RDS/TMC traffic receiver
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my in car system comes with tdc
sometimes it works, most it doesn't often it will tell you that there is congestion up to 25 miles in advance and ask you if you wish to divert
one trip i did on the way to luton from cheshire instead of going along the m6 through b'ham and then onto the m1 it took me along the toll road, onto the m42 then on a dual carrigway to coventry, the coventry ring road onto the m45? then onto the m1
how it worked out that coventry in rush hour with road works was quicker than being on the m6 in b'ham i don't know
driving through london i just ignore it as it took me through the congestion charging zone when i agreed to divert costing me £8
also find it is not up to date as traffic conditions change faster than the system is up dated
sometimes it works, most it doesn't often it will tell you that there is congestion up to 25 miles in advance and ask you if you wish to divert
one trip i did on the way to luton from cheshire instead of going along the m6 through b'ham and then onto the m1 it took me along the toll road, onto the m42 then on a dual carrigway to coventry, the coventry ring road onto the m45? then onto the m1
how it worked out that coventry in rush hour with road works was quicker than being on the m6 in b'ham i don't know
driving through london i just ignore it as it took me through the congestion charging zone when i agreed to divert costing me £8
also find it is not up to date as traffic conditions change faster than the system is up dated
Merritt said:
My better half bought me a TomTom Go 910 for Christmas. Looking at the accessories brochure, it sounds like the RDS / TMC traffic receiver may be a worthwhile buy... Does anyone have one & does it work well??
Cheers
Steve
Cheers
Steve
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I have just ordered a 510 which is coming bundled with the TMC receiver. It seems the concensus is that it isnt very good as it relys on classicFM which is the only radio station broadcasting the TMC data. Shame.
Well, I've tried the TMC option on the Garmin nüvi 360 and 660 and it works fine. Switch on the system and it works as advertised, although it is better in Europe than in the UK. NO manual tuning needed - it does everything all by itself.
The only drawback is that it's a bit fiddly connecting the wires to the 360 because power has to go to the mounting cradle from a fag plug and the TMC receiver plus into the mini-USB socket. Whereas the 660 has a combined plug for the mounting cradle - one cable goes to the fag plug and the small antenna wire goes to the windscreen. A shame that Garmin don't do a 'remote' connection to allow the TMC receiver, antenna and power supply to be installed rather more permanently and neatly.
It seems that TomTom is a bit behind Garmin regarding TMC?
The only drawback is that it's a bit fiddly connecting the wires to the 360 because power has to go to the mounting cradle from a fag plug and the TMC receiver plus into the mini-USB socket. Whereas the 660 has a combined plug for the mounting cradle - one cable goes to the fag plug and the small antenna wire goes to the windscreen. A shame that Garmin don't do a 'remote' connection to allow the TMC receiver, antenna and power supply to be installed rather more permanently and neatly.
It seems that TomTom is a bit behind Garmin regarding TMC?
Edited by nickwilcock on Thursday 4th January 16:21
my experience is again with built in systems
In Europe its OK but I have found that when I get the message, "There is a problem do you wish to avoid" that either the problem is cleared by the time I get to it, or the 'problem' is one that requires dropping from 110 (kph ossifer) down to 70 for 45 seconds and then hoofing it away the other side.
In UK its more useful but, and it's a big J-LO sized but, you need to go to the message itself read the text and figure out if its worthwhile avoiding. Most times it isn't again because whatever is cleared by the time you get there. One time it was useful was when A14 closed for hours due to fatac and I rerouted via near Stansted iirc, it all worked out in the end anyway.
Mixed feelings about it. If you just follow it slavishly you end up doing some rather daft things, used intelligently its OK. Bit like satnav itself really.
In Europe its OK but I have found that when I get the message, "There is a problem do you wish to avoid" that either the problem is cleared by the time I get to it, or the 'problem' is one that requires dropping from 110 (kph ossifer) down to 70 for 45 seconds and then hoofing it away the other side.
In UK its more useful but, and it's a big J-LO sized but, you need to go to the message itself read the text and figure out if its worthwhile avoiding. Most times it isn't again because whatever is cleared by the time you get there. One time it was useful was when A14 closed for hours due to fatac and I rerouted via near Stansted iirc, it all worked out in the end anyway.
Mixed feelings about it. If you just follow it slavishly you end up doing some rather daft things, used intelligently its OK. Bit like satnav itself really.
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