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product_id: 135344135
title: "TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver"
brand: "tomtom"
price: "17 zł"
currency: PLN
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reviews_count: 10
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# TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver

**Brand:** tomtom
**Price:** 17 zł
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver by tomtom
- **How much does it cost?** 17 zł with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/135344135-tomtom-rds-tmc-traffic-receiver)

## Best For

- tomtom enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted tomtom brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Description

Manufacturer's Description The TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver gets traffic information to your TomTom. For the one-off cost of the receiver you can get traffic updates and let your TomTom reroute you around congestion.

Review: inexpensive, effective and smart piece of kit. - The product worked straight out of the box. Simple connection to the Satnav and smart connection to 12V plug too. Note: traffic needs your in-car charger connected to your 12V plug. It does not work if you don't plug it in! Traffic info displayed after some delay (1 or 2 minutes) after switching on, then updates are fast and effective. No subscription needed, so no extra money to pay, ACE! Only one nag: the little window suckers are a pure nuisance! the keep falling off...so just ignore what TomTom says and hide it behind the upholstery around your front window. Just make sure the tip is left outside. For me worked a treat and now it looks very neat and almost invisible from outside (good for those creeps at night...). My opinion? Simply great, 4 1/2 out of 5 stars!
Review: Good enough - Although not perfect, this device does what it advertises - however you have to be aware of what it can and can't do. First, it's never going to be able to respond instantly to every traffic jam, and secondly it's not going to be able to pull in a signal in a low-signal area, or inside the sealed metal box of some cars. It connects simply, is detected quickly (but you might need to wait for a GPS signal to arrive before the TomTom software shows the interface for it) and works quite well. In the UK it tunes to Classic FM (so if you can get Classic FM along your route to work, you'll get a signal with this), but it doesn't *need* to be connected to that signal all the time. Once it's had the "green circle" once, then it'll have picked up the information for the majority of your journey - RDS updates aren't that fast, even for big incidents, so don't panic about having a strong signal all the time Like any FM signal, it's harder for it to pick up inside the car - either lay the cable somewhere good or realise that before you start - a lot of cars have heated windscreens and that can really interfere with any signal (even the GPS signal itself) coming into the car. Around London, from inside a Ford Mondeo with heated screens, I get a full signal in most areas - the same as my radio tuning to Classic FM or any other big station - at times my radio will lose stereo signal, or switch to a nearby station, and this device works on the same principles. It does recognise many types of incident, and the software on the TomTom allows you to route around them, but it doesn't cover minor roads or very recent incidents. That said, it does a great job. I turn it on at the start of each day, plan my route, and it keeps me informed of any major traffic on the roads that involves (including, this winter, a lot of "Road Narrows - Burst Water Main"). It gets traffic information all day long but it's rare that you see it update except for the first time it gets a signal - that's just the way RDS works. It knows about longer-term works which even the most up-to-date TomTom maps don't (e.g. a large stretch of 50mph restrictions along the M25 which have been there for almost a year). It tells you where the traffic/congestion is and how long it'll add to your journey. The software on the TomTom does a good job of routing around the traffic, or just keeping you informed. It's not perfect but it does exactly what these devices are supposed to do. If you need real-time, always-on, constant updates, then you need the much more expensive subscription data services for your TomTom. If you're just going to work or on holiday and want an idea if anything major has happened today that you might want to drive around, this is ideal, and it's a one-off payment with no subscription. You get what you pay for though.

## Features

- Traffic Reception and Rerouting

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0019JDDB4 |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Item model number | 9V00.101 |
| Manufacturer | TomTom |

## Product Details

- **Audio output mode:** Stereo
- **Brand:** TomTom
- **Connectivity technology:** USB
- **Item weight:** 0.15 Kilograms
- **Map type:** Road
- **Model name:** RDS-TMC
- **Mounting type:** Dashboard Mount or Windshield Mount
- **Operating system:** Windows CE
- **Special feature:** Traffic Reception and Rerouting
- **Vehicle service type:** Car

## Images

![TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Pz9Y+wdcL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ inexpensive, effective and smart piece of kit.
*by G***I on 9 April 2009*

