Hi,

Looking for anyone knows about Real Time Traffic Updates Program.Thanks
seahawk

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First of all, all credit to Sublime and Blood for figuring this out. I was just a tester who verified it works. For some reason (in the US at least) real time traffic info is disabled and I was always told that the only way to have it was with a BMW assist subscription. That appears to not be true as at least Sublime and myself have both activated it and it is working. In the CAPPL, change the following from nicht_aktiv to aktiv.

TMC
CA_TMC
TMC_REGIONAL_C

Then go to your main idrive menu and traffic information will show up as a new option, make sure they are both ticked in the sub menu. Then go to your nav menu and at the top where there is address book and everything else, select traffic information and your set. You will see TI displayed at the bottom of the screen. I will report back tomorrow when I actually get to do some driving.

 

My pre-LCI 2006 530xi doesn't have it. My wife's 2009 X5 (without BMW Assist subscription) has it and it works. I find RTTI pretty annoying really. Just use your smart phone and Google Maps to get better information.

 

No owner knows how to do this in Long Island?

 

Hey Seahawk, I coded this this morning and it works! Thanks for posting this and thanks to Sublime and Blood for figuring it out. I have to agree with twh though, it is pretty annoying. I guess because i'm just used to the traffic info layout/interface of Google maps, it's so much easier to read (Google maps) all you have to do is look at the street/highway you are using and look for red, yellow or green. In BMW's RTTI it gives you a list of all current traffic accidents and roadway obstructions, then you go through the list looking for the street/highway you intend to take. On the map, however, there's a bunch of black arrows, i'm guessing indicates cars and I assume the more arrows then the higher the congestion.

So, in short, it works but it's kinda annoying but it's nice to know that it's there in case your phone dies or can't use data. It's such a shame BMW couldn't just activate it and let us have this feature from the beginning....it's just three lines of code!

BTW I have a 04 545i and I am in Long Island

 

Hi DR545,

I do not have mine done yet, would it be possible for you to code my car? Please PM me. I'm in North Shore LI.

Thanks
seahawk

 

Task done by "DR545" and it works like charm! Thank you again, that ride you got looks and sounds off-the-hook!

PS, For people that don't know me on this forum, I came from the E90Post community back in 2009.

seahawk

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