Nav POIs
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2011 E350
Nav POIs
Am I crazy or is there no way to find the nearest Home Depot, Lowe's, or other hardware store using the nav system POI search? There seems to be no relevant category. I tried searching for the nearest Home Depot nearest to current position while sitting in Boston and very unhelpfully got a path to Atlanta.
Another day in another New England town, I searched for a Quizno's sandwich shop. There appeared to be all kinds of inconsistent, confusing entries in the POI database.
Couldn't they just make a link to Google maps search through the mbrace or something? This MB thing seems a waste in this regard.
KC
2011 E350
Another day in another New England town, I searched for a Quizno's sandwich shop. There appeared to be all kinds of inconsistent, confusing entries in the POI database.
Couldn't they just make a link to Google maps search through the mbrace or something? This MB thing seems a waste in this regard.
KC
2011 E350
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There are a few other owners here that will agree with me when I say that the MB Nav unit is HORRIBLE. Whenever I need something I have to use my Iphone.
It sounded like you have tried it already but there is a way to enter the name of the shop you are looking for and it will give you a list of them from the closest to the farthest. (don’t us the category just enter the name.) But bottom line is that the NAV unit is not up to par with even a $100 Garmin. IMO
It sounded like you have tried it already but there is a way to enter the name of the shop you are looking for and it will give you a list of them from the closest to the farthest. (don’t us the category just enter the name.) But bottom line is that the NAV unit is not up to par with even a $100 Garmin. IMO
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There are a few other owners here that will agree with me when I say that the MB Nav unit is HORRIBLE. Whenever I need something I have to use my Iphone.
It sounded like you have tried it already but there is a way to enter the name of the shop you are looking for and it will give you a list of them from the closest to the farthest. (don’t us the category just enter the name.) But bottom line is that the NAV unit is not up to par with even a $100 Garmin. IMO
It sounded like you have tried it already but there is a way to enter the name of the shop you are looking for and it will give you a list of them from the closest to the farthest. (don’t us the category just enter the name.) But bottom line is that the NAV unit is not up to par with even a $100 Garmin. IMO
I presume that Ford's 'Sync' system and others already have this capability.
