Highway is a unique, easy to fit in-car DAB digital radio that also enables you to listen to your iPod/MP3 player. Powered from the in-car power socket and easily attached to your windscreen with a removable flexible mount (just like sat nav) Highway receives DAB stations and transmits them to your car radio on a free FM frequency. Simply tune your car radio to the FM frequency shown on Highway?s display to listen to DAB or your iPod/MP3 player. DAB digital radio brings you more stations including BBC 7, BBC Five Live Sports Extra, Planet Rock and theJazz. National AM stations such as talkSPORT, Virgin and BBC Five Live are also broadcast in crisp, clear digital-quality DAB. Highway is packed with great, easy-to-use features such as ReVu? to pause and skip back through live DAB radio, quickSCAN to find free FM transmission frequencies, and 4 FM transmission presets (synchronize these with your car radio?s FM presets to make avoiding interference a breeze). You can even take Highway from the car when your journey?s over and carry on listening using headphones*. * Headphones not included. Whether you want to enjoy the digital stations in-car that you do at home, listen to your iPod/MP3 player on the move, or just discover DAB, Highway brings a lot more entertainment to your journey.

The best bit of technology I've bought in years, 03 Sep 2008
I bought this little gadget in July this year for my birthday in August (prezzie from daughters) and having read the reviews thought I had a 50-50 chance of it being worthwhile. This is as much down to my own jaded cycnicism on new gadgets, such as my iPOD Classic which is barely audible due to some apparent but unlisted EU legislation on volume controls! Secondly getting decent DAB coverage in my house is also a major challenge with very sporadic pockets of average coverage and huge rafts of no coverage at all.

So I was delighted on a number of points in regard to this device. First, it was as easy to fit as they stated, taking around 5 minutes and being very easy to tuck away the aerial cable - Pure even supply some little sticky cable clips to help! Then the set up took less than 30 seconds. Simply press Quick-scan and tune to the displayed FM frequency and away you go. What's more I drive from Petersfield to Newbury daily on a very rural cross country route and the signal drops for about 30 seconds in a low lying village and that's it! I get decent broadcast even with one signal bar displayed and for a 47 mile journey no need to change the FM frequency. That in itself seems unusually good.

I agree about the single use aerial, but spent another £24.99 on a car kit to allow it to be used in both cars, with equally good results. Setting the presets is also a doodle, the manual being clear and written in plain easy to follow English.

All in all, very easy to install and use with , for me, astoundingly good results. Highly recommended gadget and hats off to Pure for continuing to produce gtreat DAB receivers. Planet Rock all the way. As another reviewer said...what are the other presets for :-)

Could've been so good...., 03 Sep 2008
I had been looking for a way to get DAB in my car for a while. I saw this on amazon, noted the warnings about reception in the reviews and went ahead. I wasn't too worried about reception because the portable DAB radio I have in the house has very good reception and the what-stations-can-my-postcode-receive websites all suggested my locality (I live in suburban Leeds) had strong coverage.

The unit proved very easy to setup - my car radio has an aux input so I didn't need to use the FM transmitter. I installed the aerial exactly as described in the manual. It found plenty of stations when sat on my drive.

However, the problems began when I started to move. The unit is unable to consistently and clearly receive the stations I'm interested in. The stations cut out frequently on my 20 minute commute to work and even more often if I venture further afield. Even a couple of the BBC stations, which, according to the unit, had consistently good signal strength and quality, had annoying clicks most of the time.

Buyers beware!

flimsy, 29 Aug 2008
hi i,m not a "ham"fisted person,but managed to break fixing bracket in minutes, brilliant!!! finding it difficult to detect a lot of stations but this may be my area(cleveland)? maybe if i buy some glue and drive around to detect more stations things may improve, time will tell???

Brilliant, 26 Aug 2008
Excellent bit of kit, simple to install and set up. From box to fully installed and working should take no more than five minutes.

Most of the negative reports on the "Highway" seem to be related to DAB coverage issues, which can't really be blamed on the "Highway". Unfortunately significant areas and some major roads in the UK still do not have DAB coverage at the time of writing. A useful website for "Highway" users giving coverage maps (although the map detail isn't too fantastic) is http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/digital.html (usual disclaimers). However read carefully the planned on-air dates for the multiplexes as some are not yet operational.

Now if you're a Techie and want to improve reception read on:

I brought the "Highway" so I could listen to a particular station during my daily commute to and from work. The supplied adhesive screen mounted antenna works in areas with good signal coverage. However my journey is through a rural area and is on the edge of one of the signal contours. To compound matters, the route also take me along a river valley which is screened on either side by hills and with the supplied antenna I was getting some fairly bad and prolonged signal drop-outs.

So in an attempt to improve matters, I tried an old quarter-wave Band 3 Trunked-Radio mag-mount antenna placed on the middle of the car roof. WOW - the difference is phenomenal - no drop-outs whatsoever - solid signal for the whole of my journey - and I haven't even trimmed the antenna for the DAB frequencies.

The mag-mount approach may not be to many people's liking but if you want to listen to DAB in the car and if you travel in an area with mediocre reception an external antenna really does significantly improve reception.


The worst gadget I have ever bought, 26 Aug 2008
I love by gadgets. It drives my wife mad and I usually pick very carefully after pondering for months and boring everyone.

the reviews were generally good and I was looking for an FM transmitter and love DAB so this seemed the logical solution.

Big mistake!! It is sitting in my glovebox unloved and unused. I will never buy a PURE again.

First of all, this can only be used in one car as it comes with a stick on antenna which once it's on, is on!

The reception for DAB is not great but the tranmission to the radio is awful awful awful. I kept having to change the channel over and over about every 5 minutes and the reception was significantly worse than listening to the FM radio. I could not enjoy wimbledon on this so went back to the AM radio for radio 5 live.

The transmission for the MP3 player is 1000 times better through the cassette adapter that I bought in Poundland (for £1!!) so this has gone onto the scrap heap of poor experience.

Whenever I open the glove box to get something else out it makes me want to weap.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!

If you use more than one car or share your TomTom ONE, you can make it even easier to travel with your TomTom ONE by using an extra holder and car charger for a second car. Extra holder and car charger for TomTom ONE New Edition;For easy installation of your TomTom ONE in a second vehicle; No more need to transfer your holder from one car to another; USB Car Charger including USB Cable.

The best bit of technology I've bought in years, 03 Sep 2008
I bought this little gadget in July this year for my birthday in August (prezzie from daughters) and having read the reviews thought I had a 50-50 chance of it being worthwhile. This is as much down to my own jaded cycnicism on new gadgets, such as my iPOD Classic which is barely audible due to some apparent but unlisted EU legislation on volume controls! Secondly getting decent DAB coverage in my house is also a major challenge with very sporadic pockets of average coverage and huge rafts of no coverage at all.

So I was delighted on a number of points in regard to this device. First, it was as easy to fit as they stated, taking around 5 minutes and being very easy to tuck away the aerial cable - Pure even supply some little sticky cable clips to help! Then the set up took less than 30 seconds. Simply press Quick-scan and tune to the displayed FM frequency and away you go. What's more I drive from Petersfield to Newbury daily on a very rural cross country route and the signal drops for about 30 seconds in a low lying village and that's it! I get decent broadcast even with one signal bar displayed and for a 47 mile journey no need to change the FM frequency. That in itself seems unusually good.

I agree about the single use aerial, but spent another £24.99 on a car kit to allow it to be used in both cars, with equally good results. Setting the presets is also a doodle, the manual being clear and written in plain easy to follow English.

All in all, very easy to install and use with , for me, astoundingly good results. Highly recommended gadget and hats off to Pure for continuing to produce gtreat DAB receivers. Planet Rock all the way. As another reviewer said...what are the other presets for :-)

Could've been so good...., 03 Sep 2008
I had been looking for a way to get DAB in my car for a while. I saw this on amazon, noted the warnings about reception in the reviews and went ahead. I wasn't too worried about reception because the portable DAB radio I have in the house has very good reception and the what-stations-can-my-postcode-receive websites all suggested my locality (I live in suburban Leeds) had strong coverage.

The unit proved very easy to setup - my car radio has an aux input so I didn't need to use the FM transmitter. I installed the aerial exactly as described in the manual. It found plenty of stations when sat on my drive.

However, the problems began when I started to move. The unit is unable to consistently and clearly receive the stations I'm interested in. The stations cut out frequently on my 20 minute commute to work and even more often if I venture further afield. Even a couple of the BBC stations, which, according to the unit, had consistently good signal strength and quality, had annoying clicks most of the time.

Buyers beware!

flimsy, 29 Aug 2008
hi i,m not a "ham"fisted person,but managed to break fixing bracket in minutes, brilliant!!! finding it difficult to detect a lot of stations but this may be my area(cleveland)? maybe if i buy some glue and drive around to detect more stations things may improve, time will tell???

Brilliant, 26 Aug 2008
Excellent bit of kit, simple to install and set up. From box to fully installed and working should take no more than five minutes.

Most of the negative reports on the "Highway" seem to be related to DAB coverage issues, which can't really be blamed on the "Highway". Unfortunately significant areas and some major roads in the UK still do not have DAB coverage at the time of writing. A useful website for "Highway" users giving coverage maps (although the map detail isn't too fantastic) is http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/digital.html (usual disclaimers). However read carefully the planned on-air dates for the multiplexes as some are not yet operational.