The product worked straight out of the box. Simple connection to the Satnav and smart connection to 12V plug too. Note: traffic needs your in-car charger connected to your 12V plug. It does not work if you don't plug it in! Traffic info displayed after some delay (1 or 2 minutes) after switching on, then updates are fast and effective. No subscription needed, so no extra money to pay, ACE! Only one nag: the little window suckers are a pure nuisance! the keep falling off...so just ignore what TomTom says and hide it behind the upholstery around your front window. Just make sure the tip is left outside. For me worked a treat and now it looks very neat and almost invisible from outside (good for those creeps at night...). My opinion? Simply great, 4 1/2 out of 5 stars!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good enough
*by L***W on 1 February 2010*

Although not perfect, this device does what it advertises - however you have to be aware of what it can and can't do. First, it's never going to be able to respond instantly to every traffic jam, and secondly it's not going to be able to pull in a signal in a low-signal area, or inside the sealed metal box of some cars. It connects simply, is detected quickly (but you might need to wait for a GPS signal to arrive before the TomTom software shows the interface for it) and works quite well. In the UK it tunes to Classic FM (so if you can get Classic FM along your route to work, you'll get a signal with this), but it doesn't *need* to be connected to that signal all the time. Once it's had the "green circle" once, then it'll have picked up the information for the majority of your journey - RDS updates aren't that fast, even for big incidents, so don't panic about having a strong signal all the time Like any FM signal, it's harder for it to pick up inside the car - either lay the cable somewhere good or realise that before you start - a lot of cars have heated windscreens and that can really interfere with any signal (even the GPS signal itself) coming into the car. Around London, from inside a Ford Mondeo with heated screens, I get a full signal in most areas - the same as my radio tuning to Classic FM or any other big station - at times my radio will lose stereo signal, or switch to a nearby station, and this device works on the same principles. It does recognise many types of incident, and the software on the TomTom allows you to route around them, but it doesn't cover minor roads or very recent incidents. That said, it does a great job. I turn it on at the start of each day, plan my route, and it keeps me informed of any major traffic on the roads that involves (including, this winter, a lot of "Road Narrows - Burst Water Main"). It gets traffic information all day long but it's rare that you see it update except for the first time it gets a signal - that's just the way RDS works. It knows about longer-term works which even the most up-to-date TomTom maps don't (e.g. a large stretch of 50mph restrictions along the M25 which have been there for almost a year). It tells you where the traffic/congestion is and how long it'll add to your journey. The software on the TomTom does a good job of routing around the traffic, or just keeping you informed. It's not perfect but it does exactly what these devices are supposed to do. If you need real-time, always-on, constant updates, then you need the much more expensive subscription data services for your TomTom. If you're just going to work or on holiday and want an idea if anything major has happened today that you might want to drive around, this is ideal, and it's a one-off payment with no subscription. You get what you pay for though.

### ⭐ Buy with caution
*by D***H on 18 November 2008*

Before purchasing this item I read the reviews on this website and was encouraged to read that Tomtom had apparently sorted out the problems with the earlier versions of the TMC traffic reciever. However it just goes to show that you shouldn't believe everything that you read on the internet. Where I live I'm in range of two Classic FM transmitters (the radio station that carries the TMC signals in the UK) and have good signal strength. No matter what I tried the unit simply wouldn't pick up any traffic signal. The Tomtom recognises the receiver and tries to use it but it's constantly searching for a signal. I tried it on auto-search, tried putting in the frequencies manually, tried driving around, tried different polarisations of the aerial - all to no avail. It was suggested that my Tomtom needed a software upgrade but it still didn't work on the very latest software version. I even tried it on a colleagues Tomtom with exactly the same result. If could just be that I had a faulty unit but it sounds suspiciously that the problems with the earlier versions are still apparent with this one too. Having looked into it further there are a lot of people still having problems with this version so I'm not alone. It appears to me to be a bit hit and miss as to whether you get a unit that works ok or not. There seem to be plenty of people who it works fine for but an equal number for whom it doesn't. It's your choice really.

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