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Navigation Screen Traffic Graphics?

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#1 · (Edited)
This is a stupid question and I'm coming here because I haven't taken the time to really research it. I figure someone here will probably "know" and can answer it quickly.

When I first had my Sportage, the Navigation screen showed traffic flow lines in colors like green or red. Since then I have disconnected both Sirius and removed the UVO app from my phone. I'm assuming it was one of those two places where the navigation gathered it's information about traffic.

Can someone tell me quickly which one?

If it was Sirius, that sucks because I don't want to pay for Sirius - complete waste of time when I have Pandora built in and can stream many others for free (my phone plan doesn't use data minutes for music).

If it was UVO, then I'm assuming it will come back if I put the app back on my phone. I'm not crazy about UVO, and all the tracking of me it does, but at least it wouldn't cost me anything to have traffic report flow showing again.

Thanks.
 
#3 ·
FWIW AA does the same and it does a really good job of showing you where the congestion is and will actually route you around it. I found this out today on a long trip across the top of Toronto. Quite impressive actually. I knew how to get where i wanted to go today, but AA saw and detoured me around a major tie up on the highway without asking or prompting me. I was impressed.

the more I use AA the more little neato kinda things I discover. It ain't perfect but way better than the stock nav system, I've no doubt now about that. I'm becoming an AA fan
 
#5 ·
I found my limited time use with AA to be annoying. I didn't like anything about it. It was like taking a step 15 years or more back in time. I guess maybe I should try it again sometime when I get time to set it up again.

AND, KIA should actually design their car so a modern smart phone fits well in a pocket somewhere with the cord plugged in to a phone. Like, where is the almost normal these days USB plug inside the center arm rest that most other car companies have? And a simple pocket inside there for a phone to rest sideways along the wall? Or perhaps instead of going for the stylized angled cubby up front, why not square it off so a phone actually has room to rest well up there while also being plugged in? That would make too much sense.
 
#7 ·
It fits fairly decent with no cord plugged in, like for markets with the charger thing built in. But due to the angle shape of the cubby, the rest of the available room is about useless while a phone is there. And with a cord plugged in, the phone just doesn't sit very well at all. I've tried about 3 or 4 cords with none of them being great. If they had just squared off the shape (instead of following the angle from the dash "beam" coming down from above), it would have been better. Still not perfect, but better.

In the center console, they could easily make a slim 1 inch (25 mm) bump out "L" all along one side, about 4 to 5 inches down. This shape would accommodate a plethora of today's smart phone sizes, laying on their sides, and with a USB port at one end, would be very convenient for using AA and ACP.

As it is, not so much.
 
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