Lifetime Maps & Traffic Does the unit that comes with Lifetime Maps & Traffic also come with lifetime "Live" services? On the TomTom website, it says that you cannot purchase live traffic by itself, but only as part of the Live services, but I can't find anywhere that states if the Lifetime of traffic updates is linked to the Live services. Lifetime Maps & Traffic Does the unit that comes with Lifetime Maps & Traffic also come with lifetime "Live" services? On the TomTom website, it says that you cannot... » Read More Lifetime Maps & Traffic Does the unit that comes with Lifetime Maps & Traffic also come with lifetime "Live" services? On the TomTom website, it says that you cannot purchase live traffic by itself, but only as part of the Live services, but I can't find anywhere that states if the Lifetime of traffic updates is linked to the Live services. « Show Less
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If you are talking about 340TM unit (Lifetime Maps and Traffic), it does not have the Live services capability. The traffic on the 340TM unit comes through an RDS/FM receiver which is built into the car power supply. According to my experience, the traffic information is quite useful, e.g., it avoided closed roads in Boston. I have seen slow traffic reported only on highways but never on local roads (however, I've only used the unit for 2 days).
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I know see your point. This is a good question. The description of "XL 340TM LIVE" is confusing in this respect. While they list the "lifetime traffic" feature as part of their "Live" services, you have to pay a monthly fee for the "Live" services. Please let me know what you hear.
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J. Chan has the same question I have. TomTom has a 340TM LIVE unit, but I cannot determine if the Lifetime Traffic service is Lifetime LIVE Traffic Service or a Lifetime RDS service subscription.
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I purchased the 340TM Live from Best Buy a few days ago. It comes with the RDS-TMC traffic receiver built in to the 12V power cord. You get 3 months worth of Live services for free, but after that it's over unless you subscribe. It still receives traffic data over FM from the RDS-TMC receiver after your Live services are disabled.
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Hi Sasha, TomTom has another version of the device that is called the "XL 340TM LIVE," which is available from Amazon. SamKT and I are wondering if this version has lifetime LIVE services or if it uses an RDS receiver for the "lifetime traffic" updates. After a little more searching on TomTom's website, I believe that the "lifetime traffic" is probably an RDS device since they sell that accessory in the online store. However, I e-mailed TomTom customer support and will post any reply that they send.
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Hi Sam, the TomTom HOME software reports that "Live" services (i.e. through a cellphone-like connection) are not supported by my 340TM unit. My understanding is that 340TM unit has an RDS service but not the "Live" services, i.e. the 340TM does not have the Google search, gas prices, etc. accessible when on the road.
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Call TomTom customer service & ask them to activate/update your Lifetime Map service. Then connect your GPS to your computer
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Not sure I understand the question. As far as i knew the updates including traffic were done when you updated Garmin maps. I have never done a traffic update separate from the map update. I have life time maps and get updates roughly every quarter. Let me know if I am missing traffic updates? what I read was that the little black cylinder in the cable about 2" long was were the traffic was controlled from. So far I have only used the cable around Toronto. I haven't been stateside since getting the cable.
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How can you find out if it is a LMT (Lifetime Map + Traffic) or non-LMT?I purchased a re-furbished Garmin and could not use the Lifetime Update feature!When I tried to update, a message appears on my PC: "This device does not have a lifetime subscription tied to it.Please purchase a subscription from garmin.com or contact garmin support."I am returning the device to hopefully obtain a correct one.
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Nope, there are no fees involved for the GPS itself. if you get the GPS with the lifetime maps, you can update your map for free once there's new updates. However, if you just get GPS without the lifetime maps, you have to pay garmin if you want to update maps.
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I can't say if the maps are current when you receive the receiver, however, it does come with free lifetime map updates.
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If you have purchased the Nuvi with lifetime updates you will need to log into Garmin and connect your Nuvi to the site to update all maps which will have road changes it does not automatically update. You can purchase an HD live traffic & automatic updater from Garmin. The new Garmin line of GPS does offer it and updates automatically.
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No, the GPS is purchased with the lifetime map updates. Your GPS needs to be programmed to accept real time traffic, the cord facilitates the reception of the real time info. In other words, the lifetime option is for map updates and the real time traffic is part of the computer programming in the specific GPS you have. The cord doesn't work without the programming of the GPS.
