Update on Testing: Just thought I'd give everyone an update, All is working perfect, I took a trip to Jersey for work and used it twice. A worthwhile upgrade to the G. nothings more frustrating they paying $2000 for a Navigation system and still having to pull over to find a gas station!!!!!

Off subject: I was very impressed as I was taking apart the car, everything is wrapped in felt or foam. the precision which everything was built was fantastic. It's amazing to see all the work put into this car that's not even visible. The complete opposite of an American car, no wonder anything American rattles more then a can of nickles at a cat.

 

Hey guys, when you bypass the speed sensor to input data, when the speed sensor is reconnected how long does it take before the GPS position is updated? Does it update it automatically? Is the position accurate after the signal is reconnected?

 

I was intentionally testing this out about 15 minutes ago. I deliberately kept going at keyboard to keep the bypass activated and drove for about a mile that way to see if the GPS would get lost. The GPS re-aquired within 5 seconds and moved the map to the correct location.

 

I wanna see how it works as well.

Terry, are you coming to RR this Thursday?

 

Unfortunately, I have a 6pm appointment this Thurs.

 

Does all the functions on the steering remote still work? We dont loose any functions , but we gain functions correct?

 

I have noticed the lag in the GPS correcting my position after using the module. it has never taken more than a few seconds to correct. in fact i did not even notice it at first!

it is not an inconvenience at all!

 

The steering wheel controls are just an extension of the other controls.

The steering controls that were locked (greyed out) when the car is moving, will now work while the car is in motion.

The OK button is also automatically pushed for you so you don't have to do it manually anymore.

 

SIGN ME UP!!!! When are we setting a release date? And to whom do I direct the PayPal payment to...

 

I notice it depends on how long you have been in the bypass mode, if you go in and out within 30 seconds then it's like 1-2 seconds.. if you are in the mode for a while then it might take 5 seconds to reaquire. A few times it would aquire but because of the closely grided residential roads it might lock on to the wrong road, recaclulate the route, then realize I'm on the wrong road, then fix and recalculate... but at most that's 10 seconds if it happen to do that.. On the stock system it's similar to when your GPS route tells you to get off a long winding exit and you decide continue on the highway, the GPS tracks you on the exit ramp even though your not on it, then after about 5 seconds it jumps you back to the highway and recalculates.

I let it go for about 10 minutes in bypass and it was able to aquire in 5-6 seconds.

So I'd say being conservative, on average use, it's 3-5 seconds for a fully corrected aquire. worst case would be 10 seconds, but probably rare.

 

Thanks for the feedback guys. We are having a strange issue with a local tester, hopefully I'll be able to check it out by this weekend. I think, at this point, I forgot to plug the GPS antenna back in. This is just a theory right now, but I'm hoping that that is all it is. Another strange thing about his car is now his clock doesn't display in the top right corner. I believe this clock is GPS based so that could explain why it is not there. There are enough positive responses to assure me that the problem was with my installation and not with the module at this point.

On a side note, anyone know anyone with a G37 coupe that would be interested in testing this out?

 

I have a G37 but i dont have NAV!!!
BOOOO!!!!

 

I'll test it out!

 

I would love to give it a shot!

 

I was the original test vehicle for this module and it still works perfect. Never had 1 issue with anything. Just thought I would add my $.02.