[ecps]

A route which I use regularly often has a build up of traffic at certain times of the day resulting in jams which can add quite a bit of time to my journey. The SatNav on my previous car used to show this congestion on the map but the e-Niro SatNav has never recognised it at all. I have the 'Display Traffic flow' set to 'on' in the quick menu but I have never seen any indication of any traffic jams on the map (though clicking on Traffic shows issues from Kia Live in the area). Have I missed some setting or is this just the way it is? Do I need to be following a SatNav guided route for traffic jams to show on the map? Do the delays have to be sufficiently severe for them to appear?

In a previous car I also used to be able to set an automatic re-route around any delays. It would inform me when it was altering the route so that I could override it but would invariably react to changing traffic conditions accurately. Is this possible with the e-Niro?

I know that I could use a navigation app on Apple CarPlay but would prefer to avoid plugging in the phone all the time (and discussions on this forum indicate that no wireless dongle has rock solid reliability).

 

[John Page]

Yes, you have to set a route.

 

[Andy Ford]

On my Soul it shows traffic without setting a route, but if I remember correctly it only did it after I updated to the latest software.

 

[ecps]

Just a follow up to my query about traffic jams showing on the SatNav. I changed the colour of the map from 'Milk' to 'Mocha' and the next time I encountered my regular traffic jam it appeared as a red line on the map. It is not particularly noticeable so perhaps I just did not see it against the lighter background. On my 4+ it does not need to have a route set.

 

[Lawrence H]

I would like to know a bit more about this for my Kona EV. During a recent long journey (NB I had a practice run of 5 miles before having to set out on a 240 mile journey!!) On three occasions we saw the message 'rerouting due to traffic xxx'. The message was displayed for about 1.5 seconds so all I saw was a flash of text, leaving us wondering what it had said. (1) is there a setting to let it display for 5+ seconds? (2) How do we get it to display local current congestion? The car was advertised as having this available but there is no manual for the SatNav

All these facilities - but how to you get them to display!!?

TIA
Lawrence H

 

[AlunS]

The car was advertised as having this available but there is no manual for the SatNav

The software changes so often there'd be very little point in a paper manual. If you select Help on the unit it displays a QR code which will take you to an online version if you scan it on your phone.

This is the one for the 10.25" display known as the GEN5W version.

Owner's Manual

 

[Lawrence H]

Yes, got this copy some time back. No mention of the night-time display options.

Lawrence