Q5 Navigation (TRAFFIC UPDATES) in Canada

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Jul 17, 2012 | 12:02 PM

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warcity

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Re: Q5 Navigation (TRAFFIC UPDATES) in Canada

I am with you. At least you got it for 18 months most of us got it for 1/4 of that.

Sep 4, 2012 | 07:26 AM

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Re: Q5 Navigation (TRAFFIC UPDATES) in Canada

I noticed my traffic (TMC) icon was active again yesterday despite my having dropped my Sirius subscription. Does anyone have any insight as to why? I somehow doubt that Sirius Canada is actually making North American traffic available.

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Sep 4, 2012 | 07:38 AM

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It's a trial that Sirius US is feeding which we in the GTA pick up. It will go away soon. They do this once in a while.

Nov 20, 2012 | 08:12 PM

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Re: Q5 Navigation (TRAFFIC UPDATES) in Canada

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NAV TMC is working! (currently during my extended free trial) I have the 2011 NAV (i.e. one ESN #) and am able to get both radio and traffic! and by "traffic" I mean flow data (red/yellow/green) limited to Lakeshore (from Woodbine to just before HWY 427) and only incident reports (closed lane, construction,etc) for the 400 hwy series (401, 427, 404, 400). Oddly no info for gardiner.
I believe I'm getting this from Sirius Canada (vs. Sirius XM) since they've emailed regarding a two week extended free promo.
Anyhow, the take home point of this update is that it is possible to receive traffic and flow update on the 2011 NAV with a single ESN (or at least the identical data and music ESN). As Warcity eluded to a few posts earlier, whether the limited traffic info you get is worth a paid subscription is up to you.

Have yet another free trial from SiriusXM Canada. The good new is that the NAV TMC is working (I'm assuming the traffic data is correct) and there seems to be more flow data in GTA. Originally flow (traffic flow) was limited to Lakeshore, but currently there seems to be 400 series HWY activity. A subtle difference appears to be that Sirius Canada has changed it's name to Sirius XM Canada. I haven't bothered to call SXM Can to confirm if they know that they're sending traffic info; their website doesn't suggest anything about traffic navigation info. I suspect it's still not possible to actively subscribe for traffic info...but again, in GTA, it's RED flow during rush hour, and green other hours.