are .. if any ? and what your paying the extra 30 quid for (newer model ?). There's also

TomTom ONE Europe V4 Classic - UK, ROI & Europe 109.99 but im guessing your paying for europe being on it ?

BigglesPiP · 28 Mar 2010 at 11:32

I know some of the later Bluetooth ones can act as a touchscreen interface for FIAT Blue & Me.

Booner! · 28 Mar 2010 at 11:54

The IQ finds the fastest way to a place based on average speed, so if at a certain time you are traveling, it will avoid the school run.

kinobestew123 · 29 Mar 2010 at 10:19

Booner! said:
The IQ finds the fastest way to a place based on average speed, so if at a certain time you are traveling, it will avoid the school run.

I've found it to be shocking on my tomtom. It's a very clever idea, but it seems to have taken me miles and miles out of my way just to trim off about 2mins on a 1hr long journey.

BigglesPiP · 29 Mar 2010 at 10:40

Does the IQ know that when there's a crash on the M27, North Baddesly is NOT a good short cut, as seemingly every other GPS on the motorway is directing people through this small village. Meaning it takes an hour to cover the last 2 miles into the village?

Booner! · 29 Mar 2010 at 10:41

kinobestew123 said:
I've found it to be shocking on my tomtom. It's a very clever idea, but it seems to have taken me miles and miles out of my way just to trim off about 2mins on a 1hr long journey.

Same, I preferred my tomtom720, as it was faster to react to touch, faster to load maps and generally better all round...just fatter!

kefkef · 29 Mar 2010 at 14:48

Are there any differences in satellite detection etc? I'm on the lookout for one, but borrowed a mates TomTom Go 700 over the weekend, i managed to drive from Leeds across to the lakes before it picked up a satellite signal (about 1.5hrs of driving) and it took a good 30mins to find satellites on the way home.

SoSolid · 3 May 2010 at 10:57

The IQ will also have the lane / junction guidance feature for the major motorway junctions.

chaparral · 3 May 2010 at 11:29

kefkef said:
i managed to drive from Leeds across to the lakes before it picked up a satellite signal (about 1.5hrs of driving) and it took a good 30mins to find satellites on the way home.

Has your car got a heated front windscreen ??

Howard · 3 May 2010 at 11:34

chaparral said:
Has your car got a heated front windscreen ??

My TomTom One isn't particularly bothered by these. Seems like a bit of a myth to me!

LupoLover · 3 May 2010 at 11:50

Howard said:
My TomTom One isn't particularly bothered by these. Seems like a bit of a myth to me!

Mine has and my TomTom One picks up signal in seconds!

iaind · 3 May 2010 at 11:52

My old car did, had several different satnavs in it and never had an issue at all

ZG002 · 3 May 2010 at 11:58

kefkef said:
Are there any differences in satellite detection etc? I'm on the lookout for one, but borrowed a mates TomTom Go 700 over the weekend, i managed to drive from Leeds across to the lakes before it picked up a satellite signal (about 1.5hrs of driving) and it took a good 30mins to find satellites on the way home.

Something was broken, All the tom toms I've used have picked up a signal in under 1 min.

Muffin` · 3 May 2010 at 12:24

kefkef said:
Are there any differences in satellite detection etc? I'm on the lookout for one, but borrowed a mates TomTom Go 700 over the weekend, i managed to drive from Leeds across to the lakes before it picked up a satellite signal (about 1.5hrs of driving) and it took a good 30mins to find satellites on the way home.

Install the software on your PC update the software and the QuickGPS feature - it aids in finding your location faster on satellite locations

chaparral · 3 May 2010 at 12:59

Howard said:
My TomTom One isn't particularly bothered by these. Seems like a bit of a myth to me!

Or it could be that lastest GPS's pick up the sat signals so much better these days...

I remember back in 1986 when i use to have to wait for ages for my two boat gps's to pick up enough sat signals to get a fix..

Howard · 3 May 2010 at 13:21

chaparral said:
Or it could be that lastest GPS's pick up the sat signals so much better these days...

I remember back in 1986 when i use to have to wait for ages for my two boat gps's to pick up enough sat signals to get a fix..

Yes, and the fact that most people use TomTom/Garmin equipment manufactured in the last 5 years makes your argument a little redundant

iaind · 3 May 2010 at 14:30

I think we all know someone who still uses naval GPS systems from the late 80s in their cars - some people dont like having the latest technologies...

kefkef · 4 May 2010 at 11:11

As it was a mates tomtom i didnt want to go messing around with it (i.e. you break it you bought it, and i didnt want to buy his years old tomtom), but explained to him that a software update may help (he was already aware of the fact that it could take a long time to pick up a signal), his software was waaaaaaayyy out of date, updated and now picks up a signal within a few minutes of turning it on.