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HD Traffic Accessory UK Launch Postponed
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carl_the_cobbler
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I could not agree more. If you were to pay £8 per month you would expect it to be perfect. From what I have read on here it is far from that. I do feel bad for the people who have forked out an awful lot of money to be a Guinea Pig. What about when the servers are down do they get an extra day onto their free time? All the errors they get, some bits don't work on some and other bits on others. There are so many unanswered questions, but when it does work it seems to work well

Try and be impartial here, do you ever think that TomTom's camera warnings could ever be as good as this sites. I don't.

I don't think they have the time nor the resources to be able to accomplish what the users and providers of all the camera information on this site do. The only way I could see it happening and working as it should is if all camera locations were officially available and did not change for a considerable time, this included updates to where mobile cameras would be placed. Or they could just buy a license from PGPSW.

If it does see the light of day I will probably try it, but I am rather sad and a gadget geek. I don't think I would have a real need, would probably buy it before I drove a long distance on holiday or whatever. I don't drive for a living so it is not as much of a necessity for me.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Then the latest version of TT Home takes you here
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Comical isn't it! The XL HD has never been offered outside of Holland either.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Would this work in this country?

Ebay link here

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That is weird!! The timings suggest I posted long after Darren above, but it wasn't there when I posted. Anyway, just wanted to say, I was just looking around and saw the Ebay page, initially tried looking on Ebay in Holland for a Traffic Receiver.


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I very much doubt that will fully work in the UK, the maps and navigation part will be fine but the HD part will only work in the country the SIM card is intended to be used within - most probably Holland - Mike
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mike's correct, the ONE XL HD is available in Holland only and the HD Service will operate in that country only.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Darren wrote:
I've stated previously that TomTom have shelved plans to release the HD Traffic receiver here in the UK and possibly other countries that were due to get it. Why we don't know but they were quite clear on this.

But that is not the official TomTom stance according to the various support calls I and others have made.
Has this been published anywhere so that I can start demanding my money back?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TomTom have made no public pronouncements on this but my information is sound and we're not the only website stating this, GPSPassion were at the same TomTom meeting and have made the same statement.

However whilst I sympathise with anyone who bought an x30 on the back of the future availability of the HD Accessory, I think you'll have a hard time demanding money back if/when they confirm it won't be coming. I wish you luck!
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My belief has always been that the HD bit refered to the method of collection and analysis of the traffic data and that this was irrelevant to the method of delivery.

I used Traffic in Holland last year and it seemed to be very accurate, routing me round Rotterdam through the suburbs without delay.

I found the Traffic data on a trip down to London last week better than previousl experiences but still not good. Are we acutally getting the Vodafone data or not?

If there is an error, my 720 pops up a message including the words HD Traffic.

The old system should have worked but seems to be like treacle when in action, showing queues where there are none and not when you are sat in one.

The seems to be a trick missing here. When my TomTom connects to the server why does it not add to where I am (surely it must need that to figure what traffic data I need) my speed, as 0 - 10, 10 - 20, 20 - 30, 30 - 40, 40 - 50 and over 50. this would cover most traffic situations and be real time.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For those bored with this I apologise, but they say they have them in stock!!!!

http://www.4allclients.co.uk/?action=4&id=1455483

but it is a load of ...., isn't it?
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whilst they might have stock they don't state the country of origin - the HD Receiver as depicted by the pictures will only work in Holland - it is useless in the UK - so save your cash - Mike
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well my traffic subscription runs out in 2 days and I'm reluctant to renew it (except for the entertainment value of seeing if the incident actually exists). I considered investing in one of these but I can't so I won't.

So will I be suckered into buying GPRS traffic again .......because I can.

Gadgets are like drugs. You know you shouldn't etc etc. Wish I'd never met that bloke at a party who offered me the trial subscription. "go on....it won't hurt you my friend......" And I'll get that depressed guilty feeling after buying it. I bet I'm not alone here!

I WILL NOT buy it. I WILL NOT buy it.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I 100% echo your sentiments, my Traffic subscription also runs out together with Speed Cams, think I will give PGPSW a go.

It makes you wonder at what point will the proverbial penny drop at TomTom HQ and they realise that subscriptions from users must be going down, could it be that ITV Live Traffic gives a more detailed and up to date view of road conditions than TT Route Planner/HD Traffic.

Sorry to go on but as a TT 930 owner I still feel cheated, the x30 range does not even appear on the original products list on the TT web site Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well although the quandry over re-subscribing to traffic continues I would say without hesitation that the PGPSW speed cam database wipes the floor with Tom Tom's own. So at least we've knocked a fiver off what they'll prise out of our pockets! :-)

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TomTom have behaved appallingly over this issue, refusing to confirm or deny that they will eventually release the HD accessory.
They have also (in my support call) denied that they ever said the HD accessory would be made available for the x30 range.
Darren wrote:
However whilst I sympathise with anyone who bought an x30 on the back of the future availability of the HD Accessory, I think you'll have a hard time demanding money back if/when they confirm it won't be coming. I wish you luck!
Having bought my 730 from Amazon, I filled in a form on their website explaining my situation and got an email only a few minutes later offering me a full refund (less postage as the item was over 30 days old).
Despite DHL's best efforts to stop me returning it my refund came through today.
Having been badly let down by TomTom I would rather go with another manufacturer for a replacement, but as no-one else has a comparable service to HD Traffic (and other live services) I may reluctantly go for an x40
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