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I have a 32GB iPod with about 3000 songs. When using the artist / songs / albums category selection using the head unit it is tedious to scroll through the various items at the speed the "Tune" button scrolls through them. Has anyone found a way to scroll through the categories faster?
Thanks!
2012 Hyundai Sonata Limited S (for Sport)
Keep all the current Limited equip/options
Add SE suspension/steering/wheels
Add 240hp 2.0 Turbo I4
Maintain or better the EPA mpg ratings
Price: no more than $1600 more than current Limited to keep the price with all options under 30k.. I know this would be fairly expensive but street price would probably be closer to 26k or 27k, still expensive but think of the car it could be.
How is the bluetooth sound both from inside the cab and comments from who you're talking to? Is the microphone and sound quality good?
For those with the backup camera. Does the camera kick in immediately upon putting in reverse or is there a delay? If so, how long? I've read of some competing cars where there is a substantial lag time and comments were that they actually just backed up the old way rather than wait for the camera to come up.
As far as the delay with the backup camera, I think some of it has to do with the booting up of the entire system. I've noticed a little bit of a delay when the car is first started. But if it's been running I don't see any delay. According to the manual, the system starts to boot as soon as you unlock the doors. This is true. During my normal commute, I unlock the door and then have something I put in the back seat before I get in and start the car. The AGREE button is usually available. The one time I got in and didn't have that little delay, I had to wait for the AGREE button to come one. So the delay I see normally for the backup camera is probably a little less than most people would see.
Yeah, my application would be to jump in the car in the garage and back out so there would really be no "warm up" time like unlocking the doors. Unless of course one got into the habit of unlocking the doors as soon as going into the garage. It seems odd that these back up cameras would take long at all to come on. It seems like they should come up basically the instant you put the car in reverse. Oh well, can't have everything I guess.
The bluetooth sounds great for everyone, but a normal conversation pretty much requires maxing out its volume. I'm not sure how well it would work with the window down, but mine is never down.
FYI, Ed Voyles Hyundai in Smyrna, Georgia has 2 manual transmission Sonata GLS's in stock. One in Camel Pearl, one in black, both with tan cloth interiors.
Finally, I saw the Indigo Blue today. Not bad and I'm partial to that color, but the car can look purple in the right light.
As far as leaving the unit set to radio rather than the map, I'll have to try that. The delay really hasn't bothered me, but it's still a curiosity.
And GPS is instantly available; no waiting for it to locate a satellite. My guess is the system simply assumes that you haven't towed the car after the last time you turned it off, which is a good assumption for 99.999% of the time.
What takes the longest, but still just a few seconds, is for the hard drive to spin up when playing tunes off of it.
I especially like that you can voice dial any of the names on your contacts list, which I use all the time. You can also stream stereo bluetooth - which I didn't care about until I got my new Droid phone with unlimited internet. Now I can get internet radio through Pandora or watch a movie trailer (when the car is parked) and the sound is full stereo through the car. Very high tech.
I felt that way too before I began my car search, which eventually ended up with the 2011 Sonata, but I was impressed with the Ford Fusion and Chevy Malibu, especially the Chevy. Ford and GM are making much better cars these days. Chrysler, on the other hand . . .:P
Wow, I have mine all the way up to 35 and the volume on my blackberry maxed out. I wonder if mine is maybe defective. Which model do you have? Mine is the limited with NAV.
The Sonata (and Camry, Accords) are mom cars, so you must have mom colors.
The good news is the driver's seat was quite comfortable even with the manual height adjuster, so I could live with the base model, no options. I heard multiple people exclaim surprise over the car's $21k price, e.g. "This is ONLY $21,000? Wow!"
It was ironic that the Hyundai exhibit was right next to the Mercedes exhibit, and they had several of their "4-door coupes" on display. Interesting comparing the Sonatas for $21k+ to the much more expensive Mercedes cars. Of course, there's a few differences...
I am using Bluetooth daily basis, windows are alway up, Bluetooth volume on my car sets at 12, my phone volume is maxed out. Sound quality is excellent and sometimes I feel it is a bit loud. I have a Limited w/o Nav.
