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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