2010 Nav comments

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Armand

True it won't announce street names like Garmin (though it does announce highway names) but it does display street names on the nav. A quick glance at the Nav can solve that problem.

I've tried that, and if you soom in close enough to be useful in terms of seeing the label of the next street in cities, it typically is not smart enough to move the label in close enough to show in the screen. I have found that to ensure you can see the label of the next upcoming street, you have to zoom out so far it loses its utility for determining the next street (in cities).

But you can set it up so that the split screen will give you your latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds! Quite useful if you're a boat.

As to the speed of initializing a position, yes, that is an advantage of the Nav over the Garmin that I forgot to include -- the X5 Nav clearly has much more computing power than the low-priced Garmins and has less lag for most tasks. The Garmin is reasonably quick to initialize if you are not moving, but does take some time if you are moving while it is initializing.

[Armand]

Originally Posted by Penguin

I've tried that, and if you soom in close enough to be useful ...

Penguin, I did not mean looking at the map for the street name. It actually writes the name of the street at next turn on the split screen with a close up drawing of the turn below it. You can read it very easily.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Armand

Penguin, I did not mean looking at the map for the street name. It actually writes the name of the street at next turn on the split screen with a close up drawing of the turn below it. You can read it very easily.

Only if you are navigating a route, If you are not navigating a route, you cannot easily see the next street coming up. The Garmin will show the next cross street you are approaching, even if you are not navigating a route.

Handy if you are not using a route, but know you need to turn right at "Power Rd."

[azwcat]

The biggest gripe I have is not being able to see many street names. That's the whole point of having a map! It's a shame, as people have said, the screen is really nice. 10x nicer than the one in my 03 Infiniti. Unfortunately, less street names show up on the BMW, so its a bit of a waste.

As far as navigating and accuracy, so far it's been okay, but I tried any small cities or rural areas yet.