Now if you're a Techie and want to improve reception read on:

I brought the "Highway" so I could listen to a particular station during my daily commute to and from work. The supplied adhesive screen mounted antenna works in areas with good signal coverage. However my journey is through a rural area and is on the edge of one of the signal contours. To compound matters, the route also take me along a river valley which is screened on either side by hills and with the supplied antenna I was getting some fairly bad and prolonged signal drop-outs.

So in an attempt to improve matters, I tried an old quarter-wave Band 3 Trunked-Radio mag-mount antenna placed on the middle of the car roof. WOW - the difference is phenomenal - no drop-outs whatsoever - solid signal for the whole of my journey - and I haven't even trimmed the antenna for the DAB frequencies.

The mag-mount approach may not be to many people's liking but if you want to listen to DAB in the car and if you travel in an area with mediocre reception an external antenna really does significantly improve reception.


The worst gadget I have ever bought, 26 Aug 2008
I love by gadgets. It drives my wife mad and I usually pick very carefully after pondering for months and boring everyone.

the reviews were generally good and I was looking for an FM transmitter and love DAB so this seemed the logical solution.

Big mistake!! It is sitting in my glovebox unloved and unused. I will never buy a PURE again.

First of all, this can only be used in one car as it comes with a stick on antenna which once it's on, is on!

The reception for DAB is not great but the tranmission to the radio is awful awful awful. I kept having to change the channel over and over about every 5 minutes and the reception was significantly worse than listening to the FM radio. I could not enjoy wimbledon on this so went back to the AM radio for radio 5 live.

The transmission for the MP3 player is 1000 times better through the cassette adapter that I bought in Poundland (for £1!!) so this has gone onto the scrap heap of poor experience.

Whenever I open the glove box to get something else out it makes me want to weap.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!

Works fine, 21 Aug 2008
This holder has worked fine for me. Start with a clean windscreen, moisten the cup a little, stick it on firmly, and it will stay on for ever. I've even used this holder stuck onto the speedometer of my motorbike (VFR800). The vibration and bumps are far greater than in a car, and it didn't budge.

The charger works well too, and so I'd certainly recommend this product.

Garbage, 06 May 2008
Quite why anybody would pay £20 for the worst part of the Tom Tom experience is beyond me. These holders DON'T WORK!!! Tom Tom have developed the technology to locate you within a few metres anywhere in Britain, but they haven't worked out a way of keeping the thing stuck to your windscreen so it falls off every ten minutes. Utter rubbish.

Nothing works, 21 Apr 2008
The product is just a disaster. The TomTom holder, as said by other reviewers, will keep the TomTom for a few minutes, rarely more than 15.

The charger is different from the picture (it's a "one piece" charger - from the picture looks a 2 piece charger, good to charge other devices just changing the cable). The charger has a short cable, and in my case broke after just 15 days. As useless as possible.

Useless not once, twice, but THREE times, 21 Feb 2008
Firstly the charger has the wrong connection so doesn't charge in the car at all.

Then there's the windscreen holder. Falls off far too often and trying to put it back on when you're driving is very annoying not to mention dangerous.

And lastly, although not the fault of this item admitably, but the tom tom I bought came with these two things so why advertise it as a pairing option? Why would you want to buy 2????

Too cheap to worry about but certainly worth complaining on here!

Doesn't hold the tomtom to the window, 19 Jan 2008
Typically falls off after about 10 minutes unless perfectly clean, in which case it might stay up for 30 minutes.

Superb value

The best bit of technology I've bought in years, 03 Sep 2008
I bought this little gadget in July this year for my birthday in August (prezzie from daughters) and having read the reviews thought I had a 50-50 chance of it being worthwhile. This is as much down to my own jaded cycnicism on new gadgets, such as my iPOD Classic which is barely audible due to some apparent but unlisted EU legislation on volume controls! Secondly getting decent DAB coverage in my house is also a major challenge with very sporadic pockets of average coverage and huge rafts of no coverage at all.

So I was delighted on a number of points in regard to this device. First, it was as easy to fit as they stated, taking around 5 minutes and being very easy to tuck away the aerial cable - Pure even supply some little sticky cable clips to help! Then the set up took less than 30 seconds. Simply press Quick-scan and tune to the displayed FM frequency and away you go. What's more I drive from Petersfield to Newbury daily on a very rural cross country route and the signal drops for about 30 seconds in a low lying village and that's it! I get decent broadcast even with one signal bar displayed and for a 47 mile journey no need to change the FM frequency. That in itself seems unusually good.

I agree about the single use aerial, but spent another £24.99 on a car kit to allow it to be used in both cars, with equally good results. Setting the presets is also a doodle, the manual being clear and written in plain easy to follow English.

All in all, very easy to install and use with , for me, astoundingly good results. Highly recommended gadget and hats off to Pure for continuing to produce gtreat DAB receivers. Planet Rock all the way. As another reviewer said...what are the other presets for :-)

Could've been so good...., 03 Sep 2008
I had been looking for a way to get DAB in my car for a while. I saw this on amazon, noted the warnings about reception in the reviews and went ahead. I wasn't too worried about reception because the portable DAB radio I have in the house has very good reception and the what-stations-can-my-postcode-receive websites all suggested my locality (I live in suburban Leeds) had strong coverage.

The unit proved very easy to setup - my car radio has an aux input so I didn't need to use the FM transmitter. I installed the aerial exactly as described in the manual. It found plenty of stations when sat on my drive.

However, the problems began when I started to move. The unit is unable to consistently and clearly receive the stations I'm interested in. The stations cut out frequently on my 20 minute commute to work and even more often if I venture further afield. Even a couple of the BBC stations, which, according to the unit, had consistently good signal strength and quality, had annoying clicks most of the time.

Buyers beware!

flimsy, 29 Aug 2008
hi i,m not a "ham"fisted person,but managed to break fixing bracket in minutes, brilliant!!! finding it difficult to detect a lot of stations but this may be my area(cleveland)? maybe if i buy some glue and drive around to detect more stations things may improve, time will tell???

Brilliant, 26 Aug 2008
Excellent bit of kit, simple to install and set up. From box to fully installed and working should take no more than five minutes.

Most of the negative reports on the "Highway" seem to be related to DAB coverage issues, which can't really be blamed on the "Highway". Unfortunately significant areas and some major roads in the UK still do not have DAB coverage at the time of writing. A useful website for "Highway" users giving coverage maps (although the map detail isn't too fantastic) is http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/digital.html (usual disclaimers). However read carefully the planned on-air dates for the multiplexes as some are not yet operational.

Now if you're a Techie and want to improve reception read on:

I brought the "Highway" so I could listen to a particular station during my daily commute to and from work. The supplied adhesive screen mounted antenna works in areas with good signal coverage. However my journey is through a rural area and is on the edge of one of the signal contours. To compound matters, the route also take me along a river valley which is screened on either side by hills and with the supplied antenna I was getting some fairly bad and prolonged signal drop-outs.

So in an attempt to improve matters, I tried an old quarter-wave Band 3 Trunked-Radio mag-mount antenna placed on the middle of the car roof. WOW - the difference is phenomenal - no drop-outs whatsoever - solid signal for the whole of my journey - and I haven't even trimmed the antenna for the DAB frequencies.

The mag-mount approach may not be to many people's liking but if you want to listen to DAB in the car and if you travel in an area with mediocre reception an external antenna really does significantly improve reception.


The worst gadget I have ever bought, 26 Aug 2008
I love by gadgets. It drives my wife mad and I usually pick very carefully after pondering for months and boring everyone.

the reviews were generally good and I was looking for an FM transmitter and love DAB so this seemed the logical solution.

Big mistake!! It is sitting in my glovebox unloved and unused. I will never buy a PURE again.

First of all, this can only be used in one car as it comes with a stick on antenna which once it's on, is on!

The reception for DAB is not great but the tranmission to the radio is awful awful awful. I kept having to change the channel over and over about every 5 minutes and the reception was significantly worse than listening to the FM radio. I could not enjoy wimbledon on this so went back to the AM radio for radio 5 live.

The transmission for the MP3 player is 1000 times better through the cassette adapter that I bought in Poundland (for £1!!) so this has gone onto the scrap heap of poor experience.

Whenever I open the glove box to get something else out it makes me want to weap.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!

Works fine, 21 Aug 2008
This holder has worked fine for me. Start with a clean windscreen, moisten the cup a little, stick it on firmly, and it will stay on for ever. I've even used this holder stuck onto the speedometer of my motorbike (VFR800). The vibration and bumps are far greater than in a car, and it didn't budge.

The charger works well too, and so I'd certainly recommend this product.

Garbage, 06 May 2008
Quite why anybody would pay £20 for the worst part of the Tom Tom experience is beyond me. These holders DON'T WORK!!! Tom Tom have developed the technology to locate you within a few metres anywhere in Britain, but they haven't worked out a way of keeping the thing stuck to your windscreen so it falls off every ten minutes. Utter rubbish.

