danksy Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 I specced the A6 to include DVD Nav and to be honest I really wish I hadn't bothered. Things I hate about it. Routing is illogical - it would rather do an additional 10 miles distance on a motorway when compared to a freely moving a road over a distance of 25 miles. I have been caught out a few times following it's advice! There is no selectable route (with the RNSE units fitted to the A4/3 you may select alternative routes if they are available by turning the selector knob - very useful IMHO ) - Not present on the A6 I also don't like the way it wont take the full postcode.... it misses off the last digit. This means if someone just gives you there house number and postcode you won't be able to easily navigate there The good bits are that it retains TMC functionality, and has a handy TP timer for traffic reports, and is well integrated with the car's controls and DIS. But unfortunately I think I would rather have a TomTom for the extra cash it cost, then at least I can upload speed camera locations So in summary if you are thinking of speccing DVD Nav, personally I wouldn't bother, other than to offer a decent residual on the car at the end of term, instead keep your hard earned and go for a decent tomtom unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlot Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 You are quiet right. Audi Nav can only get you four miles away from my house and as there is no road name, it is quiet useless. Tom Tom far better- where is the cheapest place I can get one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted October 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 I bet the postman struggles too Name : Mr Merlot House Number :n/a Road Name n/a Country Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_C Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I also don't like the way it wont take the full postcode.... it misses off the last digit. This means if someone just gives you there house number and postcode you won't be able to easily navigate there [/ QUOTE ] But doesn't it display a list of available roads/streets once you've entered the partial postcode? My DVD nav does this and it's never not worked. Even though it takes the full postcode, my TomTom often just says 'Unnamed road'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiefox Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 BMW Nav is far more "interesting" - I've had calculations of 185 miles from Warwick to Lincoln, 235 miles to Brighton, and at the weekend it took me through a town, up some A roads and then through some villages to join the A46 4 miles east of where I live. It frequently tells you to go somewhere, then changes its mind and shows you a U turn. The best bit is the perspective view you can enable with clouds etc. Thats quite good for trying to see where the feck you are as it sends you down a one way 1 in 2 hill into a cul de sac in Shropshire. Tom Tom was far better. Good job it is still in the cupboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chav Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 [ QUOTE ] You are quiet right. Audi Nav can only get you four miles away from my house and as there is no road name, it is quiet useless. Tom Tom far better- where is the cheapest place I can get one? [/ QUOTE ] I'm on an unnamed track but you get there by specifiying longitude/lattitude. thats in RNS/E too though and as dansky said, the selectable route thingy is fab! I think its a great nav system (RNS/E) but would love POIs. if they put this new mmi version of the nav in the new A4/A5s then its another reason not to buy one it seems..grrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlot Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 I was going down the M77 from Glasgow to Ayr recently and my BMW nav went ape as the disc pre-dates the new road. It showed me driving through the fields with my distance to destination bouncing between 30 miles and 190 miles (ish). Got me there though. At least the BMW system does not mute the radio appreciably. On Land Rover systems its a real pain when the voice prompts come in when you are listening to the news. Can't remember how good/bad Audi is in this respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlot Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I bet the postman struggles too Name : Mr Merlot House Number :n/a Road Name n/a Country Scotland [/ QUOTE ] Funnily enough the postie is ok but parcelforce struggle. Worse still, TNT drove an hour to get to me, knocked on the door and by the time I got there he had dropped a card and legged it only, of course, to have to come back a couple of days later. Maybe I need a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlot Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 We are now off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted October 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Danksy... remember your old house in the black hole... "you have reached your destination" 6 miles away from Danksy's house no matter what roads and intersecting junctions i entered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nordberg Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 I had an A6 loaner with Nav. I had booked us into the Midland hotel in Manchester which was fortuitously a POI or whatever they're called in Nav. After taking miles out of the way down some B roads, Nav dumped me in the middle of a council estate 4 miles outside the city centre. It was adamant that I was actually at the hotel but, sadly, it was talking right out of its arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Worse still, TNT drove an hour to get to me, knocked on the door and by the time I got there he had dropped a card and legged it only, of course, to have to come back a couple of days later. [/ QUOTE ] Let me guess ... when they finally got it to you, rather than the specialist publications you were expecting it was a coouple of CDs with some kind of database on them ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Grrrr don't get me started on this crappy sat nav again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlot Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Remember you need OEM nav for resale and Tom Tom et al for daily use. Easy really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted November 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 That's about all it is good for I get some funny looks when people get in the car and see the tomtom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edd_W Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 There must be a way of re-calibrating it's start point so it knows where it is. It uses a combination of GPS and the input from the abs wheel speed sensors. If you take the car out for a spin in the snow, it will trow out your nav by the amounbt of slipage it has seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chav Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 [ QUOTE ] If you take the car out for a spin in the snow, it will trow out your nav by the amounbt of slipage it has seen. [/ QUOTE ] It shouldn't. GPS location is absolute and car sensor info is used to interpolate based on last good GPS position. GPS should update every few seconds... If the nav isn't recalibrating due to updated GPS location, then you're not getting a GPS update frequently enough - check how many satellites it can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edd_W Posted November 29, 2007 Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 It can only be an issue with inaccuracies in the mapping data then. PS You forgot to list the twin turbo wiper blades, titanium valve caps, Dual layer blu-ray steering wheel, in your sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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