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TomTom GO 530 Satellite Navigation System |  | Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: £244.67
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 1714
Media: Electronics
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
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MPN: 1CH5.013.00
Model: 1CH5.013.00
UPC: 636926019996
EAN: 5052178754594
ASIN: B0018RXYU2
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Good but flawed Go 530 July 31, 2008
Steve
42 out of 42 found this review helpful
I wouldn't want to be without it now I've got it, wonderful for not getting lost in the UK wilderness, however it has one problem. It picks out extremely narrow single track roads in very rural areas when good B roads are nearby and much faster and safer. I and others I've talked to have yet to find a way round this problem. It seems fine in most areas, just in the deep countryside where there are many many narrow roads, by narrow I mean both wing mirrors clip the hedges.
 A Tom Tom 520 in disguise June 6, 2008
Paul Dodd
161 out of 170 found this review helpful
Each year around May there's a new Tom Tom launched and It seems they improve on them all the time. We went from the x00 (replace x with 3,5 or 7) series back in 2005 which worked well but was boxy and square to the lovely 2006 widescreen version, the Tom Tom x10. Next came a major improvement in 2007, the x20 series which had the thing we'd always wanted, the ability to update maps! It's a great feature and one that sold more Tom Tom's than ever before.
Anyway, here in 2008, what's new about the x30 series? Sadly, very little. In fact, there're only 3 differences between this new model and the old 520. Firstly there's the IQ routes which work out the best route based on time of day, number of busy junctions on route etc. This is a decent idea but you can plug in a Tom Tom 520 to your PC and update this feature for free anyway, I updated my 520 to firmware version 8.0 last night and while it makes no mention of IQ routes, it does plan differently and much more quickly.
The second new feature is the lane guidance system meaning that if you're on a motorway, it will show a picture of the lanes around you with a big arrow to help you navigate tricky multi lane bits. A nice idea but again, you get this update for free on a 520 anyway (can you hear owners of the 530 seething with rage yet?) so long as you buy the new maps. Being someone who rarely drives on the motorway then this feature doesn't bother me anyway but it might be useful if you do trips to London.
The third difference is the price. You can now get a Tom Tom 520 for around £120 even in high street shops so given the fact that you can plug it in to the net and upgrade it all to have the same stuff as you get on a Tom Tom 530, it really does leave you wondering why anyone would bother with a 530.
The Tom Tom 530 is a great sat nav and it has tons of brilliant features, it's just that it's virtually the same as the last model so unless you're the kind of person who just has to have the latest model or you lose sleep over what the neighbours think then I'd stick with the 520.
Just as a final note, i'm aware i'm reviewing this item 2 days before it's expected release but i have already played with one.
Go 530 November 3, 2008
G. Parkinson (Scotland)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
As this is my first sat nav unit I have found it be very good. I am in and out the car a lot everyday for work as yet I've had no problems with the mounting system coming detached from the window unlike a previous post. It is easy to use and has a very clear display.
What is good with this unit is the blue tooth function allowing you to pair a mobile phone for hands free use, doing away with the need for either a car kit or an ear piece and the quality is good.
The reason for 4 stars and not 5 is the fact you need to keeping plugging / unplugging the power lead and antenna lead if required , however the batteries are good enough to last the full day.
