Viking TMC 148 Benutzerhandbuch

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The numbers of the motorways and the
major roads can be entered one after the
other and stored/selected together. As an
alternative, 5 areas such as “London” can
be selected and stored.

You are able to receive selected traffic in-
formation immediately. In addition to the
spoken messages, you can read more de-
tailed information in the display.

You will hear the corresponding, most cur-
rent information. All of the following messa-
ges indicate just changes in the overall si-
tuation. You always have the opportunity to
read or listen to the selected information in
its entirety.

At the present time, the TMC system is un-
der construction throughout Europe. Full
coverage for TMC is already available in
Germany, Denmak and the Netherlands. In
1999, other European countries, like the UK,
will follow.

TMC subscribers can listen to traffic infor-
mation in their own language in foreign coun-
tries.
The country-specific TMC Card makes this
possible. This TMC Card will be available

for the Netherlands by the year 2000. Con-
tact your local dealer for further informati-
on.

When TMC--HELP is switched to “ON” (de-
fault setting), this function provides additio-
nal information, such as selected areas or
roads.
Use the DSC menu to switch “TMC--HELP”
on or off.
If necessary, refer to “DSC programming -
TMC--HELP”.

If the radio is tuned into a station which pro-
vides TMC, “TMC” will appear in the display.
If ”TMC” does not appear in the display, you
can
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press TMC briefly

to tune into a TMC station.

You can also use the seek-tuning rocker
switch or one of the station selection keys
to select a TMC station.

TMC is an RDS data service for traffic mes-
sages for specific regions or roads. TMC is
an online service, which means that new
traffic messages are updated immediately.

The Viking TMC 148 equipped with a TMC
DriveCard is able to receive a constant flow
of digital traffic messages from radio stati-
ons in the UK that broadcast TMC.

Traffic information broadcast normally from
radio stations (RDS-TA) has priority over
TMC information. If both TA and TMC are
activated, a TMC report can be interrupted
by traffic information broadcast by the traf-
fic radio station. In this case, the TMC mes-
sage will be repeated.

It is possible to select traffic information by
motorway and A roads or by region. The
map on the last page of these operating in-
structions indicates which regions can be
selected.

For traffic information for motorways, the
motorway junctions are identified by the
numbers indicated on the traffic signs and
road atlases.

For a route, it is possible to select and store
up to 5 different motorways and 5 A roads.