[Riick]

I thought it wasn't supposed to be working due to ATT discontinuing the signal??

[tracer bullet]

I think it comes through certain radio stations, or perhaps just to the radio on a similar frequency.

My 135i gets it too, and as far as I know has no other comm ability (no bluetooth, no cellular type service, anything).

[Barbera335]

It gets it from various FM radio stations. My 2011 with a disabled 2g combox gets traffic info as well.

[Riick]

Interesting.

[zhoudaniell]

like within the GPS system? I'd love to be able to do that!

[MSport_Jon]

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

I think it comes through certain radio stations, or perhaps just to the radio on a similar frequency.

My 135i gets it too, and as far as I know has no other comm ability (no bluetooth, no cellular type service, anything).

To grab Traffic Info from Radio stations, you car has to have the TI_TMC parameter turned on.This parameter is turned off by default on US spec cars. You shouldn't be getting this. Some owners have HU retrofits that are European and the default profiles for those units is for those parameters to be on as fall-backs on RTTI a ARTTI. If you have a US Spec car then perhaps it was coded. I have seen USB thumb drives that are supposed to be doing only certain things turning on all sorts of other things it is not supposed to do which is one of the dangers of using them.

[najnad]

Originally Posted by MSport_Jon

To grab Traffic Info from Radio stations, you car has to have the TI_TMC parameter turned on.This parameter is turned off by default on US spec cars. You shouldn't be getting this. Some owners have HU retrofits that are European and the default profiles for those units is for those parameters to be on as fall-backs on RTTI a ARTTI. If you have a US Spec car then perhaps it was coded. I have seen USB thumb drives that are supposed to be doing only certain things turning on all sorts of other things it is not supposed to do which is one of the dangers of using them.

Maybe something got lost in translation, but I get traffic info on my 2011 X3 and no retrofit HU here nor European profile loaded. While I have done some coding to the X3, the traffic notifications and indications on the nav was functioning before I did any coding.

[Bruce24]

FYI: The sticker for my 2013 X3, lists Real Time Traffic Information under the Technology Package, along with Nav, BMW Assist, Rear View Cam and Distance control.

[Riick]

My car is not coded and I'm the 2nd owner that bought it this year at 35k miles.

According to the VIN it has option: S6UHA - Traffic Information

[Riick]

I'm a retard. It gets it from XM radio, the VIN has a lifetime subscription.

[tracer bullet]

It might. If so then there are a variety of ways. I think the other ideas above are also available.

[greg2step]

Originally Posted by Riick

I'm a retard. It gets it from XM radio, the VIN has a lifetime subscription.

My 2011 received traffic data until I traded it in last month - I always thought it came from SiriusXM. I was an active subscriber the entire time I owned the car so I will take your word it that it was a lifetime subscription to traffic feeds.

[MSport_Jon]

Originally Posted by najnad

Maybe something got lost in translation, but I get traffic info on my 2011 X3 and no retrofit HU here nor European profile loaded. While I have done some coding to the X3, the traffic notifications and indications on the nav was functioning before I did any coding.

hmm... not sure how you are getting this. if it is TMC and you clear you messages, they will be slow on populating when you re enable it. RTTI is much faster and instantaneous. you have CIC right?

[najnad]

Originally Posted by MSport_Jon

hmm... not sure how you are getting this. if it is TMC and you clear you messages, they will be slow on populating when you re enable it. RTTI is much faster and instantaneous. you have CIC right?

I have a 2011 X3 with lists "6UH Traffic Information" as an included option when I look up my VIN. My X3 has CIC. Build date July 2011.

[MSport_Jon]

Originally Posted by Riick

I'm a retard. It gets it from XM radio, the VIN has a lifetime subscription.

huh! been doing coding for a while and i didn't know that you could grab traffic info from xm radio... nice find!

[Riick]

Yup!! It's a factory option, the car's XM radio ESN has a lifetime traffic subscription. Not something you can code.

[najnad]

I just wish the XM traffic data was faster and better...it both takes too long to load to the point I often look at the traffic on google maps on my phone before driving off as it takes at least 5 minutes to load the traffic data...and when it does load, it is not as accurate as the data on google maps.

[///Mposter]

Originally Posted by greg2step

My 2011 received traffic data until I traded it in last month - I always thought it came from SiriusXM. I was an active subscriber the entire time I owned the car so I will take your word it that it was a lifetime subscription to traffic feeds.

I can confirm that I do not have an XM subscription and one time driving to RDU airport with navigation, the HUD started giving me collision info ahead which scared the crap out me because I had never seen the warnings before and it was raining so hard. I couldn’t even see out the window and then all of a sudden I was wondering if my car was going to leave me stranded with the water pump broken again. Lol ! The HUD had an exclamation point and the NAV did and then after some special symbol that I cannot recall at the moment.

2011 X3 35i

[tracer bullet]

Originally Posted by ///Mposter

I can confirm that I do not have an XM subscription

Ditto for my 135i, not only no subscription but no hardware for it.

I think the answer about this is it can come from multiple sources, generally speaking, this particular one might be XM but there are other possibilities as well.

[MSport_Jon]

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

Ditto for my 135i, not only no subscription but no hardware for it.

I think the answer about this is it can come from multiple sources, generally speaking, this particular one might be XM but there are other possibilities as well.

There is a a tier of sources. The priority starts at the top. If your TI Information Fallback enabled it iDrive will try to pull traffic info from these sources.

ARRTI - NBT evo or newer
RTTI - NBT or CIC
DAB or SDARS --- When equipped
TMCPRO -RDC
TMC - RDC

Still not sure about XM Satellite Radio Traffic updates as i haven't seen this capability within coding parameters or ISTA/D

[najnad]

Originally Posted by tracer bullet

Ditto for my 135i, not only no subscription but no hardware for it.

I think the answer about this is it can come from multiple sources, generally speaking, this particular one might be XM but there are other possibilities as well.

So, your X3 does not have "693 Satellite Tuner Prep"?

[Riick]

I find it to be the opposite. Here in Florida with the real time traffic and reroute turned on with the latest 2018 map update, the BMW's nav system is better than Google Maps.