onboard nav kinda sucks, right?

[LastBronco]

Tomarrow marks my first week with by outerbanks. Since I have to plug in to the front USB for android auto, I find my self not always using it. I find with my note 10,that usb c from the console usually offers fast charge mode vs standard charge from the media bin.

In these situations I'm using the onboard navigation with "pinch zoom".Does anyone else find it not as intuitive as Waze? Or at least, harder to use?

Why would anyone these days pay for a Navigation system?

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[thesavo]

Why would anyone these days pay for a Navigation system?

I'm not currently paying for it.

 

[Fossil]

Why would anyone these days pay for a Navigation system?

Not as simple as that since it's part of the 360+ package that has features I want.

I don't know the answers to these - With phone nav what happens when you are out of cell range and want to start a nav? Does the phone have all the necessary maps stored on board?

Seems like when you're overlanding there will be times there isn't cell service.

 

[thesavo]

Map version na119 that mine has is rather outdated. Albany NY added exit/entrance 3 to i87 just before covid and it really confused onboard nav. Ford's nav update site says "no new maps for my Vin"

 

[Fossil]

SiriusXM Traffic/Travel Link reared it's head today while I was parked in the middle lane on the interstate this morning. Happened to glance at the Ford nav screen and noticed the next turn ahead had changed. Not going anywhere anyway I made the turn and got my family member to her hospital appointment on time. First experience with the nav recalculating while on route based on traffic.

Question to the experts -
Did the Ford nav alert me to the change and I just missed it?
How did Sirius know RT90 was a parking lot?

 

[DMEARC]

SiriusXM Traffic/Travel Link reared it's head today while I was parked in the middle lane on the interstate this morning. Happened to glance at the Ford nav screen and noticed the next turn ahead had changed. Not going anywhere anyway I made the turn and got my family member to her hospital appointment on time. First experience with the nav recalculating while on route based on traffic.

Question to the experts -
Did the Ford nav alert me to the change and I just missed it?
How did Sirius know RT90 was a parking lot?

There’s no alert, it just changes. If you have voice guidance active it will announce the new turn.
It uses a traffic monitoring network. As I’ve said before I don’t know how often it updates, but it is accurate and handy.

 

[DMEARC]

Why would anyone these days pay for a Navigation system?

You think using a cell phone mounted to your windshield, eating through data while driving in and out of low signal coverage is better?
Personally, I got tired of doing that years ago.
Built in NAV is so much classier ?

 

[DMEARC]

Does the phone have all the necessary maps stored on board?

It might, if it’s a route you’ve done before. Otherwise, no. It pulls that data when it needs it.
You could test this by asking for directions and then turning off cell service.

 

[LastBronco]

You think using a cell phone mounted to your windshield, eating through data while driving in and out of low signal coverage is better?
Personally, I got tired of doing that years ago.
Built in NAV is so much classier ?

Google Maps is displayed on screen. Cell phone in pocket.

 

[Fossil]

Google Maps is displayed on screen. Cell phone in pocket.

you got a USB connection in your pants?

 

[LastBronco]

you got a USB connection in your pants?

Bluetooth

 

[DMEARC]

Google Maps is displayed on screen. Cell phone in pocket.

No thanks?

 

[Bronclahoma]

I probably didn't give the Ford nav a fair trial, but wasn't impressed. I just connect to Google Maps via my iPhone. Don't think you can beat Google.

 

[LastBronco]

I probably didn't give the Ford nav a fair trial, but wasn't impressed. I just connect to Google Maps via my iPhone. Don't think you can beat Google.

Exactly.

 

[ODucksfan17]

You think using a cell phone mounted to your windshield, eating through data while driving in and out of low signal coverage is better?
Personally, I got tired of doing that years ago.
Built in NAV is so much classier ?

You can always use the navigation app Sygic with AA or CarPlay. Those are offline maps.

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