Garmin nuvi 310D GTM12 TMC problems

Dixie68 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 38

Hmmm... I've just tried my now fully charged Nuvi in the car and it picked up alerts immediately... but after a few minutes lost them!
Obviously the charger problem here too then?
I haven't got as much patience as a lot of you seem to have so I'm going to give Garmin 2 weeks to sort it out, and if they haven't I'm returning it and going to TT

swing · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:26 am Post subject:

If you are not willing to wait for Garmin to send you a newer car charger (what's the number codes on the label on your current charger?) then you might want to take it back to Halfords and see if they have any newer stock with the newer car charger...

capsecum · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:29 am Post subject:

swing · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:30 am Post subject:

capsecum · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:32 am Post subject:

lola · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 146

When I was trialling Nuvi I found beneficial to turn down the backlight brightness as far as possible. The reason for this is that it reduces the current the charger has to supply meaning more for the GTM (and less noise generated). Problem I found was that Nuvi defaults to max brightness when the charger is plugged in.

Peter20 · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:18 am Post subject:

I live in Southwell, Notts and my Nuvi 310/GTM12 does not get any traffic info locally. If I drive to Nottingham I get traffic information.

mwfox · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:32 am Post subject: Final fix?

I was told by a Garmin employee this (6025 cable) isn't the final fix - (its not a new lead anyway some people have had this all the time).

"We have a new power cable but it is not the long term fix this is why we have not sent out the power cables automatically. I will happily send you one, if you can let me know how you get on with it"

Maybe he is wrong though?

swing · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:47 am Post subject:

Maybe - I got a similar response last week regarding the 6025 charger, but got the updated information yesterday that it was the final fix.

Dixie68 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 38

len73 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 03, 2006 Posts: 17

Swing:

The c550 with GTM21 has exactly the same problems as the Nuvi.

Run indoors on a 12v powe pack and traffic is there within seconds and stays up, constantly updating, for hours. Move to either of our 2 cars and sometimes it's OK, the Status LED on the power lead is more often yellow rather than green. I think it's not good enough to warrant ceasing my old Trafficmaster Freeway sub just yet.

The ferrite cores Garmin sent me made little or no difference.

Len

banjo12 · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject:

So is there another "fix" in the pipe line, or as has been said earlier that there are no more modifications and thats your lot ?

Dixie68 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 38

There had better be a fix that works. Paying £300 for a traffic alert GPS that doesn't alert you to traffic is like buying a new car that hasn't got wheels!
This is pathetic - why are they allowed to release a product that simply does not work? Grrrr

Mine had traffic info for all of a few seconds and hasn't worked since. I get a level of about 8 on some stations but the unit ignores them and goes onto stations with levels of 1 or 2, resulting in no traffic alerts!!
We should all send a mass-email to Garmin telling them that this isn't good enough, and that if they don't fix it soon (or at LEAST tell us what they are doing to fix it) then we will all be asking for our money back.

swing · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

Dixie68 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 29, 2005 Posts: 38

Just to make it clear, I'm talking about the 310D ('D' for 'Doesn't work) with the GTM12

	PocketGPS
	Web