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Yeah thanx snoop, I have already been at Halfords. The unit was in the store hooked up to a powersource and available to get 'hands-on' with. They actually run the 2009 maps now, so basically its good to go. I knew about that price and that's the reason I wasn't really in it for the money. With shipping costs + the price I will have to pay to get the TMC working, getting a US unit isnt really worth it, moneywise. The voice-thing was my sole reason. I guess if noone can confirm you can get both TMC and voice working on a US unit in the EU, it seems that I will have to choose between hasslef

Thanx Miotoo, You have been very helpfull. Nice to know that it is at least possible. Waranty doesn't bug me that much. The TMC is a bit of a drawback. I read the post about somebody asking where to get it en I am sure I could find a EU cradle, the thing that really worries me is having to flash to EU-mode. The reason for getting a US model was the voicebox feature. I mean the price is a bonus, but it was the voicecommands I was after. Won't the EU flash-thingy make the unit drop the voicebox option? Has anyone gotten a US unit to work with EU TMC anyway? I mean, does anyone have proof tha

Hello people, I am one of these europeans that is somewhat annoyed at being denied the voicebox option in our overseas european F500BT's. I read through the post on a possible hack to enable this feature with great interest to find out in the end that there is a hardware difference between the models. So we are not gonna get it. Now I am thinking of getting a US model and having it shipped over to the EU. I count on the US model being preloaded with US and/or Canadian maps. This seems a simple matter of loading the unit with the european ones. The US pioneer website however says that