Would you update the map on your OEM navi?
#16
Why Would You Want to Upgrade
I own the 2011 ES and I have to say the nav system has to be the most worthless POS nav on the road. Routing algorithms are a joke.....no where near accurate, ETA refuses to calculate mileage remaining vs speed and give you an accurate estimate until you are just a few miles from destination. I sit a Garmin on the dash and turn Lexus's joke for a nav system off.
#17
I don't need the NAV most of the time and it really sucks that the map shows up as the default display, this is why I turn off the parking sensor because I don't want to revert to map when it senses something. I use either my phone or Garmin when I really need to find something.
#19
Lead Lap
I own the 2011 ES and I have to say the nav system has to be the most worthless POS nav on the road. Routing algorithms are a joke.....no where near accurate, ETA refuses to calculate mileage remaining vs speed and give you an accurate estimate until you are just a few miles from destination. I sit a Garmin on the dash and turn Lexus's joke for a nav system off.
#20
I would not upgrade even if it was free. I have used the override many times. The maps have worked fine for me with the exception of new neighborhoods and you can use a phone for those few exceptions.
#22
Lexus Fanatic
iTrader: (1)
i have ver 12 in my nav. Dealer upgraded it before I purchased the car. I don't use it though. I find it so much easier and more accurate to just use my phone when I need it. The fact that I can't access it while stopped at a light or have my passenger program it while I am driving is very annoying and really kills it for me. I can just talk to my phone and within seconds it's up and running. Good ole' Google.
#24
Lead Lap
"Does installation of a navigation update change the way my navigation display looks or operates?
No, a navigation update only updates map and POI (points of interest) information."
There are very minor exceptions to the above statement.
An "ABC-only" virtual keyboard was common on navigation systems of that era. I had one and I adjusted to it quickly. Newer Lexus navigation generations allow choosing between ABC and QWERTY but I don't know which generation first allowed it. For sure, generation 6 (2010-up) does.
#25
Pole Position
Not a complete fix, but there is a setting under Information --> Screen Settings that changes the behavior so it won't switch back to the map from audio or climate. I don't know if it affects the parking switch back.
#27
Instructor
iTrader: (10)
Per http://www.lexusnavigation.com/faq.php :
"Does installation of a navigation update change the way my navigation display looks or operates?
No, a navigation update only updates map and POI (points of interest) information."
There are very minor exceptions to the above statement.
An "ABC-only" virtual keyboard was common on navigation systems of that era. I had one and I adjusted to it quickly. Newer Lexus navigation generations allow choosing between ABC and QWERTY but I don't know which generation first allowed it. For sure, generation 6 (2010-up) does.
"Does installation of a navigation update change the way my navigation display looks or operates?
No, a navigation update only updates map and POI (points of interest) information."
There are very minor exceptions to the above statement.
An "ABC-only" virtual keyboard was common on navigation systems of that era. I had one and I adjusted to it quickly. Newer Lexus navigation generations allow choosing between ABC and QWERTY but I don't know which generation first allowed it. For sure, generation 6 (2010-up) does.
my 06 is350 allows the option to switch to QWERTY plus it has the override feature as well but i know for sure the nav gen is diff. should i be looking for an 06 disk but gen 4?
#28
Lead Lap
#29
Lexus Champion
All this concern about the lack of usability of the Lexus nav system. Makes me wonder how people actually managed to drive cars the 100 years before a nav system was invented. Poor deprived people must have gone wild trying to get somewhere!
#30
i have a 2003 with the original disk. Never thought it was worthwhile to upgrade it. In 10 years I can count on one hand the number of times I've needed to improvise because the maps were not 'up-to-date'. I use my phone for backup.
FWIW, I think the Nav in my car is actually pretty good for local routing.
FWIW, I think the Nav in my car is actually pretty good for local routing.