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TomTom ONE XL-S 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
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Product Description
With Text-to-Speech selector, TomTom One XL-S offers you the option of listening to GPS instructions instead of reading them. It's like having a guide. TomTom's award-winning software with Map Share and Help Me! and maps for United States and Canada help getting where you want to go easier than easy. The TomTom ONE XL-S portable navigator features a large, easy-to-read 4.3" widescreen touch display for hassle-free navigation. It comes preloaded with maps and future map updates are covered with new SD Secure Digital cards or downloads from TomTom, so you won't have to worry about your maps and features going out of date. Simply enter your destination on the ONE XL-S's touchscreen, and choose text-to-speech technology. It will guide you with turn-by-turn voice prompts, which speak actual street names. Multi-destination programming helps find the fastest way to run all your errands in one trip, or ask the ONE XL-S to find the quickest or shortest route, then follow the 2-D or 3-D map display to your destination. It truly is an interactive driving partner! Is Bluetooth 2.0 compatible Ready for TomTom PLUS traffic information services (you must have a separate device compatible with both GPRS and Bluetooth) ? available in most major urban areas Unit Dimensions 4-3/4W x 3-7/16H x 1-3/16D; weight - 7.3 oz.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #615 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: Silver
- Brand: TomTom
- Model: 1S00.082
- Dimensions: 3.40" h x 1.20" w x 4.70" l, 4.00 pounds
- Native resolution: 480 x 272
- Display size: 4.3
Features
- The world's largest portable navigation provider
- Preloaded maps of the United States and Canada
- TomTom MapShare instant map updates
- 4.3-inch touchscreen; Text-to-speech for spoken street names
- Real-time traffic and weather data
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description
The TomTom ONE XL-S is the high end of TomTom's ONE line of basic portable gps navigators. It adds text-to-speech functionality to the ONE XL's gorgeous widescreen, 4.3-inch display, expanded traffic options that include GPRS- and optional RDS-TMC radio-based real-time traffic information. The TomTom ONE XL is a complete portable GPS vehicle navigation device with an incredible range of features.
 Powerful traffic services give you a big advantage on the commute home. View larger. |
 Use TomTom PLUS services to stay abreast of key information. View larger. |
 Voice instructions are available in over 30 languages (complete list below). You can even record directions in your own voice, download specialty voices free at TomTom's website, or purchase celebrity voices. Listen to sample clips. Free download samples
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What's New -- Text To Speech
The ONE XL-S has all the features of the ONE XL, but also adds text-to speech, which allows the device to give spoken directions with real street names.
MapShare lets you add your own map corrections and POIs, then share them with the entire TomTom user community via the TomTom HOME website |
What's New -- Map Share
The ONE XL-S includes TomTom's innovative new Map Share technology. Map Share enables users to make easy changes to the map and to share map corrections with other TomTom customers so that users always have the most up-to-date maps available
Map Coverage
Like TomTom's other navigators, the ONE XL-S comes pre-loaded with complete maps for all fifty of the United States, as well as Canada, based on TeleAtlas map data and all stored on 1 GB of internal memory
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But it's not just the broad geographical coverage that makes the TomTom ONE XL-S special. The user-friendly design also puts it a step above other navigation systems. The crystal-clear multicolor display makes for exceptionally easy viewing of maps, routes, driving directions, and other traveling information, such as mileage and distance. Measuring 4.3 inches, the TFT display offers an expanded widescreen view of brilliant two- and three-dimensional graphics.
The device also features 32 MB RAM and 266 MHz CPU, making it responsive and zippy. Using the USB port and the provided cable, you can use your PC to add your own points of interest. Memory expansion is made possible by an SD card slot.
The ONE XL-S provides clear and accurate turn-by-turn voice instructions, so that you don't have to take your eyes off the road while your vehicle is on the move. Voice instructions are issued at a speed-sensitive volume, so as your vehicle's engine becomes louder or quieter as your speed changes, the volume adjusts itself accordingly, guaranteeing clear and easy listening. And because voice instructions are available in over 30 languages, just about anyone will find the TomTom ONE XL-S to be an invaluable system.
