Garmin 010-11282-00 Antenna Extension Cable With Suction Cups For Gtm

garmin 010 11282 00 antenna extension cable with suction cups for gtm

Garmin 010-11282-00 Antenna Extension Cable with Suction Cups for GTM

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Traffic radio receiver
Suction cups fix the cable to your windshield
Antenna extension cable
Good quality

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Brand : Garmin
Category : Electronics,GPS, Finders & Accessories,GPS System Accessories,Antennas
Rating : 4.3
Price : US $12
Review Count : 419

Garmin 010-11282-00 Antenna Extension Cable with Suction Cups for GTM

This Garmin add-on traffic antenna gets me two things: tidiness and reception.Garmin traffic module (GTM) power cords tend to have unusually thick cable between power plug and receiver module. If you\'re going to splay the cord across your dash to aid reception, I suppose the heavy cord may be helpful for reducing movement. I\'d rather keep that bulky cord mostly coiled up, hanging out of my way not far from the power plug. Using the external antenna allows that, preventing need to attend to an antenna cable falling off the dash and allowing for minimal visual disturbance (the external antenna\'s wire is thin).Well, there is a bit of visual disturbance: the little \"box\" at the end of the wire. See about positioning the antenna to minimize your notice of it. I assume the little box is there to prevent the wire sliding back through the suction cups and falling out of place, so I wouldn\'t consider removing it.Getting back to usefulness, I live in a fringe reception area. The external antenna makes the difference between no reception and useful reception: as I drive around, the external antenna allows the GTM to find a usable signal often enough to provide me useful traffic data. More specifically, I\'ve found the external antenna _doubles_ signal strength vs. the mostly coiled up power cord of a GTM. When I drive into a stronger signal area, I\'m free to do without the external antenna if I choose. I almost always continue using it anyway, just in case an individual radio station might have trouble: I want maximum chance of reception.Hint: Up. The most important aspect of placing this antenna is running it _upward_. I set mine over the mounting stem of my rearview mirror and then run it across the upper windshield to one of the suction cups that came with it. I\'ve experimented with repositioning the part of the antenna beyond the mirror stalk and found little difference. I\'ve experimented with repositioning the earlier part of the antenna instead of running it upward and found only the upward run provides acceptable performance.Suction Cup Hint 1: Orientation. Before placing your suction cups, think about pressing the wire into the slot and which way the slot might run to help you start pushing the wire in with a thumb or finger tip and perhaps to help you finish seating it with a fingernail. Experiment as needed. Because I always stow the antenna when not in use, I want installing and removing it to be as easy as feasible.Suction Cup Hint 2: Don\'t press, roll. When I try to just press one of the suction cups on, I seem to always end up with an air bubble. For firmer, bubble-free contact, I found another method. Hold the suction cup between your thumb and a couple fingers with thumb on the stem and fingers together on the lip. Place the part of the lip opposite your fingers on the glass, then press somewhat and _roll_ the face of the cup along and onto the glass until it\'s entirely seated. Presto! No bubble.Suction Cup Hint 3: Try sliding to remove. At least on my windshield, the suction cups are able to slide, and this turns out to be the easiest way to remove them. I just start sliding one along and it quickly releases. YMMV. I suppose this might change if I gave my windshield a thorough cleaning... ;-)
I purchased a Garmin Nuvi 3590LMT last July, and have never been able to receive any traffic information. Prior to owning the Garmin device, I owned a TomTom 2535TM that had no problem whatsoever obtaining the FM signal required for traffic updates. Both the TomTom and Garmin were installed on my dashboard, with the traffic receiver hanging down below the GPS unit. The reason why I purchased the Garmin device is because the TomTom had a problem with premature battery failure. I had gone through several different TomTom units, and all failed within months, due to the battery being insufficient to hold a charge. TomTom ended up recalling the devices, but by that time I had decided that I would make the switch to Garmin. Although the TomTom 2535TM caused headaches for the people who purchased it, in my opinion if it didn\'t have the battery issue, it was a superior GPS device than the Garmin 3590LMT. When I say superior, I\'m referring to the fact that there were never any issues with receiving traffic reception, and once received, the data presented was far superior than the data presented on Garmin devices. It would give you the exact amount of traffic delay in minutes, than ask you if you wanted to be directed to a different route. All of this leads me to the item being reviewed here.The Garmin 3590LMT and I suppose other Garmin units as well, do not have adequate FM receivers built into the cord that also supplies the power to the unit. The 3590LMT was the top of the line Garmin GPS device for 2012. For the hefty price charged for the unit, one would