crap rti

[dipsta]

my dads xc90 t6 exe is a nice motor, but the sat nav is useless, "take a sight right turn" i quote, what on earth is a slight turn?

besides that i missed a turn off in a town centre where the destination was only 11 miles away and then it wanted me to do a 115 mie detour, which could have been replaed by a 0.2mile one, what on earth is going on. We have the 2004 disc.

[perussell]

Take a look at my earlier post in this section - "RTI Sat Nav; in a world of its' own" - you are not alone and I can tell you that having replaced the 2004 discs in my system with the latest TMC Traffic Info discs things are little better. I could go on for hours but I need to keep my blood pressure down!

It was standard fit in my Exec but in future I would rather spend the money on a TomTom or Navman - friends who have these portable systems seem to find them much more reliable (although no system will ever be 100% perfect)

[bigbad]

hi i spent £2500 + on sat nav , it s/been more like £5,000 , but one tries to get a deal ! , must say it was bloody , bloody great , untill the wife got the car and the nave system !!!, (it was a fixed system , kenwood , full post code etc )

[langdale]

hi i spent £2500 + on sat nav , it s/been more like £5,000 , but one tries to get a deal ! , must say it was bloody , bloody great , untill the wife got the car and the nave system !!!, (it was a fixed system , kenwood , full post code etc )

I have a SatNav in my Volvo XC90. The RTI works everywhere except UK - but the system is not good at all. I also have a TomTom for my second vehicle and this is MUCH better. The Volvo system, though nicely installed, unfortunately has been a waste of a lot of money. Shame because the rest of the car is excellent

[perussell]

The RTI will now work if you purchase a new set of DVDs (about £200 unless you can get a deal) but from experience I would have to say it's not worth it, better to spend the money on something like a Trafficmaster Freeway (about £40 on e-bay) which while being speech only is much more reliable than the RTI.

[JsR]

I'd MUCH rather use my TomTom than the Volvo SatNav system.


Just the touch-screen makes things so much easier
plus the postcode function
plus the ability to upgrade easily
plus the ability to take it into a hotel room/restaurant etc and plan the next route
plus the fact that I can get maps of America, Australia, Europe very easily and quite cheaply
plus all the POIs that people assemble and publish free of charge on the web
plus the fact that I can play with it without running the car battery down (see my other post)
plus the changeable voices (and no, I don't have Darth Vader or any other stupid voices)
plus the bright 3D screen
plus the fact that the processor recalculates the route very quickly if a turning is missed
plus
plus
plus...

Hope I don't sound too biased.

John R

p.s. I do however love the way the Volvo system rises from the dashboard - that must be worth a grand just by itself!

[gnhuk]

..........just don't go via Crackpot!

(as featured on the BBC evening news....)

I'll stick to my Garmin GPS12 plugged into my laptop...