With its touch-sensitive screen, the TomTom ONE XL-S puts programming and operation literally at your fingertips to make sophisticated technology simple. The built-in database offers thousands of points of interest for you to use as destinations or reference points as you plan your trip. The ONE XL-S will also provide a selection of available routes, giving you the option of avoiding toll roads or choosing between the quickest or the most scenic routes. The database includes zip codes to simplify your route selection, and for extra convenience, the ONE XL-S lets you save the addresses of frequent destinations, making route planning easier and faster than ever. Other display features include a compass mode to assist you with directional orientation, and an anti-glare screen for optimal viewing even in direct sunlight.
 The 4.3-inch (diagonal) 3D driving view offers a clear picture of the road and maneuvers ahead (actual size). |
For additional navigational features to assist with trip planning, the built-in Bluetooth connection provides access to TomTom PLUS subscription-based services, so that you can tune in to the latest traffic and weather conditions, as well as download additional city maps, voices, points of interest, and much more. The ONE XL-S adds to these capabilities with FM radio-based RDS-TMC traffic information as an available accessory (not included).
Weighing less than 10 ounces and measuring 3.4 x 4.7 x 1.2 inches, the TomTom ONE XL-S can be easily installed in any vehicle. An included windshield suction mount holds it in place. Plus, with an operating temperature range of an icy -10 degrees to a sweltering 55 degrees Celsius (14 to 131 degrees Fahrenheit), the navigator is durable enough for New England winters or Arizona summers. The TomTom ONE XL-S is powered by an internal lithium ion battery that can be charged from your vehicle's cigarette lighter with the included 12-24V adapter.
What's in the Box
TomTom ONE XL-S device, windshield mount, USB cable, cigarette lighter adaptor, adhesive mounting disk, TomTom Home DVD, documentation pack, and product code card.
TomTom HOME
HOME is TomTom's free software that enables TomTom users to future proof and personalize their devices. Via easy desktop access, any TomTom customer can update maps, download the latest application, celebrity voices and more. TomTom HOME allows TomTom customers to
- Update their TomTom device with TomTom's latest software and services automatically and for free
- Easily buy and install the latest maps and European safety cameras
- Download celebrity and character voices
- Pre-plan trip itineraries
- Receive free traffic alerts on their computers
Supported Languages
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Customer Reviews
I call mine Tootsie!
Since the voice I chose to use is female, I've renamed my TomTom XLS "Tootsie". We took this on vacation to New Jersey and were never lost. I also use this to get to locations in the "city" since I live in a suburb and don't know the city streets very well. And, OK, I'm directionally challenged and have finally admitted it. I now save face by showing up on time. The extra features I enjoy: car speed (apparently my speedometer is incorrect by 3 mph); estimated arrival time. I'd give this a perfect score except I wish it could pick up GPS signals faster when it's turned on, but that might not be a fault of TomTom.
Well Rounded GPS unit
This GPS unit seemed to fit everything that I needed: (i) it had a large screen, (ii) it spoke out turn by turn commands, including street names, and (iii) its software was available for macintoshes from the tomtom webpage. The product does all the basic GPS functions well, as do most modern units. These include 2D and 3D maps, spoken warnings for turns, and millions of points of interest. The additional "S" in this unit signifies that it has text to speech capability for road names, this comes at a $50 or so premium over the standard XL. The text to speech works well for most roads, but there are definitely times that the text to speech mangles the street name. The system phonetically pronounces the names of the roads, this can be confusing. This confusion is alleviated because I tend to only want to use this function when I am traveling in unknown areas, where I too would speak street names phonetically. I give this four stars not five, because the interface I wish were more snappy;as it is now, the animations can be choppy. I would rather the machine work smoothly than have millions of points of interest.