Yea, I was the one that mentioned setting the volume on the phone up originally. But the volume on the Blackberry is maxed out and the volume in the Sonata is at 35. It's loud enough but not loud. I'm not comfortable having no more headroom for when someone is a little on the quiet side.
A week ago, a salesperson told me about break-in.
1. don't go over 65 mph.
2. don't drive at the same speed more than 10 minutes.
3. try to keep 1 and 2 until I put 600 miles on the car.
Yes, I exactly followed his instruction. Also I took 2 as "don't run your engine at the same RPM for more than 10 minutes" so I tried to use local instead of highway if possible.
Today, I looked at on the back of my owner's manual and found this print "Driving tips for first 1,200 miles (2,000 km) ...... 1-5"
On the page 1-5:
1. it says "first 600 miles", not "1,200 miles" as on the back.
2. do not race the engine.
3. while driving, keep your engine speed (rpm, or revolutions per minute) between 2,000 rpm and 4,000 rpm. :surprise:
4. do not maintain a single speed for long periods of time, either fast or slow. Varing engine speed is needed to properly break-in the engine.
5. avoid hard stops, except in emergencies, to allow the brakes to seat properly.
6. don't let the engine idel longer than 3 minutes at one time.
7. don't tow a trailer during the first 1,200 miles (2,000 km) of operation.
I believe that I kept all from 2 to 6 except 3 (not 7 yet. my ODO reads only 613).
Now I am wondering....... what I have done is correct. :confuse: :confuse:
Because to keep RPM between 2,000 and 4,000 "manual shift" has to be used and final gear (6th) is almost useless. I have never used "manual shift" yet and I believe RPM has stayed below 1,700 most of time while driving, except when gear shifts up automatically.
Does any other user notice what Owner's manual says? Any comments or advice for "Dummy for a new car" (me)?
I doubt this car is any different than any other car with regards to break-in. Basically avoid hard stops if possible, vary your RPMs, and avoid WOT.
I also have the nav package, and I use the Bluetooth with the volume maxed out, or just slightly below. The volume on my phone doesn't seem to make any difference.
Sorry, it means wide open throttle.
Even though I put about 600 miles on mine, I am thinking of following Owner's Manual for another 400 - 500 miles, with manual shifting. In that way, I can keep RPM over 2,000 on the road most of time. I probably use up to 4th most of time.
I am wondering if my transmission would "learn" some wrong, because it is not how I drive usually .......
Any advice? Should I just ignore the owner's manual as some said?
Follow the manual to set up Bluetooth the first time. It is easy. Then anytime you hop in the car, your Droid will automatically connect to the Sonata. So if you play mp3 files with your Droid music player, or if you play your Pandora or Slacker streaming internet radio, they just play automatically through the Sonata's audio system. Simple as that. (Note that internet radio through your phone will not be as high of audio quality as XM, since the streaming audio applications for phones have to down-sample the bit rate to make it suitable for over-the-air delivery to phones. XM doesn't have to worry about that. So your iPod, or mp3 files on a USB memory stick, or XM radio, or HD radio, all have better audio quality than Pandora or Slacker. But those still are not "too bad".
And saying Pandora high quality is similar to XM isn't saying much. Wow, XM sounds like crap now. I remember it sounding great 5 years ago. I doubt it's the radio because my MP3s sound great and those aren't even recorded at the highest quality.
I know that you can play MP3 files from a USB stick. Many of my iTunes files are in m4a/aac format. Can anyone confirm if the Sonata can also play those files?
My question is .. if I leave the iPod at home, and copy the files to USB, can the Sonata (Infinit w Nav) play the m4a files, of just the MP3's?
You might have to use WMP to convert the files to MP3 before loading them onto the stick.
m4a format does NOT work. I put some of those on my USB at first and the Sonata did not recogize any of the files. I'm not sure what all formats it recognizes, but I've used mp3 successfully and m4a was not successful.
Can someone tell me if smart key is standard for every 11 Hyundai Sonata?
Not on GLS, Standard on SE and Limited
Does the navigation package in the limited comes with rear view camera? If not, how much? Yes - Limited with Nav has the Backup Camera