Pioneer AVIC-HD3-II - Manual (Page 61)

Using RDS-TMC Information
You can check real-time traffic information
transmitted by the Traffic Message Channel
(TMC) of the FM Radio Data System (RDS) on
the screen. Such traffic information is updated
periodically. When the navigation system re-
ceives updated traffic information, the naviga-
tion system will overlay the traffic information
on your map and also display detailed text in-
formation when available. When you are tra-
velling along a route and there is traffic
information on your current route, the system
will detect it and ask you if you would like to
be rerouted, or suggest another route automa-
tically.
p The system acquires the traffic information
up to 150 km in radius from the vehicle po-
sition. (If there is a lot of traffic information
around your vehicle, the radius will be
shorter than 150 km.)
p The navigation system provides the follow-
ing functions by using the information
from RDS-TMC service:
! Displaying a list of traffic information
! Displaying traffic information on a map
! Suggesting a route to avoid traffic jams
by using traffic information
p The term “traffic jam” in this section indi-
cates the following types of traffic informa-
tion: slow, queuing and stationary traffic
and closed/blocked roads. This information
is always taken into consideration when
checking your route, and the information
related with these events cannot be turned
off. If you select other traffic information in
[
Traffic Settings], the information can be
displayed in a list or on a map.
= For details, refer to Selecting traffic informa-
tion to display on page 64
Viewing traffic list
Traffic Information is displayed on screen in a
list. This allows you to check how many traffic
incidents have occurred, their location and
their distance from your current position.
Checking all traffic information
1 Touch [Info/Phone] in the navigation
menu, then touch [Traffic List].
The list with received traffic information is
shown.
2 Touch or to view the incident list.
Places (street names) where incidents have
occurred are displayed in the list.
6 7
3 1 2 4 5
1 Street or place
2 Direction
3 Incident
4 Distance to the location
5 The incident numbers currently dis-
played and the total number of inci-
dents
p The incidents that have already been
read will be displayed in white. Unread
incidents will be in yellow.
6 Sort key
:
You can sort the traffic information in alpha-
betical order.
:
You can sort the traffic information by dis-
tance from your current position.
For the list displayed when you touch [
Traf-
fic List], the list will be sorted according to
the linear distance from the vehicle position
to the traffic information.
For the list displayed when you touch [
Traf-
fic On Route], the list will be sorted accord-
ing to the distance from the vehicle position
to the traffic information.
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Using Traffic Information
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Chapter
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Using
Traffic
Information