Halfords and Garmin 310D

banjo12 · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject: Halfords and Garmin 310D

I have just returned my Garmin 310D to Halfords because it has stopped receiving traffic data completely, it is about a month inside it's guarantee but Halfords will not replace it as they say they need to contact Garmin about this problem, oh and they have not had any Garmin units back ?

I will have to go back tomorrow as it is a bank holiday Sad

Darren · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject:

Your contract is with Halfords not Garmin. Have a read here.

You're not necessarily entitled to a replacement unless they are unable to effect a repair within a reasonable timescale. Whatever they say though, remind them that it is their responsibility to repair or replace not Garmin's. If they choose to deal with Garmin (and most retailers of course would also) then fine but any delay as a result is their problem not yours.
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banjo12 · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject:

banjo12 · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:51 am Post subject:

Could someone let me know if they are receiving traffic information in the Midlands area especialy in and around Coventry, thank you.

Darren · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:15 am Post subject:

adrian_anastas · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 27, 2006 Posts: 73

Hiya,

Was up in Coventry on Saturday. I drove up from London and I only got data driving past Milton Keynes and Hemel Hempstead. The entire length of the M45 I got no traffic data at all.

I've been given this link from Trafficmaster that shows official coverage of Radio transmitters as measured by Ofcom. I still haven't a clue which stations transmit the TMC data though.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/mcamaps/MCAs.htm

banjo12 · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject:

banjo12

xcaliber · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 20, 2006 Posts: 1

I bought a nuvi 370 on Tuesday, live in Cheshire, I'm still waiting for it to validate the TMC subscription, any suggestions - Garmin just say return the whole unit to us

banjo12 · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:18 am Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:44 am Post subject:

Where exactly in Cheshire are you located as it should be possible to get a signal in that area, more so for the part of the county near Manchester - Mike

adrian_anastas · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 27, 2006 Posts: 73

I was inconventry again this weekend, buyt unlike the last trip no TMC! Mad

Does anyone know if the messages take up a lotta space on the Nuvi drive? The only difference I can peg is that I had some more MP3's on the unit so less available space (well not much to be honest).

On the GTM Status page as I drove past Oxford the status changes to 5 (from 2) and instead of receiving messages the error number kept changing.

Does anying know what this means? At first I thought it was an error count as it kept going up (i.e.number of messages received with an error), but then it decreased after a while. Unless messages have a shelf life. I know the TMC service updates every three minutes or so.

swing · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: Coventry Again!

darrensandford · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 31, 2007 Posts: 5

I get good TMC reception in Coventry. There should be an option in the TMC settings re-scan, but I can't remember what it's called. It might be worth trying that, so it can build a new list of stations broadcasting the TMC data.

banjo12 · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:50 am Post subject:

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