Nothing works, 21 Apr 2008
The product is just a disaster. The TomTom holder, as said by other reviewers, will keep the TomTom for a few minutes, rarely more than 15.

The charger is different from the picture (it's a "one piece" charger - from the picture looks a 2 piece charger, good to charge other devices just changing the cable). The charger has a short cable, and in my case broke after just 15 days. As useless as possible.

Useless not once, twice, but THREE times, 21 Feb 2008
Firstly the charger has the wrong connection so doesn't charge in the car at all.

Then there's the windscreen holder. Falls off far too often and trying to put it back on when you're driving is very annoying not to mention dangerous.

And lastly, although not the fault of this item admitably, but the tom tom I bought came with these two things so why advertise it as a pairing option? Why would you want to buy 2????

Too cheap to worry about but certainly worth complaining on here!

Doesn't hold the tomtom to the window, 19 Jan 2008
Typically falls off after about 10 minutes unless perfectly clean, in which case it might stay up for 30 minutes.

It's alright, 24 Jun 2008
I'm not so worried about the looks as its (now) so cheap. My 8" DVD can't fit with the battery attached but that's not a problem. The car connected works well but the hole in the case doesn't line up with my DVD. The head-phone cables are a pain to get connected and the seat straps have a tendency to slip.
I *could* blame my DVD, my car etc BUT it's £7 and all the things I have found 'wrong' are cosmetic. It just means there are a few wires in the wrong place.

DVD Player case, 24 May 2008
Functional - BUT made of very cheap looking smooth black plastic. No wonder only the internal view is being shown in the Amazon photographs. Disappointing appearance. However, as it WAS cheap, maybe I shouldn't have expected a better looking bag.
On the other hand, it was delivered very quickly and has arrived before the DVD player I ordered at the same time from Amazon.


Case Logic PDVK3, 18 Jan 2008
Nice case. Although the padding is not really thick will still protect from general bumps and knocks. Has enough space to hold player, 5 DVDs and the straps.

CASE LOGIC PDVK3, 22 Sep 2007
I ordered the Case Logic PDVK3 DVD player case on Friday 21st Sept 2007 at 1.30 pm and received it at 11.30 am the following day (Standard delivery), 5 stars for AMAZON.CO.UK. I needed a case for my new Philips PET 720 portable DVD player and it fits snugly with the battery attached. The case is very well made and I would recommend it to anyone requiring a quality product to protect their portable DVD player, 5 stars for CASE LOGIC.
Thank you.
Norman.

Very handy for attaching your In Car DVD, 02 Aug 2007
I managed to get a good deal on a Philips 7" DVD Player but needed something to attach it to the rear headrest. This attached very securely to the rear headrest and held my DVD in the open position tightly.

I have not tried it in the middle position strapped between the 2 car seats as only have 1 child.

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The best bit of technology I've bought in years, 03 Sep 2008
I bought this little gadget in July this year for my birthday in August (prezzie from daughters) and having read the reviews thought I had a 50-50 chance of it being worthwhile. This is as much down to my own jaded cycnicism on new gadgets, such as my iPOD Classic which is barely audible due to some apparent but unlisted EU legislation on volume controls! Secondly getting decent DAB coverage in my house is also a major challenge with very sporadic pockets of average coverage and huge rafts of no coverage at all.

So I was delighted on a number of points in regard to this device. First, it was as easy to fit as they stated, taking around 5 minutes and being very easy to tuck away the aerial cable - Pure even supply some little sticky cable clips to help! Then the set up took less than 30 seconds. Simply press Quick-scan and tune to the displayed FM frequency and away you go. What's more I drive from Petersfield to Newbury daily on a very rural cross country route and the signal drops for about 30 seconds in a low lying village and that's it! I get decent broadcast even with one signal bar displayed and for a 47 mile journey no need to change the FM frequency. That in itself seems unusually good.

I agree about the single use aerial, but spent another £24.99 on a car kit to allow it to be used in both cars, with equally good results. Setting the presets is also a doodle, the manual being clear and written in plain easy to follow English.

All in all, very easy to install and use with , for me, astoundingly good results. Highly recommended gadget and hats off to Pure for continuing to produce gtreat DAB receivers. Planet Rock all the way. As another reviewer said...what are the other presets for :-)

Could've been so good...., 03 Sep 2008
I had been looking for a way to get DAB in my car for a while. I saw this on amazon, noted the warnings about reception in the reviews and went ahead. I wasn't too worried about reception because the portable DAB radio I have in the house has very good reception and the what-stations-can-my-postcode-receive websites all suggested my locality (I live in suburban Leeds) had strong coverage.

The unit proved very easy to setup - my car radio has an aux input so I didn't need to use the FM transmitter. I installed the aerial exactly as described in the manual. It found plenty of stations when sat on my drive.

However, the problems began when I started to move. The unit is unable to consistently and clearly receive the stations I'm interested in. The stations cut out frequently on my 20 minute commute to work and even more often if I venture further afield. Even a couple of the BBC stations, which, according to the unit, had consistently good signal strength and quality, had annoying clicks most of the time.

Buyers beware!

flimsy, 29 Aug 2008
hi i,m not a "ham"fisted person,but managed to break fixing bracket in minutes, brilliant!!! finding it difficult to detect a lot of stations but this may be my area(cleveland)? maybe if i buy some glue and drive around to detect more stations things may improve, time will tell???

Brilliant, 26 Aug 2008
Excellent bit of kit, simple to install and set up. From box to fully installed and working should take no more than five minutes.

Most of the negative reports on the "Highway" seem to be related to DAB coverage issues, which can't really be blamed on the "Highway". Unfortunately significant areas and some major roads in the UK still do not have DAB coverage at the time of writing. A useful website for "Highway" users giving coverage maps (although the map detail isn't too fantastic) is http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/digital.html (usual disclaimers). However read carefully the planned on-air dates for the multiplexes as some are not yet operational.

Now if you're a Techie and want to improve reception read on:

I brought the "Highway" so I could listen to a particular station during my daily commute to and from work. The supplied adhesive screen mounted antenna works in areas with good signal coverage. However my journey is through a rural area and is on the edge of one of the signal contours. To compound matters, the route also take me along a river valley which is screened on either side by hills and with the supplied antenna I was getting some fairly bad and prolonged signal drop-outs.

So in an attempt to improve matters, I tried an old quarter-wave Band 3 Trunked-Radio mag-mount antenna placed on the middle of the car roof. WOW - the difference is phenomenal - no drop-outs whatsoever - solid signal for the whole of my journey - and I haven't even trimmed the antenna for the DAB frequencies.

The mag-mount approach may not be to many people's liking but if you want to listen to DAB in the car and if you travel in an area with mediocre reception an external antenna really does significantly improve reception.


The worst gadget I have ever bought, 26 Aug 2008
I love by gadgets. It drives my wife mad and I usually pick very carefully after pondering for months and boring everyone.

the reviews were generally good and I was looking for an FM transmitter and love DAB so this seemed the logical solution.

Big mistake!! It is sitting in my glovebox unloved and unused. I will never buy a PURE again.

First of all, this can only be used in one car as it comes with a stick on antenna which once it's on, is on!

The reception for DAB is not great but the tranmission to the radio is awful awful awful. I kept having to change the channel over and over about every 5 minutes and the reception was significantly worse than listening to the FM radio. I could not enjoy wimbledon on this so went back to the AM radio for radio 5 live.

The transmission for the MP3 player is 1000 times better through the cassette adapter that I bought in Poundland (for £1!!) so this has gone onto the scrap heap of poor experience.

Whenever I open the glove box to get something else out it makes me want to weap.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!

Works fine, 21 Aug 2008
This holder has worked fine for me. Start with a clean windscreen, moisten the cup a little, stick it on firmly, and it will stay on for ever. I've even used this holder stuck onto the speedometer of my motorbike (VFR800). The vibration and bumps are far greater than in a car, and it didn't budge.

The charger works well too, and so I'd certainly recommend this product.

Garbage, 06 May 2008
Quite why anybody would pay £20 for the worst part of the Tom Tom experience is beyond me. These holders DON'T WORK!!! Tom Tom have developed the technology to locate you within a few metres anywhere in Britain, but they haven't worked out a way of keeping the thing stuck to your windscreen so it falls off every ten minutes. Utter rubbish.

Nothing works, 21 Apr 2008
The product is just a disaster. The TomTom holder, as said by other reviewers, will keep the TomTom for a few minutes, rarely more than 15.

The charger is different from the picture (it's a "one piece" charger - from the picture looks a 2 piece charger, good to charge other devices just changing the cable). The charger has a short cable, and in my case broke after just 15 days. As useless as possible.

Useless not once, twice, but THREE times, 21 Feb 2008
Firstly the charger has the wrong connection so doesn't charge in the car at all.

Then there's the windscreen holder. Falls off far too often and trying to put it back on when you're driving is very annoying not to mention dangerous.

And lastly, although not the fault of this item admitably, but the tom tom I bought came with these two things so why advertise it as a pairing option? Why would you want to buy 2????

Too cheap to worry about but certainly worth complaining on here!

Doesn't hold the tomtom to the window, 19 Jan 2008
Typically falls off after about 10 minutes unless perfectly clean, in which case it might stay up for 30 minutes.

