Sirius Traffic

TerminatorX5 · #11 08-04-2012, 04:25 PM

Interesting... I'd like to test that theory, too bad the X3 is not in my possession any longer...

I erroreneously thought, that the ClearChannel stations in the US were broadcasting data information on one of the sub-carrier frequencies, to be utilized in the visual of the on-board navigation system if equipped with a disk containing the traffic data. I guess I was wrong. on the other hand, why one of the Navigation sub-menues would list a greyed-out entry "Traffic information"? I guess, it is unrelated...

So, if the broadcast stations only allow the receiver to "flip" from a source to radio broadcast of traffic news, then what does Sirius traffic data does?

Does it work on aftermarket devices, such as Tom-Tom or Garmin or such? can it be modified to work with on-board nav?

Also, if I were to take my US spec car to Europe, will any of my hardware allow me to receive the TMC information? Obviously, after some "tweaking" and recoding, and possibly adding some additional hardware...

when my 4.6 was in Moscow, the local guys switched something in the radio to allow every decimal frequency in th FM spectrum to be tuneable, in other words, I could tune to 92.6 FM or 97.3 FM, whereas, before the "coding" I was only able to lock in ODD frequencies... And I am sure that the 2002 model had a BM53 radio (I have to dig into the trunk to see what is fitted there)