[AxelTheFatCat]

I am looking to buy a New EOS at the beginning of next year and like the idea of the Standard Sat Nav option - the touch screen one, but would like to make sure it does everything i'd like it to do before shelling out £1000. Does anybody have the manual for this in electronix format that I can have a read of?

Many thanks

Dean

 

[cambourne7]

axel the manuals quite hefty i dont have it in electronic format

What do you want it to do and i can look it up for you but the unit is amazing.

I think you can probably go in an play with it in the show room take some stuff on a sd card and go for it.

 

[Eos_Up]

Get a stand alone Nuvi for a 1/5 of the price or less. Allows you to take it from car to car (great for rentals). We have one built-in and will NEVER buy another one (at least for the prices of today).

 

[SiJ2000]

Do remember, however, that when recommending a portable unit, it needs charging and also needs to be taken out and put away and plugged in and unplugged!

If I am lost, I like to just be able to press the map button and the map is there!

 

[Darren]

I posted this photo before: http://www.vweosclub.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=716&d=1220104315

It is my Nuvi 360 tucked nicely under the center console. Relatively out of sight. I just leave it plugged in so always charged and ready to go. It is my bluetooth for my phone and also MP3 player (SD card goes in the side). I run a mini stereo plug from the output jack of the Nuvi to the Aux in in my arm rest and great sound and directions over the speakers. It was a lot less expensive than the built in Nav and I had grown comfortable with use of the Garmin system before buying the Eos anyway. My $0.02.

 

[AxelTheFatCat]

Poi

I have a Portable Sat Nav unit and I'm sick of plugging it in and out all the time so will opt for the built in one. I found a manual but can't see if you can add POI to it? Any ideas?

 

[jwwbp]

POI and RNS 510

You can add POI to the VW map data. The Map data structure is almost identical to the BMW data. There are full step by step instructions to do it here. You need to understand what you are doing to do it 'manually'.

An alternative is to use the latest version of pimpmynav, a piece of software which automates the manual process above, and is much 'safer' for a novice or non-techy to use. The latest version will support the RNS-510 DVD data format. (I'm not sure if it is generally available yet, but the latest beta has RNS 510 support).

Finally, VW America has just launched this Nav companion site - the next version will allow you to use google maps to save both destinations and POI to an SD card and transfer them to your RNS 510. Currently, the trial version at vwlabs.com allows just the export and transfer of Destinations to SD card.

 

[Eos_Up]

Do remember, however, that when recommending a portable unit, it needs charging and also needs to be taken out and put away and plugged in and unplugged!

Hey, come on. We've only had GPS for a few years now. Did you get lost a lot before GPS hit the scene? I can be "snapped and plugged in" in less that 30 seconds maybe only 15 seconds.

The major downside to a portable GPS is the delay in locking on from a cold start whereas the built-in units fire up immediately because they are always powered.

The major disadvantage to a built-in is that all the ones I've seen have "locks" that prevent selecting options while the car is moving because of safety features put there at the insistence of the company lawyers. And then there's the cost factor.

While you may disagree with it, Garmin allows you to disable these safety features which at least allow a passenger to select options instead of pulling over to the side of the road in order to have full selection capability.

If you're a techie, the built-in units will probably shine if you can figure them out. The one in our Prius comes with its own manual which is not the easiest thing to read. Also, certainly not user friendly unless you use it all the time. More than once, we had to pull over to the side of the road in order to enter a new address which it fails to take for some mysterious reason. A couple of times I've considered putting my boot into the screen.

The Nuvi is so simple it doesn't even come with a full manual. Instead, it comes with a 4 page quick start guide. Another big advantage for the portable is the ease of upgrading the map yearly. I realize it might be possible to revise a built-in with a new DVD, but I wonder how many automobile manufacturers even offer that service. On our previous Prius ('04), there was a safety recall that resulted in a new DVD, but no revisions have be offered on our '06 Prius to my knowledge.

I do understand the joy of the big screen built-in, but for me, I'm sticking with my portable nuvi 760 that I paid $399 for. Works great in my Eos, my Jeep Commander and any rental car we use and I can even use it for a hike if I wish.

So, I guess it just comes down to what you like.

 

[cambourne7]

I can only say that i love my built in unit, husband is now talking about trading his passatt for the new passatt CC with the upgraded unit i have

 

[SiJ2000]

I am happy with the MFD DVD which I have in my EOS and Gold Plus also... Regarding what EOS_Up said, there is no comparison with the Prius Nav... The Prius nav is miles better than the VW one in most respects (including speed and performance!)... However, I am happy with the VW one and, unlike the Prius, lets you do what you want with it when you drive along!!