What does the Traffic button do on a VW multimedia console?

[icecoaster]

I'm looking at photos of a Highline Golf and I see one of the buttons labelled "Traffic". Is that giving me real time traffic on my Nav? How does it work? Is it as accurate as Waze or Google Maps?

 

[20IndigoBlue02]

Most likely it uses Sirius Travel Link.

 

[mikesarge]

Most likely it uses Sirius Travel Link.

yes. that's what it is. It worked during my free SiriusXM trial, once that expired, the traffic updates expired, and it, like sirius has been trying to sell me their services ever since.

 

[Nutty 5.0]

Mine is still working from new but Waze is way better. It’s saved me a few times but it’s just not that great.

 

[STOKTDI]

Saw that the traffic feature could be turned on using VCDS. Has anyone ever tried this?

Enable Traffic Information (TMC) on Headunit
This enables the ‘Traffic’ button to work on the headunit, and will use radio frequency data to display nearby traffic information. Once activated, in may take over an hour for the initial messages to appear.

Select Control Unit 5F (Information Electrical)
Adaptations
Change Fee Based Traffic Information (TMC) value to ‘1024’
Next, in the normal radio settings, enable ‘Traffic Programme (TP)’ and RDS

 

[jerrymander]

Oh, I was hoping it would get rid of traffic for you.

 

[Mythdoc]

Saw that the traffic feature could be turned on using VCDS. Has anyone ever tried this?

Enable Traffic Information (TMC) on Headunit
This enables the ‘Traffic’ button to work on the headunit, and will use radio frequency data to display nearby traffic information. Once activated, in may take over an hour for the initial messages to appear.

Select Control Unit 5F (Information Electrical)
Adaptations
Change Fee Based Traffic Information (TMC) value to ‘1024’
Next, in the normal radio settings, enable ‘Traffic Programme (TP)’ and RDS

I believe this works in other countries, e.g. Australia, but not in NA.