 "if you live in California" | 2007-10-21 |
| - Reviewed By d2f |
| Great product if you live in California where it is illegal to mount anything on the windshield, including non semi transparent decals. This device intercepts your radio antenna cable and taps it for the antenna feed to the Garmin GPS unit. There is no noticeable effect on FM radio performance. If you have installed your own car radio then professional installation not required, but if you don't want to chance scratching up your knuckles or dashboard have it installed by a professional. As others have mentioned it is only as good as the information it receives and if you live in a area that is covered, here in LA that is not a problem. |
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 "Helpful" | 2007-06-27 |
| - Reviewed By brucefisher |
| Quickly updates on traffic issues, construction, and accidents. If it affects your current planned route, it has an icon which allows you to see the severity and determine if you want to calculate a new route to avoid the incident. However, it's only as good as the data fed to it... and once in a while it has bad information. Overall though - it's a helpful add-on to the GPS (I have a Nuvi360) and is correct more than it's wrong. |
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| "Not perfect, but very helpful" | 2007-03-30 |
| - Reviewed By kgp1 |
| I have one of these in both of my cars and I move the Nuvi back and forth. They have saved me in Baltimore/Washington traffic multiple times. Unfortunally they are not perfect and don't always know about backups, but neither are the other traffic info. outlets. When it does know about traffic ahead,it warns you so you can look at the map of the delay and then it gives you a rerouting option. I can only assume that as the data collecting improves so will the info that the reciever gets. Well worth having if you live in an area with alot of traffic. |
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| "Garmin GTM-10 FM Traffic Receiver for Traffic-Enabled GPS Navigators" | 2007-03-11 |
| - Reviewed By medic13190 |
| Great gift for my husband to go with the rest of his Garmin Items. He is still using them and they are sturdy and hold up well.... (HUSBAND PROOF) |
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 "I also can't install it on my German Car" | 2006-03-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1KVBC2PAZX94J |
| I also purchased the GTM 10 for use with my nuvi and I have a German car (Audi). The installer tried to use an adapter but finally had to give up as he said that none of the adapters worked. Guess I'm stuck, but reading some of the other reviews, it appears that the real time traffic interface doesn't work that well anyway. I love the nuvi though. |
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| "Bad description on Amazon" | 2006-03-13 |
| - Reviewed By kmillett@mc.net |
| I don't know how this device works, because I can't install it in my German car. Amazon fails to say you need a special connector for European cars, which costs $50. Amazon also fails to say you will need to spend $60 a year, after the first 15 months, to subscribe to a traffic radio service that will make this device work. If you travel a lot, you may need to spend $60 many times over to get the radio signals in different cities. Misleading advertising! |
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 "As accurate as tomorrow's weather" | 2006-02-24 |
| - Reviewed By larikaz |
| While the rerouting feature usually works fairly well, the accuracy of where there is traffic is horrible. I have come across accidents that weren't on the system and driven through red and yellow zones where there was no slowing. This product is a good start at a great idea, but the up-to-the-minute traffic info is still a ways off, aparently. |
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| "Great Addition to a very solid GPS unit" | 2006-02-19 |
| - Reviewed By thor2003 |
This is almost required add on to a Garmin if it is Traffic Enabled. The unit fits between your antenna input on your radio, and the antenna. It is about the size of a matchbox. The instructions recommend a professional installation, but the installation is not difficult at all if you can get to the back of your Radio. I installed it in my 2005 Silverado and it basically required pulling off the trim ring around the intstrument panel and unbolting the radio to get behind it. Total install time was less than 15 minutes.
The unit is very accurate, gives you traffic updates as well as severity and average speed through the the traffic. I own the Garman C340 and working the traffic is the same as working everything else on the unit, simple and intuitive.
There is something that you should know. The traffic feature only works when the Garmin has an external power source. This was an issue for me, as I planned on charging the unit at night, and just running the batteries while driving to eliminate another wire. I will have to hard wire the mount in, not a big deal, but something to be aware of. |
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| "A great item, if you are in the coverage area" | 2005-10-22 |
| - Reviewed By donmoore |
This item is a lifesaver! Well, at least a timesaver.
When connected to a compatible Garmin GPS (like the 2720), it will graphically alert you to traffic issues on your route and in your area.
No more waiting to hear the traffic on the radio, it is realtime.
If an accident is located on the road you are currently travelling, it will alert you with an icon that allows you to choose to remain on your current path, or detour.
If the accident is located further ahead on your route, but not on the same road you are currently on, it will automatically change your route without any intervention from you.
The only downside is the small number of cities that currently utilize the traffic info, and some of the smaller roads in those cities don't have coverage. But the ones that do make up for it.
If you are in a city that is covered, this is a must-have item. |
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