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A new DVD may help, but I've found the updates focus on new road changes, but they do a poor job correcting errors for existing roads. I've caught quite of few obvious errors with the 2005 DVD that came with my 05 Accord, so I got a 2008 DVD. It had the same errors as the 2005. That was frustrating considering what they charge for the update!!!
Mrbill
....send it back and demand your $$$ back. They will never get it right unless we(you) demand simple satisfaction.
Quality product and customer service have derailed in today's society...and we have let it.
Mrbill
Yep, I'm guessing here, and to me, the error would be in the DVD. The GPS may be able to accurately generate a time "as the crow flies" but when you add in roads, the GPS would need to use the DVD. I don't think there would be any adjustment that can be made to the Navi system to correct an error like this?
Mrbill
With the Accord navi, when you enter a destination, the navi will build and display multiple routes, all with different times and miles to travel. That's alot of data crunching, so I would think it has to be getting the data from the DVD.
Mrbill
The OP was concerned that this display did not match his/her actual mileage or time driven.
The ScanGauge II is an example of an aftermarket unit you can buy for your car to provide this info.
You are correct in that the DVD supplies the navi system with all the map data.
Most aftermarket navi units (Garmin, etc) use computer chips to store that info and you update them by downloading data from a computer instead of using a DVD.
As far as accuracy to the "trip computer" screen in the navi system on the Honda, when I refill my tank, I also reset the trip odometer. The trip computer and navi mileage on the tank agree within a 10th of a mile.
Mrbill
The odometer on the trip computer screen and my regular odometer are always off, but not by much.... more than .1 though.
Good luck with your new car and welcome to Edmunds!
http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=691376
hear stock phrases like "Ready", "Alright", "let's go." It is a voice chip sound that
is the same and not some kind of radio interference. I don't kow what triggers the
voice commands as they come sometimes when I open the car door and other times while driving. It sounds crazy and I can only imagine that the car has a voice
chip that maybe has responses for the navigation system.
Sorry I'm a little late... I have an 06 and the navi is a bit different but you can edit your address book by going into the setup menu. I think the address book is listed under something like "personal info". Look around and you'll find it.
In other words, I want to "go home" but also set a "way point" along the way to stop at another address that is NOT in the "places" categories in the system.
I have a 2009 Honda Accord.
Can it be done?
If so how?
Thanks
Mrbill
http://www.navigation.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/Navteq-HondaNorthAmerica- -Site/-/-/-/Default-Start
I don't find myself in that situation often (probably because I live in western Washington) but when I do, I usually just shield it with my hand when I need to look at the screen quickly.
Just a guess as to what may help.
I sure wish mine had navigation.
I bought my girlfriend one of the wide screen Garmin units for the same price as the update DVD for my Accord. Yes, the screen is a little smaller, but I find it also easy to use, and the model I got her announces the name of the street, I wish my Accord did that.
Mrbill
Hope that helped.
Thanks
Tanya
Mrbill
Interestingly enough, when I upgraded to the latest CD for my 06, the male voice is no longer an option. I know they dropped it for the current generation.
But as others have said, the setup screen has choices that allow you to make those kinds of changes.
And, Grad, not sure about the OP (maybe he or she lost the manual) but mine came with a rather large navigation manual as a separate book. It's all in there.
If the DVD you want to use is the correct color, it should work.
Mrbill
IIRC, the version before 4.73 had some issues. That may have been 4.61... I can't remember.
I couldn't find a version history on Honda's Navi site: Honda Navigation
So the other day I was switching the time manually and noticed I had a new feature in the Clock set-up menu. It gives me the option of choosing the old April - Oct. DST or the new March - Nov. time. It must have been included in the DVD update I bought (when they had a 20% off sale).
It may have been documented somewhere but I sure never saw it. Kind of like losing the male voice option. At any rate, I'm happy to not have to reset the clock manually now.
However, I can't find the menu to change the time...how do you get there in an Accord? Chances are, it's the same in the TSX...which is sold in Europe under the model name 'Accord'...