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Traffic Message Channel seems to have disappeared in the UK - any ideas?

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mrleacock

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I have noticed that, although my Satnav/PCM is working fine, the traffic news for the UK has disappeared. This is the same in both my Cayenne S (2014 model) and in my 911S (2015 model).
It was working fine in Europe in the 911 just a week ago - but as soon as we crossed the channel nothing showed up - either for traffic messages en route or indeed nationwide!
So as it is absent in both cars, has the system (TMC) been turned off at source - or is there a reset or upgrade needed?
I have checked the systems in each car and they receive no traffic messages at all in the UK.
Many thanks for any help/guidance that you might be able to provide.
 
After a bit of Googling it seems that Trafficmaster have ceased providing this service. There’s an Audi forum https://www.ttforum.co.uk/threads/fixed-rds-tmc-no-longer-working-in-uk.2032197/ which suggests it is now being broadcast by Inrix but requires an internal setting change from the radio manufacturer’s original channel default. I have no idea what they are talking about or how/if it can be executed on a Porsche but it probably explains why recent motorway closures etc have not been visible on my 981 PCM and surprisingly not even on Google maps on some occasions.
 
I hadn’t noticed I’d lost the UK service until I drove to France last week and started getting traffic updates!! It seems we are stuck in an in car entertainment/navigation time warp with the 981 Cayman and similar generation Porsches. If you have a 987 you can upgrade through Porsche Classic PCCM upgrade. Obviously latest gen cars have Apple CarPlay etc. Does anyone know if when we might officially get an upgrade option?
 
I always use Waze which is excellent and bang up to date as it gets updated in real time by active users.
 
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