Traffic Jump

This feature allows jumping automatically to a pre-selected traffic channel, if the traffic market is broadcasted.

Fig 1: Identifying Jump Status Idle Icon

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Jump status idle - Traffic jump is deactivated.

Fig 2: Identifying Jump Status Pending Icon

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Jump status pending - A traffic market is selected and the SDARS tuner is ready to jump.

Fig 3: Identifying Jump Status Jumped Icon

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Jump status jumped - The selected traffic market is broadcasted.

If no traffic market has been selected before, a selection of the "Set Jump" toolbar icon opens a list of the available traffic markets.

Fig 4: Display - Set Jump

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Fig 5: Display - Set Jump

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To change a market for traffic jump, the "Set Jump" entry in the SDARS options is used.

Fig 6: Display - Atlanta

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Names of all available traffic markets are shown in a list. The preferred region has to be chosen.

Fig 7: Display - Jump To Boston

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To activate traffic jump use the toolbar button "Jump to: < traffic market>". The status will be set to "pending" or, if a traffic market is broadcasted at this time, to "jumped".

Fig 8: Display - Deactivates Jump

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To deactivate traffic jump use the toolbar button "Deactivate Jump". The status will be set back to "idle".

Fig 9: Display - Cancel

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If traffic jump is active and traffic market is broadcasted, a pop up with the traffic information is shown. Traffic jump is deactivated (status back to "idle") using Cancel.

Traffic jump is activated (status jumped):

if traffic information is broadcasted (pending -> jumped)
if toolbar button "Jump to: Market" is selected (directly jump)

Deactivate active or pending jump, status changed to idle:

by pressing "Cancel"
if a GCI/PSV update is performed
on tuner reset and power down
if source is change
if the channel that it is tuned to is the same that should be jumped to.