430-4-ME

Can someone please explain how this is supposed to work? I looked in the manual (I know, a first) and it states, press to receive traffic information. When I do, nothing seems to happen. I'm sure it's me, but I just don't know what to expect.

Harold57

You have to live in an area that broadcasts the information.

TooCoolSC

Right, and strangely, I don't know where those areas are. I live in an area of 4 million people and nothing happens when I push mine either. So it makes me wonder if it doesn't work around here (Dallas/Ft.Worth), where WOULD it work?

JohnnyCake

You are using the TRAF as part of a scan search, right? It looks for the RDS (Radio Data Service) information, which is the data the radio station broadcasts along with the music -- e.g. call name, what type of genre it plays, name of song, etc. If a radio station is setup with traffic as its genre, the scan will stop on it. Very few stations are going to have a traffic genre (as opposed to news), so the function has limited use.

430-4-ME

So, if you are station that tells RDS you broadcast traffic info, the scan on the TRAF button will stop at that station. The problem I see is that station may not (most likely not) be giving a traffic report when you need it. Not very helpful. I guess I have to either wait for "traffic on the 8's" or get that XM mod into my SC pronto.

Thanks for the info.