For those who have NAV and uses it..
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Originally Posted by dennisjai
wow hard to believe a toyota has a nav that shows how much traffic there is and an infiniti don't ... maybe in the next DVD update...
can you choose routes on the navigation? i heard from someone else who had nav can choose either the fastest route there.. or the best scenery route so you can see a nice view.. as you get to the location.. i find that quite interesting.
can you choose routes on the navigation? i heard from someone else who had nav can choose either the fastest route there.. or the best scenery route so you can see a nice view.. as you get to the location.. i find that quite interesting.
Yeah ... there are bunch of routes you can chose ... i dont know about the best scenary .. but u can chose Highway, avoid highway etc etc ... toll roads .. no toll roads .... i got the next DVD Update .. it still doesnt show you how much traffic on a certain road ... but its all good..
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Originally Posted by arjunz
Yeah ... there are bunch of routes you can chose ... i dont know about the best scenary .. but u can chose Highway, avoid highway etc etc ... toll roads .. no toll roads .... i got the next DVD Update .. it still doesnt show you how much traffic on a certain road ... but its all good..
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Compared to aftermarket, I would say it performs better... Keep in mind that I'm only comparing to one that I know of... My buddy has a Kenwood and it consistantly puts him on the wrong street... If you know the area, it's no big deal, but there have been a few times it told him to hang a left or right to get to the correct street, only to have him zig zag back to get to the street we were on... I have never experienced this on my Nav... Other than that, he has a ton more functions and it looks nicer... So I would say if you're looking for the bells and whistles, go aftermarket... If you want the one that works better, get the OEM... If I'm not mistaken, doesn't it cost more to do an aftermarket after all is said and done? Double Din conversion plus the Headunit and Nav?
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Originally Posted by Risingsun124
Compared to aftermarket, I would say it performs better... Keep in mind that I'm only comparing to one that I know of... My buddy has a Kenwood and it consistantly puts him on the wrong street... If you know the area, it's no big deal, but there have been a few times it told him to hang a left or right to get to the correct street, only to have him zig zag back to get to the street we were on... I have never experienced this on my Nav... Other than that, he has a ton more functions and it looks nicer... So I would say if you're looking for the bells and whistles, go aftermarket... If you want the one that works better, get the OEM... If I'm not mistaken, doesn't it cost more to do an aftermarket after all is said and done? Double Din conversion plus the Headunit and Nav?
A few thought on aftermarket vs. Infiniti Nav:
1. The calculating speed for route planning and re-routing is better than a CD based Aftermarket Nav, but does not compare to the Kenwood DVD Nav. Alpine DVD is much faster but still slower than the Kenwood.
2. Aftermarket Navs can zoom into 1/64th of a mile vs. our 1/4 mile. This is generally not a problem when driving on a highway, or suburbia, but not too easy when you are in downtown Philadelphia or New York, and hell, even parts of North Jersey where you have 3-6 highways running basically on top of each other.
3. Aftermarket Navs have many more options for points of Interest, various destinations in a single route, and easier to control. I HATE the joystick.
4. When you are in a very rural area, the Nav will just stop guiding you at times. When starting from a street in a rural area, it will map you from some major road which could be a few miles away, and you have to find how to get there yourself, which basically is pointless of having a Nav system.
Anyway, if you are not used to other Nav systems out there, the Stock Nav is great. I still use mine, and like it. I travel from NY to MD and drive about 60,000 a year so I kind have learn to rely on one. Plus, when someone gets into you car and you watch the expression on their face when the Nav pops out of the dash...Priceless.
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Originally Posted by dennisjai
wow hard to believe a toyota has a nav that shows how much traffic there is and an infiniti don't ... maybe in the next DVD update...
can you choose routes on the navigation? i heard from someone else who had nav can choose either the fastest route there.. or the best scenery route so you can see a nice view.. as you get to the location.. i find that quite interesting.
can you choose routes on the navigation? i heard from someone else who had nav can choose either the fastest route there.. or the best scenery route so you can see a nice view.. as you get to the location.. i find that quite interesting.
I dont use it since it cost $10 per month. Not really worth it in Houston.
http://www.xmradio.com/xmnavtraffic/about.jsp
So far my Pioneer NAV works great. Its my stereo and NAV all in one, plus I got it cheaper with the double din kit, than factory NAV.
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Originally Posted by ChemEngr
My only disappointment is that it's not touchscreen. My brother's '00 QX had a touchscreen - 5 years old (runs on CDs so it can't have US/Canada on one disk). Back asswards if you ask me. But I love it anyway.
The reason they didn't make it touch screen is because ... the screen will get damaged if u keep touching it billion times a day .... i kinda prefer the buttons and the joystick .. knowing that the screen is being saved... even though i would love the convenience of a touch screen.
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Originally Posted by arjunz
The reason they didn't make it touch screen is because ... the screen will get damaged if u keep touching it billion times a day .... i kinda prefer the buttons and the joystick .. knowing that the screen is being saved... even though i would love the convenience of a touch screen.
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Originally Posted by arjunz
The reason they didn't make it touch screen is because ... the screen will get damaged if u keep touching it billion times a day .... i kinda prefer the buttons and the joystick .. knowing that the screen is being saved... even though i would love the convenience of a touch screen.
As far as our G Nav goes, it's very convenient to have built-in, but I have to say that the map data really isn't that great, and the interface can be a pain to work with.
I've been spoiled by using a laptop based GPS system with Delorme maps. Their data is absolutely top-notch, the laptop screen is bigger and better resolution, and it's much easier for me to enter addresses with a keyboard than the silly joystick. click-scroll scroll scroll-click-scroll scroll-click-scroll scroll scroll ARGH scroll-click.
Of course, I wouldn't want to lug the laptop/GPS setup around with me all the time, and I do like having the MPG/trip computer/maintenance timers builtin to the car.