Hi,

My NAV is not showing all the street names. The streets show up but have no names.

This is on a 2004 E55. The DVD shows 2005.3.

Any ideas what the problem could be?

Thanks,

Oliver

...erm...how is this a problem?

The clarion nav system in my C250D does show all kind of streetnames of streets I do not need to use - I myself see that as a problem as that useless info clutters my nav screen...I only want to know the streetnames of those streets I am going to drive through - but what do I know...

greetingz,

Likely no problem, but don't expect a lot of street names to show up unless you're at the most granular level on the display. Even then, many don't show

I have a 2004 also. It doesn't show a lot of streets must lees the names. I have had problems with directions because the data base doesn't even have streets 20+ years old in it.

I thick Mercedes really did a bad job with this Nav. My Nissan Murrano had a much better system. I understand the updated DVD isn't that much better. I am think about a portable system.

I find that hard to believe?

It's true. It has happened 6 times now trying to program a destination and a lot of times (too many to count) the Nav has no idea where I'm at. It just shows me driving along. The system is working properly. It's fine for MAJOR roads but getting to small roads and very rural, it's not.

...the nav DVD is made by a different company - not mercedes...whatever data is or is not on the disc hasn't got much to do with mercedes...

greetingz,

your crazy i have an 05 E55 and an 05 Nissan Armada, and the mercedes system is much easier to use and deal with, the nissan system is a pain in the ***. I have been in a couple of places with the MB system where it showed me driving off road on roads that were not brand new, so I understand that. As far as data entry, making changes underway storing addresses the MB system is much much better than the nissan. It takes three times as long to do anything on the nissan and you cannot completely turn of the display as you can with the mb.

I agree that Nissan's lack of ability to program an address while in drive is a pain. But I'm not really talking so much about ease of use as much as providing info and direction. If a system can give me the info and get me to where I need then I prefer that to ease of use.

I have too often had to use a paper map with the Mercedes system. Never did with Nissan.

Thats strange I seem to get better directions from the mb than the nissan. The mb is much easier to program period that joystick is practically useless. Maybe its the areas where we live that makes a difference.

I remember a situation where I ended up turning off the nissan nav since it was being stupid. I was coming south on 95 navigating to my house in Miami Beach, when I go to jupiter I got on the turnpike to go the rest of the way down, less traffic ect, the nissan tried to get me off every exit we came to and back to 95 and I had it set for shortest time. Driving the same route in the MB it figured out I wanted to be on the turnpike and changed its route to accomodate me.

You may be right on our locations. Well, I'm glad it works well for you. I really didn't think there would be such a big difference in the various Nav systems on the market.

Especially since in most cases the databases are from the same company -- Navtech.

I called the stealer about this as well, and they said that the streets won`t show unless it`s a highway, or the streets you`re gonna drive on, and even this, only once you`re on that street. I think it sucks, cause i wanted to familiarize myself more with the neighborhoods, and the nav is no help.

I wonder if a different maker of the Data for the Nav would work? For instance the Clarion or Alpine Data. I am kinda sure though it wont work. But Data is Data.

It seems like they all screw up at times.I have a Lincoln navigator,and last summer i was going south on I-95 heading for florida,and the Navigation system keep pointing me to the turnpike.

I am confused. I have an 04, and I get street names occasionally if the map scale is detailed enough.

I think they all get their data from the same source.

I've talked to from everybody from my dealership to NAVTECH on this subject because my Nav does the same thing. While it's true that the Nav system is not as good as many others out there, it's the data DVD that does or does not list all the streets and roads in an area.

If you live in a larger metropolitan area, coverage is complete. But if you live in a small town or rural area, forget it. It may only show the major throughofares. The answer I keep getting is that coverage will be better on future DVD's, but I've heard that for almost two years now with no improvement in sight. The weird thing is that I sat in a new S550 the other day and it's coverage was complete even in rural areas.

Why can't they get it right!

They do get their data from the same source, but what the front end processor does with it is still the manufacturer's discretion. When I zoom in once from the default on my ML, I see most, but not all of the street names on my 2004.1 disk in my 2001 MCS system. Now on my Lexus, which has the Toyota/Lexus system in it, the maps are the same but there are more colors, terrain details, and smaller fonts so that every single street and driveway shown is named all on the screen at once at the same comparable scale. Of course the Lexus has a wide-screen display of about 7" whereas the MCS is more of a square of about 5". My street shows up displayed about 1/2 block off on both vehicles where it appears that I am driving in a field to my house, by the same amount of incorrectness on both systems Both map disks say data provided by Navteq on them, but the MB shows just the plain blue and white grid with only my street named unless I am zoomed in, whereas the Lexus shows all sorts of colors and things in a smaller font so it has more room.

Maybe it has the updated DVD. I was told a new one was suppose to have come out in December of 05. It's about $250.00. If it actually provided more complete info I would buy it. I'm not even talking about names showing up on streets or not, I'm talking about streets not being in the data base period so I can't even program in a destination. And these are old streets!

Does anyone live in NYC? Does the nav work well in Manhattan?