danksy Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Just ordered mine off maplins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Hmm, Maplins quoting me £549.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Think there is a way you can get vouchers to make it cheaper. XC90 knows about it.. send him a quick PM or have a look either up this thread or in one of the audio threads, should be able to find it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 JamesB you have mail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Thanks for the PM, I've had a particularly blonde day today and realised my stupidity shortly after posting. I'll get on and order soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeakerBuddy Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Just a quick question on it's functionality. With the additional POI software for speed cameras do you get warnings or are they just POIs like garages and hotels? Am I going to get warned if I am a little over the limit with a camera approaching or do I have to watch the screen constantly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpratchett Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 The 700 Can give you audible warnnings of up cominng pio's You can even choose how far away you want the warning e.g. 300yrds. You can also asign different audable warnings for diferent pios, e.g. speed camera 60mph would have a diferent warning to speed camer 30 mph. www.pocketgps.co.uk has a set of speach warnings you can upload on to the tomtom for just that. scoobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeakerBuddy Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Ordered mine last night, to be told that they were on back-order and should be received within 28 days! Just had an email to say it has been despatched! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3WOB Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Does that discrete mounting bracket of XC's come in the box and how loud/clear are the vocal directions when on the move - my exhaust isn't the quietest? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazervisser Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I got my 700 yesterday its fantastic, quick to set up, easy to install, and so quick whilst driving. The voices are clear and very good simple instructions. I want say thanks to XC90 for his great review it really helped pal But the best bit is even my technophobe girl friend can program it!! which has to be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4tdi130 Posted July 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Does that discrete mounting bracket of XC's come in the box and how loud/clear are the vocal directions when on the move - my exhaust isn't the quietest? [/ QUOTE ] The directions are of a good volume but I don't know how to measure it, it's not ear shattering, but it's not quiet - it's fine in my car but no idea if it'll be adequate for you. The "discrete mounting bracket" was the work of some screwdrivering and sawing - it doesn't come like that. The one negative I have on the TomTom is the standard mounting bracket, it's HUGE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 New multi bracket mounting kit available soon Mounting kit Alternative bracket avalable now Alternative bracket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3WOB Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 brilliant guys thks, all i've got to do now is work out how/where best to relocate my micro road pilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4tdi130 Posted July 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 The mounting kit that you say is "available soon" has been out for ages, I took delivery of it about a month before my TomTom arrived. One of the brackets that you get is the same as the one listed as the "alternative bracket". The problem is that they all still need you to first mount the TomTom on the big "blob" before subsequently mounting on to one of the other brackets, they don't replace what you already get. Amazingly, NONE of the brackets in the multi kit are designed to mount on to a horizontal surface - they are for mounting on to air vents, or a vertical sticky location, etc. All I wanted to do was plonk the damn thing on my dashboard, and to do this I had to attack the original "blob" bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookster Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Have been considering buying a Go 700 and have found the info really useful. A couple of questions that I don't have answers for: Firstly can the bluetooth function be turned off so that you can choose between using the handsfree function of the 700 or a bluetooth earpiece (for your passengers peace and quiet!) and secondly I have read that TomTom will be releasing a sirf III based system towards the end of the year - would this be worth waiting for instead. I also have read that with the new kit they will be using a different maps source provider (presumably better??) Any thoughts/comments? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 I'm probably being a little dense here but where is the best place to get hold of the POI software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 The linky to the Scamera POI is here (Pocket GPSWorld) . If you browse their site, you will see that people have submitted POI files for everything from Fitness Firsts to Mac Donalds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 On Pocket GPS look for the speed camera database and a piece of software called POIedit. It pulls all of the POI data down from PocketGPS ready to put onto your Tomtom / Navman etc. They update the camearas farily regularly, and if you see a camera that isn't on the DB then mail them and it will be added for all, though I must say this rarely happens anymore just about everything is covered including mobile camera sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Thank you, gents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 These POI's are great! McD's was closed (some sort of fault), so thought "arse". Then turned to Tomtom and had a look on the map. There was another one a few miles away. Perfik! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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