Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72791
Good to see things have progressed since my 06HSE & 06SE!!
8th Sep 2013 7:27 pm
harvey6480
Member Since: 30 Apr 2012
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 116
Yes, Friday was a bad example. Sat approx 50 cars from the tolls for nearly three hours. Saw a nice unmarked black disco 4 being used by the armed response. It looked to have some nice extras and sounded very good when it raced past us.
That said, disco 4 was fun to drive in central London. Beep horn, then just floor it away from lights and junctions.
8th Sep 2013 8:30 pm
mathewdowns
Member Since: 31 May 2013
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 207
When first purchased car didn't check the settings...... Went a few places wondering why it didn't go anywhere near motorways!!
8th Sep 2013 9:58 pm
Hedgehog
Member Since: 27 Mar 2010
Location: Frankonia
Posts: 100
Thank god I did not have included it in my order
Seems to be sometimes better to be al little greedy
I will try the Becker revo1.
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10th Sep 2013 8:32 pm
orbtar
Member Since: 20 Dec 2009
Location: East Anglia
Posts: 26
LR seem to have the worst possible mapping and display (1980's quality graphics) on the market. Cannot believe that they spend so long developing the new Range Rover and RRS yet still include these useless systems.
15th Sep 2013 9:52 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50934
They work fine ...I firmly believe it is user error \ ignorance in the vast majority of cases 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
15th Sep 2013 11:16 pm
steveraspberry
Member Since: 18 Sep 2011
Location: Nr Sevenoaks,Kent
Posts: 2081
They do take a little bit of setting up but personally I agree with DG. Spend a little time with the manual and fine tune it to your needs and it is usually as accurate as any other integrated Satnav. I'm confident to drive anywhere and then when it's time to go home, still confident that it will get me home. On another note, residual/trade values will probably be affected if the car does not have Satnav. It's almost a de rigeur option in modern cars these days. Maybe a sad fact but also a true one.
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16th Sep 2013 12:02 am
Dave T
Member Since: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 6902
I would tend to agree with DG and steveraspberry, it is just sooooooooo slow inputting on the 2012 version and was well out of date before I even got the car. It doesn't even have the M74 extension even when it had been open for maybe a year or so before I got it, should I really have to pay through the nose for an update?
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16th Sep 2013 7:10 am
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16th Sep 2013 7:55 am
orbtar
Member Since: 20 Dec 2009
Location: East Anglia
Posts: 26
DG wrote:
They work fine ...I firmly believe it is user error \ ignorance in the vast majority of cases
Yes, they will get you from A to B but the input and handling of information, the processing speed, the mapping quality and graphics are rubbish. I suppose it depends what you are used to but latest model Mercedes, Audi and BMW are way better (especially BMW which has a fantastic system)
16th Sep 2013 12:16 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72791
Had the Pro Media in my now departed 5 series and it was fab. Nav, TMC, iPhone integration, DAB, t'interweb, etc., etc. were really, really good. It even read out loud any texts you received. And the navigation system never once tried to take me off a main road, though a village then back on.
16th Sep 2013 12:25 pm
DG Site Moderator
Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50934
Ah yes ....I see
I've used my BiL's new X3 M and I definitely would not say it is "way better" ...but then each to their own 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
16th Sep 2013 12:31 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72791
I was careful not to use the word "better" as a map, drawing pin and length of string is better than the satnav in my poverty spec D3.
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