I was hoping I could find someone on here that could help me out.

Does anyone have the Universal Media Interface ( UMI ) installed in their car and live in the Chicagoland area ? I had the UMI installed in my car 2 months ago and one of the features is free live traffic updates with the navigation via traffic message channel ( TMC ) updates. I have never had a traffic message display on the nav screen, and before I bring it to the dealer I was wondering if this is because a) it is not available in the Chicagoland area b) I rarely travel on the expressway or c) I live in an area that does not receive updates ( I am in the Northwest suburbs about an hour outside of the city ). I have been trying to reseach this for a week but I cannot find any helpful information on the internet.

Thanks in advance...

Nick

 

Just as a follow up, I finally found out that the traffic feature does work with my UMI. I took my father in law to the airport this morning, and once I got on the tollway and closer to the city ( 90 and 290 for those that are local ) sure enough I started receiving updates. So, if you live out in the suburbs and most of your travel is local, you may not receive traffic info, but it does indeed work ( and work very well I might add ) on the expressways.

Nick

 

I have been considering the UMI, but was waiting for a member to review it. Could you give a brief overview?

Thanks.

 

Derspeed,

Here's a good review of the system :

https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...questions.html

Here's some pictures :

https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...-pictures.html

And here's my experience with the install :

https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...pensation.html

Any specific questions, let me know, I would be happy to help...

Nick

 

Thanks. BTW, I had a 2001 R1200C Phoenix and a 2001 Montana.