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Magic Or What?

jayteepics
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How come I get traffic updates about congestion or blocked roads when my mobile has mobile data set to Off?

Seems like magic to me. I always get the Ford Assistance message up when starting up and can maybe imagine that an emergency call might be possible in an accident, but how on Earth does it get updates about traffic conditions please?

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    OK perhaps my question is too dumb to answer :huh:

    Or perhaps no one knows? I doubt that on this forum :driving:

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    Traffic updates on what?

    Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC

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    Traffic updates on what?

    Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC

    When I set a destination to navigate to I'll get a voice message saying "updating route with the latest traffic details" or some such and lo and behold a road that was open a few days previously is now closed and I get rerouted around it ?

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    I believe the SATNAV uses TMC data sent over RDS on FM radio stations and via DAB

    A wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_message_channel

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    Excellent many thanks Nigel!

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    The sat nav uses the TomTom live traffic to detect traffic problems etc.

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