Adding Traffic Subsciption

I am getting antsy to get my traffic data back up and running.

What traffic provider was with the initial 3 mo subscription that came with the 760s. Is this lifetime deal with the same data provider?

also, has anyone had an issue with their unit not using a new enough software version to add the traffic subscription? Any word on the advertisements being included with the new lifetime traffic on older units?

Just saw this posted on another forum just today:

"Just got off phone with Garmin and they tell me if you have a subscription and update to version 5.30 you will now have a lifetime subscription. Mine expired and I never renewed it so I'm out of luck unless I pay the $60 for life which seems ok to me."

Link, then go to the post near the end by jcamp:

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?whichpage=5&TOP...

I did the traffic update last night and, when I put my nüvi 760 in the car today, it went into it's "Updating Traffic Software" routine. When it was finished I checked my subscription info. It still says it expires at the end of next July.

I have gone side by side with my 660 (remaining clearchannel subscription) and 755T (Navteq free). I find that the Navteq signal coverage is not quite as strong, but with that it does receive a signal where the clearchannel does not. I will probably end up purchasing the lifetime once they figure out the subscription bugs, just to have more complete coverage with both services. Due to the lack of Navteq coverage, I am currently using my clearchannel GTM20 on my 755t...

Here is what I received in an email from garmin today.

"Thank you for contacting Garmin International.

I am sorry that this is taking so long to resolve. I have been told
that they have resolved the issue and they are Emailing new lifetime
codes to the customers who had trouble with this. Please let me know if
you do not get a code in a couple of days.

With Best Regards,"

I will post when I get my new lifetime code.

According to the Garmin FM TMC Traffic website as of today Oct 22 2008, the $60 subscription is now described as being a "Lifetime" subscription.

https://shop.garmin.com/fmtraffic/select_service_plan.asp?L=...

Lifetime subscription is now active and functioning properly on Garmin's Clear Channel website.

Correct, you can move your receiver from one compatible unit to another. I have transfered it from my 660 to 755 with no problem and access to traffic is there. The 660 will even show with a lifetime sub to NAVTEQ.

Thank you for all the information. I just activated $60 lifetime subscription. As stated elsewhere on this site, upgraded to 4.2 and updated firmware for receiver, used Internet Explorer. The reason for IE was stated that Firefox would not work. Traffic subscription now says lifetime.

Thank you to all that had input into this update, it works!

Just did it, relatively easy. The web page shows it correctly as a lifetime deal. I could not get the purchase made thru the website, had to call up and do it over the phone. Updating my unit and adding the traffic was as easy as advertised.

Happy to have it back, and a one time $60 fee seems fair to me.

I had just renewed my FM traffic subscription after the 3 month free version ran out in early September. I noticed the lifetime access on the garmin site when I went to update my Nuvi 760 and there was an update for the traffic subscription.

I simply called technical support, told them I wanted my annual subscription I paid for in September upgraded to a lifetime subscription for free. Within 10 minutes Matt had the new subscription code for me. After entering the code (be sure to upgrade your firmware) it says lifetime in the expiration area.

Good deal. Their coverage isn't bad and the traffic updates are certainly worth the $60 if you do any traveling at all to large cities. It has saved me many hours in traffic jams.

I had just renewed my FM traffic subscription after the 3 month free version ran out in early September. I noticed the lifetime access on the garmin site when I went to update my Nuvi 760 and there was an update for the traffic subscription.

I simply called technical support, told them I wanted my annual subscription I paid for in September upgraded to a lifetime subscription for free. Within 10 minutes Matt had the new subscription code for me. After entering the code (be sure to upgrade your firmware) it says lifetime in the expiration area.

Good deal. Their coverage isn't bad and the traffic updates are certainly worth the $60 if you do any traveling at all to large cities. It has saved me many hours in traffic jams.

Like dkstl, I renewed the annual in early September.
After reading these posts I figured I could get it changed to lifetime for free.
I contacted Garmin support via email and the next day I had an reply with the new authorization.
I plugged in the new code and boom, it shows lifetime subscription.
All in all, I think it's a good deal and worth it for my purposes.

I had let my subscription expire several months ago, after renewing this morning, I now have life time as well. I felt like $60 a year was a good deal, $5.00 a month for less time in traffic, I just thought of it as one less Starbucks a month , but $60 unlimited, Great Deal.

Deborah
Houston, TX

Although it took a while, I got my 760 to accept a code. I believe I was one of the first to have a problem with this. I state that because when I called tech support because it wouldn't accept the lifetime code, the support guys weren't even aware that a lifetime sub was available. Sure enough within a day or so, it wasn't. Then a few weeks went by and it was again.

I think someone "went live" with the new website, before informing those that were supposed to support it. Working in IT, I've seen that happen numerous times, so it didn't surprise me.

Kudos again to Garmin's support, as I received regular emails keeping me updated as they worked to make good on the lifetime sub.