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Brian
Hamilton Ont.
October 27, 2009
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GTM 20 FM TRAFFIC RECEIVER
Works Great. Bought lifetime Navteq Life Traffic.Navteq has just increased coverage in Canada.Oct.2009.Pickering to Niagara. It rerouted me around const. on 401.express lanes to collectors and back again automaticaly without telling me ahead of time.Green light -traffic moving well, yelow light- moderate traffic, red light-advoid area.Touch green bar at top of screen and all problems are shown. Touch view map,bottom centre of screen, all areas are marked on map. This works all the time and updates constently while you drive. You do not have to have a route designated for it to alert you of a problem. Just view map is all you need.It puts up a caution sign on the lower right side of the screen with delay minites on it and automaticaly adds that time to to your destionation, if you have one set. Touch the delay icon and it changes screen and shows you were problem is.If lengthy delay push advoid and let Nuvi do the work.
Pros: expanded canadian coverage
Cons: none
Recommend: YES
Tag: garmin gtm 20 fm tmc portable traffic receiver review, gtm 20 fm tmc portable traffic receiver review
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Kastorman
Niagara, ON
June 22, 2009
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WORKS - BUT READ THE FINE PRINT FOR GTA
If you check the Navteq website, Toronto Area only gets incident reporting updates via RDS - not traffic flow.
Recommend: YES
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G
Toronto, ON
April 14, 2009
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WORKS ONLY IF THE CAR IS OFF!
I can't seem to find any mention of this anywhere and not getting any support from Garmin. I noticed something very odd. The LED for the traffic activity on the device only goes green (working) while the engine is off. I can see the traffic reports in the GPS and it works just fine with my nuvi 770.
However, as soon as I start the engine the LED goes yellow and no more traffic reports are available. It's obviously some type of interference but I can't get this to work any other way - so I can only see the traffic if I wait and do not start the car.
Pros: nice when it works
Cons: doesn't work with engine on
Recommend: NO
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Edwinland
New York
April 7, 2009
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NO INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ACTIVATE IT AT ALL
Good luck getting this thing to work!
Pros: none
Cons: doesn't work at all
Recommend: NO
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Jim
October 13, 2008
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Garmin 265WT won't give traffic in Toronto. Supposed to have free traffic updates but can't get any information. Anyone know why?
Recommend: YES
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Simon
July 24, 2008
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HMMM
I got the NUvi 760, came with the traffic receiver with a free subscription... It worked for the very first day, then nothing ! Firmware up-to-date, everything is up to date. It stays solid orange, which means looking for signal... why it worked first days, then nothing after ?!?! Not sure this thing works or worth the money
Recommend: YES
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Grant
February 25, 2008
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TRAFFIC REPORTS IN TORONTO
So is it a yes that the units like my 450 will work for the traffic reports or not and if so what do I have to do to make it work, spend more $$?
Recommend: YES
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Bob
November 30, 2007
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GARMIN TORONTO TRAFFIC
What are the steps to activate Garmin traffic report for the first time?
Recommend: YES
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Juan
November 26, 2007
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Well it is working now for the c550 since last firmware 6.00 2 weeks ago and everything is fine so far. Good coverage in Toronto , from Hamilton to Oshawa and North to Newmarket. We also get Slow Traffic reports with Delay Times but it only updates from 5 am to 8 pm Mon-Fri so far.
Recommend: YES
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DD
October 11, 2007
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I have C550 StreetPilot. I have been waiting since July for various firmware updates to make the TMC traffic to work in Toronto. It's October now and still waiting. I was going to get the 550 for my folks for Christmas but will be looking at something else now.
Recommend: YES
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nr
September 23, 2007
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Cdn customers: Gramin web site says coverage in available in Canada and will quite happily take your $60 for a subscription. I did this and got no traffic services. Called and was told I needed receiver firmware update. This was released 2 weeks later and still no services. Called and was told I needed main unit update. This was released 1 week later and still no services. Need to make another call - don't waste your money on this right now.
Recommend: YES
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Juan
ON
July 21, 2007
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TMC TRAFFIC IN TORONTO, OTTAWA AND MONTREAL FOR GARMIN UNITS.
Since last July 1st, 2007 it is up and running. But Garmin Customers are still waiting for a software update due by late July to support the traffic services here in Canada.
Recommend: YES
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Zain
ON
May 26, 2007
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IT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA
I am living in Toronto, and I have the Garmin GTM 20 FM TMC with my Escort-Garmin C550, this service (TMC Traffic) is not available here in this area. When Canada will be covered by this service?
Recommend: YES
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