It's alright, 24 Jun 2008
I'm not so worried about the looks as its (now) so cheap. My 8" DVD can't fit with the battery attached but that's not a problem. The car connected works well but the hole in the case doesn't line up with my DVD. The head-phone cables are a pain to get connected and the seat straps have a tendency to slip.
I *could* blame my DVD, my car etc BUT it's £7 and all the things I have found 'wrong' are cosmetic. It just means there are a few wires in the wrong place.

DVD Player case, 24 May 2008
Functional - BUT made of very cheap looking smooth black plastic. No wonder only the internal view is being shown in the Amazon photographs. Disappointing appearance. However, as it WAS cheap, maybe I shouldn't have expected a better looking bag.
On the other hand, it was delivered very quickly and has arrived before the DVD player I ordered at the same time from Amazon.


Case Logic PDVK3, 18 Jan 2008
Nice case. Although the padding is not really thick will still protect from general bumps and knocks. Has enough space to hold player, 5 DVDs and the straps.

CASE LOGIC PDVK3, 22 Sep 2007
I ordered the Case Logic PDVK3 DVD player case on Friday 21st Sept 2007 at 1.30 pm and received it at 11.30 am the following day (Standard delivery), 5 stars for AMAZON.CO.UK. I needed a case for my new Philips PET 720 portable DVD player and it fits snugly with the battery attached. The case is very well made and I would recommend it to anyone requiring a quality product to protect their portable DVD player, 5 stars for CASE LOGIC.
Thank you.
Norman.

Very handy for attaching your In Car DVD, 02 Aug 2007
I managed to get a good deal on a Philips 7" DVD Player but needed something to attach it to the rear headrest. This attached very securely to the rear headrest and held my DVD in the open position tightly.

I have not tried it in the middle position strapped between the 2 car seats as only have 1 child.

Great value, 01 Sep 2008
Space for your TomTom One XL and the in-car charger. A central flap protects the screen of the device, and the charger fits into its own pocket. Construction is solid and it looks good. Great value for the price!

Good value, 09 Aug 2008
This is a good quality product at a reasonable price. It fits the tomtom one xl perfectly in it's protected compartment. It also has another compartment with room for a charger etc.

Excellent buy

ANOTHER EXCELLENT QUALITY HAMA CASE, 19 Jun 2008
Well made and good value for money, much better value than the current £19.99 you pay for a lesser quality branded Tom Tom case. Case has a tough outer shell which protects GPS and a spacious section for the in charger to be stored. Recommend purchase.


So Much Better Than The Tom Tom Case., 31 May 2008
Extremley happy with this product, only marked four star due to excessive delivery time but well worth the wait, much better value than the current £19.99 you pay for a lesser quality branded Tom Tom case.
Oh, and I forgot to mention delivered one day after finally recieving notification of dispatch so can't be all bad.

VERY HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver gets traffic information on the go, to your TomTom. For the one-off cost of the receiver you can get traffic updates and let your TomTom re-route you around congestion. By simply connecting the TomTom 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 the you tap an 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. RDS-TMC is available in: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. This accessory requires at least version 6.51 of the TomTom application. Connect your GO to your computer and use TomTom HOME to update your application automatically and for free

The best bit of technology I've bought in years, 03 Sep 2008
I bought this little gadget in July this year for my birthday in August (prezzie from daughters) and having read the reviews thought I had a 50-50 chance of it being worthwhile. This is as much down to my own jaded cycnicism on new gadgets, such as my iPOD Classic which is barely audible due to some apparent but unlisted EU legislation on volume controls! Secondly getting decent DAB coverage in my house is also a major challenge with very sporadic pockets of average coverage and huge rafts of no coverage at all.

So I was delighted on a number of points in regard to this device. First, it was as easy to fit as they stated, taking around 5 minutes and being very easy to tuck away the aerial cable - Pure even supply some little sticky cable clips to help! Then the set up took less than 30 seconds. Simply press Quick-scan and tune to the displayed FM frequency and away you go. What's more I drive from Petersfield to Newbury daily on a very rural cross country route and the signal drops for about 30 seconds in a low lying village and that's it! I get decent broadcast even with one signal bar displayed and for a 47 mile journey no need to change the FM frequency. That in itself seems unusually good.

I agree about the single use aerial, but spent another £24.99 on a car kit to allow it to be used in both cars, with equally good results. Setting the presets is also a doodle, the manual being clear and written in plain easy to follow English.

All in all, very easy to install and use with , for me, astoundingly good results. Highly recommended gadget and hats off to Pure for continuing to produce gtreat DAB receivers. Planet Rock all the way. As another reviewer said...what are the other presets for :-)

Could've been so good...., 03 Sep 2008
I had been looking for a way to get DAB in my car for a while. I saw this on amazon, noted the warnings about reception in the reviews and went ahead. I wasn't too worried about reception because the portable DAB radio I have in the house has very good reception and the what-stations-can-my-postcode-receive websites all suggested my locality (I live in suburban Leeds) had strong coverage.

The unit proved very easy to setup - my car radio has an aux input so I didn't need to use the FM transmitter. I installed the aerial exactly as described in the manual. It found plenty of stations when sat on my drive.

However, the problems began when I started to move. The unit is unable to consistently and clearly receive the stations I'm interested in. The stations cut out frequently on my 20 minute commute to work and even more often if I venture further afield. Even a couple of the BBC stations, which, according to the unit, had consistently good signal strength and quality, had annoying clicks most of the time.

Buyers beware!

flimsy, 29 Aug 2008
hi i,m not a "ham"fisted person,but managed to break fixing bracket in minutes, brilliant!!! finding it difficult to detect a lot of stations but this may be my area(cleveland)? maybe if i buy some glue and drive around to detect more stations things may improve, time will tell???

Brilliant, 26 Aug 2008
Excellent bit of kit, simple to install and set up. From box to fully installed and working should take no more than five minutes.

Most of the negative reports on the "Highway" seem to be related to DAB coverage issues, which can't really be blamed on the "Highway". Unfortunately significant areas and some major roads in the UK still do not have DAB coverage at the time of writing. A useful website for "Highway" users giving coverage maps (although the map detail isn't too fantastic) is http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/digital.html (usual disclaimers). However read carefully the planned on-air dates for the multiplexes as some are not yet operational.

Now if you're a Techie and want to improve reception read on:

I brought the "Highway" so I could listen to a particular station during my daily commute to and from work. The supplied adhesive screen mounted antenna works in areas with good signal coverage. However my journey is through a rural area and is on the edge of one of the signal contours. To compound matters, the route also take me along a river valley which is screened on either side by hills and with the supplied antenna I was getting some fairly bad and prolonged signal drop-outs.

So in an attempt to improve matters, I tried an old quarter-wave Band 3 Trunked-Radio mag-mount antenna placed on the middle of the car roof. WOW - the difference is phenomenal - no drop-outs whatsoever - solid signal for the whole of my journey - and I haven't even trimmed the antenna for the DAB frequencies.

The mag-mount approach may not be to many people's liking but if you want to listen to DAB in the car and if you travel in an area with mediocre reception an external antenna really does significantly improve reception.


The worst gadget I have ever bought, 26 Aug 2008
I love by gadgets. It drives my wife mad and I usually pick very carefully after pondering for months and boring everyone.

the reviews were generally good and I was looking for an FM transmitter and love DAB so this seemed the logical solution.

Big mistake!! It is sitting in my glovebox unloved and unused. I will never buy a PURE again.

First of all, this can only be used in one car as it comes with a stick on antenna which once it's on, is on!

The reception for DAB is not great but the tranmission to the radio is awful awful awful. I kept having to change the channel over and over about every 5 minutes and the reception was significantly worse than listening to the FM radio. I could not enjoy wimbledon on this so went back to the AM radio for radio 5 live.

The transmission for the MP3 player is 1000 times better through the cassette adapter that I bought in Poundland (for £1!!) so this has gone onto the scrap heap of poor experience.

Whenever I open the glove box to get something else out it makes me want to weap.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!

Works fine, 21 Aug 2008
This holder has worked fine for me. Start with a clean windscreen, moisten the cup a little, stick it on firmly, and it will stay on for ever. I've even used this holder stuck onto the speedometer of my motorbike (VFR800). The vibration and bumps are far greater than in a car, and it didn't budge.

The charger works well too, and so I'd certainly recommend this product.

Garbage, 06 May 2008
Quite why anybody would pay £20 for the worst part of the Tom Tom experience is beyond me. These holders DON'T WORK!!! Tom Tom have developed the technology to locate you within a few metres anywhere in Britain, but they haven't worked out a way of keeping the thing stuck to your windscreen so it falls off every ten minutes. Utter rubbish.

Nothing works, 21 Apr 2008
The product is just a disaster. The TomTom holder, as said by other reviewers, will keep the TomTom for a few minutes, rarely more than 15.

The charger is different from the picture (it's a "one piece" charger - from the picture looks a 2 piece charger, good to charge other devices just changing the cable). The charger has a short cable, and in my case broke after just 15 days. As useless as possible.

Useless not once, twice, but THREE times, 21 Feb 2008
Firstly the charger has the wrong connection so doesn't charge in the car at all.

