Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25636 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Navman
• Model: 541316740001
• Released on: 2008-01-20

Features

• Navman S50/S70 Cradle 541316740001
  • Secure your Navman exactly where you can see it• This rigid window suction mount and cradle provides the perfect base for in-car use• Rigorously tested to meet the highest quality standards and pr

Manufacturer's Description
There's nothing more frustrating than being caught in traffic. So with this Traffic Message Channel you can avoid those lengthy queues saving time and money.

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Customer Reviews

T2 TMC works but you need an external aerial- heres how!
I purchased this from Amazon in the hope of improving my new christmas prezzy Navman s50 3d, looks neat on picture but they don't show the ariel wire that comes with it to make it work. Its a wire in plasic with 2 suckers to fix it to the inside of the windscreen and jack plug that goes in the base of the T" TMC unit. It is very poor it gets in your line of vision, the suckers plink off when driving, and to top it the signal pick up which is from Classic fm is poor every where unless as stated above you are on top of the transmitter. Navman bless them tried to help and even sent me a full replacement after asking all the right questions...was it plugged in..what roads. The replacement worked better but still rubbish in Liverpool City centre and best on areas of M57 and M53 but quickly lost. So answer...Navman say they dont make ext aerials which they should as it works. I found a web forum which sets it out, got to Maplin Electronic buy the Mini scan aerial which picks up 101.1 mz; then you will need a few adaptors to go from BNC to Stereo 3.5mm jack (via Phono) which I did with a 90 degree phono to make it fit under unit. The neat 12" aerial has 3m of cable and a neat little mag mount so it just sticks to the roof (does at leat 70 mph...faster is illegal!).

Now I pick up a signal almost anywhere in Liverpool and Wirral on ordinary roads, why Navman don't make one is a mystery but this works and its neat and simple. The lot cost me a total of £22 odd and now gives me a fully functional TMC unit just a pity Navman are so dim on this as they big up the system but fail to deliver.

Signal?
Bought this direct from Navman, turns out you need to be sitting on top of one of the 40 transmitters that broadcast Classic FM, the only way I could get a signal where I live in North Herts was to hold the end of the antenna out of the window whilst stationary. Trips to London (Crystal Palace transmitter) and Milton Keynes (Bow Brickhill transmitter) did result in picking up a signal, when it does the the re-routing works well, but leave the area where you get a signal you also loose the ability to receive new updates till back in a signal area.

Poor reception would be the only reason why I'd drop to a 1 star rating.

How did I ever manage without it?
I really have none of the problems highlighted in the other reviews. I have a heated windscreen but my TMC cradle works perfectly. I also have no problems with charging it as the actual attachment to the satnav is exactly the same as the original cradle. My only complaint is that it frequently changes my route for a traffic incident that I know is slow moving traffic but is still a better route. I would like to be able to tell it to sometimes ignore route changes. I don't know how I ever managed without it, it even works perfectly abroad!!