Tom Tom Go 710 With RDS TMC receiver. Any Good?

partnervanman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2006 Posts: 14

I have just returned my Garmin Nuvi 310 TMC as a result of the nationwide problems. I was looking to replace it for a 710 with the TMC add on. Anybody had experience with it?

Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks

MELennium · Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject:

The TMC has not been released for the Tomtom 510/710/910 yet.
And no date has been given either.
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partnervanman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 21, 2006 Posts: 14

How Come Maplin duarantee within 28 days and iv found another online store saying 15 days?

Im not saying your wrong, i know what stores are like, i was just looking for an alternative to the Nuvi and this looked viable,

trevor.dowle · Lifetime Member Joined: 16/06/2003 05:22:14 Posts: 412

RDS · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 09, 2006 Posts: 242

Eldar

MELennium · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject:

Eldar wrote:

RDS · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 09, 2006 Posts: 242

Eldar

RDS · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 09, 2006 Posts: 242

Eldar,

It appears from what you've said your issues aren't with the TT TMC receiver as such but more with general current TMC receiver design ie extra cables on the dashboard, potential poor reception, costs etc.

Some of these can be a pain for sure but when the traffic information on Garmin Nuvi 310D I previously had actually worked properly it was a pretty useful piece of kit.As it was I took it back for a refund due to the intermittent reception.

I think I'll prefer to wait to see how the Tom Tom TMC receiver performs before passing judgement.

Eldar · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:58 pm Post subject:

telematicsman · Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:05 am Post subject: RDS-TMC Accuracy

I think Eldar has a point here RDS message quality varies a lot with the producers. TMC is likely to be the same.That said there is no definitive single source of traffic information in the UK. There are various sources but nobody yet is coordinating or collating them all.

The Highways Agency National Traffic Centre has designs on doing this but are still a long way from it. Trafficmaster were understandably reluctant to share their information with them, after all they invested a lot of money in Sensors to gather it.

If you pay for a GPRS service you are entitled to expect a minimum level of service and have leverage to complain if you don't get it. TMC is a lot better supported in continental Europe. Certainly its worth watching with interest but add poor reception to a patchy information source and the odds are not in its favour.

If you use 'conventional' RDS on a car radio is seems a lot of stations forget to turn it off after giving an alert, possibly hoping to keep you listening. Unless TMC helps radio stations drive up audience numbers its difficult to see what will motivate them to do it.

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