TMC Receiver - Warning Do Not Buy ! ! !

[SpeedCam]

As can be seen from other posts there are problems with the TMC receiver, having used TomTom products since V1 have advise anyone to say WELL WELL clear of this product.

I'm not going to repeat all the issues discussed in the other post, but I cannot beleive TomTom would consider releasing a product 8 month late that has not be tested. To make things worse is TomTom response to support questions, instead of a reply like 'We are very sorry to hear you are experiencing problems . . ." all you get is "call the support number and register a return".

In summary 3 hours of driving, 90 miles and not once did the unit lock onto any TMC channel, and thus not a single traffic update. Complete rubbish . . .

[Tim Buxton]

Well, I did a 110 mile journey from Gatwick to Hornsey, near Tottenham, travelling via the Blackwall Tunnel in each direction. I received valid Traffic data for the whole of the journey, including through the tunnel bores.
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Tim

[gotom]

Well I've had mine for a few days now and I've only managed to receive valid traffic data once for 20 minutes in over 400 miles of driving.

The unit certainly does find radio stations when the aerial is connected correctly and I have had the green circle on my traffic bar with no incidents showing virtually the whole time the RDS-TMC unit has been connected but I have realised that this does not mean that the road ahead is clear. I've hit 3 major traffic jams and had to sit them out. All because the unit had tuned it self to stations that do not transmit valid traffic data. It point blank refuses to find the only station that does transmit the data - Classic FM - even though I have been listening to that station the whole time I've been in my car so i've been in a coverage area! If only the unit would play the music from the stations it might have some use but certainly not for avoiding traffic jams.

What use is the unit (at £69 I might add) if you can't trust it? I hope Tom Tom will give me my money back.

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