Nav update - myth busted
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Regarding what could make the system better. In my 2007 BMW 335i...
- MUCH better graphics (and they don't hold a candle to the new cars!)
- Interfaces with local traffic reports so you know when to expect jams
- Can enter data while driving
- Maps are more complete. In both Seattle and LA I've come across locations not in the Corvette nav system
- Ease of use / more intuitive. Bet not many people know you can put your finger on the nav screen and it'll move to that location, allowing you to "look around" your current location
Nonetheless, the C6 system works. I've used it to navigate an 800 and a 1000 mile trip, as well as numerous 90 mile or so trips.
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St. Jude Donor '13
I have a quick question for you guys. From the day I got my '13 GS, I've been hearing how antiquated the navigation system is in the C6.
Since this is the first car I've owned with a nav system, I have no basis for comparison.
All I know is, I just programmed in a trip from my home to a location 850 miles away, and back again. I compared the route chosen by the nav system, to Google Maps, and they were nearly identical.
The nav system performed flawlessly, and that sexy female voice wasn't exactly hard to listen to either.
So, exactly what is so bad about this system? What would make the one in the C7 so much better? Oh, the disk that came with my car is version #22944166.
Thanks
Since this is the first car I've owned with a nav system, I have no basis for comparison.
All I know is, I just programmed in a trip from my home to a location 850 miles away, and back again. I compared the route chosen by the nav system, to Google Maps, and they were nearly identical.
The nav system performed flawlessly, and that sexy female voice wasn't exactly hard to listen to either.
So, exactly what is so bad about this system? What would make the one in the C7 so much better? Oh, the disk that came with my car is version #22944166.
Thanks
Data is always somewhat out of date, sometimes it get picky because a given street can have several different names, and the "logic" occasionally produces goofy routings. We own "other company" factory Navs, Garmins, and several different cellphone Navs. All of them work fairly well, none of them is perfect. I actually prefer the C6 Nav because of its convenience and especially how it interfaces with the HUD in Street mode.
The big issue with the C6 Nav is that it's non-intuitive to use. Navigating with a Garmin is like reading a comic book- anyone can do it. Well, usually. The C6 Nav can do a lot of things that others can't, but it takes study and practice to understand.
CF member "talon90" has his own website, and an extensive tutorial to explain the C6 Nav. You can download that to your laptop, then sit in the car and work through it. Do it in small doses, partly because your brain will start to hurt, and partly because in "Accessory" you can eventually run down the battery.
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And the biggest problem is, that the earth is flat. Soooo .... If one drives east on I-80 ............. "Noah, how long can you tread water ? Ha Ha Ha !"
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My '13 came with 1disk as well.
Regarding what could make the system better. In my 2007 BMW 335i...
- MUCH better graphics (and they don't hold a candle to the new cars!)
- Interfaces with local traffic reports so you know when to expect jams
- Can enter data while driving
- Maps are more complete. In both Seattle and LA I've come across locations not in the Corvette nav system
- Ease of use / more intuitive. Bet not many people know you can put your finger on the nav screen and it'll move to that location, allowing you to "look around" your current location
Nonetheless, the C6 system works. I've used it to navigate an 800 and a 1000 mile trip, as well as numerous 90 mile or so trips.
Regarding what could make the system better. In my 2007 BMW 335i...
- MUCH better graphics (and they don't hold a candle to the new cars!)
- Interfaces with local traffic reports so you know when to expect jams
- Can enter data while driving
- Maps are more complete. In both Seattle and LA I've come across locations not in the Corvette nav system
- Ease of use / more intuitive. Bet not many people know you can put your finger on the nav screen and it'll move to that location, allowing you to "look around" your current location
Nonetheless, the C6 system works. I've used it to navigate an 800 and a 1000 mile trip, as well as numerous 90 mile or so trips.
The C6 factory Nav has the same problems that effect any GPS:
Data is always somewhat out of date, sometimes it get picky because a given street can have several different names, and the "logic" occasionally produces goofy routings. We own "other company" factory Navs, Garmins, and several different cellphone Navs. All of them work fairly well, none of them is perfect. I actually prefer the C6 Nav because of its convenience and especially how it interfaces with the HUD in Street mode.
The big issue with the C6 Nav is that it's non-intuitive to use. Navigating with a Garmin is like reading a comic book- anyone can do it. Well, usually. The C6 Nav can do a lot of things that others can't, but it takes study and practice to understand.
CF member "talon90" has his own website, and an extensive tutorial to explain the C6 Nav. You can download that to your laptop, then sit in the car and work through it. Do it in small doses, partly because your brain will start to hurt, and partly because in "Accessory" you can eventually run down the battery.
Data is always somewhat out of date, sometimes it get picky because a given street can have several different names, and the "logic" occasionally produces goofy routings. We own "other company" factory Navs, Garmins, and several different cellphone Navs. All of them work fairly well, none of them is perfect. I actually prefer the C6 Nav because of its convenience and especially how it interfaces with the HUD in Street mode.
The big issue with the C6 Nav is that it's non-intuitive to use. Navigating with a Garmin is like reading a comic book- anyone can do it. Well, usually. The C6 Nav can do a lot of things that others can't, but it takes study and practice to understand.
CF member "talon90" has his own website, and an extensive tutorial to explain the C6 Nav. You can download that to your laptop, then sit in the car and work through it. Do it in small doses, partly because your brain will start to hurt, and partly because in "Accessory" you can eventually run down the battery.
I thank you both, for all the viable information. Just goes to prove how satisfied one can be, when there is no basis for comparison.
I found out about touching the screen and moving around for a look see in that location, by accidentally touching the screen while trying to figure out something else, ha!
You guys mentioned the only thing that bothered me about the system. It was not at all intuitive. In fact, a number of functions seemed to work "bass ackwards", but I finally figured that out as well.
Perhaps things would have been more easily understood, if I had read the directions first, but that's never any fun!
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I will say the C6 nav in my 13 GS seems almost identical to the Toyota factory nav that was in our 2004 Camry and was put into many Toyota and Lexus vehicles of that era. The nav update discs for those as well as my C6 are Denso products. Once you figure out the minor quirks these units work pretty damn well, even though they are a bit outdated. Our BMW unit has much better display and graphics but is not touchscreen and I like the C6 better. Our 2011 Honda Accord had horrible graphics, not touchscreen, and was impossible to enter data. C6 much better there too. But nothing is better than our Garmins, and my Garmin Zumo dedicated motorcycle GPS is the best of all.
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They are now available on Ebay for under $20. Just bought one for my 2009 Vette and it works perfectly. You will have to restore it to factory specs. That only takes about 30 seconds.
I think GM dumped them all since all Navigation, after 2016, now come from satellite.
Multiple GM brands are available, not just the Corvette.
I think GM dumped them all since all Navigation, after 2016, now come from satellite.
Multiple GM brands are available, not just the Corvette.