A very annoying piece of equipment with many many problems
I bought the TomTom One XL-S for the larger screen and text to speech capabilities.
I first tested a Garmin 260 text to speech model, but the screen was too small to see at windshield level.
I was very surprised at the ease of use of the Garmin and the problems with the TomTom.
Both acquire satellites and plan routes with good speed.
However the TomTom One was full of undocumented software problems, omissions, inability to find correct routes and ordinary popular chain stores such as Walmart, Sunoco, and many others.
More than 50 percent of the time the text to speech is garbled, and you have to guess the street name. The TomTom unit cannot adequately pronounce simple words such as "freeway" or "north high street", etc.
"Verrazanno bridge" was totally unintelligible, as was about 30 percent of the streets and destinations.
The brightest screen setting washes out in daylight, and is difficult to see. That is a serious problem.
The night time screen does not always switch properly to the preprogrammed brightness level.
The TomTom One XLS seems to be programmed to recognize only a very limited list of popular businesses, particularly Starbucks, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, but it misses more than it finds.
You can forget about most of the small businesses. I found myself trying to think if an unrecognized location was near a Starbucks or Pizza hut, and used the nearest one to get to my real destination.
There might be an update for this, but this is how it comes out of the box.
When approaching a turn the unit verbally warns at 2 miles then 1 mile then half a mile then a quarter mile then 200 feet. However, at the turn it does not not use the text to speech to name the street. Annoying.
If the GPS satellite signal is lost, it will not tell you in speech, and will take you to the wrong destination if you do not look at the screen and see the pale little letters "lost satellites".
The point of interest menu is involved and difficult to use.
Canceling the present route requires many steps and is a ridiculous feature, nearly hidden.
There is a procedure for enabling text to speech.
This must be done manually, the unit does not come enabled.
The documentation does not tell you that if you select a preprogrammed voice first and then the computer voice second (which supposedly enables text to speech) the text to speech will never come on at all unless you reset the unit to default factory settings.
The unit sometimes defaults to a lower volume probably because the touch area of the volume control overlaps the other screen areas, so when tapping the screen the volume is accidentally reset. Again, very annoying.
Normal setting of the volume is simple; click on the lower left of the screen and the control comes up.
However it can take a minute or more after increasing the volume for the volume level to respond, and then it suddenly jumps up. If you are riding alone, the shock value can be high.
If you select a point of interest without selecting a particular city,
the documentation does not tell you must select a city in order for the unit to search more than 2 miles outward for similar POI's.
In tapping the screen, often the taps take you past the place you want to go, and usually there is no back button. You will have to do it all over again to go back.
The altitude feature just simply does not work, varying several hundred feet driving on level ground.
There is a lawyer/legal screen in which you need to agree to not use the unit during driving. Huh?
A language problem?
The TomTom company is located in the Netherlands (the Garmin unit is made in Taiwan), but the TomTom unit is made and assembled in China. I can only imagine the language iterations this unit has gone through in it's text to speech programming.
The suction cup windshield mount holds firmly to the windshield, but will not in any way hold to the dash without the permanent mounting disk.
The tongue and groove in the windshield mount holds the unit very tightly, but cannot be undone while it is mounted low on the windshield, necessitating removal of the whole suction cup, which is very, very difficult. I partially solved this problem by putting only one end of the unit into one grove, but this solution is very shaky. I considered putting velcro on the large base of the unit to mount it to the front of the dash, but the power cord enters at the base so this is not possible.
Pros?
Well, the Help Me! feature is nice, such as Drive to help, Walk to help,
Where am I? etc.
The Browse Map feature is good, and gives usable area maps.
The Bottom Line;
Anyone who has never used a GPS before might be impressed at their newfound capability with the TomTom GPS.
Anyone who has used another GPS will likely be sorely disappointed and annoyed at the needlessly complicated and often non functional features.
