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thefella Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:39 pm Post subject: GO 1000 RDS-TMC receiver to buy or not to buy |
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Hi, I am going to buy another power cable as I am going to hard wire the tomtom 1000 in my car. So I need a second power cable to connect the tomtom to the pc for more updates from tomtom and update the camera database. Is it worth buying the GO 1000 RDS-TMC receiver cable? I know it cost a lot more than just a normal cable, but does it actually work with/along side the HD traffic from tomtom, or does the tomtom favour the HD signals/info. Also if I decide not to renew HD traffic service in future would the RDS-TMC be good enough on it's own?
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think the RDS data is used if a LIVE subscription is active. It will only fall back on the RDS data if LIVE services are interrupted or a subscription expires. And RDC-TMC data is nowhere near as good as HD Traffic.
If you're planning on a fixed install, perhaps a better solution would be the Active Dock which uses a standard miniUSB cable for power. You could then keep your existing USB lead for use at home. _________________ Darren Griffin
Last edited by Darren on Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:47 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Guivre46 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Darren wrote: | Active Sock |
From Nike presumably? _________________ Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Corrected. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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thefella Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:59 am Post subject: |
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Cheers Darren ! Looked for the sock version but couldn't find it Thanks for the replies, might opt for the standard cable and see if the HD traffic have any cheaper options next year (chance would be a fine thing) would have thought tomtom would opt for their traffic update over 3rd party updates. Another question though is the rds-tmc cable longer than standard power cable as the standard cable only JUST reaches where I'd like to place the mount? I will be using the supplied mount as I'd like to mount it to then screen still. |
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