Navigation/Radio Question?
Racer
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Raleigh NC
Originally Posted by Colby08
Am I missing something or is there no way to change to pre-set radio stations without exiting from the navigation screen?
Not a big deal, hit source, change channels, then hit nav again (if you need to see the map realtime.) I find that I just use the HUD for the directions most of the time and leave the unit on the radio screen.
Stephen
Racer
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From: Raleigh NC
Originally Posted by TYLERTONY
While we're on the subject with XM radio, since they have 150 channels, is there any fast way to get from channel 150 to say channel 50 without holding the channel down button for so long? Any tricks???
Stephen
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Whidbey Island WA
This is the biggest voice command that they missed. It would also be nice if they added a function to switch from dial to preset and then you could just hit the rocker and surf the presets that way.
Race Director
Joined: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by crabman
This is the biggest voice command that they missed. It would also be nice if they added a function to switch from dial to preset and then you could just hit the rocker and surf the presets that way.
Night Race Blue 427
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Muncie, Indiana ...... Can I buy an amplifier on time ... I ani't got no money now but I'll pay you before I die
Originally Posted by shopdog
Hold the up/down hard switch for 5 seconds and it will scan the presets instead of scanning the whole band. Or so says the manual. I've had trouble making it work.
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Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Whidbey Island WA
I didnt word it very well, what I would like to have is the ability to hit the rocker and have it go to the next preset, hit it again to move to the next, and so on. This could be toggled by a function softswitch on the touchscreen.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Henderson Nevada
Originally Posted by TYLERTONY
While we're on the subject with XM radio, since they have 150 channels, is there any fast way to get from channel 150 to say channel 50 without holding the channel down button for so long? Any tricks???
Race Director
Joined: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by crabman
I didnt word it very well, what I would like to have is the ability to hit the rocker and have it go to the next preset, hit it again to move to the next, and so on. This could be toggled by a function softswitch on the touchscreen.
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Whidbey Island WA
I know it wont, I have been carefully through the manual at this point. I also tried various voice commands that I thought might exist but were not documented but did not find any. Hopefully Chevy is listening. I carefully filled out the questionairs and mentioned these things so as to do my little part.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 395
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From: Raleigh NC
$afety Naz1s...
Originally Posted by shopdog
It won't do that, but I agree it would be nice if it did. On the topic of dialing up an XM channel, there ought to be a keypad screen so you could just directly enter the channel. It doesn't have it, but it should.
I wish we had such a capability. However, some corporate lawyer at GM decided the liability of our PASSENGER working something as complicated as a KEYPAD would be too distracting to the driver.My wife's '05 STS has a keypad input on the touchscreen for the OnStar phone dialing and the Bluetooth phone dialing. Both "grey" out above about 2 MPH. WTF?!?! Why can't a passenger dial a phreakin' phone number, or choose a radio station by number? Why not use the passenger seat "weight sensor" that determines whether a passenger is sitting in the seat for airbag deployment reasons (and if that person is > 40lbs in weight; lower inflation speed for children?) If there's a passenger present, enable the "distracting" functions. Geesh.
I'm just gonna keep on bitc4ing until someone in GM gets a clue and realizes that:
1) We have a 3200 lbs missle,
2) With 400 HP at our command,
3) But they don't trust us to have the attention span operate the touchscreen,
4) Even after we read a whole page of disclaimers and press an "I AGREE" button.
This really pi$$e$ me off... BTW, the Bluetooth handsfree works perfectly if I pull my damn phone out of my pocket and dial the number on that. Why would keying it on the touchscreen be ANY less distracting than using a tiny handset??!?!!?!?!??!?!!!
Stephen
Last edited by skfurr; Apr 4, 2005 at 08:20 PM.
