S-Class (W220) 1999-2006: S 320 CDI, S 320, S430, S 500, S 600

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Old Jan 18, 2003 | 09:18 AM
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East-West Navigation

I own a 2003 S430 Sport. Does anyone know if the navagitation system will display a true four directional compass? There is a diamond shaped symbol which points to the north at all times, and therefore you also know were the south is. However there is no indication of east or west that I can find.
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Old Jan 18, 2003 | 01:08 PM
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I have a 2003 S Class 430 as well, and in the display (it only points to north) I guess we are to figure it out ourselves.

There is no S, E, W indicators.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 10:26 AM
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I've always assumed that since it always points north, south is to the bottom, west is to the left of the screen and east is to the right of the screen. I have a 2000 S430 btw.



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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 02:54 PM
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AMGLAB, u can have the direction of your navigation always point north when u are following its directions or u can hit that diamond symbol and have your car always point up and the map moves below. When u do this north will not be on top unless you are going north on a road.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 11:04 PM
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Regarding the nav, I'm really disappointed with it. They should have given us the ability to put the house # in (not just a range) and at the arrival of our destination, it should clearly indicate whether or not the house is to the left or right.

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Old Jan 25, 2003 | 09:44 AM
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Sean,

I had the same thought-that the NAV would park me infront of the correct house. Although the system is capable of doing this I understand that the Uncle Sam won't let them download this type of precise info from the satellites - it's restricted to the military or something like that.
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Old Jan 25, 2003 | 08:49 PM
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Actually, the Mercedes is the only one that does not. The BMW, Lexus, does. so do all the aftermarket Alpine and Garmin Systems. The accuracy is important!
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Old Jan 26, 2003 | 05:47 PM
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Actually, the Mercedes is the only one that does not. The BMW, Lexus, does. so do all the aftermarket Alpine and Garmin Systems. The accuracy is important!
my honda does it!
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