Traffic Information with Nav?
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Traffic Information with Nav?
Is Traffic Information available anywhere with the Nav system? Mine shows it as enabled, but I've never heard anything from it. (I'm in Houston.) Does anyone know if this is available in the U.S., and if the FEH/MMH Nav system does indeed support it?
Russ
Russ
#2
Re: Traffic Information with Nav?
You have to go into the audio menu and scroll down to find traffic volume. Turn it on. Supposedly, it will automatically tune to a station broadcasting traffic. I can only assume some kind of traffic signifier is broadcast allong with the RDS info like station name, genre, artist, title, etc. I can't speak if it works because I don't use it and I don't listen to terrestrial radio.
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Re: Traffic Information with Nav?
Originally Posted by rfortson
Is Traffic Information available anywhere with the Nav system? Mine shows it as enabled, but I've never heard anything from it. (I'm in Houston.) Does anyone know if this is available in the U.S., and if the FEH/MMH Nav system does indeed support it?
Russ
Russ
To make things even more confusing is that a couple of times I have been using the NAV to get somewhere and asked for a 'Detour' and it would not let me select the one I was requesting - after listening to the radio I heard that there was a traffic problem on the route I was trying to select - so was it working in the background or just a coincidence?
It seems to be a separate cost option on systems that can utilize it - but from the NAVTEQ site it seems ours is not one of them.
Quote form NAVTEQ:
"NAVTEQ Traffic is designed for flexible industry-wide adoption by automakers and aftermarket system manufacturers. XM NavTraffic, powered by NAVTEQ Traffic, is currently available on the Acura RL, the Cadillac CTS, and the Pioneer AVIC-N2 and AVIC-D1.
Future implementations are anticipated later this year."
#4
Re: Traffic Information with Nav?
I did find in the Ford manual that it's enabled (assuming you have the volume up), but they said the service wasn't that widespread in the US (yet). I'd probably freak out if a strange voice suddenly told me about a wreck up ahead. I may have a wreck myself.
#5
Re: Traffic Information with Nav?
Originally Posted by VietVet'67
It seems to be a separate cost option on systems that can utilize it - but from the NAVTEQ site it seems ours is not one of them.
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