Then there's the windscreen holder. Falls off far too often and trying to put it back on when you're driving is very annoying not to mention dangerous.

And lastly, although not the fault of this item admitably, but the tom tom I bought came with these two things so why advertise it as a pairing option? Why would you want to buy 2????

Too cheap to worry about but certainly worth complaining on here!

Doesn't hold the tomtom to the window, 19 Jan 2008
Typically falls off after about 10 minutes unless perfectly clean, in which case it might stay up for 30 minutes.

It's alright, 24 Jun 2008
I'm not so worried about the looks as its (now) so cheap. My 8" DVD can't fit with the battery attached but that's not a problem. The car connected works well but the hole in the case doesn't line up with my DVD. The head-phone cables are a pain to get connected and the seat straps have a tendency to slip.
I *could* blame my DVD, my car etc BUT it's £7 and all the things I have found 'wrong' are cosmetic. It just means there are a few wires in the wrong place.

DVD Player case, 24 May 2008
Functional - BUT made of very cheap looking smooth black plastic. No wonder only the internal view is being shown in the Amazon photographs. Disappointing appearance. However, as it WAS cheap, maybe I shouldn't have expected a better looking bag.
On the other hand, it was delivered very quickly and has arrived before the DVD player I ordered at the same time from Amazon.


Case Logic PDVK3, 18 Jan 2008
Nice case. Although the padding is not really thick will still protect from general bumps and knocks. Has enough space to hold player, 5 DVDs and the straps.

CASE LOGIC PDVK3, 22 Sep 2007
I ordered the Case Logic PDVK3 DVD player case on Friday 21st Sept 2007 at 1.30 pm and received it at 11.30 am the following day (Standard delivery), 5 stars for AMAZON.CO.UK. I needed a case for my new Philips PET 720 portable DVD player and it fits snugly with the battery attached. The case is very well made and I would recommend it to anyone requiring a quality product to protect their portable DVD player, 5 stars for CASE LOGIC.
Thank you.
Norman.

Very handy for attaching your In Car DVD, 02 Aug 2007
I managed to get a good deal on a Philips 7" DVD Player but needed something to attach it to the rear headrest. This attached very securely to the rear headrest and held my DVD in the open position tightly.

I have not tried it in the middle position strapped between the 2 car seats as only have 1 child.

Great value, 01 Sep 2008
Space for your TomTom One XL and the in-car charger. A central flap protects the screen of the device, and the charger fits into its own pocket. Construction is solid and it looks good. Great value for the price!

Good value, 09 Aug 2008
This is a good quality product at a reasonable price. It fits the tomtom one xl perfectly in it's protected compartment. It also has another compartment with room for a charger etc.

Excellent buy

ANOTHER EXCELLENT QUALITY HAMA CASE, 19 Jun 2008
Well made and good value for money, much better value than the current £19.99 you pay for a lesser quality branded Tom Tom case. Case has a tough outer shell which protects GPS and a spacious section for the in charger to be stored. Recommend purchase.


So Much Better Than The Tom Tom Case., 31 May 2008
Extremley happy with this product, only marked four star due to excessive delivery time but well worth the wait, much better value than the current £19.99 you pay for a lesser quality branded Tom Tom case.
Oh, and I forgot to mention delivered one day after finally recieving notification of dispatch so can't be all bad.

VERY HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Worked... until it broke. Too flimsy., 02 Sep 2008
I bought this unit in January 2008, and have used it about six times "for real".

Now, it has developed a loose or broken wire, so it no longer works. I'm awaiting TomTom's response on a warranty replacement. I don't think it is built sturdily enough for repeated connection and disconnection, which is a bind if you are security-minded.

I dismantle the unit and the TomTom XL it's attached to each time I leave the car and I find the set up of the aerial is just too fiddly, which is why I haven't used it much except for major long distance journeys. I tend to know where the traffic builds up locally and the ways round jams on regular routes anyway.

I settled on the "down the centre of the screen, behind the rear view mirror" position for the aerial, as that seemed to give the most reliable signal.

It occurs to me that, since it uses FM, the reception quality will depend to some extent on how much electrical noise the car generates, which may be why some users experience worse performance than others. If you get poor FM radio reception in your vehicle, I suspect that this unit is not for you.

I've used it on long North - South journeys, M4, A34, M40, M6, M1, A1 to Yorkshire and Scotland. The signal lock seems fairly consistent.
I haven't changed the default settings.

Where there is a delay it can't re-route round, the actual delay seems less than the reported delay, which may mean it re-routes unnecessarily, but the re-routing is surprisingly seamless and fast.

I find the symbols it uses to show the cause of delay are far too small to distinguish from the driver's seat. I rely on my passenger to squint at the tiny symbols and writing and tell me what it says.

Overall, I don't think it is worth what I paid for it in January, which could be why it is a lot cheaper now!

largely unworkable, 11 Aug 2008
I've had a subscription to the TomTom managed traffic information system for the last two years, which updates by receiving data from your mobile phone. As this is an annual subscription, I decided last month to buy the RDS-TMC receiver instead and get free traffic updates.

Not a good move. I travel from Oxfordshire to London every day along the M40, and previously the traffic info had proved very useful. With the new receiver I can only get a signal about 5% of the time, and about 10% if there is low cloud. Even worse is that the information it receives is very inaccurate, and nothing like as good as the TomTom service. Most delays appear as "1 minute" irrespective of the actual situation.

It also seems to provide very localised information only - eg it doesn't seem to get information on a bad jam that might be 50 miles away, despite the radio bulletins warning against it.

I've tried positioning the wire in various places, but nothing seems to improve the reception. I even parked in a layby and laid the wire across the outside of the roof to see if that helped, but it didn't!

The Tom Tom forums suggest that the reception is okay in Europe, but in the UK the signal strength is below the unit's capability.

tomtom rds-tmc, 19 Jun 2008
After reading many comments on the rds-tmc l thought l would add my own. Having installed unit which was bought from amazon 2 weeks ago l have found the following.
1/ During journeys(far travelled) l have signal lock approx.80% of the time(green circle)
2/ Traffic information should only be used as an indication of road conditions and not used as real time.
3/ Sometimes when starting a journey signal lock is not found and investigating further l find that frequencies are not being scanned. removing rds-tmc jack and plugging in again always starts scanning and signal lock.
4/ In my car location of aerial does not seem to make a huge difference in performance although l have settled for a vertical position tight against the drivers side windscreen pillar, with most or the aerial behind the pillar trim.
5/ Selection of country(UK)/strongest frequency gave same results with signal lock and l've found operation to be reliable and stable.
In my experience I've found the Tmc to be a handy but not essential addition to my TomTom 910 with the added traffic display giving added insight to the traffic conditions. Just remember point 2.
6/ Further update. Travelled up west coast to Oban and found coverage poor. Signal lock only for about 30% of journey. Radio signal also lost during large parts of trip.


A load of rubbish, 11 Jun 2008
I went yesterday from London to Torbay and it picked up 2/34 hours of delay on the M5 near Taunton,the highways agency and my trafiic reports said all clear.In reality it was all clear,On the way back it reported a similar delay in the same area! The same result,absolutely clear,my advice is to check all information or else it will divert you all over the country for no reason

TomTom RDS, 02 Jun 2008
I brought this to use for when I went to Cornwall the other week. I plugged it in and after 20mins picked up a signal for a traffic report.After that it didnt work and kept searching for a signal.The trip took me just over 5hrs and in that time worked once.It also didnt work for the journey coming back.I even put the cable in various positions throught and still didnt work.Get idea, but In my mind, dont bother with this,its rubbish.Stick to the traffic reports on the radio

The best bit of technology I've bought in years, 03 Sep 2008
I bought this little gadget in July this year for my birthday in August (prezzie from daughters) and having read the reviews thought I had a 50-50 chance of it being worthwhile. This is as much down to my own jaded cycnicism on new gadgets, such as my iPOD Classic which is barely audible due to some apparent but unlisted EU legislation on volume controls! Secondly getting decent DAB coverage in my house is also a major challenge with very sporadic pockets of average coverage and huge rafts of no coverage at all.

So I was delighted on a number of points in regard to this device. First, it was as easy to fit as they stated, taking around 5 minutes and being very easy to tuck away the aerial cable - Pure even supply some little sticky cable clips to help! Then the set up took less than 30 seconds. Simply press Quick-scan and tune to the displayed FM frequency and away you go. What's more I drive from Petersfield to Newbury daily on a very rural cross country route and the signal drops for about 30 seconds in a low lying village and that's it! I get decent broadcast even with one signal bar displayed and for a 47 mile journey no need to change the FM frequency. That in itself seems unusually good.

I agree about the single use aerial, but spent another £24.99 on a car kit to allow it to be used in both cars, with equally good results. Setting the presets is also a doodle, the manual being clear and written in plain easy to follow English.

All in all, very easy to install and use with , for me, astoundingly good results. Highly recommended gadget and hats off to Pure for continuing to produce gtreat DAB receivers. Planet Rock all the way. As another reviewer said...what are the other presets for :-)

Could've been so good...., 03 Sep 2008
I had been looking for a way to get DAB in my car for a while. I saw this on amazon, noted the warnings about reception in the reviews and went ahead. I wasn't too worried about reception because the portable DAB radio I have in the house has very good reception and the what-stations-can-my-postcode-receive websites all suggested my locality (I live in suburban Leeds) had strong coverage.

