I rarely use the sat nav, but recall reading somewhere that it relates to a routine daily commute route, where it's stored in the system and uses live traffic information each day to suggest better alternatives (if they exist for that day).
EQA "Commencing route...." message
I have noticed that soon after pressing the Start(/Stop) button at the commencement of a journey, a message stating something like "Commencing route..." is displayed for a short while at the top left of the left hand screen on my RHD EQA.
Does anyone know what this relates to and more particularly, what prompts it?
I wondered whether it signifies the beginning of a new FROM START data segment (refer to discussions in the Trip Data thread in this Forum), but I made a short journey this evening after a longer journey this afternoon and the message displayed this evening, but the journey data was combined with this afternoon's FROM START data. This evening's journey must have been within the 4 hour FROM START data window, although it would be stretching that time-frame.
I've never used the on-board Sat Nav, so it's not as if I've set a particular route and the car is telling me it's about to follow that route.
No doubt someone more conversant with EQ systems will have an answer...
Does anyone know what this relates to and more particularly, what prompts it?
I wondered whether it signifies the beginning of a new FROM START data segment (refer to discussions in the Trip Data thread in this Forum), but I made a short journey this evening after a longer journey this afternoon and the message displayed this evening, but the journey data was combined with this afternoon's FROM START data. This evening's journey must have been within the 4 hour FROM START data window, although it would be stretching that time-frame.
I've never used the on-board Sat Nav, so it's not as if I've set a particular route and the car is telling me it's about to follow that route.
No doubt someone more conversant with EQ systems will have an answer...
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Thanks for your response, TOUcharging. The "Commencing route..." message caught my eye when I started the car after a relatively short stop at the supermarket: as it's a relatively frequent journey, maybe it perceived that I would be retracing my steps home and could suggest a better route?
In navigation settings, Advanced menu, Route menu, you can "Activate commuter route" or not. MBUX tries to automatically detect that the vehicle is on a commuter route. Route guidance begins without voice output.
Thank you for the tip, Dar.
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