"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:30:13 -0500, "RCE" wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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You bought that Tom-Tom GPS system right?

What's your personal opinion?

I like it. Easy to use and very intuitive once you learn the basics.
I use the cheapie - TomTom 300 (I think) with the SD memory card.

I just bought Mrs.E. the TomTom 700 with the mini hard disk drive. She
loves it.

It's a great little GPS - probably similar to the similarly priced Garmin,
but the TomTom has a bit of a sense of humor to it. You can program
things
like fuel stations within a programmable distance and assign it a sound.
I
use a cow, going MOOOOOO.....

I used it to travel to Norfolk last week. It walked me right up to the
front door of my kid's house on a government housing development.

Has a few quirks, but nothing that common sense does not correct.

What's the start up time? And when it looses lock, how long does it
take to reacquire the signals?

Start up is basically instantaneous. It has a built in battery and I just
leave it plugged into the power outlet of my truck all the time to keep it
charged. I shut it off, but it's still "on". It usually takes about 30
seconds or less to get six or seven sat locks when you turn it on. When
going thru a tunnel with no sat signal, it will keep running for 30 seconds,
then turn black and white, meaning no signal. When you emerge from the
tunnel it locks on again within about 5 seconds.

It's also a touch screen, BTW. I like it because it really doesn't distract
from driving to play around with it. Also, it's totally portable, so you
can move it from vehicle to vehicle with little fuss. When I park at a
shopping center or whatever, you push a little button and the whole rig
unplugs from the base and you can store it in the glove compartment or
whatever. It has many features of higher priced terra firma GPS systems,
including restaurant listings, etc. It also has a daytime and nighttime
display that is kinda nice.

Good unit, and fun to use.

RCE