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 Topic: Garmin GTM units - postcodes of good and bad signal areas... |
al40
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 Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:11 pm Subject: Garmin GTM units - postcodes of good and bad signal areas... |
great idea!
(1) GTM21 (on C510D)
(2) Have not got any traffic info ever in Glasgow. Main areas I have tried have been South, West and City Centre (incl M8 to west of centre). |
| Topic: Garmin C510D Problems |
al40
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:58 pm Subject: Garmin C510D Problems |
I sat with my C510 for over 2 hours trying to get traffic reception in various locations (house, car and garden) - nothing.
Has anyone out there managed to get any TMC signal in Glasgow? |
| Topic: Garmin C510D Problems |
al40
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:20 pm Subject: Garmin C510D Problems |
| Interestingly, when I spoke to Garmin tech support, the 1st thing they suggested was to lay the antenna horizontally on the dashboard. It still didn't help me but it seems that is the best way to fit ... |
| Topic: Garmin C510D Problems |
al40
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:51 pm Subject: Garmin C510D Problems |
Agreed, it seems to be very location specific. I'm in Glasgow which should have good traffic coverage according to the maps I've looked at on various websites but that doesn't seem to be the case.
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| Topic: Garmin C510D Problems |
al40
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:23 pm Subject: Garmin C510D Problems |
There are 2 led on the plug the second one is orange if there is no reception with the TMC unit, green if there is reception.
So my advice is to check you can get a reception without the car by lo ... |
| Topic: Garmin C510D Problems |
al40
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:34 pm Subject: Garmin C510D Problems |
| From what I gather, the RDS signal is transmitted by (amongst others) ClassicFM and RealRadio. I get excellent reception of these stations in both the house (on small portable radio) and car. That alo ... |
| Topic: Garmin C510D Problems |
al40
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:54 am Subject: Garmin C510D Problems |
I have a C510 Deluxe and am having a few problems:
(1) I have never got the traffic to work via GTM21 receiver. Even though I am in a trafficmaster rich area, it's never succeeded in picking up a s ... |
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