sat nav view perspectives

[ratbag98]

Quote: Originally Posted by JHorwitz (original)

to me the pictures posted above for the r53 sat nav are a lot clearer, mainly due to the colour and am a bit disapointed withh the new layout, i have ordered my car with the nav that i get tomorrow

My Tom-Tom has been retired - the Mini one is good enough for me. I never used the r53, so I can't really comment, but I suspect in real-world day-to-day use that you'll actually be quite happy with the new Nav. The only exceptions would be if you rely on complex itinerary planning (haven't found a way to set up multiple way-points, although obviously you could just add all the stops to your address book with a common prefix, then just select the next one on the list) or if you need to avoid areas other than traffic problems. The TMC routing makes a remarkably good stab at avoiding hot-spots (either automatically or on-demand).

Also, as I said, the effect looks much more impressive in a more urban environment.

Rob

[JHorwitz]

How do you bring up the directional arrows like on your sat nav images ratbag, for the life of me, I cant find how to do it

[rellik666]

All good now, I have perspective view and I like it. I wouldn't use it for direction finding but it is good to have on just whilst driving around on roads I know!

[ratbag98]

Quote: Originally Posted by JHorwitz (original)

How do you bring up the directional arrows like on your sat nav images ratbag, for the life of me, I cant find how to do it

Somewhat embarrassingly, I don't know! When I have a route planned and guidance has started, I get an arrow with the map. If no route is active, I get the longitude and latitude of my current position.

In the same menu as the perspective option there is also an "arrow" and "position" option, but they show the information full-screen. Perhaps using these options once causes split-screen to be activated? I don't know how to get rid of the arrows either.

I had a quick look in the stalk-controlled settings and the settings menu on the satnav screen itself - nothing obvious.

You've piqued my curiosity, so I'll do some more digging. There's quite good satnav info on the American board (MINI COOPER :: North American Motoring - Things you didn't know about your R56 MINI has good general stuff that you might not have seen, MINI COOPER :: North American Motoring - Navigation & Audio is a more specialised forum)

This thread (http://www.mini2.com/forum/2nd-gen-i...t-sat-nav.html) suggests that older versions didn't have it, but I'm sure you would have got the latest firmware.

And here's another thread suggesting a link between versions and the split-screen: http://www.mini2.com/forum/2nd-gen-f...s-sat-nav.html

[JHorwitz]

from reading all that, I think i need the upgrade, do you think i will be charged for it? my car is not new, its 8 months old, its a cherished model

[TheOfficeMaven]

The setting to turn on the split screen view (while routine only) is in the main settings/setup area of the nav system. It's buried in one of the menus there but I can't recall exactly where it is off the top of my head (and our car's in for service at the moment and so I can't check).

[ratbag98]

Quote: Originally Posted by JHorwitz (original)

from reading all that, I think i need the upgrade, do you think i will be charged for it? my car is not new, its 8 months old, its a cherished model

I think you probably will be charged for it (and the 2007-02 map release, which I suspect you missed out on?), but obviously your best bet is to ring around and also get a garage to take a look at the SatNav first, just to check whether you really do need an update. As we know, the menu system of the R56 SatNav has many hidden depths and maybe we've missed something obvious

Rob.

[ratbag98]

Setup
Settings
Languages and Units
Arrow

I think.