Subaru BRZ GPS Problem Poll

[DocWalt]

Originally Posted by Chauntalei

If you have NavTraffic as well as regular XM Radio. They're 2 separate products. Most folks lose the traffic when their XM trial expires, at which point you have to call in and have them add it back to your account.

Hmm, I was under the impression that they were one and the same. Good to know!

[Lytheum]

no problems after having the tsb done. before that it would lose signal randomly.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by krayzie

And I want an aftermarket unit that fits the entire width of the HU opening like the Panasonic factory option one in Japan.

I'm considering this as a replacement:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62619

It fits the bezel like it was meant to be there all along.

[daiheadjai]

My Canadian unit will send me on spurious directions.
I've given up and either rely on my smartphone (in Canada) or a separate Garmin (in the US).

[kberkel]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

I'm considering this as a replacement:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62619

It fits the bezel like it was meant to be there all along.

I'm considering the cafi as well. I really want a dedicated music player and I'm frustrated that manufacturers think it's necessary to load these HU's with apps. So I have to buy my own nav maps.. and can only hope the music player is good.

The nav on my BRZ has never lost a signal, it's alright. Sometimes it doesn't really know what direction I'm driving though. I'll pull out of a complex and it thinks I'm already driving on the main road. So I drive for about a mile or two until it shows me where to turn around.

I sit there thinking.. JUST TELL ME! I'll gladly u-turn in the middle of traffic rather than drive 2 miles in the wrong direction.

[gramicci101]

Today I learned that my car has GPS. I just use google maps on my phone.

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

Today I learned that my car has GPS. I just use google maps on my phone.

Huh? You just realized it?

[radroach]

My dealership didn't give me the memory card with the maps software, they said it was extra. So nope.

[B-R-Z]

Idk if it's my GPS that sucks, but I hate the navigation. Its terrible at picking the most obvious and best routes. Recalculating the route, it always tries to get me to back track my steps to get back on the original route instead of plotting an alternate route based on where I am at the time. I've tested this when I knew the area and where I was going and it had failed multiple times. I want to get an android head unit and stick to Google maps or waze.

I love my BRZ but Subaru failed with the nav unit, stock tires, and no steering wheel controls. Cup holder placement kinda sucks too.

[kberkel]

Originally Posted by B-R-Z

Idk if it's my GPS that sucks, but I hate the navigation. Its terrible at picking the most obvious and best routes. Recalculating the route, it always tries to get me to back track my steps to get back on the original route instead of plotting an alternate route based on where I am at the time. I've tested this when I knew the area and where I was going and it had failed multiple times. I want to get an android head unit and stick to Google maps or waze.

I love my BRZ but Subaru failed with the nav unit, stock tires, and no steering wheel controls. Cup holder placement kinda sucks too.

this

I never lose a signal, but sometimes it's just retarded.

At least this unit doesn't shut the LCD down in cold temperatures like the fancy MY2013 Canadian Pioneer headunit, and won't nag you with a speeding warning. The interface on the Fujitsu Ten also seems better. Just wish the faceplate isn't so ugly.

OEM automotive electronics nowadays are typically -40C to 85C. I guess if Canada reaches -40 (-40C = -40F) you might be screwed

[extrashaky]

Today the stock nav unit tried to send me the wrong way down one-way streets twice.

[housecat]

Originally Posted by B-R-Z

Idk if it's my GPS that sucks, but I hate the navigation. Its terrible at picking the most obvious and best routes.

Adding to what you're saying, I find that the navigation is only useful when you're driving interstate and most highways. Otherwise, it's not always dependable in cities/towns (even with live traffic subscription, the navigation doesn't always know when a road is closed, and like you said it can be difficult to change/detour the system's calculated route).

I suppose these navigation problems can be found in every GPS system. It takes a human being to really know the road, traffic, and shortcuts around town.

[B-R-Z]

Originally Posted by housecat

Adding to what you're saying, I find that the navigation is only useful when you're driving interstate and most highways. Otherwise, it's not always dependable in cities/towns (even with live traffic subscription, the navigation doesn't always know when a road is closed, and like you said it can be difficult to change/detour the system's calculated route).

I suppose these navigation problems can be found in every GPS system. It takes a human being to really know the road, traffic, and shortcuts around town.

I understand if the device is not able to realize things like traffic or road closures etc. My complaint is with a typical commute, assuming all roads are open, no traffic, just point-a to point-b.

For roads and routes that have been in existance on this planet for longer than I've been alive, it should find the routes just as well as google maps does, but it doesn't. It's to the point where I will never depend on it if I'm out of town unless it's my last resort.

[weepel]

I voted in the US and minor problems. Haven't had issues with antenna/geolocating, just with the navigation itself. Maybe its because I live in Atlanta where there are 200 peachtree streets (I'm exaggerating, it's more like 150), but the damn thing never finds the address I want. If I want to go to 1234 Peachtree St, I punch in "Atlanta Metro Area > Piedmont Ave and then the 1 option is greyed out. WTF?

I usually rely on my android phone - it's faster, more accurate, and less annoying.

As an aside, what's with the Engrish: "Connection with mobile device was disconnect"