TomTom XL 340M 4.3-Inch Portable Gps Navigator Lifetime Maps

I’m pretty tech savvy and have used completely different GPS devices within the past. I selected Tomtom over Garmin mainly because of tomtom HOME support, higher user interface: tomtom has additional data on the screen together with the road name you are driving on.

Most negative reviews here are from problems updating map that is larger than the recent one (about five Mb larger) and causes error.
but it’s straightforward to travel around it.

1. connect with home pc. flip the unit on. choose Yes to attach. Tomtom Home can install on your pc.
2. on Tomtom HOME menu, head to “Manage my ONE XL”. On things on Device, click voices. you’ll duplicate then delete all foreign pc voices (recorded voice files are little, thus does not matter). simply keep DAVE, and Susan pc voices( you wish a minimum of one pc voice for spoken street names). you ought to liberate regarding a hundred thirty Mb (much over you need)
3. currently you’ll update new map with no drawback. it will take an extended time. when you are done, you continue to have one hundred twenty five Mb further to download customized things, map corrections within the future. customized automobile symbols are very cool, as are begin and stop working pictures. these customized things and map corrections are thus small: little to zero.5 Mb that with > one hundred twenty five Mb free, you’ll keep updating for years to come back.

Pros: 4.3 in. screen, nice routing, advanced lane steering (it will work well), IQ route (faster route primarily based on historical traffic data), terribly fast GPS fix <30 sec (but you wish to attach to pc a minimum of each seven days so a GPS file may be updated to assist fix signal quickly), alittle longer for a chilly begin or if you forget to sync together with your pc over seven days, however it’s still around one minute or less to repair the signal. additionally terribly sturdy signal, nearly full bar within my house. Text to speech (for spoken street names) is pc voice, so it’s OK. recorded voices are nicer however unable to try to to text to speech. the included Easyport mount is nice, simple, stable.

Cons: the screen brightness at 100% remains not as bright as i need (I additionally use Tomtom Navigator half dozen on my smartphone with higher distinction, brightness) however you continue to will see fine on a sunny day. the pc voices for text to speech aren’t as clear once you drive and play music.

In summary, this tomtom incorporates a ton of nice options for the worth. if you do not want bluetooth (for hands free decision together with your mobile phone, that isn’t sensible anyway as a result of your volume continuously seems little to the opposite end), FM transmitter (which isn’t sensible if you wish to play your CD within the car), or live traffic receiver (which is spotty primarily based on the data I’ve read), This 340S is that the one to urge. the general public own smartphones recently with net, so that they will get live traffic, up up to now points of interest from Google map, play mp3 and photos. thus you do not really want those options from a GPS device (which is additional expensive)

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