First of all, does the Pro5150LKW I since about 3 weeks have in use now, of the functions was very good and reliable results at home and abroad to the specified destinations. The live information are somewhat closer than TMC.
What is unfortunately missing compared to my old Go930, is the SD card, with the internal device memory is 8GB at Pro5150, for example could be significantly enhanced by travel information, etc. The software I liked the Go 930 a little better, the control of their own POI folder was there much easier.
What I do not like is the fact that the Pro5150 is not recognized by the PC as a drive and can not be operated via TomTom HOME. There is a separate software called MyTomTom, can be downloaded with the updates and through which the device is also secured. But own customizations are not possible, for example, the establishment of an altimeter, just in coaches at mountain trips almost indispensable and with devices from other companies part of the basic equipment
The worst, however, is the Tomtom service. The decisive factor for my decision to buy the Pro5150 my request was at Tomtom if the live device would also work easily with TMC and if I could transfer my North American and Morocco map of Go930 on my new device after they have been deleted from the old his. Both were always answered yes, they wanted to check the compatibility with the cards.
My Go930 I have passed after receiving the Pro 5150 to my daughter and also set up a new account at Tomtom for them and the device connected to this account. After prolonged correspondence of the Service refused to transfer the maps to the notice, the license is tied to the unit, which I have legal doubts. As I found out now, there is not even a North America map in the shop for the Pro5150 to buy, which is very shameful for Tomtom because certainly visit many car and caravan drivers this summer with Pro5150 in the USA and Canada wanted. Furthermore, in the exchange of Go930 on the account of my daughter the Radarabo, I had a few weeks earlier renewed until completely disappeared and has been able to stop being downloaded despite all protestations of service from me.
Since there are no accessories for the Pro5150 loud TomTom website, I got me on the advice of the Tomtom service for nearly 50 a TMC antenna for the Go1005, has the same interface as the Pro5150. Here, unfortunately, I had to realize that employees have of Tomtom obviously never seen partly their own devices let alone worked so seriously. Upon receipt of the TMC antenna, I had already noted at the 1st glance that this antenna is not compatible with the car mount the Pro5150 as the Navi sits at the exact spot in the car holder, on which the connector of the TMC antenna into the interface would have to be introduced. So although I can use the TMC antenna perfectly at home without a car holder on the GPS while driving I have but my co-driver abuse as a navigator, as it has to hold the Navi when using TMC, because I with the plug of the antenna is not in the may use car holder. While this has a mini USB port to which I tried my old TMC antenna for Go930 that is not to use the Pro5150, because the signal is too weak.
Overall, it must find that the Tomtom service, with whom I had great trouble even when my Go930 because after almost year my battery was broken and after some time the display completely by turning, which made the device for professional use unusable. For the display repair wanted to have more than 100, which I refused and was very surprised that this repair would have been completely useless, because all of a sudden when you upgrade a new software has been downloaded, even without, among other innovations, the display problem 100, - completely dissolved. The correspondence is partly drafted in very bad comprehensible German and I have to assume that the strange information that is often obtained, even with the poor command of the German language service staff related.
A device is known only as good as the service behind it, so my review of the nearly 400 professional Navi expensive with only two stars.
