I bought a TTG 510 Traffic edition(TMC) last week, the reason i went for this model was for the bluetooth hands free and the traffic feature, i took it back today for a refund.
As a sat nav device only i can't fault it, it is easy and intuitive to use like i have found all TT's to be, it gets a strong signal very quickly, route/re-route calculation is quick, the screen updates quickly and it has a good set of features.
The problems i found were -
1, The mounting shoe droops so you have to keep re-adjusting the posistion of the device, TT have recognised this fault and are replacing the faulty mounting shoes FOC.
2, When using the handsfree bluetooth and in a conversation with someone they are always saying to repeat words because they did not hear me properly, in the TTG 510 kit is a wired mic you can plug into the mounting shoe and posistion it near you, if i wanted a wired mic i might aswell just plug one into the phone.
3, When the TTG is bluetooth paired to my mobile it causes my mobile to randomly switch itself off and restart, my mobile is a Sony Ericsson W850i and is in TT's compatibility list.
4, The main reason i bought this kit was for the TMC traffic feature, i used it on my run on Monday night, i left Litchfield and headed to the M6 J4 across A38/A446 i had a TMC signal and traffic data was being shown and i was quite impressed, from M6 J4 down to Newport Pagnell services i had no TMC signal, it came back briefly but then went again, it never received a TMC signal onto Luton then back to Coventry.
From what i have read on gps forums is that TT gets it's TMC data from another company, iTIS Holdings i think, then it is broadcast via Classic FM, the coverage map for classic FM's transmitters is very patchy and the TMC aerial supplied by TT is poor, people have improved the aerial by modifying it so it can be connected to the vehicles own radio aerial, which is not an option for me as i drive different vehicles.
So now i have bought a TT1 because the BT and TMC are no good to me and i managed to find a Trafficmaster Freeway unit at my local Halfords, brand new in it's box in a display cabinet, paid a fiver for it, the Freeway unit warns of traffic problems by digital speech, similar to the Oracle system fitted to Vauxhall Vectras up to 2 juncs ahead or 10 miles.
As a sat nav device only i can't fault it, it is easy and intuitive to use like i have found all TT's to be, it gets a strong signal very quickly, route/re-route calculation is quick, the screen updates quickly and it has a good set of features.
The problems i found were -
1, The mounting shoe droops so you have to keep re-adjusting the posistion of the device, TT have recognised this fault and are replacing the faulty mounting shoes FOC.
2, When using the handsfree bluetooth and in a conversation with someone they are always saying to repeat words because they did not hear me properly, in the TTG 510 kit is a wired mic you can plug into the mounting shoe and posistion it near you, if i wanted a wired mic i might aswell just plug one into the phone.
3, When the TTG is bluetooth paired to my mobile it causes my mobile to randomly switch itself off and restart, my mobile is a Sony Ericsson W850i and is in TT's compatibility list.
4, The main reason i bought this kit was for the TMC traffic feature, i used it on my run on Monday night, i left Litchfield and headed to the M6 J4 across A38/A446 i had a TMC signal and traffic data was being shown and i was quite impressed, from M6 J4 down to Newport Pagnell services i had no TMC signal, it came back briefly but then went again, it never received a TMC signal onto Luton then back to Coventry.
From what i have read on gps forums is that TT gets it's TMC data from another company, iTIS Holdings i think, then it is broadcast via Classic FM, the coverage map for classic FM's transmitters is very patchy and the TMC aerial supplied by TT is poor, people have improved the aerial by modifying it so it can be connected to the vehicles own radio aerial, which is not an option for me as i drive different vehicles.
So now i have bought a TT1 because the BT and TMC are no good to me and i managed to find a Trafficmaster Freeway unit at my local Halfords, brand new in it's box in a display cabinet, paid a fiver for it, the Freeway unit warns of traffic problems by digital speech, similar to the Oracle system fitted to Vauxhall Vectras up to 2 juncs ahead or 10 miles.
