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Traffic bulletins in a list
A list of the traffic bulletins can be opened via
the menu or map view.
Opening traffic bulletins
1.
"Navigation"
2.
"Map"
3.
Move the controller to the left, if necessary.
4.
Select the
symbol: "Traffic Info"
First, the traffic bulletins on the planned
route are displayed. The traffic bulletins are
sorted in the order of their distance from the
current vehicle position.
5.
Select a traffic bulletin.
Additional information can be displayed for
some traffic bulletins:
1.
Select the
symbol.
2.
Additional information is displayed.
3.
To exit from the menu:
Move the controller to the left.
Traffic bulletins in the map
When the traffic bulletin map is activated, the
Control Display changes to a grayscale display.
This enables a better view of the traffic bulle-
tins. The day/night mode is disregarded in this
setting. The symbols for the special destina-
tions are no longer displayed.
1.
"Navigation"
2.
"Map"
3.
Open "Options".
4.
"Settings"
5.
"Traffic conditions/gray map"
Symbols in the map view
Depending on the scale of the map and the
location of the traffic obstruction along the
route, the symbols for the traffic obstructions
are displayed.
Additional information in the map view
Depending on the map scale, a traffic obstruc-
tion's length, direction and impact are displayed
on the map using triangles or gray bars along
the calculated route. The colors displayed
depend on the information transmitted by the
traffic information service.
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Red: traffic jam
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Orange: stop-and-go traffic
>
Yellow: heavy traffic
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Green: traffic flowing freely
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Gray: general traffic information, e.g. con-
struction zone
Filtering of traffic bulletins
You can filter which traffic bulletins are to be
displayed by the system:
1.
"Navigation"
2.
"Map"
3.
Open "Options".
4.
"Traffic Info categories"
5.
Select the desired categories.
Traffic bulletins of the selected categories are
displayed.
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Traffic bulletins on incidents along the route
are always displayed.
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For your own safety, traffic bulletins that
notify you of potentially dangerous situa-
tions, such as wrong-way drivers, cannot be
hidden.
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