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I believe Acura does not lock you out, but I can assure you this has never drawn me to any of their products.
Just my 2 cents.
Thanks in advance
You can't delete from inside the phonebook for some strange reason. The option is there when you create a name, but its greyed out. You have to start from the beginning using the Settings button, then go to your Phonebook from there and then you can edit or delete an entry. Hope this helps!
I am still searching on where to find out how to get NAV updates.........
As far as the lockouts from the NAV... trust me it's not something that you can't grow to love. I came from an '06 Honda Ridgeline that uses the top notch Navigation from Honda/Alpine. True, nothing beats having all of your options while moving, but the Infiniti nav can do just about anything that you would need but you are reduced to using voice commands. If you use voice commands, you can change, edit, re-route, choose waypoints, and choose new points of destination using all commands. I know Honda has no lock-outs, yes that is true, but I pretty much have been able to find a way to do what I do on my Honda somehow with voice commands on my Infiniti.
Honda and the European mfgrs are not Alliance members nor do they support the SAE guideline. They do support a somewhat arbitrary measure of driving performance that they can't quite get to be accepted by anyone else, which is something of a liability for them.
The hand held devices are not tied to a particular manufacturer and as such, don't face the same legal requirements as in-vehicle systems. The trade off is a tiny screen.
As far as the updates, the Garmin maps update for the C-class systems is $70.
I understand that the vehicle manufacturers are at the "mercy" of the 3rd party vendors for updating software, but car dealers pushing/lying about an option that is more than 2 years out of date without cracking a smile, gets under my skin. This is further PROOF that dealers can't be trusted! I know better, but this isn't a GEO Metro, it's an Infiniti.
I think thats why the Nav wont allow you to do all these things you want to do, you cant have it all gentlemen
I have a 2005 G35X all stock(for now). What is the latest Navi CD for this vehicle? How do I order it and make sure it doesn't fry something?
Any help appreciated.
Regards,
Hrbstr
This may be the tip of the iceberg. How many areas of our country are affected by this flaw? I believe its a problem that exists with ALL 2007 G35's with the NAV system since the problem existed on another G35. I would appreciate feedback.
Briguy3793@aol.com
You are not alone in the US it's also in Canada that I seem to that problem even with streets in the City that I live in it does not recognize the street names give me all sorts of strange listings that are not even close.
I have the G35X 2007 as well, It's going in for it's highly expensive maintenance on Monday not looking forward to the bill but according to warranty has to be done.. Like the 100.00 A/C filter that has to be changed, in Canada, if we are lucky we get to use it 2 months out of the year.. thats another beef for another day..
I am getting the Nav updated by the dealer on Monday so I will see if that makes any difference or not.
The part of the Navigation I enjoyed most was the salesman demoing it and asking for my address, which it did not have it prompted 100-1999 and I'm at 60. The salesman tried to blow it off as is it a new block, no my house was built in 1949. Anyway when I entered my address in the system it guided me there and placed a house symbol in the right position just on the wrong side of the street. Close only counts in horeshoes, hand grenades and gps
Lexus completly disables the touch screen once in motion. I am not sure about the Germans, but their cars have never been known for their hi-tech interiors so would not be suprised if there isnt much to offer there.
So generally speaking, LEX/Infiniti would be Good Navs, Acura would be Excellent, given that you cant disable them, but then again, who cares about Acura :P
I very rarely enter my destination at a dead stop. Seems like an oversight that Infiniti didn't provide a voice command to let you scroll to the next screen of destinations (like "next screen").
With points of interest that you save into the system manually, are you able to categorize them? For ex, I have categories like "school" "business" "restaurants". They help me access my poi more quickly. If the G allows that, maybe you can mitigate the issue (at least with your preset poi) by est a lot of categories. Guess that'll only help if you can access categories 6 on with voice?
Anyone ever use an aftermarket hack to disable the restriction?
1-During break in, you will be enjoying the hi-tech offered, probably downloading some cds into you music box etc.
2-After break-in you are going to be going wide open throttle, there will come a time when you will think maybe there is too much horsepower in this beast, LOL.
3- You will realize that 99% of the time, things will go your way on the highway, you can do anything you want, I mean anything.
4-You will fall in love with the exhaust note, they will be days you will just drive with all windows down, not because its hot, but you just want to listen.
So I am sure you will be able to move on very quickly from the NAV in the Acura, it will be the last thing on your mind.
All the best
I haven't seen a hack, but my car is a lease, so I haven't looked too hard. The bluetooth setup will make the TL seems like MS DOS vs NT lol But don't try to dial with the touchscreen or the touch phonebook while you drive....that's a NO NO lol
I did triple-digits on the local highway the first day I got it...the exhaust note and thrust was too tempting !
I am not sure other people have the similar issues or not.
I have a problem with my FX35 that i shipped from the states...I knew that the Nav system was a problem. Think its locked to US region... but there must be a way to unlock the system and make the Navigation open to all maps...the GPS must be the same all over the world...Hopefully someone could help me with this issue...it must be the same problem on all cars exported to Europe.
I was thinking to either unlock the DVD player...or make a regionfree copy of a europe map would solve it...but i dont know how to do it.
I would be so happy if someone out there can help...Greetings from Sweden//Arne Johansson
How can you delete entries in the 'Previous Addresses' list in the Routes menu? I am not referring to the 'Stored Routes', or 'Stored Addresses'. Just addresses you have entered and used with Route feature. I would either like to selectively delete some of them, or maybe even all.