Using Traffic Information - TomTom VIA 1435T Reference Manual

17. Traffic information
About RDS-TMC
Traffic
infor-
mation
The Traffic Message Channel (TMC) also known as RDS-TMC, transmits traffic information
as a radio signal and is available free of charge in many countries.
TMC is not a TomTom Service, but is available when using the TomTom RDS-TMC Traffic
Receiver.
Note: TomTom is not responsible for the availability or quality of traffic information pro-
vided by the Traffic Message Channel.
The Traffic Message Channel (TMC) is not available in all countries. To check the availa-
bility of TMC services in your country, go to tomtom.com/traffic.

Using Traffic information

To view TMC traffic information on your TomTom Via, connect the TomTom RDS-TMC
Traffic Receiver to the USB connector on yourVia.
Important: The RDS-TMC receiver does not work if the Car Charger is not connected.
The traffic sidebar is shown on the right side of the Driving view. The sidebar informs you
about traffic delays while you drive, using glowing dots to show you where each traffic
incident is located on your route.
The colour of the pointers, as shown below, gives you an instant indication of the type of
incident:
Unknown or undetermined situation.
The top of the traffic sidebar represents your destination and shows the
total time delay due to traffic jams and other incidents on your route.
The central section of the traffic sidebar shows individual traffic inci-
dents in the order they occur on your route.
The bottom of the traffic sidebar represents your current location and
shows the distance to the next incident on your route.
To make the traffic sidebar more readable some incidents may not be
shown. These incidents will always be of minor importance and only
cause short delays.
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