All Hat No Cattle Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Does anyone know where to find what the Traffic Icons in Sync 3 mean? The reason I ask is that I have the Icons enabled, and pretty much ignored them until Thursday. I was following my GPS to a place about 12 miles away, when the GPS went nuts. It started telling me to go on all local roads instead of the I-515 Interstate, and it lit up icons all over the screen. So I ignored it, and headed for the Interstate. Big mistake. It was rush hour, and I-515 had a major accident, and traffic was screwed. Finally got to my destination, taking twice as long as it should have taken. So I realized that I had no clue as to what all those Icons actually meant. The Sync 3 manual says this: You can choose to display traffic icons onthe map representing twelve differenttypes of incidents. See Settings (page? So where does it show what these 12 icons actually mean? I've been searching since Thursday, no luck. Here are 2 pics that show the different icons, and the only one I'm sure of is the shovel, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildisco Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Usually, if you're not sure what they are, you can click on them & it gives you a brief description of what it is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Hat No Cattle Posted October 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Thank you, I just tried it and you are 100% correct. I could decipher 4 different icons in my area today. Now, I still would like to see this printed somewhere, so that I can know what all 12 icons mean. If they don't show up on the screen, you don't know what they could be. 12 different types of traffic incidents? Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redden18 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 it is from SYNC 2, but icons are still the same in SYNC 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Turn on your Radio????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWRBB Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Seem clear to me. ?? Three cars lined up means traffic. Two cars head to head means a wreck. Shovel means construction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Turn on your Radio????? I guess that means turn on your radio for traffic info, but that's pretty useless without the frequency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 A lot of the highways around here have road signs saying "tune to xxxx for traffic info" (usually an AM frequency). Maybe the icon indicates areas which have that type of coverage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 A lot of the highways around here have road signs saying "tune to xxxx for traffic info" (usually an AM frequency). Maybe the icon indicates areas which have that type of coverage? Yes but having it on the map doesn’t really help since you need to see the sign to get the frequency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Were is the information coming from? Sync or Sirius? Does Sync regularly update with a central hub? Or is this the paid subscription service that Ford offers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redden18 Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 I guess that means turn on your radio for traffic info, but that's pretty useless without the frequency. Usually, there is a radio channel dedicated to traffic and road conditions only (we do have in Calgary), so "Turn on Radio" would mean switch to that channel for important or emergency news or maybe there is one among the Sirius channels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redden18 Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Were is the information coming from? Sync or Sirius? Does Sync regularly update with a central hub? Or is this the paid subscription service that Ford offers? Traffic info comes from Sirius only since there is no TMC on Ford vehicles in North America. Some get Sirius traffic free for 5 years (States only? havent heard about Canada) otherwise it is paid subscription Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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