The unit proved very easy to setup - my car radio has an aux input so I didn't need to use the FM transmitter. I installed the aerial exactly as described in the manual. It found plenty of stations when sat on my drive.

However, the problems began when I started to move. The unit is unable to consistently and clearly receive the stations I'm interested in. The stations cut out frequently on my 20 minute commute to work and even more often if I venture further afield. Even a couple of the BBC stations, which, according to the unit, had consistently good signal strength and quality, had annoying clicks most of the time.

Buyers beware!

flimsy, 29 Aug 2008
hi i,m not a "ham"fisted person,but managed to break fixing bracket in minutes, brilliant!!! finding it difficult to detect a lot of stations but this may be my area(cleveland)? maybe if i buy some glue and drive around to detect more stations things may improve, time will tell???

Brilliant, 26 Aug 2008
Excellent bit of kit, simple to install and set up. From box to fully installed and working should take no more than five minutes.

Most of the negative reports on the "Highway" seem to be related to DAB coverage issues, which can't really be blamed on the "Highway". Unfortunately significant areas and some major roads in the UK still do not have DAB coverage at the time of writing. A useful website for "Highway" users giving coverage maps (although the map detail isn't too fantastic) is http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/digital.html (usual disclaimers). However read carefully the planned on-air dates for the multiplexes as some are not yet operational.

Now if you're a Techie and want to improve reception read on:

I brought the "Highway" so I could listen to a particular station during my daily commute to and from work. The supplied adhesive screen mounted antenna works in areas with good signal coverage. However my journey is through a rural area and is on the edge of one of the signal contours. To compound matters, the route also take me along a river valley which is screened on either side by hills and with the supplied antenna I was getting some fairly bad and prolonged signal drop-outs.

So in an attempt to improve matters, I tried an old quarter-wave Band 3 Trunked-Radio mag-mount antenna placed on the middle of the car roof. WOW - the difference is phenomenal - no drop-outs whatsoever - solid signal for the whole of my journey - and I haven't even trimmed the antenna for the DAB frequencies.

The mag-mount approach may not be to many people's liking but if you want to listen to DAB in the car and if you travel in an area with mediocre reception an external antenna really does significantly improve reception.


The worst gadget I have ever bought, 26 Aug 2008
I love by gadgets. It drives my wife mad and I usually pick very carefully after pondering for months and boring everyone.

the reviews were generally good and I was looking for an FM transmitter and love DAB so this seemed the logical solution.

Big mistake!! It is sitting in my glovebox unloved and unused. I will never buy a PURE again.

First of all, this can only be used in one car as it comes with a stick on antenna which once it's on, is on!

The reception for DAB is not great but the tranmission to the radio is awful awful awful. I kept having to change the channel over and over about every 5 minutes and the reception was significantly worse than listening to the FM radio. I could not enjoy wimbledon on this so went back to the AM radio for radio 5 live.

The transmission for the MP3 player is 1000 times better through the cassette adapter that I bought in Poundland (for £1!!) so this has gone onto the scrap heap of poor experience.

Whenever I open the glove box to get something else out it makes me want to weap.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!

Works fine, 21 Aug 2008
This holder has worked fine for me. Start with a clean windscreen, moisten the cup a little, stick it on firmly, and it will stay on for ever. I've even used this holder stuck onto the speedometer of my motorbike (VFR800). The vibration and bumps are far greater than in a car, and it didn't budge.

The charger works well too, and so I'd certainly recommend this product.

Garbage, 06 May 2008
Quite why anybody would pay £20 for the worst part of the Tom Tom experience is beyond me. These holders DON'T WORK!!! Tom Tom have developed the technology to locate you within a few metres anywhere in Britain, but they haven't worked out a way of keeping the thing stuck to your windscreen so it falls off every ten minutes. Utter rubbish.

Nothing works, 21 Apr 2008
The product is just a disaster. The TomTom holder, as said by other reviewers, will keep the TomTom for a few minutes, rarely more than 15.

The charger is different from the picture (it's a "one piece" charger - from the picture looks a 2 piece charger, good to charge other devices just changing the cable). The charger has a short cable, and in my case broke after just 15 days. As useless as possible.

Useless not once, twice, but THREE times, 21 Feb 2008
Firstly the charger has the wrong connection so doesn't charge in the car at all.

Then there's the windscreen holder. Falls off far too often and trying to put it back on when you're driving is very annoying not to mention dangerous.

And lastly, although not the fault of this item admitably, but the tom tom I bought came with these two things so why advertise it as a pairing option? Why would you want to buy 2????

Too cheap to worry about but certainly worth complaining on here!

Doesn't hold the tomtom to the window, 19 Jan 2008
Typically falls off after about 10 minutes unless perfectly clean, in which case it might stay up for 30 minutes.

It's alright, 24 Jun 2008
I'm not so worried about the looks as its (now) so cheap. My 8" DVD can't fit with the battery attached but that's not a problem. The car connected works well but the hole in the case doesn't line up with my DVD. The head-phone cables are a pain to get connected and the seat straps have a tendency to slip.
I *could* blame my DVD, my car etc BUT it's £7 and all the things I have found 'wrong' are cosmetic. It just means there are a few wires in the wrong place.

DVD Player case, 24 May 2008
Functional - BUT made of very cheap looking smooth black plastic. No wonder only the internal view is being shown in the Amazon photographs. Disappointing appearance. However, as it WAS cheap, maybe I shouldn't have expected a better looking bag.
On the other hand, it was delivered very quickly and has arrived before the DVD player I ordered at the same time from Amazon.


Case Logic PDVK3, 18 Jan 2008
Nice case. Although the padding is not really thick will still protect from general bumps and knocks. Has enough space to hold player, 5 DVDs and the straps.

CASE LOGIC PDVK3, 22 Sep 2007
I ordered the Case Logic PDVK3 DVD player case on Friday 21st Sept 2007 at 1.30 pm and received it at 11.30 am the following day (Standard delivery), 5 stars for AMAZON.CO.UK. I needed a case for my new Philips PET 720 portable DVD player and it fits snugly with the battery attached. The case is very well made and I would recommend it to anyone requiring a quality product to protect their portable DVD player, 5 stars for CASE LOGIC.
Thank you.
Norman.

Very handy for attaching your In Car DVD, 02 Aug 2007
I managed to get a good deal on a Philips 7" DVD Player but needed something to attach it to the rear headrest. This attached very securely to the rear headrest and held my DVD in the open position tightly.

I have not tried it in the middle position strapped between the 2 car seats as only have 1 child.

Great value, 01 Sep 2008
Space for your TomTom One XL and the in-car charger. A central flap protects the screen of the device, and the charger fits into its own pocket. Construction is solid and it looks good. Great value for the price!

Good value, 09 Aug 2008
This is a good quality product at a reasonable price. It fits the tomtom one xl perfectly in it's protected compartment. It also has another compartment with room for a charger etc.

Excellent buy

ANOTHER EXCELLENT QUALITY HAMA CASE, 19 Jun 2008
Well made and good value for money, much better value than the current £19.99 you pay for a lesser quality branded Tom Tom case. Case has a tough outer shell which protects GPS and a spacious section for the in charger to be stored. Recommend purchase.


So Much Better Than The Tom Tom Case., 31 May 2008
Extremley happy with this product, only marked four star due to excessive delivery time but well worth the wait, much better value than the current £19.99 you pay for a lesser quality branded Tom Tom case.
Oh, and I forgot to mention delivered one day after finally recieving notification of dispatch so can't be all bad.

VERY HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Worked... until it broke. Too flimsy., 02 Sep 2008
I bought this unit in January 2008, and have used it about six times "for real".

Now, it has developed a loose or broken wire, so it no longer works. I'm awaiting TomTom's response on a warranty replacement. I don't think it is built sturdily enough for repeated connection and disconnection, which is a bind if you are security-minded.

I dismantle the unit and the TomTom XL it's attached to each time I leave the car and I find the set up of the aerial is just too fiddly, which is why I haven't used it much except for major long distance journeys. I tend to know where the traffic builds up locally and the ways round jams on regular routes anyway.

I settled on the "down the centre of the screen, behind the rear view mirror" position for the aerial, as that seemed to give the most reliable signal.

It occurs to me that, since it uses FM, the reception quality will depend to some extent on how much electrical noise the car generates, which may be why some users experience worse performance than others. If you get poor FM radio reception in your vehicle, I suspect that this unit is not for you.

I've used it on long North - South journeys, M4, A34, M40, M6, M1, A1 to Yorkshire and Scotland. The signal lock seems fairly consistent.
I haven't changed the default settings.

Where there is a delay it can't re-route round, the actual delay seems less than the reported delay, which may mean it re-routes unnecessarily, but the re-routing is surprisingly seamless and fast.

I find the symbols it uses to show the cause of delay are far too small to distinguish from the driver's seat. I rely on my passenger to squint at the tiny symbols and writing and tell me what it says.

