 Excellent product |
| Review Date: June 15, 2010 |
| Reviewer: M. Orenstein, Lawrenceville, GA USA |
The RDS-TMC traffic receiver is an excellent way to get free traffic updates on your TomTom GPS. Works perfectly with my TomTom GO 630. Be sure you have the micro audio port, otherwise it will not work for you (and your unit must be able to accept traffic updates).
It can be a little finicky getting it to work with the GPS, you just have to do everything in the correct order. By this I mean, the traffic receiver must be plugged in before you turn on the GPS. Sometimes it will work if you do this out of order, but it is easier to just plug it in first.
I drive in Atlanta traffic every day and it provides accurate traffic data that is usually correct within a minute or three of what it displays. It also uses this data to update your estimated arrival time, which is very nice, though not a feature I use often. No issues with dropped signals so far when in the city, but don't expect it to pick up traffic if you live way outside the city. In my book, you can't ask for much more than that with a free service. I also like that it doesn't pop up ads like the Garmin traffic does.
Install is easy with the adjustable suction cups. The actually brain of the unit has a fixed suction cup and there are three more slidable suction cups on the cord leading to the antenna. Not the most attractive thing to have installed in your car, but you can get it tucked up pretty well in the recesses of your windshield.
The product was shipped quickly and included a photo copy of instructions from a TomTom manual on how to make sure the device is configured properly. This info should already be in your manual, but is a nice addition if you have lost yours. I wasn't expecting the suction cups (sorry, I have low standards for products), so that was a nice addition as well. |
Works Great
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| Review Date: December 16, 2009 |
| Reviewer: stljedi, Saint Louis, MO USA |
| Works great and very cheap. I sit it across the dash and it works fine. |
Great item
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| Review Date: April 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: R. Gervason, Arroyo Seco, NM USA |
| I was somewhat skeptical of how this would work, espcially the re-route around traffic. I decided to try it for a trip east and it worked flawlessly. |
It does the job
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| Review Date: May 21, 2010 |
| Reviewer: eakst7, |
I plugged this antenna into a TomTom 630 and it began receiving traffic information immediately. $16 is certainly a better deal than $90+ for the TomTom branded antenna.
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Excellent Value for your money
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| Review Date: July 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Ehud Nathaniel, NJ, USA |
So far I'm very pleased with this product.
The traffic reports in my area are quite accurate and so far I did not have any reception issues in my area.
Interestingly, when there are delays, the delay time is usually higher then the actual time spent in traffic. For example, the warning I would get is of a 10 minutes delay, but I would actually spend about 4-5 minutes in traffic. Not sure if this is some issue with the traffic receiver, the GPS receiver or with their interaction. But I guess it would be much worse if it was the other way around. Also, so far no instances of traffic not reported.
The only issues I do have is that the connector to the GPS unit is somewhat long and straight and hence require me to attach the GPS receiver a bit higher on the windshield then I would do otherwise. But I guess I can always buy some adapter for it.
In short, don't pay a monthly traffic subscription for life(!) as this one does an excellent job for the subscription cost of about one month! |
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