garmin 1390

 

Hi, what area are traffic report cover for the garmin 1390lmt gps?

1390 Traffic

I have a 1390 and a 765, both with lifetime traffic. They are covered in the same areas. I presume that the areas covered are the same for any of the free traffic subscriptions, although there may be a few exceptions in some of the more recent models. You'll find that it's mostly the larger cities that are covered. I have not found the coverage to be especially accurate though.

Traffic Coverage

Older units that came with free Traffic generally came with Navteq Traffic. With this subscription you receive advertisements when traveling. They also have the option to buy a Premium Subscription for 50.00 that has no advertisements.
They both have the same coverage but the free one has ads.

Also available is a Clear Channel Traffic (TTN) subscription for a cost of 60.00. You can have both active at the same time. One may cover a specific area where the other does not.
If they both cover the same area the one with the strongest FM signal will appear on your Nuvi. On the 1390 you don't have the option to disable either once the subscriptions are active other than disabling Traffic completely.

Below are links that shows each carrier’s covered areas. Personally I see no point in adding a Navteq Premium subscription just to rid yourself of the ads.
Nor do I think that adding a 60.00 Clear Channel subscription is a good value. That's just my opinion, others may disagree.

Some Nuvi owners state they get decent traffic notifications, many do not and feel the service to be unreliable. I suppose it's due to the area and how often those FM stations update their traffic.

Navteq Traffic Coverage
http://www.navteq.com/rdstraffic/

Clear Channel (TTN) Traffic Coverage
http://totaltraffic.com/CoverageAreas/

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Traffic

I am wondering though, I live in Canada and have never ever had any advertising on my 3790 LMT in either Canada or on my twice yearly almost 2,000 mile drive from Detroit, Mi to Laredo, Tx and back.

On my 850 I have both Lifetime maps and a paid lifetime traffic subscription.

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Melaqueman wrote:

I am wondering though, I live in Canada and have never ever had any advertising on my 3790 LMT in either Canada or on my twice yearly almost 2,000 mile drive from Detroit, Mi to Laredo, Tx and back.

On my 850 I have both Lifetime maps and a paid lifetime traffic subscription.

Lucky you. I got them all the time in Washington, and I too live in Canada. I didn't this year because unknowing to me my FM cable on my 3790 was not working.
No traffic icon on the screen. Now its fine and next year when I go down i'll be getting those annoying adverts again.

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255wt

I've got a 255WT with a free lifetime traffic subscription that came with the unit and have never seen one advertisement either in Canada nor in the U.S.

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canuk wrote:

I've got a 255WT with a free lifetime traffic subscription that came with the unit and have never seen one advertisement either in Canada nor in the U.S.

Another lucky one. They don't come in Canada anyways. Never heard of them.

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@ speed2

I bought mine in Canada on boxing day believe it or not for 49.99$ The only difference is that it comes with a traffic cable.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/26060

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/staples-saturday-feb-26-door-...

Cheers smile

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