BMW Navigation Portable Plus GPS Receiver User Manual


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20 BMW Navigation Portable Plus Owner’s Manual
Trafc In Your Area
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Trafc In Your Area
Touch Tools > Trafc to display trafc incidents
in your area. Touch View by Road to see the
incidents on each road in the area. If there is
trafc on your route, touch On My Route to
view details.
Trafc on Your Road
When you are not navigating a route and there
is trafc on your road, the Map page displays a
trafc icon, such as or . Touch the icon
to view information about the trafc delay.
TIP: The locale you selected at initial
startup determines which type of trafc
icons are used: diamond-shaped icons
( ) for the United States, triangular
icons ( ) for Europe.
Trafc on Your Route
When calculating your route, the nüvi examines
the current trafc and automatically optimizes
the route for the shortest time. You might
still be routed through trafc if no alternative
roads exist. If a severe trafc delay occurs on
your route while you are navigating, the nüvi
automatically recalculates the route.
The Map page displays or when there
is trafc on your route. The number in the
icon represents the number of minutes the
trafc has added to your route, which has been
automatically calculated into the arrival time
shown on the map.
To avoid trafc on your route:
1. On the Map page, touch or .
2. Touch
to view trafc delays.
3. Touch Avoid.
Trafc Subscriptions
See page 23 for information about adding a
trafc subscription. For more information about
trafc subscriptions, go to
www.garmin.com/fmtrafc.
Trafc Icons
North
American
Meaning International
Road Condition
Road
Construction
Road Closed
Slow Trafc
Accident
Incident
Travel
Information
Severity Color Code
Green = Low severity; trafc is owing
normally.
Yellow = Medium severity; trafc is a bit
congested.
Red = High severity; trafc is heavily
congested or stopped.
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