Mio 269 and TMC....can someone explain???

[JohnRicketts]

I just bought a used Mio 269. I flashed the firmware to R21, loaded Miomap V2 and the new maps. All works great. Now apparently, you can hook an FM9 Traffic box (or summat?) to get TMC but only in UK if software is licensed for it (or something???) but it should work on the continent.

What is this all about, and what is the lowest cost route of getting TMC to work on this kit in the UK??

Cheers,
John

[JohnRicketts]

When you fire up the unit now (with firmware R21), you get a little icon for TMC, but with a line through it saying no receiver connected! You can buy a receiver such as:-

http://www.easydevices.co.uk/pcp/products.asp?partno=4037735101678

It is pricey, at £61 but Is it going to work??? I dont want to blow that much on something that doesnt! Is it the UK TMC license that makes it cost that much?

Thanks,
John

[MioC210user]

There's a whole section on Mio & TMC in this forum, which may be of interest.

As far as I know, the TMC receiver currently available doen't work properly in the UK.

I've been told by Mio that they're developing & testing a UK-specific TMC receiver.

I've tried a TMC receiver on my C210 already, but it didn't work - it detected a TMC signal but was unable to decode it.

Some later Mio models, like the 710, with built-in TMC receivers appear to work whilst the older models requiring a seperate receiver don't seem to work properly or consistently with the receivers currently available on the UK market.

Also, if you look at the Mio web site (http://www.mio-tech.be), you'll see a recent press release about TMC in France...and Mio tell me that they're further behind in the process of getting a receiver fully developed and tested for the UK

[JohnRicketts]

[klystron_generator]

from the contents of other postings it looks like a uk TMC receiver could be just around the corner

also bear in mind that TomTom have only just launched a TMC receiver for the uk

some people seem to have got TMC workig on their C710s but it might be worth waiting before you jump

it would be even more frustrating if you dumped your current unit and bought something else just to find that TMC doesn't work on that either

a friend bought a TomTom under the illusion that this would work with their RDS/TMC service but found later that it's only compatible with their GPRS traffic service

you don't want to jump out of the frying pan into the fire

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