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i have a guess, and i want to stress that this is *only* a guess, that tomtom averages the amount of time that people take to drive any given route. if the road is wide open -especially for longer drives- i always beat the original estimates; if the traffic is bad, i'm always later. i know for a fact that tomtom is taking information from your device, and vice versa, when you connect to tomtom.com. the tomtom is definitely learning new routes (from roads that people drive on that the device doesn't know about -- i've seen roads show up on my device after friends have logged them with their tomtoms on) and new shorter paths (my device doesn't direct me "wrong" again after i've gone a shorter way than it originally knew about. so i think they're conglomerating data and giving you a point-to-point guess based on what their users have actually done. it wouldn't surprise me that if you used the external traffic sensor that this would be even more accurate based not only on the traffic of the moment, but their data base on the history of your route at that particular time. for what it's worth, m.
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According to the item listing traffic is lifetime with no additional charges. Since I've only had the unit for less than 3 months I can't verifiy how long it will really last... so far, so good. To this point I have only gotten one traffic warning.
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Check with TomTom customer service. They can tell you whether or not you have the latest map. It is my understanding that you need to take overt action to get the free replacement map. I blew my 30-day window-of-opportunity, so I did not get the free replacement map. I can, of course, get the free map-share updates, which are incremental, user community supplied updates. In TomTom Home (from the menu bar at the top), you click on "Tools" =&gt; "Use Latest Map Guarantee". The 30-day window for doing this is from the time that you first use your GPS, not from the purchase date. (That is because a TomTom might be purchased and then put away to give later as a gift). When you set a destination, favorite, home location, or other settings, it changes internal file dates, which the software detects. I do not know which file dates are checked. Be sure to delete unused voices before getting the new map, or you might not have enough RAM.
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Yes, it does have traffic updates. However it is difficult to determine the accuracy of those traffic reports, because conditions are constantly changing, so by the time you arrive at the area that had an earlier-displayed slowdown, you'll never know if things cleared up or got worse moments before you arrived at the location. After driving ~6000 miles on a northeastern road trip last summer (areas with lots of traffic), my impression is that the traffic updates were largely accurate and helpful.Oh, by the way, we didn't get traffic capabilities that require extra equipment or subscriptions. We just got the basic model. Yes, it does have traffic updates. However it is difficult to determine the accuracy of those traffic reports, because conditions are constantly changing, so by the time you arrive at the area that had an earlier-displayed slowdown, you'll never know if things cleared up or got worse moments before you arrived at the location. After driving ~6000 miles on a northeastern road trip last summer (areas with lots of traffic), my impression is that the traffic updates were largely accurate and helpful.Oh, by the way, we didn't get traffic capabilities that require extra equipment or... » Read More Yes, it does have traffic updates. However it is difficult to determine the accuracy of those traffic reports, because conditions are constantly changing, so by the time you arrive at the area that had an earlier-displayed slowdown, you'll never know if things cleared up or got worse moments before you arrived at the location. After driving ~6000 miles on a northeastern road trip last summer (areas with lots of traffic), my impression is that the traffic updates were largely accurate and helpful.Oh, by the way, we didn't get traffic capabilities that require extra equipment or subscriptions. We just got the basic model. « Show Less
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Nicole - if it states that you have lifetime map updates, then you do have them available through the gain website once you have registered your unit. I have had no issues with this feature over the past two years. As an owner a a Garmin product got over five years, I can confidently tell you that Garmin supports their products as advertised. Wanda
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Is there some way to update the maps or firmware? How do we know we have the latest version? My wife's TomTom plugs into the USB port and downloads the updates automatically. I see nothing other than MIO transfer, which is not very intuitive or useful.
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I am very upset about this. The Amazon website states that maps of US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe are included with lifetime updates. I bought this unit for European driving and bought this specifically for free lifetime European map updates. Even if you go to TomTom's web site, it mentions free lifetime updates. No where on the page for this device does it say that European map updates are not included. I called TomTom and the customer service was horrible. After 20 minutes on hold I explained to a "supervisor" that this was deceptive and wrong and he hung up on me. This company is deceptive and has disdain for it's customers.
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There must be differences depending on when you buy. I got the unit itself, a window mount bracklet, a USB cable and a car charger cable which also gives live traffic updates. However I would NEVER buy or recommend TomTom. For the past year or more their after sales service sucks, there is none. Go to Garmin. After 15 years with TomTom I changed and it's a welcome relief.Cheers.
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I've owned this unit (before "lifetime Maps and Traffic) for about a year and a half now. I've updated my maps approx once per quarter when Garmin makes them available. The updates take a while, but they do, in fact, offer them. When I got mine I had to purchase "lifetime maps" as an additional option. The units of today are almost all including lifetime map updates as part of the unit.For the price here on the Gold Box ....... It's a steal! Go for it.