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Garmin GTM 12 FM Traffic Receiver

Garmin GTM 12 FM Traffic Receiver

(38 customer reviews)

SKU:

753759061357-010-00570-01

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Description:

Save drive time, gas, and your sanity by adding traffic services to your compatible Garmin with the help of the portable GTM 12, a plug-and-play traffic receiver.

GTM 12: Because you have better things to do with your time.

Avoid Traffic Tie-ups

The GTM 12 is an FM TMC (Traffic Message Channel) traffic receiver and antenna. It receives digital information (where available) on traffic and road construction tie-ups and sends it to your compatible Garmin device to offer an alternate route. TMC data is available in a fast-growing number of cities throughout North America and Europe, and gives prompt, accurate notification of accidents, road construction, police or emergency action, etc. — so you can visually monitor traffic flow and, if necessary, avoid traffic tie-ups.

Plug and Drive

The GTM 12 features a fully portable, plug-and-play design that requires no professional installation. Just use the suction cups to attach the antenna to your vehicle's windshield. Then plug the GTM 12 into your compatible Garmin device, and you're ready to receive data.

Receive Real-time Traffic Data

In most areas, depending on the service provider, TMC traffic broadcasts are continuous — there's no waiting for scheduled traffic news, updates or random alerts. With the GTM 12, you see traffic developments in real-time, as they happen, so you can make the right decision sooner. Because traffic broadcasts are received via a "silent" FM data channel, you can still listen to music or news programming on your car radio without interference from incoming FM traffic data transmissions.

Compatible Products

nüvi 350, nüvi 360, nüvi 370, StreetPilot 2720, StreetPilot 2820, StreetPilot 7200, StreetPilot 7500, StreetPilot c340, zūmo 450, zūmo 550, zūmo 660, GVN 52, GVN 53

What's in the Box

GTM 12 FM TMC traffic receiver and owner's manual

Features:

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Traffic Message Channel (Tmc) Receiver & Antenna

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Recieves Digital Information (Where Available) On Traffic & Road Construction Tie-Ups

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Gives Prompt, Accurate Notification Of Accidents, Road Construction, Police Or Emergency Action, Etc.

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Provides Continuous Traffic Broadcasts In Real-Time (In Most Areas)

Product Details:

Product Length:	0.67 inches
Product Width:	1.73 inches
Product Height:	2.99 inches
Product Weight:	0.33 pounds
Package Length:	8.4 inches
Package Width:	4.7 inches
Package Height:	1.7 inches
Package Weight:	0.5 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 38 reviews

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Customer Reviews:

Average Customer Review: 3.0

( 38 customer reviews )
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

93 of 94 found the following review helpful:

The technology gets a "B", the execution gets a "D"Aug 17, 2006
By txtxyeha
After one month's use the traffic module continues to disappoint. While I love the nuvi, I cannot think of a time where the traffic module has given me insight.

From a technology standpoint it works. You can see on a list all the traffic impediments (e.g., construction, traffic conjestion, wreck) and each is rated a green, yellow, or red. If one of these impediments is on your route and it is rated yellow or red, an orange diamond will appear on the map to prompt you to investigate. It can even highlight how much traffic is backed up.

One thing the traffic module does not do is calculate how much time traffic tie-ups will add to your trip. Wish they would fix that. It is also a shame that the FM antenna will not plug into the mounting bracket, therefore you have to plug/unplug vitually everytime you get in/out of the car. These two issues are minor nuisances.

The major nuisance is how the technology is executed - not well at all. I lay all of this at the doorstep of Clear Channel. I find myself in a traffic jam slowing down to 0 mph - but there's nothing on the map. There is an accident on the map (should I re-route?), but when I get to that spot nothing is there and traffic is running at the posted speed limit. Both happened on this morning's commute alone. One time it had a major close-down-the-highway-reroute-all-traffic-to-the-feeder-roads accident as being in the north-bound side of the highway. It was on the south-bound side, and I found myself trapped on the feeder road.

I sent an email to Clear Channel to volunteer sending emails to whatever person that controls this. Got a nice, "Thank you and we will forward your request on to the appropiate person."

My free subscription runs out in 14 months. Something tells me the service will improve by that time. If the service did not improve, I could not for the life of me understand why someone would pay $65/year for it.

This could be a best-thing-since-the-microwave product. Right now it's just a frustrating disappointment.

30 of 30 found the following review helpful:

Poor quality traffic infoOct 12, 2006
By Jeremy Bloom
The antenna itself is great, and it works well with the GPS software, but the Clear Channel traffic info for my area is usually very stale and of only limited use.

