Tom Tom GO 540 LIVE Review

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★★★☆☆
2.9
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40.0% of users recommend this
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Guest's review of Tom Tom GO 540 LIVE

“I've only owned one sat nav before this, a TomTom ONE,...”

★★★★★

written by on 06/11/2008

Good Points
General navigation, screen, HD traffic, petrol prices, voice recognition, info sharing, Google search, route planning with expected traffic, docking station.

Bad Points
Bluetooth.

General Comments
I've only owned one sat nav before this, a TomTom ONE, which I returned as the traffic system was useless, the Tom Tom GO 540, though, is on a different level. The traffic works great, but is a little conservative in its estimates of how long the jams are - 2 minutes is often 5 - but at least it tries to get you round the jam if it's faster (Datchet railway crossing!)
Don't buy the unit if Bluetooth is essential or at least check the Tomtom site first. It doesn't work with my Blackberry, whereas my ancient Movon Mk10 does it easily.
My final gripe is that it recognises tight corners as direction changes. I have tried to update this for my and other drivers benefits but I can't figure out how to stop it from being silly.
Everything else about the system is wonderful. The petrol prices features sounds like a novelty until, like me tonight, you need a station within 20 miles; I simply pressed the button and requested a station on my route and it comes up with all the possibles based on price and mileage - you choose the one you want and its location is added as a way point on the journey - excellent stuff.
Google search is also very good. Look for any business you want either as a name or category (eg Dr Jones or Doctors) and it will offer the alternatives based on where you are or where you want to look.

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  • uk and ireland

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Hywel's Comment

Written on: 06/12/2008

Apologies to Tom Tom. I wrote the above review and my comments about poor hands free were incorrect, the 540 was not at fault, I was. My Blackberry was not set to 'discoverable' and the hands free now works fine. After a month of use it has been excellent; especially the awsome traffic system - I still heartily recommend the 540 Live.

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Templechat's Comment

Written on: 11/11/2009

I found this review very helpful because it was precise on the advantages and disadvantages particularly the comments on the petrol stations

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