I was messing around with the nav system on the TL last night and somehow, I got the traffic icon to pop up on the navigation screen. We don't have XM Traffic up here, but I guess the NAV system is the same as the 07 in the states - with a few things disabled.

Maybe there is a way we can enable some of the features!

 

We dont have XM Traffic?
Im in Canada, and was told by the dealer that out 07's will have the 3 month free subscription of xm traffic

 

you guys have it now, it wasn't there in 06 back.

 

Nope. We have 3 months free XM Radio, which is new to the TL in 07 here in Canada. We do not have XM traffic or the ability to say street names directly into the NAV input (we have to spell it out still.)

I was hoping we could figure out a way to enable all the goodies that all the TL owners in the states have.

I think we should be able to activate the street thing - my guess is that it is deactivated because Acura didn't want to setup the french version of it.

As for XM traffic, there is a way to make the button show, but I don't know how that's done. I was pressing the icons on the map, seeing what all the options for that was, and after I turned on the ATM button, the screen suddlenly refreshed and showed a greyed out button labelled as "traffic". Weird! I couldn't press on it, and after I exited the icon screen and went back, the traffic button was gone. I can't get it to show up again.

There's got to be a way to make the button show from the config screen, but I doubt there's a way to get traffic updates.

Does anyone know if there are any cars in Canada with XM Traffic? If so, maybe we can get the 07s to work somehow!!

 

I think that the Real Time Traffic data is not operational in Canada. However, if you drive in the US, you should be able to use it. If anyone has any information on this I would appreciate it.

 

That's what I thought originally, but I sat in my friend's GS450h and it has real time traffic via XM! Pshaw.

 

Well, as an update to this thread, I ventured down to Seattle, and no XM Traffic. ARGH.

 

You have to pay an extra fee (about $4 US a month) to enable XM Nav Traffic... at least that is what I've been told.

 

What if we use a 2007 USDM navi DVD, would that work?

 

^^yes it would work

 

Sweeeet!! Now i just have to find a way to get my hands on the 2007 TLS navi dvd....