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[raywilb]

since having this french  car I have always had problems putting post codes into the satnav. apparently its something to do with the french only using 4 digits & advising using longitude/. latitude co-ordinates. i believe some owners have installed other satnav systems on theirs so going to look down that route

[Doctor Gollum]

In this day and age?

If you have a smart phone use that and worry about something more productive 

[VXL V6]

Give me an up to date built in Sat Nav over a phone any day. But hey, if we were all the same it'd be a boring World.

[Doctor Gollum]

Give me an up to date built in Sat Nav over a phone any day. But hey, if we were all the same it'd be a boring World.

Yes, but it's a) French, b) relatively new, so retrofitting will be a complete nightmare and really expensive. And might not achieve anything.

Hell, a £20 Tom Tom off ebay would be more use from the sound of it... 

[VXL V6]

Give me an up to date built in Sat Nav over a phone any day. But hey, if we were all the same it'd be a boring World.

Yes, but it's a) French, b) relatively new, so retrofitting will be a complete nightmare and really expensive. And might not achieve anything.

Hell, a £20 Tom Tom off ebay would be more use from the sound of it... 

Without the specifics of the vehicle, the installed unit and the software version it's impossible to know what might be possible. But yes, take your point about the vehicle being French so who knows!

[Marks DTM Calib]

Does the unit support SmartPhone projection (Android Auto or Apple Car Play), if so then you can use your phones nav via the  in car entertainment system

[STEMO]

Wife's Renault had the sat nav with only a four digit input, Harratts, in Wakefield, updated the software to take a full post code.

[TheBoy]

Hell, a £20 Tom Tom off ebay would be more use from the sound of it... 

Apparently such shit is not good for my blood pressure.

Hence I (semi) happily pay the money to keep our built in ones up to date.  £96 Shaguar rushed me up for the last one, grrrr.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

From memory jaguar use Tandy electronics from 1972 for their satnav.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Hell, a £20 Tom Tom off ebay would be more use from the sound of it... 

I thought that the RuZZian air force pilots had bought all these to find their way around Ukraine?   

[Kevin Wood]

From memory jaguar use Tandy electronics from 1972 for their satnav.

I'd be tempted to update the maps in mine if :
a) The update software didn't just bomb out with an error every time I try to do it
b) It was capable of sending me down roads that don't have grass growing down the middle. Maybe mine has the mud-plugging Land Rover version installed by mistake?

 

[STEMO]

I have a phone holder stuck on the windscreen and google maps on my phone. Never let me down.
Traffic updates, accident warnings with re-routes, what more do you need?

[raywilb]

since having this french  car I have always had problems putting post codes into the satnav. apparently its something to do with the french only using 4 digits & advising using longitude/. latitude co-ordinates. i believe some owners have installed other satnav systems on theirs so going to look down that route

  i do have a decent Garmin which has free updates available that i have installed in the past tho I would rather be able to use the in car one,..when I first bought this motor i did go back to the dealers & asked for somebody to show me what I may be doing wrong & the guy sat next to me for quite a while . nor could he put s post code in.

[TheBoy]

From memory jaguar use Tandy electronics from 1972 for their satnav.

I'd be tempted to update the maps in mine if :
a) The update software didn't just bomb out with an error every time I try to do it
b) It was capable of sending me down roads that don't have grass growing down the middle. Maybe mine has the mud-plugging Land Rover version installed by mistake?

 

Not had any issues with hers, but hers is the poor mans version (DTM will know the exact designation) that you plug the SD into a computer.  I'm guessing yours is the OTA update version?

As for routing decisions, hers is set to default I believe, and slightly favours major roads, and has never taken us a silly route, even if its not always the route I'd personally take.

Biggest gripe is the voice control for the Navigation part seems less comprehensive than I think it should be.


My XJ is the HDD gen2.1, which sadly the maps are no longer available for, and needed a bit (not much, there are only about 3 settings) of config to get decent route planning.  My biggest gripe beyond the lack of maps now is the TMC settings aren't granular enough - the options are off, any alert, or very major delays.

[TheBoy]

I have a phone holder stuck on the windscreen and google maps on my phone. Never let me down.
Traffic updates, accident warnings with re-routes, what more do you need?

Every iPhone, every Windows phone, and every Galaxy phone I've had has been beyond shite, as the compass doesn't work right when vertical, moreso in a high magnetic interference area like a metal car...

...and then when you get to where you will get weaker GPS locks - woods, built up areas, high Kp, covered roads etc - its royally fooked.


Its a complete last resort for me, behind the road atlas.