2007 Navigation problems
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2007 Navigation problems
I'm having problems with my navigation unit - again. I've had problems since I bought the car new. Now I get a massage that "voice guidance not available in that area". It's not an outlying area and it's every location I've tried. Any thoughts?
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St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
Have you looked at the NAV Guide, posted here by forum member Talon90?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...rough-5-a.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...l-updates.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...rough-5-a.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...l-updates.html
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St. Jude Donor '13
IIRC, some areas have limited coverage information in the nav disc, even though the map looks normal on the screen and we're not really out in the boonies. We used to get that message occasionally on the voice in our 2006, it might still happen in our 2009 with the 2013 disc but I keep the NavChick muted and just use the arrows/distance projected on the HUD.
Sometimes the purple route line would disappear, and I would need to just look at the map screen and figure out where to drive. Only had that happen once in the last couple of years, and we go a lot of boonie places.
Sometimes the purple route line would disappear, and I would need to just look at the map screen and figure out where to drive. Only had that happen once in the last couple of years, and we go a lot of boonie places.
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Hello HS-2007-C6,
I’m sorry to hear that you have been experiencing problems with the voice guidance in your Corvette. While searching through the navigation manual, it showed that there are limited guidance areas for the United States and some roads are displayed on the map, but voice guidance and the specific route are not available. Have you checked to see if your navigational disc is up to date?
Sarah (Assisting Kelly)
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I’m sorry to hear that you have been experiencing problems with the voice guidance in your Corvette. While searching through the navigation manual, it showed that there are limited guidance areas for the United States and some roads are displayed on the map, but voice guidance and the specific route are not available. Have you checked to see if your navigational disc is up to date?
Sarah (Assisting Kelly)
Chevrolet Customer Care
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Hello HS-2007-C6,
I’m sorry to hear that you have been experiencing problems with the voice guidance in your Corvette. While searching through the navigation manual, it showed that there are limited guidance areas for the United States and some roads are displayed on the map, but voice guidance and the specific route are not available. Have you checked to see if your navigational disc is up to date?
Sarah (Assisting Kelly)
Chevrolet Customer Care
I’m sorry to hear that you have been experiencing problems with the voice guidance in your Corvette. While searching through the navigation manual, it showed that there are limited guidance areas for the United States and some roads are displayed on the map, but voice guidance and the specific route are not available. Have you checked to see if your navigational disc is up to date?
Sarah (Assisting Kelly)
Chevrolet Customer Care
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St. Jude Donor '13
A comment from Captain Obvious:
The Voice Directions can be muted, usually done on purpose but any computer occasionally changes by itself. You can check that out in the setup options, and also verify that you get the purple line for a route.
As another indication, do you have HUD in your car? If so, and you are in Street mode, you should get the turn arrows as you approach a turn point. That can help diagnose if the problem is voice only or something bigger.
Best of luck to you.
The Voice Directions can be muted, usually done on purpose but any computer occasionally changes by itself. You can check that out in the setup options, and also verify that you get the purple line for a route.
As another indication, do you have HUD in your car? If so, and you are in Street mode, you should get the turn arrows as you approach a turn point. That can help diagnose if the problem is voice only or something bigger.
Best of luck to you.
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A comment from Captain Obvious:
The Voice Directions can be muted, usually done on purpose but any computer occasionally changes by itself. You can check that out in the setup options, and also verify that you get the purple line for a route.
As another indication, do you have HUD in your car? If so, and you are in Street mode, you should get the turn arrows as you approach a turn point. That can help diagnose if the problem is voice only or something bigger.
Best of luck to you.
The Voice Directions can be muted, usually done on purpose but any computer occasionally changes by itself. You can check that out in the setup options, and also verify that you get the purple line for a route.
As another indication, do you have HUD in your car? If so, and you are in Street mode, you should get the turn arrows as you approach a turn point. That can help diagnose if the problem is voice only or something bigger.
Best of luck to you.
The Corvette is my childhood dream car, but it's been harder to rationalize keeping this car. I have been jerked around by the local dealers when the car was under warranty. Now, if I replace the nav, it's on my dime. I have already had to replace the HUD and one of the front fenders even broke loose. There is no car that compares to the Corvette but, the lack of quality of workmanship I have experienced since I've had my Corvettes makes it difficult to keep my car. It is becoming a money pit.
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St. Jude Donor '13
I too have been very discouraged by the poor reliability of our various new Corvettes, though we still enjoy the car enough to keep going. But we haven't bought a new GM car for the family in over three decades and probably never will, because of reliability issues.
(Now, back to OP's Nav problem)
Does your Nav show the car's position correctly, and does the little position triangle move properly and fairly smoothly as you drive along?
Is the Nav set up properly to use the region you are in?
If you try to enter an address, does the Nav seem to accept the inputs and show a route, or does it refuse to do that part?
(Now, back to OP's Nav problem)
Does your Nav show the car's position correctly, and does the little position triangle move properly and fairly smoothly as you drive along?
Is the Nav set up properly to use the region you are in?
If you try to enter an address, does the Nav seem to accept the inputs and show a route, or does it refuse to do that part?
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