I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, driving mostly on 680, 280, 101, and 237, where the traffic info is only helpful when there has been a severe accident blocking lanes. It's not particularly helpful for reporting on "slow traffic" and the like, but it does attempt this. Yeah, I still plug it in, but I check the radio for a much more reliable traffic reports.

Unless the quality of the reporting gets much better, there's no way I'm renewing this service. I'll keep the nuvi, of course, which is great.

27 of 27 found the following review helpful:

A cool novelty, but not always usefulJan 16, 2007
By Atlanta Adjunct
Like the previous reviewer, I also live in Atlanta. Traffic can be a nightmare here, so I had high hopes for this add-on to my Nuvi 360.

Everyday between 3:00pm and 7:00pm, my Nuvi constantly tells me "TRAFFIC AHEAD", which is handy. But everyone in Atlanta knows that there's always traffic ahead in the afternoon in Atlanta. Checking the GPS screen reveals such info as "accumulating traffic" and "slow traffic" - true, but not terribly helpful in a city where this is always true. The Nuvi offers to route me away from the expressway, but I guess I'd do that anyway without the warning. It's more useful on late nights and weekends when unusual traffic events take place.

I find the service reasonably accurate for the most part, but I sometimes find that it reports outdated information (cleared accidents, etc), and the information is generally vague ("accumulating traffic", "slow traffic", etc.)

The traffic receiver is novel and kinda cool, but it really doesn't save me much time or provide much information I didn't already know from regular, daily traffic patterns. If the service were updated more promptly and provided more detailed information, it would be more useful.

Update Jan 26, 2007: I've been paying attention, and the detail provided by the traffic add-on seems to be improving. I'm noticing more information on accidents and incidents, rather than the vague 'slow' and 'accumulating' messages I'd seen for the past few months. Perhaps it's a coincidence, but my opinion of the service is improving.

26 of 26 found the following review helpful:

Wonder if I'll ever hit traffic...Mar 29, 2007
By Pitter S. Chi
I live in the Wash. DC area and we have pretty bad traffic. I normally take a route that isn't extremely bad but does has congestion. I get no warnings at all.

Also, recently there was a smaller side road (Non-Highway but well used road) that was closed on both directions but had no information on this road. The antenna works but Clear Channels Traffic information sucks.

Sucks really bad. When I check the traffic information, the only information I get is the main large interstate highways.

Do yourself a favor and don't buy this.

Who knows, maybe the XM traffic service is better but I can honestly tell you Clear Channel Traffic Service SUCKS!

Maybe I'll get some traffic information traveling on I-95 somewhere...

Sorry for the unproffesionalism but its the honest truth.

23 of 24 found the following review helpful:

Cool but a compromiseNov 03, 2006
By Norris Chumley
I find this traffic receiver very helpful in large cities, and is a really great concept. I love Garmin products, generally. I use it a lot, and it's very nice to have. But there are a couple of things that I'm not so happy with: Outside of urban areas, or in the country, there is no data available, and thus this is useless on long trips. But when in a major US city, it's extremely cool and very, very useful. It will visually highlight, and announce traffic problems, and will also show a text list. It took awhile to figure out how to install it, though, as the instructions are pretty scant. For example, on my Nuvi there is a rear power input connected with the suction mount that must be used if one is to also use this Receiver - who would know??!! Not in the instructions for this Receiver, nor for my Nuvi. The Traffic Receiver goes into the same input as the power adapter (on the side of my Nuvi), but then gives error messages on boot-up, as it will not work on battery. It was totally up to me to discover this.

While this receiver is great, and helpful, it's a stand-in for XM NavTraffic devices which I'd prefer to use, but are not compatable with my Nuvi. So this is a compromise. The next question in 15 months after the free subscription to the data runs out -- will I pay $60 a year for the data? May be, but I still have awhile to decide.

See all 38 customer reviews on Amazon.com

GPS System Accessories

Garmin GTM 12 FM Traffic Receiver

Garmin GTM 12 FM Traffic Receiver

753759061357-010-00570-01

Save drive time, gas, and your sanity by adding traffic services to your compatible Garmin with the help of the portable GTM 12, a plug-and-play traffic receiver. GTM 12: Because you have better things to do with your time.

Avoid Traffic Tie-ups

Plug and Drive

Receive Real-time Traffic Data

Compatible Products

What's in the Box

Traffic Message Channel (Tmc) Receiver & Antenna

Recieves Digital Information (Where Available) On Traffic & Road Construction Tie-Ups

Gives Prompt, Accurate Notification Of Accidents, Road Construction, Police Or Emergency Action, Etc.

Provides Continuous Traffic Broadcasts In Real-Time (In Most Areas)

Save drive time, gas, and your sanity by adding traffic services to your compatible Garmin with the help of the portable GTM 12, a plug-and-play traffic receiver.

GTM 12: Because you have better things to do with your time.