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Old 09-06-13, 05:30 PM
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Default What direction do you have your Nav arrow pointing?

I like my Nav to have it on the road pointing north.
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Old 09-06-13, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Joeb427
I like my Nav to have it on the road pointing north.
Same here.
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Old 09-06-13, 05:58 PM
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I know it's no big deal but I'm curious.
The manual has the arrow facing down.

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Old 09-06-13, 08:44 PM
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I don't see how people can stand the map always being north up as it shows in the manual. Some people like it that way though...
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I like North up too. I cant stand the map turning and turning on me. Makes me dizzy as I see it out of the corner of my eye
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Pointed the direction of the car. I can't stand due north
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Old 09-07-13, 05:41 AM
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I've tried both. Used to fly and always liked the way you could relate due north from the magnetic compass relative to your true heading. It's the most natural way for me in the car, the direction the car is heading.
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Pointed the direction of the car. I can't stand due north
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Old 09-07-13, 06:02 AM
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yes, seems to be a very polarizing thing. north always for me here!
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Always up for me, I have enough trouble figure it up every time which is right and which is left, Imagine if I have the car oriented in all directions
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I like the map to rotate, because I am driving straight up and I want to see myself driving straight up on the map on the NAV.
I don't care where North is. I want to know to make a LEFT on A Street, and a RIGHT on B Street, etc.

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I like it pointing up. I can't put myself in the situation where I have to take away from concentrating on driving to remind myself how left and right on the nav screen relate to what I'm looking at.
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I like to have the map always face the direction of the car, because that's more intuitive to me. But my friends who always have the map face north argue that it's better in terms of actually learning the streets and the overall layout of the area, and I'm inclined to agree with them there.
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map always face the direction of the car.'

Always pointing north makes me have to think extra when trying to navigate, what's the point of having to decipher left and right
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I like the arrow showing the direction I'm headed and my wife likes it showing north so we go back and forth when on a trip.
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
Pointed the direction of the car. I can't stand due north
Same here. I like it facing UP, whether I'm heading north or south.
Guess there's a few of us weirdos
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