A question about using navigation that's plaguing me.

Your destination appears on the map as an icon, right? If you touch the destination icon, it should give you info at the top of the MFD. If you touch the 'info' button at the right, it should display the info you want.

(saying this from memory, but give it a shot)

 

Once you stop, you should be able to use the Previous button on the Map menu. That should show the last entered address.

Without a NAV mod, you have to stop, even just briefly, to get the button to enable...

 

Odd about Previous not working out. Maybe it's only there after the destination has been reached or cleared out...

 

You might try pressing Route & then Destination Delete. I believe that the current destination info is then displayed. You can use the back button to cancel the action so you don't actually have to delete it.

 

Along the same lines, I was driving to a destination yesterday, within the city limits, using the NAV function. Without warning, when I was within a mile of my destination, the lady told me the NAV function could take me no further and said goodbye, leaving me high and dry.

I have a Delorme GPS and their Street Atlas program, total cost $125, that I use on my laptop is superior to any built in NAV system I have seen.

 

$125 plus the laptop...

 

I've had this happen to me too. It took away the turns that it already had displayed!!

 

:roll: Howdy popoff and raf...

When you find yourself in an area not mapped in detail, as in small towns, county areas, etc., the NAV system will take you near your destination but not to the street address or sometimes not even to the street. It's amazing to me the detail provided on a single DVD, but there are limitations.

 

Your point?

I've had a laptop since 2000 and have moved it from car to car as I needed it. I used it on an airliner once, before they made it a no-no, and it was fun to track the trip.

I would guess that a poll of Prius owners would show that a great majority already have a laptop.

 

And you don't really need the laptop if you get maps that are compatible with your handheld GPS receiver. My Meridian can use maps from Magellan MapSend software. Its routing feture works well. The receiver and the software together run about $300. For about $1,000 you can get a nicer model with a color screen and voice directions (my little Meridian model just beeps when a turn is coming up).

 

If you switch the map view to compass mode, it should have your current location and destination listed, both address and coordinaties. If you selected a destination as a POI (as opposed to inputting address) it will just list the POI name, not the actual address.

Anytime I put in an address with incomplete data along the way, she informs me at the start. I've never been unexpectedly dumped and totally unprepared.

It has been against federal air regulations for passengers to use GPS devices on commercial aircraft before 2000. The regulation doesn't discern between radio devices that receive only vs. those that transmit and receive.

 

I get that message every time I leave my home since the first two or three miles are not covered by the system. I'm new to this system and just did not expect to be dumped within the city limits of the county seat in a fairly major city.

As far as GPS being illegal on airplanes, it has been only the last year or two that they have added GPSs to the announcement of the no-no list. Have you read that the FAA is considering allowing the use of cell phones in flight?

 

It's been debated if there's any real danger with radio devices in the cabin or not... plus lots of politics as usual. My guess is the announcements came about as GPS became more common, the airlines write their own announements and they differ between carriers.

 

What's the NAV mod? I would love to be able to hit the blacked out buttons while I drive (or have my passanger do this).

Thanks!

 

Before I udated the Nav DVD, I could get directions right to my house but the roads nearby that they redid 7 years ago were not there so it would appear as if I were running off the road into neverland. Since the upgrade, those roads have been corrected but as I get closer to home the nav lady tells me she can't help me anymore with three turns left to make. Thank God the car knows the way or I'd be in trouble.

 

http://www.coastaletech.com/nav_kit.htm

 

I would prefer a built-in Nav with the screen on the dash to a laptop that takes up space in the cabin. On the other hand, if your copilot is using a laptop anyway, then there's no penalty.