Compare the Garmin DriveSmart 61 LTM-D to the LTM-S
Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-D
- Because it refreshes every 30 seconds, the traffic information about motorways and provincial roads is always up to date.
- Incoming calls, messages, and notifications from your smartphone also appear on the screen of your navigation system.
- Make hands-free calls via the navigation system and avoid accidents and fines.
- You won't receive traffic information about city centers.
Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S
- Traffic updates on your smartphone (GPRS) keep you up to date on the current traffic situation on highways, provincial roads, and city centers.
- Incoming calls, messages, and notifications from your smartphone appear on the screen of your car navigation system.
- Make hands-free calls via the navigation system and avoid accidents and fines.
- Because it only refreshes every 2 minutes, the traffic information isn't always up to date.
- You use data from your phone plan with traffic information via your smartphone.
LTM-D: extremely fast, no information about city centers
The Garmin DriveSmart 61 LTM-D receives traffic information via DAB+. This radio signal is digital and interference-free. As a result, the traffic information is always up to date: the information refreshes every 30 seconds. This way, you avoid a traffic jam that has just occurred. With DAB+, you receive traffic information on highways and provincial roads. This means you're not always aware of a speed camera or a traffic jam in the city center.
LTM-S: complete information, but less up to date
On the Garmin DriveSmart 61 LTM-S, you receive traffic information via your smartphone. You simply connect your phone to the DriveSmart via the free Link App and Bluetooth. Because the navigation system retrieves traffic information via your smartphone, it uses data from your phone plan. You receive information about highways, provincial, roads, and city centers. You're also aware of a traffic jam in front of an open road bridge. Your navigation system updates the traffic information every 2 minutes. You might discover a traffic jam when it's too late.
Conclusion
The Garmin DriveSmart 61 LTM-S and LTM-D differ only in terms of traffic information. In addition to information about highways and provincial roads, the LTM-S also provides traffic information about city centers. But because it refreshes every 2 minutes, the traffic information isn't always up to date. The LTM-D refreshes every 30 seconds and is more up to date, but it doesn't provide traffic information about city centers.
