Nav system

[WHITEX]

How do you like your Nav? Easy to use or a PITA? I will have mine in about 2 weeks.(X should be in) My Audi system is fair. I'm thinking of buying a Garmin 350 for my other cars. The Garmins are very user friendly.

[x3man]

The nav is good (with the recent software update) and better than getting a standalone. It really makes driving more pleasant and stress free. You can't get really lost and driving is usually more efficient - saving you time and money.

However, it does have it's problems:

First and foremost, when you input a destination, you have to narrow down your choice from every single city in the US (assuming you live in the US.) Most people don't travel cross-country everyday. It is more likely that they would travel within the state they are in or the surrounding states. BMW needs to address this huge usability problem by having a radius limit setting. Secondly, the menu system (and dial) is a bit awkward to use. Sometimes I know the name of the place I want to go to but the menu forces me to search within a category. Looking up places in different categories is a good idea but making it the only option is a bad one.

The telephone interface on the nav has it's share of problems. The most frustrating for me is when I have to dial a number that is not in the phone book. I have to use that silly dial to enter each digit. There's got to be a better way. There are also NO alphabetic letters next to each digit. If you need to call 1-800-FREE-411, how do you know what "F" is associated with? You don't. The address book is also a pain. It really needs to keep addresses and phone numbers and manage them better. They need to look at what PDAs do in that regard.

BMW - Fix these problems so we can brag about how great the BMW nav is!!!!

[Hendramy]

There are definetly some bugs with the NAV but overall it is awesome. The recalculation time is pretty short and that's handy if you miss a turn. We did european delivery and it made that so enjoyable (since our other adventures left me with my nose in a map for the majority of our time in the car.) I think that the knob control instead of the touchscreen isa bit cumbersome, but like most things once you get used to it there's no problem.

I think the phonebook is great. The people I call most I have recorded for name dial and it's awesome. Those people that I only occasionaly have to call I stop, enter the number, and away we go.

No technology is without bugs, and I 'd rather be an early adopter and learn how to owrk around those than to sit on my hands and wait until things are perfected.

[WHITEX]

There are definetly some bugs with the NAV but overall it is awesome. The recalculation time is pretty short and that's handy if you miss a turn. We did european delivery and it made that so enjoyable (since our other adventures left me with my nose in a map for the majority of our time in the car.) I think that the knob control instead of the touchscreen isa bit cumbersome, but like most things once you get used to it there's no problem.

I think the phonebook is great. The people I call most I have recorded for name dial and it's awesome. Those people that I only occasionaly have to call I stop, enter the number, and away we go.

No technology is without bugs, and I 'd rather be an early adopter and learn how to owrk around those than to sit on my hands and wait until things are perfected.
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