Overall, I don't think it is worth what I paid for it in January, which could be why it is a lot cheaper now!

largely unworkable, 11 Aug 2008
I've had a subscription to the TomTom managed traffic information system for the last two years, which updates by receiving data from your mobile phone. As this is an annual subscription, I decided last month to buy the RDS-TMC receiver instead and get free traffic updates.

Not a good move. I travel from Oxfordshire to London every day along the M40, and previously the traffic info had proved very useful. With the new receiver I can only get a signal about 5% of the time, and about 10% if there is low cloud. Even worse is that the information it receives is very inaccurate, and nothing like as good as the TomTom service. Most delays appear as "1 minute" irrespective of the actual situation.

It also seems to provide very localised information only - eg it doesn't seem to get information on a bad jam that might be 50 miles away, despite the radio bulletins warning against it.

I've tried positioning the wire in various places, but nothing seems to improve the reception. I even parked in a layby and laid the wire across the outside of the roof to see if that helped, but it didn't!

The Tom Tom forums suggest that the reception is okay in Europe, but in the UK the signal strength is below the unit's capability.

tomtom rds-tmc, 19 Jun 2008
After reading many comments on the rds-tmc l thought l would add my own. Having installed unit which was bought from amazon 2 weeks ago l have found the following.
1/ During journeys(far travelled) l have signal lock approx.80% of the time(green circle)
2/ Traffic information should only be used as an indication of road conditions and not used as real time.
3/ Sometimes when starting a journey signal lock is not found and investigating further l find that frequencies are not being scanned. removing rds-tmc jack and plugging in again always starts scanning and signal lock.
4/ In my car location of aerial does not seem to make a huge difference in performance although l have settled for a vertical position tight against the drivers side windscreen pillar, with most or the aerial behind the pillar trim.
5/ Selection of country(UK)/strongest frequency gave same results with signal lock and l've found operation to be reliable and stable.
In my experience I've found the Tmc to be a handy but not essential addition to my TomTom 910 with the added traffic display giving added insight to the traffic conditions. Just remember point 2.
6/ Further update. Travelled up west coast to Oban and found coverage poor. Signal lock only for about 30% of journey. Radio signal also lost during large parts of trip.


A load of rubbish, 11 Jun 2008
I went yesterday from London to Torbay and it picked up 2/34 hours of delay on the M5 near Taunton,the highways agency and my trafiic reports said all clear.In reality it was all clear,On the way back it reported a similar delay in the same area! The same result,absolutely clear,my advice is to check all information or else it will divert you all over the country for no reason

TomTom RDS, 02 Jun 2008
I brought this to use for when I went to Cornwall the other week. I plugged it in and after 20mins picked up a signal for a traffic report.After that it didnt work and kept searching for a signal.The trip took me just over 5hrs and in that time worked once.It also didnt work for the journey coming back.I even put the cable in various positions throught and still didnt work.Get idea, but In my mind, dont bother with this,its rubbish.Stick to the traffic reports on the radio

Sony DVPFX720W -- 7" portable DVD player: FAB!, 21 Jun 2008
I ordered this as a replacement as our previous Toshiba model failed within the 12 month warranty. Being competively priced on Amazon, this Sony model is a wee beauty. Build quality is second to none as you would expect from Sony. The 5 hour battery fits neatly underneath the unit base [unlike other DVD players] and will keep our kids entertained on car or long haul flights. Picture quality is great in all directions, although the speakers are a bit weak on output. Overall, a great portable DVD player.

better than expected, 11 Jun 2008
after researching a few dvd players i found this one, read the reviews and decided to buy it. i was not dissapointed, the screen size and picture quality are excellent and the sound is great too.
Also the 5hr battery life is perfect as you can get a couple of films out of it, especially as i will be using it to keep the kids occupied on a 4 hour flight. I didnt realise that the outer casing was a shiny gloss white but i thought it looked really stylish and i liked the look of the whiite.

Great Little Player, 11 Jun 2008
I bought this to entertain two children on a four hour flight and it was spot on. Of course, the built in speaker is no competition to the noise of an aircraft but the two headphone sockets meant that that was no real problem.

I also used this as a standard DVD player while on holiday and plugged it straight into a 37inch widescreen TV with the supplied leads. The picture / sound quality was superb especially as I was mostly playing .avi files through it. The battery life exceeded the stated maximum when used in this way as the player's own screen was switched off.

I've successfully played +R and -R DVD disks with ISO files and AVIs, standard DVD movies and MP3's on disk. I also plugged my camera's memory stick into the USB port via a USB card reader. The access time between photos was a little slow (couple of seconds) and it couldn't play the movies from my Sony camera but the photo display was excellent.

I looked a few other players (both cheaper and more expensive) before settling on the Sony and after a couple of weeks of using it I'm glad I went for this one.


A great buy at a great price, 31 May 2008
This Sony replaces my 7" Phillips portable.

Used primarily by my children and also on flights & holidays, 2 key areas of importance for me are battery life and durability. The Sony ticks both boxes giving a true 5-hour battery life and a sturdy well put together frame made from quality material.

I found the image quite detailed, clear and easy to view, sound quality good for the size of the unit and included all the features you would expect on a DVD player

Compared to my old unit and other units I looked at, in today's market, even when put against some much more expensive units the Sony still won the day.

I'm Sure there are some better units out there but I could not find one at this price point.

The unit also features audio & composite video INPUT as well as OUTPUT, 2 x headphone sockets, USB input for memory sticks and card readers as well as a hold button to disable the unit's controls if required. The screen also opens fully flat to the unit (180 deg not 360deg). There is however no S-video or component out/inputs.

The thin battery attaches secularly to the bottom of the unit creating a well-proportioned player that does not feel particularly bulky. Charge time from flat can be up to 5 hours with a battery indicator function to tell you how much charge is left.

The unit comes with a remote control & a car battery adaptor that plugs in to the cigarette lighter socket.

As for formats it will play DVD DVD-RW/-R, DVD+RW/+R, VIDEO CD/MUSIC CD CD-RW/-R, DivX, MP3 and JPEG

After extended use I am very pleased with the unit and would happily recommend it as a cost effective 7" portable DVD player


Great product, great price and great service., 31 May 2008
Great service from Amazon. Ordered at 8pm and delivered to my door 10.30am next day. The DVD player oozes quality in terms of its sleek modern looks and smooth rock-solid operation. Very good picture quality and even the sound is good through the built-in speaker, and is even better through headphones.

Car cassette adaptor enables you to connect your WALKMAN to your car cassette player. ...

The best bit of technology I've bought in years, 03 Sep 2008
I bought this little gadget in July this year for my birthday in August (prezzie from daughters) and having read the reviews thought I had a 50-50 chance of it being worthwhile. This is as much down to my own jaded cycnicism on new gadgets, such as my iPOD Classic which is barely audible due to some apparent but unlisted EU legislation on volume controls! Secondly getting decent DAB coverage in my house is also a major challenge with very sporadic pockets of average coverage and huge rafts of no coverage at all.

So I was delighted on a number of points in regard to this device. First, it was as easy to fit as they stated, taking around 5 minutes and being very easy to tuck away the aerial cable - Pure even supply some little sticky cable clips to help! Then the set up took less than 30 seconds. Simply press Quick-scan and tune to the displayed FM frequency and away you go. What's more I drive from Petersfield to Newbury daily on a very rural cross country route and the signal drops for about 30 seconds in a low lying village and that's it! I get decent broadcast even with one signal bar displayed and for a 47 mile journey no need to change the FM frequency. That in itself seems unusually good.

I agree about the single use aerial, but spent another £24.99 on a car kit to allow it to be used in both cars, with equally good results. Setting the presets is also a doodle, the manual being clear and written in plain easy to follow English.

All in all, very easy to install and use with , for me, astoundingly good results. Highly recommended gadget and hats off to Pure for continuing to produce gtreat DAB receivers. Planet Rock all the way. As another reviewer said...what are the other presets for :-)

Could've been so good...., 03 Sep 2008
I had been looking for a way to get DAB in my car for a while. I saw this on amazon, noted the warnings about reception in the reviews and went ahead. I wasn't too worried about reception because the portable DAB radio I have in the house has very good reception and the what-stations-can-my-postcode-receive websites all suggested my locality (I live in suburban Leeds) had strong coverage.

The unit proved very easy to setup - my car radio has an aux input so I didn't need to use the FM transmitter. I installed the aerial exactly as described in the manual. It found plenty of stations when sat on my drive.

However, the problems began when I started to move. The unit is unable to consistently and clearly receive the stations I'm interested in. The stations cut out frequently on my 20 minute commute to work and even more often if I venture further afield. Even a couple of the BBC stations, which, according to the unit, had consistently good signal strength and quality, had annoying clicks most of the time.

Buyers beware!

flimsy, 29 Aug 2008
hi i,m not a "ham"fisted person,but managed to break fixing bracket in minutes, brilliant!!! finding it difficult to detect a lot of stations but this may be my area(cleveland)? maybe if i buy some glue and drive around to detect more stations things may improve, time will tell???

Brilliant, 26 Aug 2008
Excellent bit of kit, simple to install and set up. From box to fully installed and working should take no more than five minutes.

