Nav system and real time traffic
03-24-2005, 12:35 PM
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Very useful in Europe (TMC) You must have radio stations available to broadcasting traffic information data via RDS. Then it's displayed either in text mode or graphically on the nav map. When nav is set on you can been proposed with a detour. I know one the latest software versions have improvements to TMC, don't know which one.
03-24-2005, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ls78000' date='Mar 24 2005, 04:35 PM
Very useful in Europe (TMC) You must have radio stations available to broadcasting traffic information data via RDS. Then it's displayed either in text mode or graphically on the nav map. When nav is set on you can been proposed with a detour. I know one the latest software versions have improvements to TMC, don't know which one.
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Did you pay extra for TMC or is it part of Sat nav pro?
03-24-2005, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Merv the Derv' date='Mar 24 2005, 05:39 PM
[quote name='ls78000' date='Mar 24 2005, 04:35 PM']Very useful in Europe (TMC) You must have radio stations available to broadcasting traffic information data via RDS. Then it's displayed either in text mode or graphically on the nav map. When nav is set on you can been proposed with a detour. I know one the latest software versions have improvements to TMC, don't know which one.
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Did you pay extra for TMC or is it part of Sat nav pro?
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[/quote]Do radio stations in the US broadcast this stuff?
03-24-2005, 01:07 PM
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Nope, but the satellite radio channels are starting to. Hopefully they'll integrate soon with the BMW nav.
IS78000,
Did you pay extra for TMC or is it part of Sat nav pro?
Do radio stations in the US broadcast this stuff?
Originally Posted by crotius' date='Mar 24 2005, 02:03 PM
[quote name='Merv the Derv' date='Mar 24 2005, 05:39 PM'][quote name='ls78000' date='Mar 24 2005, 04:35 PM']Very useful in Europe (TMC) You must have radio stations available to broadcasting traffic information data via RDS. Then it's displayed either in text mode or graphically on the nav map. When nav is set on you can been proposed with a detour. I know one the latest software versions have improvements to TMC, don't know which one.
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Did you pay extra for TMC or is it part of Sat nav pro?
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[/quote]Do radio stations in the US broadcast this stuff?
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03-24-2005, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Merv the Derv' date='Mar 24 2005, 10:39 PM
[quote name='ls78000' date='Mar 24 2005, 04:35 PM']Very useful in Europe (TMC) You must have radio stations available to broadcasting traffic information data via RDS. Then it's displayed either in text mode or graphically on the nav map. When nav is set on you can been proposed with a detour. I know one the latest software versions have improvements to TMC, don't know which one.
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Did you pay extra for TMC or is it part of Sat nav pro?
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[/quote]I didn't pay any extra.
In France, that's free for all motorway (broadcasted by a special radio AUTOFM).
For Paris and big cities, some manufacturers have purchased a license. That's Renault, BMW, Volvo and some OEMs. Therefore that's free for BMW users (or let's say you pay it with your SatNav Pro option - don't know).
Data are collected by a special private company called v-trafic and broadcasted by France-Inter which is the most popular RDS radio here you can pick up everywhere. Data are encrypted so can be read by BMW terminals, but not Mercedes or Audi
(no license).I think that's moreless the same principle for most of the countries in Europe
It's working well except a small BMW software bug (loosing automatic TMC connection sometime - needs manual tune to recover). Expect to be fixed in next release.
Hope this helps.
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