Setting an alternative route to avoid traffic, Jams, Checking for traffic jams – Pioneer AVIC-F8430BT User Manual
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Setting an alternative
route to avoid traffic jams
The navigation system checks at regular inter-
vals whether or not there is the traffic informa-
tion on your route. If the navigation system
detects any traffic jams on your current route,
the system tries to find a better route in the
background.
p The following types of traffic incidents on
the route will be checked: slow, queuing
and stationary traffic, and closed/blocked
roads except for closed motorway exits/en-
trances.
Checking for traffic jams
automatically
If there is information about traffic jams on
your current route and if an alternative route
can be found, the navigation system will re-
commend a new alternative route automati-
cally. In such a case, the following screen will
appear.
1
2
1 Difference in distance and travel time between
the existing route and new route.
2 Distance from the current position of your ve-
hicle to the point of entry into the new route.
p There is no action if the system cannot find
any traffic jam information on your route or
the system cannot find an alternative.
1
Touch [New].
The recommended route is displayed on the
screen.
# If you touch [Current] while the recom-
mended route is displayed, the screen switches
to the current route display.
2
Touch [OK].
The displayed route is set.
p When no selection is made, the screen re-
turns to the previous screen.
Checking traffic information
manually
Touching the notification icon on the map
screen allows you to check traffic information
on your route while the icon is displayed. The
notification icon is only displayed on the navi-
gation map screen if there is any traffic infor-
mation on your route.
p The notification icon is not available if your
vehicle deviates from the route.
1
Set [Show Traffic Incident] to
“View”.
= For details, refer to Displaying the traffic no-
2
Display the map screen.
The icon appears when the system acquires
traffic information on the current route.
= For details of the operations, refer to Screen
switching overview on page 18.
3
Touch the notification icon while the
icon is displayed.
Notification icon
Traffic information on the current route is dis-
played on the map screen.
4
Touch [Diversion] to search for an alter-
native route.
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Chapter
10
Using
traff
ic
information
Using traffic information