Satnav V Tomtom

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White Tekna
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Post by White Tekna »

Hi just wondering if satnav in new Tekna is as good as my Tomtom live which is very reliable

Spinal
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Post by Spinal »

No idea about tomtom, but based on what I saw over a 3 day rental of a '14-plate tekna, it wasn't reliable at all.Some seem to have good results, some don't... there's a thread somewhere I started...here it is:http://www.qashqaiownersclub.co.uk/foru ... 391.htmlAs you can see, a mixed bag :)
mrlazy
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Post by mrlazy »

Had my QQ Tekna for a week now -Sat Nav not half as good as TomTom. Some of the routes it takes/suggests are plain weird. Also, you can't zoom in to street level that close either, fussy of me I know . It feels 'antiquated' compared to my old TT
White Tekna
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Post by White Tekna »

Hopefully in near future Nissan will bring out software fix
kinelfire
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Post by kinelfire »

Unlikely, although I found the satnav adequate in my QQs they never got close to TomTom 2007 - 13
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F1 Bob
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Post by F1 Bob »

No problems with our new Connect and works well. However, do not expect the level of sophistication that comes with higher end units from TomTom, such as live traffic etc.
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DaveL
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Post by DaveL »

I've been driving my QQ Tekna CVT for just over a month and today I had cause to use the Satnav.First off, it told me the location I sought was not accessible by car. Then it dumped me in the town square, telling me I had reached my destination. It took a bit of finding and a near 300m walk from where I managed to park, pretty close to where it made the announcement. I was surprised to see the number of cars parked in the street outside my destination. So much for being inaccessible to cars. What I then noticed was I could only enter a destination by postcode or city. I could not enter a street name as it was greyed out.On arrival home, I fired up my old TomTom and gave it the same details as given to the QQ Satnav. The Tomtom produced a route that took me to the road right outside the destination.It looks like I'll still have to keep the TomTom on the dashboard in the QQ. It's a PPP by the Bosch Satnav that, I believe, costs many orders of magnitude for an annual upgrade, vs TomTom's 4 updates a year.DaveL
phaedra
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Post by phaedra »

Or use a smartphone with something like Sygic (which can project up onto the windscreen as a H.U.D) or Waze which is free and constantly updated by its users.
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Kentishman
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Post by Kentishman »

[quote="DaveL"] I've been driving my QQ Tekna CVT for just over a month and today I had cause to use the Satnav.

First off, it told me the location I sought was not accessible by car.A  Then it dumped me in the town square, telling me I had reached my destination.A  It took a bit of finding and a near 300m walk from where I managed to park, pretty close to where it made the announcement.A  I was surprised to see the number of cars parked in the street outside my destination.A  So much for being inaccessible to cars.A  What I then noticed was I could only enter a destination by postcode or city.A  I could not enter a street name as it was greyed out.

On arrival home, I fired up my old TomTom and gave it the same details as given to the QQ Satnav.A  The Tomtom Iproduced a route that took me to the road right outside the destinatio
It looks like I'll still have to keep the TomTom on the dashboard in the QQ.A  It's a PPP by the Bosch Satnav that, I believe, costs many orders of magnitude for an annual upgrade, vs TomTom's 4 updates a year.

DaveL
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I don't understand this. I have put in postcode and been taken there have put in exact address an d taken right to the door. I'm not saying it as good as tom tom as I don't have one but it has always taken me to where I want to go.
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kinelfire
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Post by kinelfire »

Yes that what I meant, always done what was needed of it, just doesnt have a lot of the bells & whistles of TT most of which I wouldnt use.
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