How loud is an Axim X30?

Pushbutton · 11-27-06, 03:07 PM

I am considering getting my adult daughter who is directionally challenged a GPS hookup (not bluetooth) for her X30 for use in her car.

There doesn't seem to be an integrated cradle / amplifier other than the Arkon which I have...this would be too much for her (she is also wire challenged!).

Semsons is offering a simple i.trek cradle without an amplifier. So would the speaker in the X30 be loud enough in a Buick Century for her to hear it?

bryanbellis · 11-27-06, 05:23 PM

It's certainly loud enough with the standard TomTom voices on my X30.

Pocketbrain · 11-27-06, 11:26 PM

What? Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying.

bryanbellis · 11-28-06, 04:29 AM

Don't fret yourself, go lie down in a quiet place. It's an X50 thing you know. We're talking X30 here. Speaker is louder.

DotanCohen · 11-28-06, 04:40 AM

Have her turn the radio down.

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Prime1 · 12-03-06, 01:28 AM

The volume on my X30 is not very loud at all. I'm looking at getting one of those mounts with the speaker.

Prime

edit: I must retract my former statement. I had the box checked in tom tom 6 that adjust the voice with the speed of the car. Once I turned this off my x30 became quite loud :-)

bryanbellis · 12-03-06, 04:04 AM

With TomTom 5 default voices, driving a Jeep Cherokee, I find the X30H volume every bit good enough at all driving speeds. It's obviously a peronal thing, adequate for some, and not for others.

currahee2100 · 12-03-06, 01:08 PM

If you close the car windows, certainly you'll be able to hear the X30. At loud places you can barely hear anything from it.

12-10-06, 11:25 AM

The speaker on the X30 is pretty wimpy. I have an x30 hooked up with a Bluetooth GPS and the turn by turns coming over my car stereo via an adapter. I use an i.trek powered mount without built in speaker and it is bomb proof. I chose to go with a BT unit since I use the gps outside of my vehicle for geocaching. A 2GB SD card has plenty of room for all of my maps, so I never have to load more maps for a particular trip.

ghost_rider · 12-13-06, 07:38 AM

Check out the Global Sat site - they make a mount with GPS and speaker which connects to the X30 earpiece socket.