Garmin 800 - Traffic in Your Area; Traffic on Your Road; Traffic on Your Route

40 nüvi 800 Series Owner’s Manual
Using FM Trafc
Trafc in Your Area
Touch Tools > Trafc to display trafc
incidents in your area. Touch View by
Road to see the incidents on each road in
the area. If there is trafc on your route,
touch On My Route to view details.
Trafc on Your Road
When you are not navigating a route
and there is trafc on your road, the
Map page displays a trafc icon, such
as or . Touch the icon to view
information about the trafc delay.
TIP: The locale you selected at initial
startup determines which type of
trafc icons are used: diamond-shaped
icons ( ) for the North America, and
triangular icons ( ) for Europe.
Trafc on Your Route
When calculating your route, the
nüvi examines the current trafc and
automatically optimizes the route for the
shortest time. You might still be routed
through trafc if no alternative roads
exist. If a severe trafc delay occurs on
your route while you are navigating, the
nüvi automatically recalculates the route.
The Map page displays or when
there is trafc on your route. The number
in the icon represents the number of
minutes the trafc has added to your
route, which has been automatically
calculated into the arrival time shown on
the map.
To avoid trafc on your route:
1. On the Map page, touch or
.
2. Touch to view trafc delays.
3. Touch Avoid.