Tomtom GO 930T - EXCELLENT!! Better Than Tomtom 6 NavigatorSeptember 1, 2008 Mr. Ja Townsend(UK) 9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Usually I dont leave reviews on products I get unless it is exceptional - and this is!!
This product, although expensive, is well worth its money. Got one last week and read some reviews about the traffic announcments being usless - that is utter rubbish to the point that I doubt the ariel was even pluged into the reviews unit! This unit has the version 3 traffic ariel and with it laying on the car dashboard it picked up a strong signal in minutes both out in the countryside and in Central London! The traffic updates are excellent - when travelling along it keeps in constant contact with the RDS channel and then prompts you to click on yes or no or even say it to re-route. That option is given after it has picked up traffic and told you how long the delay is - one traffic delay was 16 minutes due to Thams Water digging up Lower Thams Streeet near the Tower OF London (a delay I knew that would exist) and the second one was a delay of 4 minutes on Euston Road late at night - saw the traffic as the unit took me over the road and away from it :)
I have had Tomtom Navigator 5 and 6 for many years on a Pocket PC and this item is so much better - the Traffic is well worth its extra money and the advanced GPS tracking even when you loose a signal is very good. The signal pickup of satalites is excellent and you are connected in seconds and reading the directions out to you is much better and easier to use. The menu structure is the same but the voice recognition helps navigating easier.
The remote control helps make this work well - at times you might want to change your end location, update a POI etc and if you have someone else in the car with you they can do it for you to leave you free to do the hard bit of driving the car.
The only downside I can see about this is the traffic arial is the same socket as the IPOD connector and it could do with including the case with the unit to protect it. Apart form that this unit is well recomended. Also the bluetooth pairing was a bit difficult with this and my phone (a Samsung Omnia SGH-i900) - I eventually got it paired and the hands free worked well but I cant get text messages reading out of the unit.
James T
Much better than the others give creditAugust 26, 2008 R. Dudfield(uk) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Was a little uncertain on purchase of 930T after reading the reviews however my faith in Tom Tom and positive comments of other models meant I would give it a go.
Fantastic SatNav which quickly located location and is easy to program. Within a week of receiving I took to the USA with me and we managed a week and 500 miles without getting lost.
The traffic system updates well and seems accurate.
Only reason for not giving this gadget a 5 is that the map was not most up to date and with the traffic information system there are lots of wires as you have one for that and the power lead (battery life could be better for the long trips as seems to be no warning before it cuts out)
On the positive about the maps you can download free most up to date version however this takes some time.
If you want a Satnav that does everything then this is it.
not all features workJune 2, 2008 Northants Mike 65 out of 71 found this review helpful
GPS is very quick to aquire and re-route. Unfortunately the RDS-TMC receiver does not work very well, if at all. It takes up to 30 mins to lock onto a radio station. Having been told by Tom Tom that feature had been upgraded from previous versions (a known fault) I feel that I have been misled. If you want the RDS info do not buy this unit.
Update following trip to France... found the RDS worked well overseas. The 930 in general was very good but one annoying feature regarding the routing preferences.. the unit does not appear to allow you to avoid minor roads. This meant I had to be cautious and ignore it when it suggested short cuts that were unsuitable for a normal car (eg insead of doing a hair pin bend it suggested taking a very high gradient 'path').
