TomTom XXL 540S 5-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator Review

Posted by Marz on Aug 31, 2010 in GPS | 0 comments

TomTom XXL 540S 5-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

Are you in trouble finding the right streets in US, Canada or even in Mexico? Worry no more cause here’s now TomTom XXL 540S to give you a help. Preloaded with accurate maps of Canada, US and Mexico and other 7 million POIs, TomTom now brings you to a new level of road guide. More so, with its innovative style and features along with its complete navigation system in an XXL widescreen device, you’ll definitely find your place of destination in no time.

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TomTom XXL 540S has its own unique IQ Routes technology that paves a way for its users to always travel to the smartest route possible. This technology uses your actual average travel speed to calculate your trip instead of posting speed limits on your screens.

Confidence is brought about this device as you can freely and clearly see photorealistic images of the road you’re driving in. This advanced lane guidance would definitely keep you always safe on your track. More so, with the use of its wide 5-inch touch screen, you can easily view your way without any worries.

In addition, TomTom XXL 540S has a very loud speaker that has an option to link the volume to your car speed through its Volume Preference. Its maps can be also seen in different colors and an auto day/night mode readily changes the screen’s brightness and color. A change in color of the car symbol in a 3D mode makes it more interesting to use.

TomTom makes its works even great with its Map Share Technology. The most accurate maps are readily available for you to use. Moreover, through this technology, instant modification of street names, direction, POIs and even road speeds can be done. It has also an ability to prepare a route for you with any Depart and Destination coordinates. Its TTS (text to speech) instructions can be considered as a very helpful tool for you to be fully aware of your turns. Finally, when you’re in the midst of nowhere, help is always at you side. Just a click away in the “Help Me!” menu, you can easily access local emergency providers for assistance.

What is more exciting is that this navigation device has the EasyPort Mount that allows you to carry it from car to car. This award winning Fold and Go EasyPort will definitely bring this device in handy with you.

Although it has distinct features that will definitely address your needs, it also lacks some important details. For one, it has no Autozoom enable/disable option that inhibits you to see more map details for a longer period of time. Its POIs (Point of Interests) lack to give the specific street addresses. More so, it has no simple way to get into the Browse as it return its lists display on the main screen all the time.

When using night mode, the POI Map Screen shows cross street text in black making it so unbearable to read unless you get up close to the screen. Inconsistent background brightness over your screen can be observed as you use your 3D mode during daytime. This makes your screen unpleasant to look at. Moreover, its TTS (text to speech) application sometimes pronounces multiword street names in a garbled way making it hard for you to understand. Lastly, there is no room for you to expand its memory. There is no available MicroSD memory card slot and it has only 2GB of internal flash memory for you to store all your important information.

Being a smart and practical buyer is not that easy. Outweighing a product’s pros and cons is a must for you to have the best quality of product at your hands. Out of its cons, with TomTom XXL 540S’ features, this product is worth its price for you to own.