Displaying real-time traffic reports
If necessary, switch to navigation mode
and show the menu.
Select Traffic in the navigation system
menu bar by turning
the COMAND
controller and press
to confirm.
If you see the No traffic messages. message:
This means that:
• no traffic reports have been received yet.
• no traffic reports are available.
To cancel the search: select Cancel.
To close the message window: select OK.
If there are any traffic reports, a list is shown.
The content of the list varies depending on whether route guidance is active or not.
List of traffic reports
To show the traffic report list: select
Display All Messages by turning
the COMAND controller and press
to
confirm.
The list shows all the roads, areas or regions for which traffic reports are available.
1 State or province recognition
2 Road affected
A traffic report may refer to an area or a
region, e.g. if visibility is impaired due to
fog.
To read a traffic report: select a road, an
area or a region.
To show a traffic report: select a road, an
area or a region and press
to
confirm.
You will find an example of a traffic report below.
To exit the list: slide
the COMAND
controller once or several times.
Example: traffic report
1 Country code
2 Road, area or region affected by traffic reports
3 Direction
4 Report 1 of 8 for the road affected
5 Last exit/intersection before the affected route section starts
6 Report text
7 First exit/intersection after the affected route section ends
To scroll within a report or to access
the next report: turn
the COMAND
controller.
To return to the list of messages: press
or slide
the COMAND controller.
Showing icon information
Example display
1 Affected section of freeway
2 Icon for an event
To show the next/previous incident: select Next or
Previous (if available) and
press
to confirm.
To show the detailed view: select
Details and press
to
confirm.
To scroll the map: select Map and press
to confirm.
You can move the map to enable further traffic reports to be displayed.
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