2009 Nav System
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2009 Nav System
I purchased my 2009 corvette without a DVD disc for the Nav system. I picked up one off ebay level 4 for 80 bucks but purchased a west version and I live in the east. I returned it and now looking for a new disc for east but was wondering if the newer versions had better graphics than the 4. The version I had looked like a 80s video game. My phone has better graphics on the map. Does the higher versions just have newer roads or are the graphics better.
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I purchased my 2009 corvette without a DVD disc for the Nav system. I picked up one off ebay level 4 for 80 bucks but purchased a west version and I live in the east. I returned it and now looking for a new disc for east but was wondering if the newer versions had better graphics than the 4. The version I had looked like a 80s video game. My phone has better graphics on the map. Does the higher versions just have newer roads or are the graphics better.
The graphics have not changed since 2005. Granted, the graphics are not up to 21st century standards, but the HUD integration is what is so good about the OEM Nav. It does work well, and it is powerful.
Here is a list of the versions since 2005.
2005 version 1.0 p/n 10381886 one dvd.
2006 version 2.0 p/n 15779679 one dvd.
2007 version 3.0 p/n 15932106 one dvd.
2008 version 4.0 p/n 25852830 two dvd's.
2009 version 5.0 p/n 25976806 two dvd's.
2010 version 6.0 p/n 20861474 two dvd’s.
2011 version 7.0 p/n 20980238 two dvd's.
2012 version 8.0 p/n 22820294 one dvd.
2013 version 9.0 p/n 22944166 one dvd.
2016 version 10.0 p/n 23286274 one dvd
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I purchased my 2009 corvette without a DVD disc for the Nav system. I picked up one off ebay level 4 for 80 bucks but purchased a west version and I live in the east. I returned it and now looking for a new disc for east but was wondering if the newer versions had better graphics than the 4. The version I had looked like a 80s video game. My phone has better graphics on the map. Does the higher versions just have newer roads or are the graphics better.
And, as others have stated, *all* versions of the map look the same on all years of the C6 NAV display.
The C6 NAV works great, and has a good feature set, but its display resolution *is* a few generations behind. If prettier, hi-rez graphics are more important to you than full integration into the car's systems -- you'll need to go aftermarket.
I really like the C6 NAV and its full integration, but there is no argument that its display is *much* more coarse/plain than newer aftermarket units.
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Well yeah. Your phone was designed *2* years ago, and the C6 NAV was designed almost *15* years ago. Things in the graphics/display world have progressed just a wee bit in the last 15 years. LOL
And, as others have stated, *all* versions of the map look the same on all years of the C6 NAV display.
The C6 NAV works great, and has a good feature set, but its display resolution *is* a few generations behind. If prettier, hi-rez graphics are more important to you than full integration into the car's systems -- you'll need to go aftermarket.
I really like the C6 NAV and its full integration, but there is no argument that its display is *much* more coarse/plain than newer aftermarket units.
And, as others have stated, *all* versions of the map look the same on all years of the C6 NAV display.
The C6 NAV works great, and has a good feature set, but its display resolution *is* a few generations behind. If prettier, hi-rez graphics are more important to you than full integration into the car's systems -- you'll need to go aftermarket.
I really like the C6 NAV and its full integration, but there is no argument that its display is *much* more coarse/plain than newer aftermarket units.
This navigation in a 2013 flag ship Chevy model is ridiculous. I don't care as much about how it looks in my used 05, but it would be a major turnoff if I were buying a new one back in 2013.
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You are correct, but GM could have easily upgraded the navigation in the C6 and not kept the same unit for entire model run.
This navigation in a 2013 flag ship Chevy model is ridiculous. I don't care as much about how it looks in my used 05, but it would be a major turnoff if I were buying a new one back in 2013.
This navigation in a 2013 flag ship Chevy model is ridiculous. I don't care as much about how it looks in my used 05, but it would be a major turnoff if I were buying a new one back in 2013.
