Volvo crapnav upgrade?

[stevewushu]

Is it possible to change my standard "satnav" in my 06 v8v to the new Garmin one in later models?

[Guycord]

I think the term "Crapnav" is a bit strong on Volvo/AM based on my latest experience of Garmin.

I just bought a Garmin Nuvi 2595LMT for use in hire cars I need from time to time and for the old girl once she returns from the health spa.

To be honest, found the Garmin significantly harder to use and less intuative than the AM unit although the Navi was more useful at finding the Talivan's dotted around Hampshire. Depending upon whether you are a flappy paddle type or a proper mans manual, there is I beleive (as I have studied when fully parked up and not driving) a possibility to keep ones hand on the gear lever and still enter inputs accurately on the joystick. very easy!

As a side issue does anyone know how updateable the Volvo system is with regards to traffic/cams etc?

G.

[Bincenzo]

Talking of traffic/speeding cameras, does the Volvo based nav give any audio warning of hotspots or cameras?

[AstonZagato]

The HDD version in my MY2011 DBS does give camera warnings

[drcarrera]

AstonZagato said:

The HDD version in my MY2011 DBS does give camera warnings

... but only when it's actually navigating to a destination, if it's the same as in my V8V...

[AstonZagato]

Not sure. I think I just had the screen open the other day and it gave me a warning. Perhaps I did have a destination set.

Personally, I use one of the iPhone apps for cameras.

[pilgrim7777]

Crapnav yes up to a point, after MY2011 they are a great improvement and certainly as good as anything else.
The previous models could be updated by the addition of the TMC module and updated disks.A trip to a second hand wreck spares unit might be an answer and replacement with the later model satnav.
I thought this with my 2006 Vantage but searching round for a compatible 2007 Volvo XC90 unit with the right disks would do the trick the two should be identical but with the additional postcodes and the TMC. I am afraid other things got in way and did not get round to doing it. There are a number of good sites in Europe such as Poland these can be picked fairly inexpensively.
I later replaced the Vantage with the MY2011 DB9.

Edited by pilgrim7777 on Saturday 20th October 19:38

[V8 Animal]

It's hardly crap nav much better than uing a map but it must be said it's not as user friendly as say the tom tom but it does get you to your destination (in fashion)

[stevewushu]

So I'll still stick to my tom tom app on the iPhone then!

[steveatesh]

Personally, I don't find the say nav a problem. Certainly not crapnav.

[J12MOC]

The Volvo unit does get a lot of stick on here, but I don't think it's too bad. I had a Garmin Nuvi in my hire car in Florida recently and that was hardly any better than the AM one. My TomTom does knock spots off both of them and now I take that as well and consult it especially when negotiating through small towns on route having got fed up with the AM unit taking me straight through the middle of town ( including cobbled pedstrian streets !) and ignoring bypasses etc.

[Slarti]

On Thursday I used the new iphone5 built in GPS app. My god was it ste. Luckily, I had my trusty DB9 satnav to fall back on. It's a bit ugly looking and it's about a century removed from the voice input stuff you see in an Audi, but I do find it very, very reliable.

[Steve*B]

Had both V8 and DBS upgraded to a touchscreen replacement by Igo with lots of features including 3D graphics but it was arranged via Aston Martin here in Auckland. For whatever reason, and as far as I'm aware, no one in the UK has yet got round to offering a similar replacement.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YctpQQgjUz8

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4QYza4SWMfY

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VnYgVx-S3UE

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hqhONSt19vU

[Slarti]

Looks like you can't control it with the hardware buttons, in which case why wouldnt you just try to replace it with a Tom Tom under the lid?.ll or is it a software update that retains all the hardware?

[Steve*B]

Slarti said:

Looks like you can't control it with the hardware buttons, in which case why wouldnt you just try to replace it with a Tom Tom under the lid?.ll or is it a software update that retains all the hardware?

It's touch screen so why would you want to control it with a laggy joystick? The 'trick' is finding a screen that fits perfectly into the lid and looks like an original factory installation, which it does. Turning the satnav on or off (lid up or down) still retains the oem buttons so shoving a Tom Tom in there isn't going to work

[Slarti]

Steve*B said:

It's touch screen so why would you want to control it with a laggy joystick? The 'trick' is finding a screen that fits perfectly into the lid and looks like an original factory installation, which it does. Turning the satnav on or off (lid up or down) still retains the oem buttons so shoving a Tom Tom in there isn't going to work

Sure it's fine. Just looked fiddly trying to get at the onscreen buttons lower down. So does the 'switch off' or 'shutdown' feature of the software on that activate the lowering of the physical screen? If so interested how the new satnav interfaces with the existing hardware.

[stevewushu]

Just a completely random idea...
I haven't measured the devices yet but would an iPad mini or Samsung galaxy thingy fit in there?
They are awesome touchscreen devices, can be linked to the centre console via denision unit, are GPS enabled, store music and films etc etc etc!