Product Description

The antenna RDS-TMC by TomTom will enable you to obtain the traffic information when you are on wheels with your GPS autonomy. You could also receive traffic updates and thus avoid traffic- jams! Functions only in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.     

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12008 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: TomTom
• Model: 9V00.060
• Released on: 2006-09-25
• Dimensions: .39" h x .39" w x .39" l, .88 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
The TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver gets traffic information on the go, to your GO. For the one-off cost of the receiver you can get traffic updates and let your GO reroute you around congestion.By simply connecting the TomTom GO (510-710-910) device to the RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver, you will automatically receive traffic information via the TMC connection. Once a journey is planned, traffic alerts, which relate to the route are clearly displayed in the traffic bar on the right hand side of the screen. When you tap the icon shown in the traffic bar, you will receive further information, such as the cause or kind of delay to traffic, such as an accident or traffic jam.

Customer Reviews

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.

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.

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.