Most of the negative reports on the "Highway" seem to be related to DAB coverage issues, which can't really be blamed on the "Highway". Unfortunately significant areas and some major roads in the UK still do not have DAB coverage at the time of writing. A useful website for "Highway" users giving coverage maps (although the map detail isn't too fantastic) is http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/digital.html (usual disclaimers). However read carefully the planned on-air dates for the multiplexes as some are not yet operational.

Now if you're a Techie and want to improve reception read on:

I brought the "Highway" so I could listen to a particular station during my daily commute to and from work. The supplied adhesive screen mounted antenna works in areas with good signal coverage. However my journey is through a rural area and is on the edge of one of the signal contours. To compound matters, the route also take me along a river valley which is screened on either side by hills and with the supplied antenna I was getting some fairly bad and prolonged signal drop-outs.

So in an attempt to improve matters, I tried an old quarter-wave Band 3 Trunked-Radio mag-mount antenna placed on the middle of the car roof. WOW - the difference is phenomenal - no drop-outs whatsoever - solid signal for the whole of my journey - and I haven't even trimmed the antenna for the DAB frequencies.

The mag-mount approach may not be to many people's liking but if you want to listen to DAB in the car and if you travel in an area with mediocre reception an external antenna really does significantly improve reception.


The worst gadget I have ever bought, 26 Aug 2008
I love by gadgets. It drives my wife mad and I usually pick very carefully after pondering for months and boring everyone.

the reviews were generally good and I was looking for an FM transmitter and love DAB so this seemed the logical solution.

Big mistake!! It is sitting in my glovebox unloved and unused. I will never buy a PURE again.

First of all, this can only be used in one car as it comes with a stick on antenna which once it's on, is on!

The reception for DAB is not great but the tranmission to the radio is awful awful awful. I kept having to change the channel over and over about every 5 minutes and the reception was significantly worse than listening to the FM radio. I could not enjoy wimbledon on this so went back to the AM radio for radio 5 live.

The transmission for the MP3 player is 1000 times better through the cassette adapter that I bought in Poundland (for £1!!) so this has gone onto the scrap heap of poor experience.

Whenever I open the glove box to get something else out it makes me want to weap.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!

Works fine, 21 Aug 2008
This holder has worked fine for me. Start with a clean windscreen, moisten the cup a little, stick it on firmly, and it will stay on for ever. I've even used this holder stuck onto the speedometer of my motorbike (VFR800). The vibration and bumps are far greater than in a car, and it didn't budge.

The charger works well too, and so I'd certainly recommend this product.

Garbage, 06 May 2008
Quite why anybody would pay £20 for the worst part of the Tom Tom experience is beyond me. These holders DON'T WORK!!! Tom Tom have developed the technology to locate you within a few metres anywhere in Britain, but they haven't worked out a way of keeping the thing stuck to your windscreen so it falls off every ten minutes. Utter rubbish.

Nothing works, 21 Apr 2008
The product is just a disaster. The TomTom holder, as said by other reviewers, will keep the TomTom for a few minutes, rarely more than 15.

The charger is different from the picture (it's a "one piece" charger - from the picture looks a 2 piece charger, good to charge other devices just changing the cable). The charger has a short cable, and in my case broke after just 15 days. As useless as possible.

Useless not once, twice, but THREE times, 21 Feb 2008
Firstly the charger has the wrong connection so doesn't charge in the car at all.

Then there's the windscreen holder. Falls off far too often and trying to put it back on when you're driving is very annoying not to mention dangerous.

And lastly, although not the fault of this item admitably, but the tom tom I bought came with these two things so why advertise it as a pairing option? Why would you want to buy 2????

Too cheap to worry about but certainly worth complaining on here!

Doesn't hold the tomtom to the window, 19 Jan 2008
Typically falls off after about 10 minutes unless perfectly clean, in which case it might stay up for 30 minutes.

It's alright, 24 Jun 2008
I'm not so worried about the looks as its (now) so cheap. My 8" DVD can't fit with the battery attached but that's not a problem. The car connected works well but the hole in the case doesn't line up with my DVD. The head-phone cables are a pain to get connected and the seat straps have a tendency to slip.
I *could* blame my DVD, my car etc BUT it's £7 and all the things I have found 'wrong' are cosmetic. It just means there are a few wires in the wrong place.

DVD Player case, 24 May 2008
Functional - BUT made of very cheap looking smooth black plastic. No wonder only the internal view is being shown in the Amazon photographs. Disappointing appearance. However, as it WAS cheap, maybe I shouldn't have expected a better looking bag.
On the other hand, it was delivered very quickly and has arrived before the DVD player I ordered at the same time from Amazon.


Case Logic PDVK3, 18 Jan 2008
Nice case. Although the padding is not really thick will still protect from general bumps and knocks. Has enough space to hold player, 5 DVDs and the straps.

CASE LOGIC PDVK3, 22 Sep 2007
I ordered the Case Logic PDVK3 DVD player case on Friday 21st Sept 2007 at 1.30 pm and received it at 11.30 am the following day (Standard delivery), 5 stars for AMAZON.CO.UK. I needed a case for my new Philips PET 720 portable DVD player and it fits snugly with the battery attached. The case is very well made and I would recommend it to anyone requiring a quality product to protect their portable DVD player, 5 stars for CASE LOGIC.
Thank you.
Norman.

Very handy for attaching your In Car DVD, 02 Aug 2007
I managed to get a good deal on a Philips 7" DVD Player but needed something to attach it to the rear headrest. This attached very securely to the rear headrest and held my DVD in the open position tightly.

I have not tried it in the middle position strapped between the 2 car seats as only have 1 child.

Great value, 01 Sep 2008
Space for your TomTom One XL and the in-car charger. A central flap protects the screen of the device, and the charger fits into its own pocket. Construction is solid and it looks good. Great value for the price!

Good value, 09 Aug 2008
This is a good quality product at a reasonable price. It fits the tomtom one xl perfectly in it's protected compartment. It also has another compartment with room for a charger etc.

Excellent buy

ANOTHER EXCELLENT QUALITY HAMA CASE, 19 Jun 2008
Well made and good value for money, much better value than the current £19.99 you pay for a lesser quality branded Tom Tom case. Case has a tough outer shell which protects GPS and a spacious section for the in charger to be stored. Recommend purchase.


So Much Better Than The Tom Tom Case., 31 May 2008
Extremley happy with this product, only marked four star due to excessive delivery time but well worth the wait, much better value than the current £19.99 you pay for a lesser quality branded Tom Tom case.
Oh, and I forgot to mention delivered one day after finally recieving notification of dispatch so can't be all bad.

VERY HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Worked... until it broke. Too flimsy., 02 Sep 2008
I bought this unit in January 2008, and have used it about six times "for real".

Now, it has developed a loose or broken wire, so it no longer works. I'm awaiting TomTom's response on a warranty replacement. I don't think it is built sturdily enough for repeated connection and disconnection, which is a bind if you are security-minded.

I dismantle the unit and the TomTom XL it's attached to each time I leave the car and I find the set up of the aerial is just too fiddly, which is why I haven't used it much except for major long distance journeys. I tend to know where the traffic builds up locally and the ways round jams on regular routes anyway.

I settled on the "down the centre of the screen, behind the rear view mirror" position for the aerial, as that seemed to give the most reliable signal.

It occurs to me that, since it uses FM, the reception quality will depend to some extent on how much electrical noise the car generates, which may be why some users experience worse performance than others. If you get poor FM radio reception in your vehicle, I suspect that this unit is not for you.

I've used it on long North - South journeys, M4, A34, M40, M6, M1, A1 to Yorkshire and Scotland. The signal lock seems fairly consistent.
I haven't changed the default settings.

Where there is a delay it can't re-route round, the actual delay seems less than the reported delay, which may mean it re-routes unnecessarily, but the re-routing is surprisingly seamless and fast.

I find the symbols it uses to show the cause of delay are far too small to distinguish from the driver's seat. I rely on my passenger to squint at the tiny symbols and writing and tell me what it says.

Overall, I don't think it is worth what I paid for it in January, which could be why it is a lot cheaper now!

largely unworkable, 11 Aug 2008
I've had a subscription to the TomTom managed traffic information system for the last two years, which updates by receiving data from your mobile phone. As this is an annual subscription, I decided last month to buy the RDS-TMC receiver instead and get free traffic updates.

Not a good move. I travel from Oxfordshire to London every day along the M40, and previously the traffic info had proved very useful. With the new receiver I can only get a signal about 5% of the time, and about 10% if there is low cloud. Even worse is that the information it receives is very inaccurate, and nothing like as good as the TomTom service. Most delays appear as "1 minute" irrespective of the actual situation.

It also seems to provide very localised information only - eg it doesn't seem to get information on a bad jam that might be 50 miles away, despite the radio bulletins warning against it.

I've tried positioning the wire in various places, but nothing seems to improve the reception. I even parked in a layby and laid the wire across the outside of the roof to see if that helped, but it didn't!

The Tom Tom forums suggest that the reception is okay in Europe, but in the UK the signal strength is below the unit's capability.

tomtom rds-tmc, 19 Jun 2008
After reading many comments on the rds-tmc l thought l would add my own. Having installed unit which was bought from amazon 2 weeks ago l ha