Once it gets past the Corvette Logo on start up, the graphics are really quite inadequate for such a flagship vehicle.
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I personally don't use the Nav since the technology on the phone is up to date. Phone mounted next to my the radio and I'm good to go. Yeah....I wish the graphis and stereo was better. But I did buy used and to be honest, GM has not been known for putting in great stereo's in their vehicles.
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You are correct, but GM could have easily upgraded the navigation in the C6 and not kept the same unit for entire model run.
This navigation in a 2013 flag ship Chevy model is ridiculous. I don't care as much about how it looks in my used 05, but it would be a major turnoff if I were buying a new one back in 2013.
This navigation in a 2013 flag ship Chevy model is ridiculous. I don't care as much about how it looks in my used 05, but it would be a major turnoff if I were buying a new one back in 2013.
All that said -- it doesn't matter. The C6 is what it is, and we have to make choices about what exists, not what could have been.
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"Could have upgraded the nav" in the C6's middle/late years? Yes of course, they *could have*, and I think most people would agree that GM SHOULD have updated it. But you have to remember that smack in the middle of the C6's run, the whole economy went in the tank, and GM along with it ("Bankruptcy" ring a bell?) By the time we emerged, the C6 was almost at the end of its run, and all efforts were directed at the C7. It would have been financially foolish of GM to throw millions of dollars upgrading the C6's electronics when we were within a couple years of the end of its life.
All that said -- it doesn't matter. The C6 is what it is, and we have to make choices about what exists, not what could have been.
All that said -- it doesn't matter. The C6 is what it is, and we have to make choices about what exists, not what could have been.
This is supposed to be GM's halo car, their show piece. Instead they went cheap and threw in a cobalt steering wheel and an etcha sketch navigation.
I understand you don't buy a Corvette for the navigation system, but it was not even a good nav compared to entry level compact cars in 2013. It really wasn't even good for 2005.
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If it cost millions to do a running change on the radio, that tells you why GM was in bankruptcy. GM charging $2,000 for that navigation in 2013 is an absolute joke.
This is supposed to be GM's halo car, their show piece. Instead they went cheap and threw in a cobalt steering wheel and an etcha sketch navigation.
I understand you don't buy a Corvette for the navigation system, but it was not even a good nav compared to entry level compact cars in 2013. It really wasn't even good for 2005.
This is supposed to be GM's halo car, their show piece. Instead they went cheap and threw in a cobalt steering wheel and an etcha sketch navigation.
I understand you don't buy a Corvette for the navigation system, but it was not even a good nav compared to entry level compact cars in 2013. It really wasn't even good for 2005.
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Honestly, I don't find the graphics that much worse than any number of other OEM systems out there (although I agree there are also much better ones and the phone screens have us all spoiled). Not ideal, but they get the job done and I truly appreciate the integration into the HUD ...
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You are correct, but GM could have easily upgraded the navigation in the C6 and not kept the same unit for entire model run.
This navigation in a 2013 flag ship Chevy model is ridiculous. I don't care as much about how it looks in my used 05, but it would be a major turnoff if I were buying a new one back in 2013.
This navigation in a 2013 flag ship Chevy model is ridiculous. I don't care as much about how it looks in my used 05, but it would be a major turnoff if I were buying a new one back in 2013.
It turns out the electronics communications within the C6 system, throughout the car, were not compatible with any newer nav system, even other GM systems.
GM had to choose between developing a new electrical communications system for just a few years of production so they could use a better GM/other supplier nav; or having a new nav developed that would work in only the existing C6 setup. They decided that either one would be prohibitively expensive for such a low production car, and no one would want to buy it. So they stayed with the original system from 2005.
Me, I would have been willing to pay the big bucks for a better system. Our factory nav looks old-fashioned and doesn't have new features like traffic, but it has some other nice features not normally available and the directions showing up on the HUD is so nice I'll probably just buy the 2016 disc.
YMMV