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Postby sirloinofbeef » Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:36 am

My TomTom 730 has died.
Is the 730 still the best model for use with custom navcore / maps etc?
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Postby tendriver » Fri Sep 27, 2013 2:04 am

Grab any X20, X30, X40 OR X50 that you can find.
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Postby sirloinofbeef » Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:43 am

I should have mentioned that I need to be able to stream music from the device via Bluetooth (A2DP). Is that possible with the any of these?
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Postby Downunder35m » Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:59 am

You should get a MP3 player with FM, they are under 20 bucks and make life much easier if you insist on music.
Unless you don't want instructions TT will always interrupt your music.
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Postby sirloinofbeef » Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:15 am

I NEED the directions to interrupt. I mount this on my motorbike, so FM is not an option. Only bluetooth. If the music doesn't pause or at least fade out, then I'll miss the directions altogether.

My old 730 worked in this way, sending both directions and music via bluetooth, but it died :(

From what I have read though, most of the newer models either don't have bluetooth, or don't have the ability to play music.

I may have to find a second hand 730 unless there's a newer model that will do this.
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Postby Downunder35m » Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:12 am

Nothing newer, the old GO series is still the way to go.
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Postby sirloinofbeef » Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:40 am

It's sad that the newer devices are missing features that the old devices had :(

Thanks for confirming my suspicion.
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Postby Downunder35m » Fri Sep 27, 2013 9:05 am

It is just marketing.
TT has the low end range with Start and some XL models, the mid range and the top shelf products.
The hardware differs a bit but as with the older devices it is hard to understand why features we loved and used for ages only now come back very slowly to new devices.
IMHO TT simply sold the new generations and used the customer to do the beta testing.
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Postby tendriver » Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:50 pm

sirloinofbeef wrote:My old 730 worked in this way, sending both directions and music via bluetooth, but it died


The GO X20, X30 & 940 have an mp3 player. The 540, 740 & X50 do not.
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Postby sirloinofbeef » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:42 am

I just picked up an 'as new' in original box 730 for $15 + postage.
Gotta be happy with that!

Time to re-download some navcore.
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Postby tendriver » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:55 pm

sirloinofbeef wrote:I just picked up an 'as new' in original box 730 for $15 + postage.
Gotta be happy with that!

Time to re-download some navcore.


That is a steal, if it is functional.
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Postby boxer29 » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:48 pm

tendriver wrote:That is a steal, if it is functional.

you havent asked about the postage might be $60 or even more
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Postby tendriver » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:41 pm

boxer29 wrote:you havent asked about the postage might be $60 or even more


Even if the postage is $60, it is still a steal!!
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