Navigation on GL450
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Navigation on GL450
Does anyone have problem using the GPS from the GL450? When doing a search using "Point of Interest". Click on Name search. I try putting "IKEA" "BabiesRus" or any text format to find the location. It won't show anything. For IKEA, it will say IKEA something else. Which is from a different State. Lots of time it will not give me the destination info, other than that, it will show me a list of unrelated address from other state. Can I just specify in Los Angeles, California? Seems like there are no options for that.
The dvd saids its for GL 2007, CLK...etc Just wondering why the map is not accurate or don't have details information.
My MIA Portable GPS Navigation cost me less than $200 shows every single details.
Should I file a complain to MB or need to talk to a sales for a updated Navigation DVD.
Please advise.
Thanks
The dvd saids its for GL 2007, CLK...etc Just wondering why the map is not accurate or don't have details information.
My MIA Portable GPS Navigation cost me less than $200 shows every single details.
Should I file a complain to MB or need to talk to a sales for a updated Navigation DVD.
Please advise.
Thanks
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Does anyone have problem using the GPS from the GL450? When doing a search using "Point of Interest". Click on Name search. I try putting "IKEA" "BabiesRus" or any text format to find the location. It won't show anything. For IKEA, it will say IKEA something else. Which is from a different State. Lots of time it will not give me the destination info, other than that, it will show me a list of unrelated address from other state. Can I just specify in Los Angeles, California? Seems like there are no options for that.
The dvd saids its for GL 2007, CLK...etc Just wondering why the map is not accurate or don't have details information.
My MIA Portable GPS Navigation cost me less than $200 shows every single details.
Should I file a complain to MB or need to talk to a sales for a updated Navigation DVD.
Please advise.
Thanks
The dvd saids its for GL 2007, CLK...etc Just wondering why the map is not accurate or don't have details information.
My MIA Portable GPS Navigation cost me less than $200 shows every single details.
Should I file a complain to MB or need to talk to a sales for a updated Navigation DVD.
Please advise.
Thanks
The GL nav system is not good. It is only adequate. If you put in an exact address it will take you right to your destination but it is not user friendly. You can find stores or whatever by searching under categories (Airports, parks, gas stations, etc.) an looking by nearest to greater distance. You can scroll to an entry and then select it, after which the nav will take you there.
It is not user friendly.
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The GL nav system is not good. It is only adequate. If you put in an exact address it will take you right to your destination but it is not user friendly. You can find stores or whatever by searching under categories (Airports, parks, gas stations, etc.) an looking by nearest to greater distance. You can scroll to an entry and then select it, after which the nav will take you there.
It is not user friendly.
It is not user friendly.
Yup......
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Another set of problems with the Nav (while we're on the subject) is a) it seems to want me to do U-turns all the time near my destination when I can just turn straight in there (unaware of breaks in or lack of a center divider), and it doesn't put the address up on the screen as your destination (sometimes when I'm getting close, I wonder, "Was that 4423 or 4432 I was looking for?" but no joy on having the Nav tell me). It's a point of contention that Mercedes electronics technology is a generation or three behind. The engine will go for a million miles - anything attached to that engine (including the chassis) is subject to forceful flinging into the trash bin.
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I have the same complaint. I'd love it if the address were to show on the screen. I've gotten used to the MB system, but I still like my Garmin Nuvi better.
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I preferred the Garmin GPS from the rental car I had in Las Vegas over the Mercedes. I really tried to like Mercedes GPS but it is just not that good
Now my wife wants me to buy a Garmin Nuvi GPS for travelling.
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***The Lexus GPS is the only thing I missed from my old Lexus GX470.
Now my wife wants me to buy a Garmin Nuvi GPS for travelling.John
***The Lexus GPS is the only thing I missed from my old Lexus GX470.
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I trully admire how patient and refrained most of the ppl on the board are. In my mind the built-in navigation unit is nothing more than an engineering excrement. It is amazing how any product manager that approved the navigation unit or executive in charge that accepts such a stone age user interface still has a job in 2007.
I wonder what other areas of the car design were affected by their brilliant reptilian cortex.
