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]

Originally Posted by 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 )

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...