Routing around jams

[Miles_Stylus]

Do any of the mobile solutions have the ability to dynamically route around jams etc?

Thanks

Miles

[[si]]

I believe the TomTom systems do but you need to have it connected to a mobile and also subscribe to TomTom's premium/extra service. Here's a link www.tomtom.com/plus/index.php?Language=1

I'm not sure about any other ones...

[Miles_stylus]

does anywhere have a review of the features of each of the leading makes - b2, Roadangel, TT700 etc? I would be very impressed if the speadcmaera database on the tt700 was up with the best of them as well as showing the current speed and correct speed, direction of danger etc....

Thanks

Miles

[Miles_stylus]

OK so looking through the site the RA Nav is right off the list. Does anyone know if the Indago has the ability to go wround traffic?

Thanks

Miles

[steelbru]

Nope, on Indago there is no interactive service that "knows" about jams

Steelbru

>> Edited by steelbru on Monday 6th February 22:10

>> Edited by steelbru on Monday 6th February 22:10

[Tripps]

Miles_Stylus said:

Do any of the mobile solutions have the ability to dynamically route around jams etc?

The top-end systems from Garmin and NavMan both have the ability to do this using free-to-air radio signals as in-car SatNav units use.

The Garmin aerial is an extra though, while the NavMan unit is very ungainly and has too many wires for my liking.

[blugnu]

CoPilot 6 will re-route you, and is currently being bundled with certain t-mobile phones.

I've only had mine (on a MDA Compact 2) for a few days, but it seems pretty good.

As with the others it needs to use your GPRS data connection to get traffic data, but I don't think the amount of data transferred is huge.

[tinman0]

i believe the Mio 269+ with the aeriel will route you round traffic.

[off_again]

tinman0 said:

i believe the Mio 269+ with the aeriel will route you round traffic.

Yeah, its an optional extra.

The two services which are available are RDS/TMC and a manufacturers own proprietary one. For example the TomTom one requires you to have a bluetooth mobile phone which then dials up to 'tinternet and downloads the data every-so-often. The TomTom traffic service is supposed to be OK, but you pay for the service per month and the data you transfer - oh, and if its GPRS you are fine, but otherwise it renders your phone in use for the call....

The RDS/TMC is a FM radio service which requires you to connect the satnav unit to your car or use a separate aeriel. Either way, you get the FM broadcasts to the satnav and it then re-routes accordingly. Normally this costs money (extra for the FM kit and the service) though some providers such as Mio bundle the lot for a lifetime for about £70.... the AA Navigator also has one and I understand that Navman will be doing one soon too.....

I would buy one tomorrow but still not 100% sure of the technical details... for example go down the RDS/TMC route and does the AA or Navman unit have the aeriel built-in? If not then this is another plug for a "portable" system! Or with the TomTom system, does it work? Can you have two bluetooth connections at once - like car kit and TomTom? Ah, its all bloody complicated....

[Devils Advocate]

I think some units can effectively reroute you around jams if you manually enter the jammed road as a "do not use" or similar attribute?

[CombeMarshal]

My TomTom Mobile 5 will route you around traffic jams without any user input, does it all by itself!