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Intrepid175 · 06-27-2007, 09:37 PM

Just FYI folks, I finally broke down and ordered an update DVD for my nav system. I upgraded from 6.11 to 6.5?, don't remember the last digit. I inserted the DVD in the system and closed the display and it went through a somewhat lengthy download and update of the system programming. Took about 5 minute or so. It wasn't that bad, just did more than I was expecting.

Bottom line is, the system seems to work better. I can't say for the voice recognition issues I was having before as it had been doing Ok before the update and still is. What I've seen an improvement on so far is the system seems to be able to tell the difference between the freeway and the access road that parallel's the freeway much better than it used to. I've had a number of times that it would keep thinking I was on the access road when I was already on the freeway. It would tell me to enter the freeway, not recognising that I was already there and recalculate for the next on ramp. After 4 or 5 rounds of this dance, it gets old. Since the update, it's doing a lot better job of recognising my cars location on the road than it ever did before. I've not had a chance to try out any POI searches yet so I can't say whether or not that parts any better but the function of the system as I've used it so far is "much" better. I'm happy!

Drive Safe,
Steve R.

06-27-2007, 09:37 PM	#64 (permalink)
Intrepid175 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas City, TX Posts: 355 Steve	Just FYI folks, I finally broke down and ordered an update DVD for my nav system. I upgraded from 6.11 to 6.5?, don't remember the last digit. I inserted the DVD in the system and closed the display and it went through a somewhat lengthy download and update of the system programming. Took about 5 minute or so. It wasn't that bad, just did more than I was expecting. Bottom line is, the system seems to work better. I can't say for the voice recognition issues I was having before as it had been doing Ok before the update and still is. What I've seen an improvement on so far is the system seems to be able to tell the difference between the freeway and the access road that parallel's the freeway much better than it used to. I've had a number of times that it would keep thinking I was on the access road when I was already on the freeway. It would tell me to enter the freeway, not recognising that I was already there and recalculate for the next on ramp. After 4 or 5 rounds of this dance, it gets old. Since the update, it's doing a lot better job of recognising my cars location on the road than it ever did before. I've not had a chance to try out any POI searches yet so I can't say whether or not that parts any better but the function of the system as I've used it so far is "much" better. I'm happy! Drive Safe, Steve R.