Chapter

Browsing information on MSN Direct

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Traffic event icon

! with yellow line: Stop-and-go traffic

! with red line: Stopped traffic

! with black line: Closed/blocked roads

! etc.:

Accidents, constructions, etc.

pFor meanings of other icons, check them the “Traffic Type Settings” screen.

=For details of the operations, refer to Select- ing traffic information to display on page 59.

Viewing the traffic flow

All traffic flow information is displayed on screen in a list.

1Display the “Destination Menu” screen.

=For details of the operations, refer to Screen switching overview on page 22.

2Touch [MSN Direct].

The “MSN Direct” screen appears.

3 Touch [Traffic Flow].

A list with traffic flow information that has been received is shown. The list is sorted by distance from your current position. Places (street names) where incidents have occurred are displayed on the list.

4Select an incident you want to view in detail.

The details of the selected incident are dis- played.

p Touching an incident you want to see allows you to view the detailed information of the incident. If the information cannot be dis-

played on one screen, touch or to view the remaining information.

pTouching allows you to check the loca- tion on a map. (Traffic information without

positional information cannot be checked on a map.)

#Touch [Sort].

You can sort the traffic information.

Each time you touch the key changes that set- ting.

 

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You can sort the traffic information by the

 

 

 

linear distance from your current position.

 

 

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You can sort the traffic information in alpha-

 

 

 

betical order.

 

 

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You can sort the traffic information by the

 

 

 

average speed.

Browsing

 

 

The list will be sorted in the order of closed/

 

 

 

 

 

blocked roads, traffic congestion, acci-

 

 

 

dents, road works and others.

 

Current order is indicated on the upper right of

 

the screen.

information

#

Touch [Refresh].

 

When new traffic information is received, current

 

information is changed or old information has

 

been removed, the list is updated to reflect the

 

new situation.

 

#

Touch .

on

The traffic event information displayed on the

map is as follows.

DirectMSN

 

Traffic flow icon and line

!Red: average speed in this area is slower than 15 mph (24 km/h)

!Yellow: average speed in this area is be- tween 15 mph to 45 mph (24 km/h to 72 km/ h)

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