Chapter

Using traffic information

p Please note that use of the traffic informa-

Checking all traffic

tion function on AVIC-X930BT or AVIC-

information

X9310BT will require that a separately sold

Traffic tuner (ND-TMC10) be connected.

Traffic information except traffic flow informa-

You can check real-time traffic information

tion is listed on screen.

transmitted by the Traffic Management Chan-

1 Display the “Destination Menu” screen.

nel (TMC) of the receive data services (RDS)

= For details of the operations, refer to Screen

on the screen. Such traffic information is up-

 

switching overview on page 22.

dated periodically. When the navigation sys-

 

 

 

 

tem receives updated traffic information, the

2

Touch [Traffic].

navigation system will overlay the traffic infor-

The “Traffic Menu” screen appears.

mation on your map and also display detailed

3

Touch [Traffic Events].

text information when available. When you are

traveling along a route and there is traffic in-

The “Traffic Event List” screen appears.

formation on your current route, the system

The list with received traffic information is

will detect it and ask you if you would like to

shown.

 

be rerouted, or suggest another route automa-

4 Select an incident you want to view in

tically.

detail.

 

p When used in North America, this product

 

 

 

 

receives traffic information provided by

 

 

 

Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.

 

 

 

© Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.

 

 

 

p The system acquires the traffic information

 

 

 

up to 100 miles in radius from the vehicle

 

 

 

position. (If there is a lot of traffic informa-

 

 

 

tion around your vehicle, the radius will be

 

 

 

shorter than 100 miles.)

 

 

 

p The navigation system provides the follow-

The details of the selected incident are dis-

ing functions by using the information

played.

 

from RDS-TMC service:

 

p Touching an incident you want to see allows

! Displaying a list of traffic information

 

you to view the detailed information of the

! Displaying traffic information on a map

 

 

incident. If the information cannot be dis-

! Suggesting a route to avoid traffic con-

 

 

played on one screen, touch or to view

gestion by using traffic information

 

 

the remaining information.

p The term “traffic congestion” in this section

 

p Touching

allows you to check the loca-

indicates the following types of traffic infor-

 

tion on a map. (Traffic information without

mation: stop and go, stopped traffic,

 

 

positional information cannot be checked

closed/blocked roads. This information is

 

 

on a map.)

 

always taken into consideration when

 

 

# If you touch [Sort], the traffic information can

checking your route, and the information

be sorted.

 

related with these events cannot be turned

 

Each time you touch the key changes the setting.

off. If you select other traffic information in

!

:

 

[Traffic Settings], the information can be

 

 

 

 

displayed in a list or on a map.

You can sort the traffic information by dis-

tance from your current position.

= For details, refer to Selecting traffic infor-

When you touch [Traffic Events], the list

mation to display on page 55.

displayed will be sorted according to the lin-

 

 

ear distance from the vehicle position to the

 

traffic information.

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