It,s gone again ...... Traffic That is!

[deesoft]

I have had Traffic this time for a week. But today (Monday) it has gone again.

Since I have had my Nuvi 310D (approx 5 weeks) I have had Traffic using the the supplied GTM 12 for approximately 50% of the time.

I think Garmin are about to lose another Customer. Back to Halfords this week.

David
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Ipaq hx2750, TTN5, Globalsat 338 GPS, Garmin Nuvi 310D and GTM12, TomTom GO910 and now GO540

God gave us the Integer, the rest was devised by man.

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[Trafficman]

I lost traffic for a short time this afternoon but then it came back. I drove to the local shopping centre and it couldn't get traffic until I was nearly there. On the way back it came on after about 2 minutes. I get faster aquisition times (for traffic) when I'm indoors using the USB power supply and mount. I think it's a signal strength or transmitter issue. I'm in South Yorkshire and I get the signal from Galaxy. Regharding the Red/ Green light thing, well my 12 v power unit has a red LED, and has always been red!

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[RDS]

Extracted from my recent post

'I've recently spent sometime talking to Garmin technical support regarding the problem of intermitent reception for the GM12 TMC receiver.

The inconsistent reception is believed to be caused by the quality of the grounding of the aerial and that when a laptop is used to provide power it provides a better grounding than via a 12v car cigarette lighter socket.
Garmin have said that the solution could be a simple software update or something that might involve replacing parts. Either way although no date could be given their website would provide further update news. Also all existing owners would be retrospectively covered as well.

Until then as a DIY solution it was suggested I try stripping some of the aerial cover and winding the bare wire around the car aerial lead. Given the cost of the GM12 stripping wire and doing DIY repairs is something I said I wasn't prepared to do.I expect £150 pieces of kit to work satisfactorily from the box without the need for dodgy modification.

Also, apparently the LED on the cigarette power lead turning from red to green is an indicator of when the Nuvi internal battery is being charged. Red LED means its being charged, Green LED means the battery is fully charged and the power lead is just powering the GPS. Although my LED has always remained red even after hours of being connected to my Nuvi 310 I was told that this shouldn't have anything to with the TMC issue and that it could just be a faulty LED. Still after further querying this Garmin are sending me a replacement 12V power lead.

Finally, as Garmin have acknowledged there is an issue with the GM12 and Nuvi the operator I spoke to said that those who'd prefer it should be entitled to a refund from the place of purchase.For the majority this will probably be Halfords where they bought their Nuvi and GM12 as part of the 310D exlusive package. Before returning to the store it may be worth phoning Halfords head office customer service to explain the situation to them. '

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