Unimpressed by One XL GPS performance

[Naknak]

For a year or so I have been buying TomTom Ones for use by the drivers of the logistics firm I work for. Needless to say I have had a series of 'evaluation' units and have been impressed with the improvement in GPS performance of the V2-V4 (silver) units compared to the original V1s.

Now I have a nice new XL to play with. The XL screen is certainly a step forward from the standard One, not only in terms of resolution but also clarity, but I'm less than impressed with the GPS performance.

The time to acquire a fix seems to be much greater than for the standard One, and once acquired and driving the XL seems to cope badly with roundabouts and other sudden changes of direction, either carrying on in the wrong direction for a few seconds or travelling along the correct road but at 60-90 degrees to the actual direction of travel! Perhaps I've been spoilt by the excellent performance of the standard One, but on the other hand even my old Mio168 clone wasn't this bad! I'm considering taking the XL back for a refund...

Have other XL owners noticed these performance issues? Have you upgraded to an XL, and if so how do you find yours? Does anyone know whether TomTom have changed the GPS receiver supplier for the XL, and if so which it is?

[Andy_P]

If it is just a single unit behaving like this, maybe it is just faulty.
It's always worth trying a reset, as this has sometimes cured problems with slow lock times and jerky display in the past.

As for the GPS chipset, here's a quote from the review here:

[thebinman]

[mikealder]

Having used a One XL for some time I have to say the GPS reception is very good even when faced with demanding conditions, it easily outperforms my 910 in terms of time to first fix, once it has a position lock it is difficult to loose it, go through a tunnel and it obviously looses position, but very quickly finds it again once in view of a clear sky, even considering you are moving when trying this.
I would try returning it for another one and try again, the XL is a nice device with great GPS performance I think the one you have might be faulty - Mike

[Gmonkey]

I've had largely good experiences with the XL. I used it in my friend's car last weekend during a road trip to West Virginia. We took a bit of a risk by getting on the road with ONLY the XL and no backup directions, but everything turned out fine. This is especially impressive because we were driving through rural West Virginia, and the unit gave accurate directions.

[Naknak]

[tcorlett]

Have you ensured that your One XL has got the latest QuickGPSfix data? My XL One (Europe) with QuickGPSfix data when starting from my home location is acquiring a signal within 5 seconds from start; is acquiring signal away from home location in less than 10. And is actually receiving a signal inside my home where a Garmin Handheld and TomTom 910 can't see anything.

Without QuickGPSfix data my One XL got out of bed, brushed its teeth, combed its hair, and looked in the mirror for about 4 minutes before it grudgingly went to work.

TC

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