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TomTom Start Classic Western Europe
GET STARTED WITH NAVIGATION
Get started with a navigation system that works right from the box. The TomTom Start Classic Western Europe is a great introduction to what satellite navigation can do for you, and is ideal for casual journeys in 22 countries of Western Europe. Featuring a responsive touchscreen and tools to help you find the fastest route at any time of day, you'll discover that driving need not be so stressful.
KEY FEATURES
3.5″ Touchscreen
Touch screen technology gives you the easiest operation to make using your device a pleasure.
Speed Cameras
Your device has speed camera locations, including reports from other users. It also warns you of other alerts, such as fixed speed cameras and average speed checks for the road ahead. It saves you money on speeding fines, helping you drive safely and relaxed.
EasyPort Mount
A convenient foldaway mount that's integrated with your device, so it's always there when you need it.
DRIVE WITH GREAT NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY
Latest Map Guarantee
Buy a TomTom device, and you can start driving with the latest map — guaranteed!
Help Me Menu
You can find help with local emergency service information at your fingertips. From hospitals to roadside assistance, this information will be useful in any area.
QuickGPSfix
Speed up the time it takes to fix your GPS position and start navigating in seconds.
WORLD-CLASS MAPS
Map-making is in TomTom’s DNA; we’ve been making world-class maps for more than 25 years. We combine state-of-the-art technologies with real-time updates from the more than 21 million drivers in our Map Share community to create the most accurate and up-to-date maps available.
Europe’s road network changes regularly. We work tirelessly to make sure you always have the most up-to-date map.
IQ Routes
The world’s largest database of real travel times gives you the fastest routes and the most accurate arrival times – it’s genius!
Map Share
Benefit from free daily map changes, reported by the Map Share Community, and get to your destination without unwanted surprises.
Pre-Installed Mapping of Western Europe
| Detailed Coverage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Andorra | Austria | Belgium | Canary Islands |
| Denmark | Finland | France | Germany |
| Gibraltar | Italy | Liechtenstein | Luxembourg |
| Malta | Monaco | The Netherlands | Norway |
| Portugal | Republic of Ireland | San Marino | Spain |
| Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | U.K. (incl. Channel Islands) |
| Vatican City |
COMPARISON TABLE
 Start Classic WE |  |  | |  | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Size | 3.5″, 4.3″ or 5″ | 5″ or 6″ | 4.3″, 5″ or 6″ | 6″ | 5″ | 5″ |
| Mapping | UK/ROI or Western Europe | UK/ROI | UK/ROI or Europe | Europe | Europe | World-Wide |
| Advanced Lane Guidance |  | | | | | |
| Lifetime Map Updates | | | | | | |
| Spoken Street Names | | | | | | |
| Traffic Updates | Lifetime TomTom Traffic — Smartphone Connected | Lifetime TomTom Traffic — Always Connected | 3 Year Traffic Updates | 1 Year Traffic Updates | ||
| Bluetooth Handfree Calling | | | ||||
| Voice Control | | |
Box Contains
PND, EasyPort™ holderUSB cableCar chargerDocumentation
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
392 of 400 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Initially I was delighted with my purchase, but on registering it with TomTom, I was informed that I had one Free Update to incorporated, okay until you read what that entails"The removal of Western Europe Maps and and other things in order to incorporate the new UK update , as the memory capacity of the device is too small"
I contacted TomTom help line and was informed that this in necessary,
so far I have declined to do this, My free update expires tomorrow 28/08/2012.
I feel that it is unjustified to advertise this Sat Nav as covering Western Europe and the UK, when TomTom says that the device memory is too small for Western Europe and the UK maps.
Yours disappointedly T.G. Sinclair
I contacted TomTom help line and was informed that this in necessary,
so far I have declined to do this, My free update expires tomorrow 28/08/2012.
I feel that it is unjustified to advertise this Sat Nav as covering Western Europe and the UK, when TomTom says that the device memory is too small for Western Europe and the UK maps.
Yours disappointedly T.G. Sinclair
505 of 518 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
What you get is a square box measuring 13cm across, containing TomTom with mounting unit attached, user guide, USB cable and in-car charger. Take out the TomTom and peel off the protective sticky films from front and back, and you are ready to start. Its battery has some power already, so you can switch it on and set it up.
Setup is very easy as the screen prompts you every step of the way. The user guide is surprisingly limited. It just explains a few of the objects on the screen, how to plug it in, how to fix it to your windscreen, and how to connect it to your computer. For everything else you must go to the TomTom website and download the full user guide. Given how much the device does (it does a lot!), and how essential the full user guide is, it's a bit cheap of TomTom not to include it in the box (especially as the box is half-empty).
This is my first satnav, but I found it very easy to use. Basically you get two main options: Plan Route, and Browse Map. When planning a route, you can setup and use a list of favourite destinations, choose a recent destination, choose a point on the map, a point of interest (you can download a huge variety of these for shops, sights, companies and so on), or enter an address. It's all quite logical and easy to do. Once you've created a route, it can start advising you immediately, or you can choose a time when you want it to start. Then just attach it to the vehicle windscreen and away you go.
