eboggs_jkvl

Sounds to me that the OP is getting nailed due to an unusual combination of Interstate and local road selections. I'm thinking that adding a way point (like "Price, Utah" ) that puts him on the shorter more direct (and desired) path would then solve this quirky problem.

Of course, I could be wrong as hell, nut...


Elmer

lancekl

In my recent 1600 mile trip, the system only gave me one wrong direction.
I was traveling east on an interstate, got off for gas and the system wanted to put me back on the interstate going west?? Ignored it and got on eastbound again and it quickly corrected itself and no further problems.

Like most systems, common sense and a sense of direction are required.

rponfick

I agree something is wrong with nav. system. Just experienced same thing with trip from Monterey, CA. to Denver. It kept directing us up to I80, when we were obviously on Hwy 50 through Nevada (the Loneliest Road in America). Every road we passed, it wanted to take us up to the Freeway.

Ralph

mikefeeser

Talon90 - I keep experimenting with this Nav system (and keep my ol Tomtom handy for reference). This morning we wanted to do to the local shooting range about 20 miles away, you can go there much of the way by 4 lane highway OR you can take some wonderful backroads thru the woods, over hills etc - a Corvette road for sure. Either way is approx. the same distance in miles, I cannot attest to the actual time difference.

So we started off using the new Vette Nav system - it seemed to insist we take the 4 lane highway, even after we intentionally took our 'country' way of going there. The Nav system kept trying to get us back on the 4 lane.

I have looked but am unable to find a menu option that will allow the "long way" to my destination vs. the quickest way. Is there an option that I don't see or understand that will allow me to take the 'longer in time' way to get to my destination i.e. I want the twisty road over hill and dale method? On the ol Tomtom I can change it the Shortest in distance vs. Fastest in time.

by the way - your hints, tips and thoughts have been VERY helpful - thank you for your efforts.

thanks

eboggs_jkvl

You might need to set the interstate to off to get it to stop pointing you to the interstate. I know if you say the shortest, you can end up in 4-wheelin' country!

mikefeeser

OK, I will try that - thanks.

c5eddiem

Actually.....

You CAN move some of the (limited) icons to another screen page and the left and right arrows let you see those icons on the secondary screens.

I have moved some of my icons that I don't use to a second screen page where they happily exist out of my way.

Ed

mikefeeser

OK I tried the Interstate - OFF. This did not solve the issue.

Made this same trip today. One way using Nav System: 25.5 miles on combination of interstate and primary roads.

Coming back, according to trip ometer 23.1 miles and it was on 'rural' roads - twisty with hills etc (not 4 wheel drive type roads). And coming back the Nav system kept trying to navigate me to the interstate and primary roads.

Any suggestions out there - with this car I enjoy driving on back roads, twisty with hills.

c5eddiem

Turn the volume for the Nav off and enjoy the ride. When you want to get back to civilization, turn the volume back up and it will take you the rest of the way!

MKenM

At the end of the day if you know where you are going what is the point of using navigation? Want to prove that you are smarter than the system see what happens when you are in the middle of (nowhere) an unfamiliar place and see how well you do vs. the navigation system.

Some may be more intuitive than others but once you get used to it I'm sure it will serve you well.

rohard

I am willing to deal with the "intuitive" issues of using a new system. (And folks like Talon90 are very helpful in getting us over the learning curve of a new system.) However, as I have posted before, the issue with me the errors in the logic of the routing, of which I have posted a couple, the deletion of useful features from earlier GM systems (direct GPS coordinate inputs from soft keys and 3 route overlays (which would help the above posted routing problem)). Meanwhile, GM has integrated the OnStar system into the Navigation system (but only if you pay an extra $30/month for directions and connections) to "help" you with the routing. I wanted, and thought I was buying, a stand alone built in, state of the art navigation system. What I found was an improvement in some areas (better HUD and voice recognition integration, larger screen) but a step back in logic, deletion of features that you can only get now by involving OnStar, while limiting connectivety and pushing us toward OnStar and Chevrolet AppShop (which has been delayed). Even the vaunted "Remote Link" requires an OnStar subscription for other than the basic RKE fob features (and is limited to 5 years).

(PS, bottom line, I would not recommend the factory Nav system to a potential buyer unless you were either buying the 3LT package or wanted (2015 model) the PDR.)