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TomTom RDS-TMC Receiver | 
 enlarge | Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: £49.99
Buy New: £22.93
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Rating:  10 reviews
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
MPN: 9V00.017
Model: 9V00.017
UPC: 636926018524
EAN: 0636926018524
ASIN: B000W3H2A6
Release Date: September 16, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New Stock
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Product Description
Avoid traffic jams and receive up-to-date traffic information with the 9V00.017 RDS-TMC antenna from TomTom.
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 Works - but don't follow TomTom's instructions on aerial placement November 30, 2007
Richard Cooper
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
This is the latest attempt by TomTom (released Nov 07) to make an aerial that picks up the traffic signal......and it works better than the previous version which I also tried. I use it with my 910. The MOST important thing is to ensure that the aerial wire is VERTICAL and straight. In the installation instructions they say to run this vertically along the edge of the windscreen but this means the signal is blocked by the metal door pillar!! After much experimentation I found the best place on my car (and most cars I'd suggest) is from the rear view mirror vertically straight down the centre of the screen - attach using small suckers provided at top and bottom. It's not pretty but is the only place it's not obstructed by the metal frame of the car and it does not obscure visibility. This then picks up a signal about 80% of the time - usually on the Classic FM frequency. The accuracy of the traffic info varies of course - subject to the accuracy of the data transmitted on TMC.....but it's usually not bad - and will report anything major.
 TomTom RDS with tomtom one v3 October 27, 2007
Mr. P. Smith (NORTH YORKSHIRE)
29 out of 36 found this review helpful
I have found this item to be next to useless, only finds a signal about 10% of the time, incorrect traffic reports, (I had a reported delay of 1 minute real delay was 3 hours 15 minutes). Requires a very strong signal and in my experience only works on signals from classic FM. ALL IN ALL A VERY EXPENSIVE WINDSCREEN ORNAMENT.
 No problems January 5, 2008
Mr. A. G. Stevenson Nw (Edinburgh, Scotland, USA)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
I place the aerial for the receiver along the top of the dashboard and up the side of the windscreen (vertically) and found that it works. I took it on two journeys this week. On New Year's Day I took it to Glasgow and Greenock (bearing in mind I live in Edinburgh) and it picked up an accident further down the motorway (4 min delay) which was accurate (I also noticed warnings of fog on the Forth Bridge). The difficulty was that I pulled in to Heart of Scotland services on the M8 and the info on the accident was lost (as I veared off route) and thought that the accident was cleared, but it was accurate with only a 5 min delay at the accident site. NOTE- you have to plan a route before you can use it.
The next day I took it from Edinburgh to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York and Doncaster (then back to Edinburgh). It quickly picked up roadworks on the A68 in Midlothian (narrow lanes where the new road is being built) but picked up roadworks with a contraflow near Scotch Corner which had finished. For some reason it did not pick up a small batch of roadworks near Wakefield on the A1(M) or roadworks with a speed restriction on the A720 Edinburgh Bypass which are major roads.
My device tunes in to several stations (Forth One (local Edinburgh), Metro (local Newcastle) as well as Classic FM). It maintained a signal most of the time (except in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland) where radio signals are poor anyway. I will admit that I haven't tried it in the rush hour yet!!
Works well but looks bad February 16, 2008
Arthur Gregg (Warwick UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Have just received my new 720T with TMC receiver. With all the security issues around sat nav's in cars this equipment is hardly discreet!
I have managed to run mine from behind the rear view mirror vertically & then down the side of the screen. This looked untidy so have managed to hide behind headlining. However this works very well & I have updates about 75% of time.
So not the best to look at, added interest from theives but good performance overall.
Tom Tom One RDS Receiver April 9, 2008
C. M. Green (York)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this item with some trepidation after reading some pretty negative reviews. However, I found it easy to set up and reception (in the NE of England at least) seems to be better than most reported. My aerial runs from from the centre of the dashboard along the bottom of the windscreen and then up the drivers side windscreen, tucked into the trim to hide it and make it look better. On the subject of automatic re-routing, this function can be disabled so re-routing is only done when the user wants it.
One issue I've not seen reported elsewhere is that when incidents are reported the system seems to build in delays automatically. For example, when travelling from York to Manchester Airport via the M1/M62 over the Easter weekend incidents of snow on the road and high winds were showing along approximately 16-20 miles of the M62. The Tom Tom added nearly 2 hous of delay onto the estimated time of arrival. Having checked the Highways Agency website before we left I was pretty confident that there were minimal delays, this was backed up by an encouraging lack of warnings from the Matrix signs. In the event there was no delay at all and we made the journey in about 1 hour 45 minutes (somewhat less than the 4 hours plus estimated by the Tom Tom at the start! So just a word of warning really, be aware that incidents reported by the TMS system do not always mean delays, but the Tom Tom seems to think it does, so use other means (traffic info on the radio or matrix signs to check if you can).
Anyway, I'm content with my purchase and will continue to use it as an 'aid' to navigation, which is what sat navs are for afterall!!
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