Navigation settings
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Navigation settings
Hello, new member and owner. Have a question for the very knowledgeable community here. I own a 2024 NX350H with the 14in display. Is there any way to change the navigation defaults? When I get in the car I change the options to 3d view and zoom the camera in. Soon as I change functions or turn off the car it reverts back to 2d view and zooms out.
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Last edited by Malky; Jun 7, 2023 at 08:43 AM.
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From: Wa
Click the compass icon. This will change the orientation of the map (IE north facing, direction of vehicle, 3D or 2D). Unfortunately, as I mentioned above, the system doesn't remember and reverts back to factory default settings on start up.
Last edited by Malky; Jun 8, 2023 at 06:26 AM.
There's no options in the current navigation setting to set default views. I noticed the same problem as the OP.
It will always go back to the default 2D zoom out view.
Cross your finger and hope Lexus will update the software to have a setting for this.
Keep waiting.
It will always go back to the default 2D zoom out view.
Cross your finger and hope Lexus will update the software to have a setting for this.
Keep waiting.
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Ah thanks, I had not noticed the difference before, quite subtle, but I see it now. Not only does it not hold the setting on startup, it doesn't even hold the setting if you change to a difference screen (like the radio) and back.
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This is one of my frustrations too. I do the exact same as you: press the compass twice to get to 3D, then zoom in twice. I noticed after the recent update that it doesn't even keep me in 3D view after switching screens, such as going to settings and then back to map.
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Are you putting a destination and letting it route you or are you just displaying the map as you drive. I use the Nav everyday I go into the office (to find the best route there and home in Chicago traffic). When it is navigating it always goes to 3D for me. I have 23 F-Sport with the 14in screen. When I don’t use it to route me, it stays in 2D.
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I'm just using the navigation without routing when I travel to work. The bulk of my trips are without routing. Either way the system should remember the users settings whether it's routing or not, IMO.
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I've been following this thread and had a question. Since I understand that the subscription navigation system is cloud based and not satellite based, what is the advantage to using this system over Apple CarPlay? I've downloaded Google Maps for sketchy cell areas and have a back up Garmin for the boondocks. Perhaps I'm missing something. I do miss the satellite based system from our gen 1 NX.
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Guessing they switch to the cloud based system for extra revenue. Lots of car manufacturers are trying to figure out ways to make us pay a monthly fee. I'm still early into my 3 year free subscription but ... I think their monthly fee is a bit high for what it is. The monthly fee would need to drop below $10 a month for me to subscribe. I would also need to see timely fixes for their software, no way I'm paying a subscription for a service that takes a year to fix bugs.
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Guessing they switch to the cloud based system for extra revenue. Lots of car manufacturers are trying to figure out ways to make us pay a monthly fee. I'm still early into my 3 year free subscription but ... I think their monthly fee is a bit high for what it is. The monthly fee would need to drop below $10 a month for me to subscribe. I would also need to see timely fixes for their software, no way I'm paying a subscription for a service that takes a year to fix bugs.
Just curious, I wonder if the system pings the cloud for an address you send to the car in the app? My Garmin doesn’t charge for map updates or anything once you purchase a device. As much as this system costs, we shouldn’t have to pay anything more. But that’s my opinion.
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My previous vehicle was a 2018 Audi SQ5. Its navigation was also subscription based. But ... the subscription only involved the google overlay that shows photo realistic images of trees, buildings and roads. You still had basic navigation without the subscription. Wished Toyota/Lexus had kept the basic navigation for non-subscribers. Apparently they are doing something similar to Audi but backward. Using google maps but overlaying their interface over it.
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So it is not completely cloud in the same sense as Apple or Google. The traffic and routing feels realtime like them, as well as destination search and Alexa like capabilities. Something’s are still like traditional nav, just not stored on the head unit. It uses Maps that are not from Google but rather on a server in the cloud that has its maps managed by Here (fka Navteq or Nokia) It downloads maps like once a month according to some literature I read.
Our office has 2 entrances. One on Milwaukee and one on Sanders Road. The address is literally on Sanders road, but it wants me route around the back way (extra 1/2 mile). I used Lexus/Toyotas process to ask for a map update to include the 10 feet of driveway to connect our office and Sanders Road. That was 3 months ago and still the maps are not fixed. So, Apple or Google Maps will be more up to date. Right now, since it is free for my 14in screen, I am using it. When they want me to pay, I will walk away to Apple or Google maps as I agree with the above comments, way too expensive for what you get.
I think the car manufacturers are just trying to figure out how to hold on to Nav money tree like they had in the past with Apple and Google giving them a run for their money.
Our office has 2 entrances. One on Milwaukee and one on Sanders Road. The address is literally on Sanders road, but it wants me route around the back way (extra 1/2 mile). I used Lexus/Toyotas process to ask for a map update to include the 10 feet of driveway to connect our office and Sanders Road. That was 3 months ago and still the maps are not fixed. So, Apple or Google Maps will be more up to date. Right now, since it is free for my 14in screen, I am using it. When they want me to pay, I will walk away to Apple or Google maps as I agree with the above comments, way too expensive for what you get.
I think the car manufacturers are just trying to figure out how to hold on to Nav money tree like they had in the past with Apple and Google giving them a run for their money.
