Traffic Programming

[Mikef]

My Galaxy (a year old, 4 weeks with me...) has a standard radio cassette player, with cd multichanger in the boot.

 

I don't seem to be able to get Traffic Information though. The TP symbol is permanently on, and pressing the TP button seems to toggle the setting for TA-D and TA-L (local and distant traffic, I think), but I have yet to get any traffic information.

 

Is there a menu setting I am missing?

 

cheers

 

mikef

[Guest SA Intruder]

Covered in Manual

[Mikef]

err...the manual says to press the TP button, but as I noted that seems to have no effect...no matter whether I have TP-D or TP-L, I cant seem to get traffic programming cutting in.

 

I'll have to call the garage.

 

cheers

 

mikef

[Ivor_E_Tower]

The TP in the display just means that the station you are listening to transmits traffic messages. You need to press the TA button to listen to these messages (toggles on and off; "TA" shows on panel next to "TP" when "TA" is switched on).

The volume of the traffic messages can also be adjusted - can't remember how from memory, but it's all in the radio's operating manual.

HTH

Ivor.

[Guest SA Intruder]

Sorry, I hadn't finished the piece when the ENTER key was pressed.. :D

 

Ivor has covered it.

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Just had a quick look at the unit - TA button should be next to volume control knob. TA-D and TA-L are, as you guessed, for local or local+distant stations. The reception of these travel messages depends upon 3 things:

1. you have tuned to a station that gives them out (shown by TP on the radio display)

2. You have got the TA function switched on

3. The radio station remembers to press their TA button at the start of a travel info bulletin (and to switch it off at the end of the bulletin - you'd be surprised how often they forget at the end, and you hear many rambling conversations or music you don't want to listen to!).

 

The number of stations from which you get traffic info will depend upon the radio's reception - for instance I had a wonderful Blaupunkt unit in a previous car, and heading north on the A34 just off the M4 I once got the travel news from BBC radio Leicester!

If it weren't for the peculiarities of the Ford radio installation, plus the Blaupunkt unit doesn't work with CD's, I'd have fitted into the Galaxy by now. I am tempted to save up for their Woodstock DAB unit but it doesn't play cassettes :D

[Mikef]

Thanks Guys, the fault was my poor memory and wrong interpretation of the manual....I thought that TA-D and -L were refinements of the TA function, so I didn't have to have either one showing to get traffic info. But I do, and I guess that with the Distant option you get local and distant.

 

fun, eh?

 

cheers for your time

 

mikef