It does not offer "live" information, such as news about queues or accidents. However, if you find yourself heading towards congestion, you can press the "Avoid Roadblock" button and then tell it roughly how far away the road block is, and it will give a route that avoids the roadblock (congestion, closed road, or whatever). Read more ›
Setup is very easy as the screen prompts you every step of the way. The user guide is surprisingly limited. It just explains a few of the objects on the screen, how to plug it in, how to fix it to your windscreen, and how to connect it to your computer. For everything else you must go to the TomTom website and download the full user guide. Given how much the device does (it does a lot!), and how essential the full user guide is, it's a bit cheap of TomTom not to include it in the box (especially as the box is half-empty).
This is my first satnav, but I found it very easy to use. Basically you get two main options: Plan Route, and Browse Map. When planning a route, you can setup and use a list of favourite destinations, choose a recent destination, choose a point on the map, a point of interest (you can download a huge variety of these for shops, sights, companies and so on), or enter an address. It's all quite logical and easy to do. Once you've created a route, it can start advising you immediately, or you can choose a time when you want it to start. Then just attach it to the vehicle windscreen and away you go.
It does not offer "live" information, such as news about queues or accidents. However, if you find yourself heading towards congestion, you can press the "Avoid Roadblock" button and then tell it roughly how far away the road block is, and it will give a route that avoids the roadblock (congestion, closed road, or whatever). Read more ›
160 of 166 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great intially but experienced problems within a year and TomTom will replace with a refurbished unit
7 Dec 2011
By Papillon
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Amazon Verified Purchase
Compact, solid well built unit with sucker for windscreen attached to the back of the unit, which is easily removable if you want to make the unit more slimline when removing it from the car. You can turn it the other way around if you want to use a dashboard disc (not included) to stick it to the dashboard. Anti glare screen, good responsive touch screen, good sound quality with excellent choice of voices. Has a about a three hour battery life.
Speaks street names, excellent lane assist, speed cameras, timely instructions before and at a turn and uses IQ technology to calculate the fastest route for the time of day. If you don't like the route you can recalculate an alternative, travel via one stop and if there's an obstruction you can enable a road block feature to re route your journey. Has a night mode button to dim the screen at night to make it easier on the eye and less distracting.
You need to download tomtom home to your PC and then you can operate the device from the computer with automatic updates. Then you can add up to 48 favourites and unlimited points of interest without phaffing around in the car at the last minute.
Some reviewers have suggested that when updating maps it doesn't all fit within the 2GB capacity but it does! It won't leave much spare capacity but you can remove unnecessary foreign voices which frees up a lot of space. Tomtom home also allows you to back-up your device which I did after the first map update so I always have the full data before customising my options. If you remove anything from your device using tomtom home then you can use tomtom home again to reinstall it at a later date with the touch of a button. Read more ›
Speaks street names, excellent lane assist, speed cameras, timely instructions before and at a turn and uses IQ technology to calculate the fastest route for the time of day. If you don't like the route you can recalculate an alternative, travel via one stop and if there's an obstruction you can enable a road block feature to re route your journey. Has a night mode button to dim the screen at night to make it easier on the eye and less distracting.
You need to download tomtom home to your PC and then you can operate the device from the computer with automatic updates. Then you can add up to 48 favourites and unlimited points of interest without phaffing around in the car at the last minute.
Some reviewers have suggested that when updating maps it doesn't all fit within the 2GB capacity but it does! It won't leave much spare capacity but you can remove unnecessary foreign voices which frees up a lot of space. Tomtom home also allows you to back-up your device which I did after the first map update so I always have the full data before customising my options. If you remove anything from your device using tomtom home then you can use tomtom home again to reinstall it at a later date with the touch of a button. Read more ›
52 of 55 people found the following review helpful
By beezageeza
This is my second sat nav, my first one being a very old Siemens one which was way out of date and for which new software was to cost more than the price of this basic Tom Tom Start.
My first car journey with it was from Lincoln to County Durham, not a very taxing journey, being mostly A1 north bound, but I soon came to realise just how the Tom Tom style of indicating which lane to be in on motorways is a real boon to getting into the correct lane well in advance of needing to which is particularly useful on todays busy motorways.
TOM TOM also has a good system for updating on line and even offer accessories and different voices which can create a laugh and help to make a boring journey more fun, especially for kids (or even older kids like myself!).
I really recommend this sat nav as a basic starter if you are on a budget...it even has Europe on it for those holiday trips to France and Spain.
My first car journey with it was from Lincoln to County Durham, not a very taxing journey, being mostly A1 north bound, but I soon came to realise just how the Tom Tom style of indicating which lane to be in on motorways is a real boon to getting into the correct lane well in advance of needing to which is particularly useful on todays busy motorways.
TOM TOM also has a good system for updating on line and even offer accessories and different voices which can create a laugh and help to make a boring journey more fun, especially for kids (or even older kids like myself!).
I really recommend this sat nav as a basic starter if you are on a budget...it even has Europe on it for those holiday trips to France and Spain.
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Sat Nav
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