I wonder what other areas of the car design were affected by their brilliant reptilian cortex.
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Mo....I've been a M-B driver for 30 years....and some of what you say is very true....the Germans Engineers seem to miss out on what really makes sense some time.
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Try missing a decked-out Avic Z1 with backup camera and XM with traffic. That's what I put in my '99 LX470. My MB doesn't even have a backup camera (I know, I was supposed to add one but I was worried I'd get to the point of installing it only to find there's no harness for it). The new Highlander from Toyota doesn't even make that an option - you get a backup camera whether you have the nav, the updated audio or just standard.
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Try missing a decked-out Avic Z1 with backup camera and XM with traffic. That's what I put in my '99 LX470. My MB doesn't even have a backup camera (I know, I was supposed to add one but I was worried I'd get to the point of installing it only to find there's no harness for it). The new Highlander from Toyota doesn't even make that an option - you get a backup camera whether you have the nav, the updated audio or just standard.
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I trully admire how patient and refrained most of the ppl on the board are. In my mind the built-in navigation unit is nothing more than an engineering excrement. It is amazing how any product manager that approved the navigation unit or executive in charge that accepts such a stone age user interface still has a job in 2007.
I wonder what other areas of the car design were affected by their brilliant reptilian cortex.
I wonder what other areas of the car design were affected by their brilliant reptilian cortex.
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I recently received a letter from MBUSA saying they have a newly updated Navigation DVD. They want $200 for the new DVD but made no mention of the actual improvements from the old Nav DVD. Anyone else get the letter?
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No, but I have the latest version which I purchased in August from the company that produces the Nav DVD. My house is still showing as being in a gated community (hmm...must be invisible fencing or something!) and it cannot locate where I work even though the building has been there since 1998.
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BTW, I believe there is a common clearinghouse of map data that just about everyone uses - the question of course being how long they take to implement it into each system. Folks like Garmin and Tom Tom probably do it almost immediately as you can download updates from the Internet (quoting a MB COMAND engineer, "Vas ist das 'Internet' zehn?") and have the latest data right away.
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No, but I have the latest version which I purchased in August from the company that produces the Nav DVD. My house is still showing as being in a gated community (hmm...must be invisible fencing or something!) and it cannot locate where I work even though the building has been there since 1998.
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If there is a later version, I'd personally be hesitant to spend the $$ for it, as I saw no difference between the 2006 & 2007 versions. I'm still in a faux gated community & the place I've worked at for over 2 years doesn't exist.
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I trully admire how patient and refrained most of the ppl on the board are. In my mind the built-in navigation unit is nothing more than an engineering excrement. It is amazing how any product manager that approved the navigation unit or executive in charge that accepts such a stone age user interface still has a job in 2007.
I wonder what other areas of the car design were affected by their brilliant reptilian cortex.
I wonder what other areas of the car design were affected by their brilliant reptilian cortex.
PS: Yes, also the stupid u-turn thing hahahaha. And the button to input the address, its little hard to move. Why can't they use touch screen. My friends Pioneer NAV is just hi-end. And it cost less than $2k
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I think the product manager should be fired. Why other german cars don't have this issues? We should file a complain to mercedes. Whats the point to pay thousand dollars for the NAV. This is ridiculous. From now on, If I have a chance to get another mercedes, 100% I will not get that option.
PS: Yes, also the stupid u-turn thing hahahaha. And the button to input the address, its little hard to move. Why can't they use touch screen. My friends Pioneer NAV is just hi-end. And it cost less than $2k
PS: Yes, also the stupid u-turn thing hahahaha. And the button to input the address, its little hard to move. Why can't they use touch screen. My friends Pioneer NAV is just hi-end. And it cost less than $2k
By the way, does anyone having problem open up the cover to locate the battery under the passenger side seat. Today I was trying to jump start my other car, Trying to use the battery from the GL. Oh gosh, Open one side of the cover, then move the front chair backwards to remove the other side. My jump cable seems impossible to stick it in to the positive. There is no room. why can't they locate the battery in the front. Man, this GL is pain in the ***.
