Garmin GTM 36 Traffic Receiver (North America)

I'm student in Pittsburgh, but sometime travel to other city when having midterm break or semester break. In the city of Pittsburgh, PA I don't find any trouble with traffic. But when outside PA, seems like avoiding traffic will be a great feature to my nuvi 2575RLM. I've read several reviews about this traffic receiver. Some said that there are local ads, some said that no picking up the traffic. Here's my review for this.I paired this FM Traffic Receiver to my nuvi 2575RLM via its craddle. Go to Tools > Setting. And there is a new icon "Traffic". The options are only to enable this FM traffic feature and showing to which traffic receiver I subscribe. In this case, I am subscribing to lifetime traffic US & CA.It took 5 minutes to make this item picking up the signal and showing up the green circle icon on the left (the icon of two cars overlapped with green background). Touching this icon will give me 3 additional menu items: "Show traffic map" and "Search traffic". One last icon will be shown up if I set my GPS to a certain destination and the current route is active: "Traffic on route".a. "Show traffic map" will give you color coded road. Red for heavy traffic, Yellow for crowded but moving, and Green for low traffic. Don't forget to set up the nuRoute to avoid traffic, otherwise, this item would not be helpful.b. "Traffic search" will give you the condition on the nearest road from your GPS location, even when you're not setting up the route. You can browse a road block, construction, etc. I can see several main road that have red color in after hour. Nice to see that, means that this item works.c. "Traffic on route" will show you a dynamic condition about traffic along with the route. Since Pittsburgh and my center of activity is not really crowded, I never see a traffic on my route.The product is great, the seller is also great seller. They offer me a 3 year warranty, if this item is not working within 3 year, send it back to them and they will replace it with a new one.Hope it helps.

Works good I’m glad I found this, as it is had to find

Garmin and their stupid app requirement for free traffic is dumb. I got this for a Drive 51 LM (no traffic at all) since I knew I didn't want to rely on my phone for anything regarding my GPS. This works well enough, but I don't know if Traffic is always available. There have been a few times I've driven in Denver traffic and my GPS stated that it was smooth sailing, or told me there was traffic when I was running along with hardly a car around. This isn't Garmin, this is a Denver FM traffic deal.

I have an older, and in the case of new things coming out every week, much older GPS in my semi. It uses the now old style FM radio signals for the coverage area around metro areas where traffic tie ups are most likely. This is the necessary part "A" of the traffic system. You also need the flexible FM antenna wire, part "B", that plugs into receptacle on this unit. The antenna is sold separately. It has a small suction cup that allows it to be in the vertical position which gives the best reception. I had a trip around Omaha where an early morning fatal accident caused the interstate to close down. The next best route through Omaha was under construction and had traffic issues so I went to plan "C" which showed no issues. I may have lost a couple minutes but didn't get tied up for an hour or more in morning rush hour delays. Unfortunately, this is a daily issue with today's traffic. Don't forget the separate antenna.

These are awesome, the wire inside my old one broke and would no longer work, bought a regular power cord and of course didn't receive all my traffic alerts, which I love about my gps so decided to bite the bullet and get another one. It is so nice to have it back, I drove hot shot for years and this was a great asset, now I just use it for pulling my '5er' and it is nice to avoid slow downs on the road and get me around the accidents safely.

I bought this to replace the cord that originally came with my Nubi 1450. At that time GPS units invited break ins so I always put it away when parked in a public space. Trouble was the the mini-USB connector eventually wore and became loose so I had to replace it. It works just like the original. The only problem is that the "lifetime" traffic subscription is effectively for the life time of the cable not of the Nuvi or you! Maybe if I had got on the phone and badgered Garmin customer service I could have gotten a better price but I had more important things to be doing. Suggestion: Find a way that you unplug this cable from your GPS device as infrequently as possible-- the connector will last longer.

This is key for those who are looking to replace their old Garmin power cable ***specifically for models featuring the traffic radio***: THIS Garmin part is the ONLY way to preserve the traffic radio functionality of your device(!). The radio unit is actually in-line with the power cable (note the rectangular module on the cable..), and IS NOT INCLUDED with any other manufacturer's replacement power cable.. This fact is apparently missed in every other review I have read here for this replacement product.. Also to note: This newer GTM 36 unit is built at least slightly better than the original cable that came with my Garmin, so I assume it will last longer.

I wanted capability to get traffic without having to pair with my phone. This seems to work to do that so far. I've used it a few times and it has kept pretty up with what my phone shows. It does require being plugged into your car, but then that also gives power to your Garmin, so that's a good thing.

The whole idea (for me) to use a separate GPS unit rather than a phone app (or a built-in car GPS ) is to maintain privacy. NOT using any phone app (including one from Garmin) is paramount. This cable solved the problem. It worked well in southern Ontario and the greater Toronto area. It's just a receiver and does not "call home" to log where it is.

Plugged it in just like a regular accessory adapter and it did nothing! I only found out later that there were no traffic alerts on that trip... (duh!). But the next trip it performed flawlessly and enabled us to re-route our trip and avoid sitting for hours in a traffic jam on the A1M!!! I am very pleased with it and aside from the clunky bit (FM receiver) near the plug (a very minor nuisance but I thought it was something to bring up) it is worth every penny!!! Get it...

Arrived on time. Works as original did. Pleased

Work perfectly when using with a compatible Garmin car gps. Received the product in very good condition and on time.

The product number was suggested by Garmin as a replacement for an older version that came with my Garmin. At first I was a bit suspicion as there was no English on the packaging but clearly marked as GARMIN. It looked like it was being marketed for a European Market or it could have been a knock off.I tested it out in the Toronto area and it picked up the Traffic Broadcast. I then took it out to BC and for a cross country trip back to Toronto. The only time it picked up traffic was in Calgary and not very effectively as it took me into a large downtown traffic jam--it could not judge that this was not the fastest route--the Apple's 6's traffic indicator was better. However, when we re-entered GTHA it picked up all the major traffic jams on route and vectored us around them. So in Canada I would say if you are living in the GTHA area...it will be good, other then GTHA areas it is a good charger for your Garmin.