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Wazza_G
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 Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject: Just in case you didn't see it on the TT website. |
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I see that TT have now launched the RDS-TMC Traffic Receiver in England.
http://www.tomtom.com/news/category.php?ID=4&NID=422&Lid=1
So precisely what the Welsh, Scots & Irish folk are meant to do!  
The $64,000 question is will it work this time????
A: Probably not knowing TT. |
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Darren
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Nice of them to tell us 
The new receiver is a great deal better than the last one. Not perfect but a lot lot better.
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epoch
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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Please can someone help me as this has got me confused!
I got my 720T yesterday. I spent some time yesterday reading about the 720T, and saw something about these receivers being replaced.
I mentioned this to the supplier who assured me the receiver would be the latest one.
The reciever has a product code on it: 4v00.013
Please can someone confirm this is indeed the latest one (and therefore potentially useable!).
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HummerUK
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Darren
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Any News On The Bluetooth Remote Control? |
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| HummerUK wrote: | http://www.amazon.co.uk/TomTom-520-Bluetooth-Remote-Control/dp/B000S5OWTM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/203-3186682-8879116?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1193931648&sr=8-2
Will this add-on ever appear in the UK?
HummerUK |
A good question. There do appear to be moves afoot in this area but I can't say any more at this time.
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DennisN
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: Any News On The Bluetooth Remote Control? |
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| Darren wrote: | | HummerUK wrote: | http://www.amazon.co.uk/TomTom-520-Bluetooth-Remote-Control/dp/B000S5OWTM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/203-3186682-8879116?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1193931648&sr=8-2
Will this add-on ever appear in the UK?
HummerUK |
A good question. There do appear to be moves afoot in this area but I can't say any more at this time. |
Well, this is what TT told ME
| Quote: | Dear Mr DennisN,
Thank you for contacting TomTom Customer Support.
The part is expected to be available very soon. We are still awaiting initial stock to arrive. Although we cannot provide an exact date, it should be available within the coming months. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further queries. Thank you for your email.
With Best Regards
The TomTom Customer Support Team
Customer (DennisN) 19/09/2007 08.27 PM
Ever since the introduction of the GO 720, you accessories page has shown the Bluetooth Remote Control as "Temporarily Unavailable". As far as I can tell, it has never yet been available.
When will it become available please?? |
AND if you look on the Amazon page you've linked to, the first review includes this ... | Quote: | 27 Oct 2007
By Nigel Heather (West Sussex, UK)
Having owned a TomTom 700 for some time a few months ago I bought a TomTom 720. I realised that TomTom had downgraded the product so that the remote control was no longer included but wasn't put off because the price is now a lot lower and the remote is available seperately. I was intrigued to see if my old remote would work but no, TomTom have changed the way it works. So I went ahead and ordered a TomTom remote. I ordered on the 1st Sept with a delivery estimate of 2 to 4 weeks. That came and went and I got an email from Amazon saying it was delayed and would be with me at the end of October. I have just received another email from Amazon saying that it is delayed again - this time to April 2008. |
I suppose the "moves afoot in this area" are that having provoked a rival bid for Teleatlas, Tom Tom are now concentrating on a buyout of Bluetooth. 
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mikealder
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| epoch wrote: |
The reciever has a product code on it: 4v00.013
Please can someone confirm this is indeed the latest one (and therefore potentially useable!). |
This is the latest device and does work considerably better than prevous iterations.
Keep the wire aerial lead at least 5CM away from the ''A'' pillars of the car for best results. Some users have found running the aerial across the lower edge of the screen works, others (myself included) run the aerial from the top left corner of the screen (maintaining the 5CM clearance) straight down into the corner before going across the dash to the device - Mike |
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mrgrimsby
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| What is this thing? will it work on any tomtom one???? were would you get one from?? |
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epoch
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Hi.
Thank you very much for your reply. I'll give it a go!
| mikealder wrote: | This is the latest device and does work considerably better than prevous iterations.
Keep the wire aerial lead at least 5CM away from the ''A'' pillars of the car for best results. Some users have found running the aerial across the lower edge of the screen works, others (myself included) run the aerial from the top left corner of the screen (maintaining the 5CM clearance) straight down into the corner before going across the dash to the device - Mike |
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mikealder
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| mrgrimsby wrote: | | What is this thing? will it work on any tomtom one???? were would you get one from?? |
The RDS-TMC receiver can only be used on the XL and Third Edition models in the TomTom One range, all x10 and x20 products support its use.
It receives traffic information which is then displayed on screen or you can set the device to re-route around delays above a certain duration, which TomTom One device have you got? - Mike |
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andy-c1
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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so if or when we can buys these will this in effect do away with the tt traffic fee we have to pay or is there another fee we have to pay if we want tmc
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mrgrimsby
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| my tomtom is tomtom one version 2 regional so its not for me I suppose? |
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dougproctor
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:01 am Post subject: Traffic receiver - setting up |
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Have bought V2 of the traffic receiver, awaiting delivery. Is this just a case of plugging it in to the 720 and away it goes? Or does some setting have to be enabled in preferences?
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Darren
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:08 am Post subject: Re: Traffic receiver - setting up |
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| dougproctor wrote: | Have bought V2 of the traffic receiver, awaiting delivery. Is this just a case of plugging it in to the 720 and away it goes? Or does some setting have to be enabled in preferences?
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Doug |
Plug'n'go. The 720 will automatically detect its presence. All you may need to do is choose some preferences under the Traffic Menu.
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Tim Buxton
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:34 am Post subject: |
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| andy-c1 wrote: | | so if or when we can buys these will this in effect do away with the tt traffic fee we have to pay or is there another fee we have to pay if we want tmc |
The only fee involved in using the TMC receiver is the purchase price. A lifetime licence fee is included in that cost and the device isn't country dependent, either, so it will work where there is TMC data available to it. A GPRS Traffic supscription is country-dependent.
Mine worked in France as well as in the UK. I believe that the US has a different version, though, and the EU one won't work there and vice versa.
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