expect that it would be capable of superb FM reception for the traffic receiver. Unfortunately, such is not the case.As mentioned above, From the very first day that I started using my Garmin device, I was never able to obtain traffic updates. Finally, after waiting almost 7 months, I contacted customer support. To add insult to injury, they ran a bunch of tests for me online and came to the conclusion that the receiver was defective. They said that since it was still under warranty, they would send me a replacement. Once I received the replacement, I was to return the defective cord. They had to send a replacement prior to my returning the defective one, as the traffic receiver is built into the power cord. If I had returned the cord first, I wouldn\'t have been able to use the device at all. What I found to be astonishing is the fact that Garmin required me to pay $118 in the form of a credit card deposit prior to their mailing out the new cord. Since the price of a new cord is only $69.95, it didn\'t make a great deal of sense to me that they were requiring such a large deposit. When I asked them why they didn\'t simply take a deposit for the selling price of $69.95, I was told that it was company policy to charge anyone who receives an item from them, regardless of how small, $118 until the defective item is returned. Seems ridiculous, but that\'s what I was told.Anyway, when the replacement cord arrived, I was a little dismayed to discover that it was a refurbished one. Boy, is Garmin cheap! I installed the new cord/traffic receiver and took a long drive to try it out. To my dismay, the best reception I was able to get was 3 out of 5 bars in a strong signal area. Most of the time, I would receive either no reception, or just 1 or 2 bars. That\'s when I decided that it was necessary to purchase the additional windshield antenna.When the windshield antenna arrived, it came with absolutely no instruction on how to install it. It was clear that the antenna wire was to be placed into the slots on the suction cups. It was also clear that the suction cups were to be placed on the windshield. What wasn\'t clear, is where on the windshield should the antenna be placed and should the suction cups be positioned vertically or horizontally. It seems like a small thing, but sometimes small things can make a big difference. I ended up calling Garmin customer support, seeking advice as to where to place it. After waiting on hold for over 30 minutes, the representative who I was connected to didn\'t even know that they sold an accessory antenna. She asked if I would mind being placed on hold for a few minutes while she researched the topic. After waiting another 5 minutes, she returned to the phone, only to inform me that she had no idea how to properly install the unit. So I wasted 35 minutes, no big deal.I went to my car and plugged the antenna cable into the hole on the traffic receiver. Next, I attached the wire to the suction cups. Not knowing exactly where to place the suction cups, I decided to do so on the bottom center of the windshield. After doing so, I took the car out for a drive. The results were mixed. While it improved the reception to some degree, there were still spots where I could barely receive any reception at all. It appears that just like the traffic receiver itself, the antenna isn\'t strong enough to make much of a difference. At least now, I\'m able to receive a traffic signal in most areas. I\'m still not able to obtain a strong signal anywhere, and at times I don\'t receive any reception at all.The bottom line is that while this accessory antenna is required in my area to receive any type of reception at all, it doesn\'t do the job in a very efficient manner. Garmin should have engineered a better traffic receiver into the GPS cord that came with the device, so that it wouldn\'t be necessary to purchase this accessory. Knowing that the traffic receiver that comes with the 3590LMT is inadequate for obtaining a strong enough FM signal, Garmin should have included this antenna with the device at no additional cost.In summary, in my area it is necessary to use this optional accessory. It does not perform very well, but is better than nothing and should have been included with the GPS system at no additional cost.Pros:Slight improvement in FM traffic receptionCons:Does not offer significant improvement in FM traffic reception.Comes with no installation instructions.Suction cups fall off the windshield after 2 weeks.Should have been standard accessory with the GPS unit that I bought.Update: 03/20/13The suction cups fell off of my windshield after 2 weeks of use. Adding a tiny bit of water behind them when mounting on the windshield, does not help at all.
My vehicle sits in garage two stories below ground. When I leave the building, it can\'t lock onto a signal right away. It will take up to 5 minutes. With this external antenna, which I think is just an additional one, the time is reduce to up to 3 minutes. At times it has gotten a lock within one minute.It really depends where you are at when using your GPS. If you outside in the open, then there\'s no need for this item. But if you find that the GPS misplaces you on the map from time to time, or even at certain locations, then this item will help with that. But do know that the GPS assumes that you on driving on the route that it chosen for you, so it gets a little confused.I don\'t highly recommend it, but it can help you.