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Electronics : TomTom RDS/TMC Reciever for Go 510, 710 and 910 models
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Rating: 
- Newly bought aerial picks up signal well.
This aerial is actually compatible with the Tom Tom Go (v3), the non-XL version. This is currently not mentioned anywhere on the TomTom website, although customer services say the website will be updated to reflect this.
I have the aerial mounted vertically and it quickly picks up signal at my home and work, both in London. I have yet to try it on a journey.
It quickly picks up around 40-100 different traffic issues, all in the South-East (presumably because I'm using it in London). Although I've yet to verify it, it seems to underestimate the delay due to each issue, e.g. it regularly says a traffic delay will take "1 minute" although e.g. AA roadwatch reports 20 minutes delay.
Unfortunately you don't get much control over the routing algorithm - you can either avoid all traffic, however long that takes, or stick to the fastest route. You can't tell it (for example) that you quite dislike traffic, but not to choose a different route if it adds more than 20 minutes to your total journey. Like most of the TomTom software, it seems to be optimized for easy use at the expense of detailed control.
One other general complaint about the TomTom algorithms is they don't take time-of-day into account (this with software v7.1). They say south London to Banbury, through the centre of London, takes 1 minute 39, regardless of whether I ask at 1am or 7am. At 7am, it would be much higher. The algorithm should really consider time of day and realise that urban roads are slower at these times.
Rating:
- TomTOm RDS/TMC Receiver
DON'T BOTHER!!!!!!
This is the most useless thing I have ever used. I can only say thank god i did'nt pay good money for it as it came with my Go510.
I drive 30000 miles a year and have had it for nearly a year and its only ever tuned in twice and thats to Classic FM! Not exactly the first choice for traffic info!
I've spent more time in traffic holdups than ever and now rely on radio reports which use RDS to interupt what i'm listening to, to give me traffic info from local radio stations. Far more helpful.
Rating: - When it can find a signal it's good, but it rarely finds a signal
There are too many dead areas to make this thing worth while. I have only had it working in parts of West and South Yorkshire, Oxford, Peterborough and Birmingham.
When it does pickup a signal it is a very useful tool.
I sent the first one back to Tomtom, the replacement is no better.
Rating: - Waste of money
This thing is a complete waste of money.
It spends most of its time "tuning" and not finding anything.
In 1 year has twice told me about a short delay I knew of - the latest error was a 3.5 hour delay and it didn't know anything was wrong!
Useless tosh that doesn't even come with instructions.
Do NOT by one!
Rating: - Totally useless
I would have rated this minus stars if I could. We live close to London and this device has locked on twice to signal in 5 months. I'll tell how bad it is. I parked up in my drive with the antenna fixed to the windscreen and I had the familiar rotating orange symbol. I tuned into Classic FM and listened to a traffic report. I did the same with Southern FM. Did the receiver lock on, did it **@@! Tom Tom says this device has not always met customers' expectations (yeah, right) and they say they will replace this with a new receiver when it comes out in Q2 07, which by my reckoning ended 2 weeks ago at the end of June.
- Newly bought aerial picks up signal well.This aerial is actually compatible with the Tom Tom Go (v3), the non-XL version. This is currently not mentioned anywhere on the TomTom website, although customer services say the website will be updated to reflect this.
I have the aerial mounted vertically and it quickly picks up signal at my home and work, both in London. I have yet to try it on a journey.
It quickly picks up around 40-100 different traffic issues, all in the South-East (presumably because I'm using it in London). Although I've yet to verify it, it seems to underestimate the delay due to each issue, e.g. it regularly says a traffic delay will take "1 minute" although e.g. AA roadwatch reports 20 minutes delay.
Unfortunately you don't get much control over the routing algorithm - you can either avoid all traffic, however long that takes, or stick to the fastest route. You can't tell it (for example) that you quite dislike traffic, but not to choose a different route if it adds more than 20 minutes to your total journey. Like most of the TomTom software, it seems to be optimized for easy use at the expense of detailed control.
One other general complaint about the TomTom algorithms is they don't take time-of-day into account (this with software v7.1). They say south London to Banbury, through the centre of London, takes 1 minute 39, regardless of whether I ask at 1am or 7am. At 7am, it would be much higher. The algorithm should really consider time of day and realise that urban roads are slower at these times.
Rating:
- TomTOm RDS/TMC ReceiverDON'T BOTHER!!!!!!
This is the most useless thing I have ever used. I can only say thank god i did'nt pay good money for it as it came with my Go510.
I drive 30000 miles a year and have had it for nearly a year and its only ever tuned in twice and thats to Classic FM! Not exactly the first choice for traffic info!
I've spent more time in traffic holdups than ever and now rely on radio reports which use RDS to interupt what i'm listening to, to give me traffic info from local radio stations. Far more helpful.
Rating:
- When it can find a signal it's good, but it rarely finds a signalThere are too many dead areas to make this thing worth while. I have only had it working in parts of West and South Yorkshire, Oxford, Peterborough and Birmingham.
When it does pickup a signal it is a very useful tool.
I sent the first one back to Tomtom, the replacement is no better.
Rating:
- Waste of moneyThis thing is a complete waste of money.
It spends most of its time "tuning" and not finding anything.
In 1 year has twice told me about a short delay I knew of - the latest error was a 3.5 hour delay and it didn't know anything was wrong!
Useless tosh that doesn't even come with instructions.
Do NOT by one!
Rating:
- Totally uselessI would have rated this minus stars if I could. We live close to London and this device has locked on twice to signal in 5 months. I'll tell how bad it is. I parked up in my drive with the antenna fixed to the windscreen and I had the familiar rotating orange symbol. I tuned into Classic FM and listened to a traffic report. I did the same with Southern FM. Did the receiver lock on, did it **@@! Tom Tom says this device has not always met customers' expectations (yeah, right) and they say they will replace this with a new receiver when it comes out in Q2 07, which by my reckoning ended 2 weeks ago at the end of June.