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Old Dec 25, 2011 | 9:20 am
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Originally Posted by dlerner
This is not true, I got the TomTom XXL 540TM World Traveler (Lifetime Traffic & Maps Edition) and the map updates work for both US and Europe.
I'm looking at buying one of these in the U.S. (it'll work out almost as cheap as buying an used 540 XXL locally and adding in European maps). The lifetime map update only applies to the N. American maps and not Europe.

http://www.tomtom.com/en_us/products.../#tab:benefits

Originally Posted by dlerner
Note that the unit only has enough memory to hold US or Europe, you have to load the Europe map before you can update that map (and same for US).
The regular 540s only have 2 GB internal memory while the 540TMs have 4 GB. Are the maps that big that it's only either or (or does the device just need enough working space for 2 maps while it updates?)
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