Magellan Maestro 4040 User Manual page 56

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Glossary of Terms
RDS: Radio Data System. Infrastructure that broadcasts digital information on the FM band.
The TrafficKit module can only receive and decode the free-access service.
Traffic: Traffic Message Channel, one of the types of information that a Radio Data System can
broadcast.
TrafficKit: TrafficKit is the Magellan brand name for the RDS-Traffic module which receives the
Traffic messages.
Traffic Message: A message received by the TrafficKit module that contains the description of a
Traffic event.
Traffic Event: An event liable to disturb the flow of traffic. The list of possible Traffic events that
can be received are provided below, along with the corresponding road sign:
Traffic
Power
Danger
Stationary Traffic
Slow Traffic
Lane Reduction
Road Work
Accident
Closed Road
External microphone
(not supplied)
External speakers/
headset (not supplied)
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