I have made up my mind.. I can not take the GPS navigation system that is installed in the DBS.. it's a piece of crap.. I was sitting in my friends 2010 VW golf the other day and I saw how his navigation is interacting with him.. it was astonishing by far.. I am in the market to find the best kind.. your experiences and advice is really appreciated..

I have a questing though.. did anyone try to hook up a different navigation software to the fixed Aston Martin screen? is it doable?

on a slightly different note, TomTom navigation has the option of alerting you if there is a speed camera coming up.. I tried it in Italy, it worked like a charm.. Does Garmin Nuvi 3700 Series have this option?

Please help me pick the best Nav..

thanks everyone..

 

Don't even get me started on the AM Sat Nav . . .

I'm using a TomTom 720 I bought about 18 months ago and very happy with it!

 

I love polls that have incomplete options.

How about none? I have something called a map. I usually look at it before going somewhere if I don't know where I'm going. Works remarkably well...

 

hahaha - you sound like my dad, where as I'll punch it into the Sat Nav and hope for the best.

 

@gekko: where do you mount it? there isn't much space left in the car..

@XJRS Owner: it's like saying go to the library to find out information J/K

 

I can't think of one place I've gone yet where it needed to be employed. All it is to me (so far) is a square cutout on the top of my dash! Is it really so bad??? I guess I'll have to give it a job and see where it leads me!

 

i LOVE my Garmin

 

did you try to hook up a different navigation software to the fixed Aston Martin screen? is it doable?

@ telum01 : does it warn you if a speed camera is coming up?

 

I use my 9500ci to warn me about speed cameras I rarely use my sat nav anyway. The most time I've spend using the nav was actually not in my AM, but in a Volvo XC 90 wagon that has the exact same system. I spent a few weeks in the UK late last month and earlier this month and it actually worked perfectly. I had no clue where I was going and I used that thing to get everywhere and it was never wrong...and I drove all over the UK from Manchester to Wales to Newport Pagnell to Cumbria to Edinburgh and London. So I've actually had a very good experience with the system. How it compares to others I really can't say just because I usually don't need it, but based on my recent stint with it, I wouldn't be afraid to use it and trust it.

 

i use my garmin and have it attached to the upper left corner of the windshield. aston nav is terrible.

 

I have it mounted just under the Rear View mirror and works very well. Not sure about the Gamin mounting bracket, but the TomTom is perfect for a snug fit under the mirror. (Picture attached)


To others - what's the problem with the Aston Martin Sat Nav?
- Loses the signal very easy
- Slow to keep up at high speeds
- Lanes changes & exit instructions very poor
- Poor Visual display
- Input takes too long
- Ok the kicker - I input the same address into the AM Sat Nav & my Tom Tom - The AM will take me in the most ridiculous routes every possible to man . . . and that my friends is what ticks me off! Sometimes I think the car just doesn't want to go home..

 

How about adding the following poll option: I use the factory nav and it's a piece of crap

 

When's the last time a map told you about the location of a speed camera? How about the closest <insert favorite restaurant here> to exit xx?

 

I drove my Aston for the two years I had it and left the sat nav off the whole time: just checking it out one time, the first day i owned it, and again when i sold it to show the new owner it did in fact work. I will say the system was way better than that in my new F430, but it doesn't matter since it, too, was turned on once (at the dealer) to make sure it works, and will remain off from now on.
If you know where you going and you don't get lost, then you don't need a nav system -- got by for 30 years without one and will continue to. I don't need to know where the speed cameras are because I don't speed unless I know the road is clear -- wouldn't trust the system anyway.

 

unfortunately no

but it does indicate when you're speeding the mph indicator turns bright red.