How do you make the mount fall off? January 8, 2009
C. Harrison (wirral Merseyside)
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
First off this review is for the tomtom 530. Some people are leaving bad reviews for the wrong Sat-nav! I have to admit I was a little weary of buying this sat-nav, as a lot of people here say the mount falls off. I have taken the tomtom out almost every day testing it, and the days I can't I have gave it to my partner. The mount has never fell off. At the moment we are experiencing the coldest winter for 20 years, so I think it is fair to say that the device has been tested in the worst conditions. The only thing I can think of to make it fall off is to put it at the very bottom of the windscreen, or at the side of the windscreen. This is where the windscreen curves, preventing the mount from getting a proper suction. my previous tomtom 910 fell off a couple of times when I was experimenting where to put it. I wanted to get the device as low down the center of the screen as I could, to get maximum visibility. The mount though was unable to make a good contact with the screen. I didn't want to buy another tomtom after the 910 was so unreliable. It crashed straight out of the box when I was setting it up! This would happen often which I just accepted until it began asking me if I wanted to connect to the computer, whilst driving! It also crashed when i was in Wales resulting in me being lost for an hour. after that it wouldn't switch on for 3 days. Tomtom customer services had me reformatting the device 4 times until they repaired it. I sold it as soon as it came back. I looked at other sat-navs and came close to buying a garmin 765t but after a lot of research I found a lot of people where having reliability issues. So I thought "better the devil you know". My device hasn't crashed yet, so it is already a marked improvement of my old unit. I found I never used my old unit abroad so I saved some money and got this basic unit, which is the same as the 730 minus the maps. If I ever go to Europe I can buy additional maps from tomtom. I love the size of this device, I keep it in a Gee Bee case which is excellent and allows me to put it in my jeans pocket. I like the addition of IQ routes, this is a much better way to navigate because it chooses the quickest route by taking data from millions of users who take the routes. Some people don't like this feature, but it is worth bearing in mind that it is a computer, its not going to have a brain of a London cabbie. You can also customize the device to go via a certain road if you know that to be quicker or you can press a button which will choose a different route at anytime of the journey, It will even keep the original ETA time in view so you can compare easily. The advanced lane guidance system is really good for when you haven't been paying much attention to the motorway sign's, it will give you a visual reference as to what lane you should be in. There is some evidence of cost cutting such as the speaker isn't as good as the older models. Some will say its because its thinner, but you could still put a decent speaker in it. It is good enough though. The screen could be brighter and this too doesn't seem to be as good as older models, but again its good enough and I am able to see it fine. I didn't go for the traffic version because they give you the old TMC receiver which has gotten bad reviews. For the extra cost you can buy the latest receiver separately for around the same money. Its worth pointing out that tomtom don't control what information these devices send, it just acts upon them. Many devices, not just sat-navs rely on the same information. Some people seem miffed that they bought the 520 and this is similar. Tomtom are the market leaders in portable sat-nav and has to bring new models out all the time to keep in front. I like the new features this has over the 520 and I had no hesitation choosing this one, in fact these new features was the motivation for getting rid of my old 910 model. There are other sat-navs but I just like the overall set up of the tomtoms's. They keep the things you love and add new features all the time which keep people coming back, despite an awful experience with their last model
Pretty good choice for the price. February 2, 2009
J. Fossey (Mcr)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought this product because my other half is not the best map reader in the world and I find it hard to navigate when I am on my own in the car. The reason I bought this over the One or XL is the advanced features. My favourite features in the 530 the I dont believe the XL or One has are-
1) The ability to speak addresses into it which means less distration in the car and also seems to work pretty well and has recognised most places I have spoken into it so far.
2) The ability to take mobile calls through the device. I do not have a working bluetooth headset at the moment and so this is a very handy feature although the volume level is a tad quiet on it. I did however find it difficult to transfer my numbers from my LG viewty into it as this feature wasnt supported. Being fairly tech savvy I found a .txt file once hooked up to my Mac and was able to ammend that file to include my most important numbers. However this should have been an easy process and there really should be the option to transfer a contact to the device via bluetooth. The ability to read texts out loud sadly isnt compatible with my phone at the moment. I am hoping for an update to this so am slightly disappointed with the phone compatability although as mentioned I can take and make calls from it which is good.
3) It's a nice feature to be able to play mp3's from the device through to your car radio although the quality of this is variable. I probably will hard wire this to the stereo at some point to get a better signal.
4) It's fun to be able to customise a voice to speak directions although now I have my other half's voice nagging me as I drive around!
Other than that I've customised by loading screen and car icon to match my car which is neat and managed to chose colours that suit my VW.
Overall its a pretty neat device and worth the extra investment to me. I am a first time satnav owner but am glad I went for the Go version rather than entry level devices.
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