Sat Nav

Grangey · August 1, 2002

On the Top Gear website, they say about the Lexus Sat Nav "the optional satnav appears to be permanently 50 yards off the mark". How do you find yours? My Sat Nav is a portable Garmin model, and it seems spot on.

Also, do the Lexus in-builts have a speed readout? Mine does but, in the Lex and in my previous car, my speedo in the dash reads more than the speed on the Sat Nav. BUT, when I use it in the States, it's spot on and the two read the same!!

Weird. Really weird.

jenners · August 2, 2002

Min doesn't seem to be out at all - (perhaps they didn't recalibrate the system) but is has been confused a few times when in tiny country lanes !.

I find that I can't have the nav system and the wife in the car at the same time - they end up fighting

Andy_IS200 · August 2, 2002

I have never found any problems with my sat nav, it is the Lexus supplied model built into the IS200, it is always really accurate and the only issue I've ever found is that there is no way to set it to take advantage of major and minor roads to achieve the fastest route to a given location. It is usually very accurate, perhaps their's needs callibrating.

Andy

djanderso · August 2, 2002

Originally posted by jenners
Min doesn't seem to be out at all - (perhaps they didn't recalibrate the system) but is has been confused a few times when in tiny country lanes !.

I find that I can't have the nav system and the wife in the car at the same time - they end up fighting

:D Oh yes, at least she doesn't have to try and read a map!! My next car will have Sat Nav for sure to avoid a large divorce settlement:wow:

On the subject of it being off, is it not offset for security? I'm sure I read somewhere that the US millitary who effectively runs the GPS satellites made it off so that potential enemies couldn't target correctly? Or was I dreaming?

ricky_is200 · August 2, 2002

On the subject of it being off, is it not offset for security? I'm sure I read somewhere that the US millitary who effectively runs the GPS satellites made it off so that potential enemies couldn't target correctly? Or was I dreaming?

Wasn't that in a James Bond film?

Grangey · August 2, 2002

Originally posted by ricky_is200
On the subject of it being off, is it not offset for security? I'm sure I read somewhere that the US millitary who effectively runs the GPS satellites made it off so that potential enemies couldn't target correctly? Or was I dreaming?

Wasn't that in a James Bond film?

I believe that the septics have the capability to turn down the power of the signal, or even turn it off completely, in the event of conflicts or threats.

What about the speed thing? Can yours display your current speed?

jenners · August 2, 2002

Mine does not display the current speed. It has static settings that say what the average speed is on a type of road and uses that to calculate the estimated time to destination.

(This is Lexus in-built sat nat. btw)

ricky_is200 · August 2, 2002

Jenners, is yours the new DVD Sat Nav or the CD ROM version? Has anyone compared the two? I have only ever used the older CD Rom System and would be interested to hear the differences (other than working anywhere in Europe).