What's up with my 05 COMAND?
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From: Florida
07 ML63; 05 E55 (sold)
What's up with my 05 COMAND?
Is this thing really this bad? Just sat in my car with the owner's manual for an hour. It didnt recognize my own street or many others for that matter, nor known addresses that I tried to enter. It only listed like maybe 2% of the streets in my town; on the map zoomed all the way in, only major roads were displayed (no sidestreets). Nothing like my wife's Lexus RX330 which has every single street displayed.
If I'm not mistaken by my preliminary experience, this system for navigation is essentially useless.
BTW I did check to see if the DVD was loaded and it was.
Help!
If I'm not mistaken by my preliminary experience, this system for navigation is essentially useless.
BTW I did check to see if the DVD was loaded and it was.
Help!
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From: Australia
Originally Posted by eagleeye
Is this thing really this bad? Just sat in my car with the owner's manual for an hour. It didnt recognize my own street or many others for that matter, nor known addresses that I tried to enter. It only listed like maybe 2% of the streets in my town; on the map zoomed all the way in, only major roads were displayed (no sidestreets). Nothing like my wife's Lexus RX330 which has every single street displayed.
If I'm not mistaken by my preliminary experience, this system for navigation is essentially useless.
BTW I did check to see if the DVD was loaded and it was.
Help!
If I'm not mistaken by my preliminary experience, this system for navigation is essentially useless.
BTW I did check to see if the DVD was loaded and it was.
Help!
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From: Santa Clarita, CA
one of seven
Originally Posted by norb
Wait till you find out that it won't take you to a specific numbered address, but instead will only lead you to the block!
yesterday, I got a ride home from a chrysler dealer (jeep thing) in a chrysler minivan and I could enter my entire address!! I had heard that at some point MB was going to have new software and fix the closest intersection crap. Even my little handheld gps does better.
PS - MB did install the new 'box' in my E55 that finally got rid of the phone echo problem.
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'04 S430 4 Matic and '05 997
Originally Posted by norb
Wait till you find out that it won't take you to a specific numbered address, but instead will only lead you to the block!
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From: Australia
Originally Posted by pilot20
Correct me if I'm wrong but GPS (without WAAS) is only accurate to about 100 feet anyway so its not as if it can pinpoint your driveway with accuracy or anything like that.
However, the Mercedes system can flag a house within a block destination. I notice even with COMAND 2.0 that if I ask for House #25 and all it knows is 11-33 on the numbers range that it still knows where 25 is with the flag on the map.
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From: Gwinnett County, GA
2005 E55 AMG
Originally Posted by eagleeye
Is this thing really this bad? Just sat in my car with the owner's manual for an hour. It didnt recognize my own street or many others for that matter, nor known addresses that I tried to enter. It only listed like maybe 2% of the streets in my town; on the map zoomed all the way in, only major roads were displayed (no sidestreets). Nothing like my wife's Lexus RX330 which has every single street displayed.
If I'm not mistaken by my preliminary experience, this system for navigation is essentially useless.
BTW I did check to see if the DVD was loaded and it was.
Help!
If I'm not mistaken by my preliminary experience, this system for navigation is essentially useless.
BTW I did check to see if the DVD was loaded and it was.
Help!
The Navi detail on the '04 S-class they gave me while we are still disputing the recent lot jockey damage my car sustained is excellent - lots of detail on side streets, etc. Even then, the Navi detail & info on my wife's former '04 Lexus LS430 blew the S-Class display in the ditch.
I wonder if it is the DVD at fault or some revision to the '05 COMAND system - or my newbie user ineptitude at defining the best display parameters? If the former, I'm thinking seriously of swapping DVD's to an earlier, more accurate version.
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99 Corvette, 04 BMW M3 (Wife's car), 04 Mercedes E55.
I had Navigation in the Lincoln I just sold and found the same problems... that's why I didn't order it in my E55.
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From: San Jose, CA
'03 E320
Originally Posted by miroj
The Lexus / BMW system, made by VDO I understand, takes you to the front door and tells you which side of the street it is on.
However, the Mercedes system can flag a house within a block destination. I notice even with COMAND 2.0 that if I ask for House #25 and all it knows is 11-33 on the numbers range that it still knows where 25 is with the flag on the map.
However, the Mercedes system can flag a house within a block destination. I notice even with COMAND 2.0 that if I ask for House #25 and all it knows is 11-33 on the numbers range that it still knows where 25 is with the flag on the map.
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From: Midwest
'08 SL550 Sport, '11 BMW 550ix M sport
Eagle...I feel your pain on the Navigational system... Mine does the same thing. It's not the hardware, it's the nav dvd. My disk is labeled 2004.2 and as of about three months ago, it was the most current. I called Navman, the company who makes the disks and they said next years update should be more complete. Should arrive next Spring, I told my dealership they're paying for the new update.
