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#404 of 963 Got the New Nav Database! by kevinvsr Nov 21, 2003 (7:51 am)
Got the new Nav database for my '03 Odyssey on 11/20 and it was worth the quick upgrade!   Has new unverified routing, similar to '03 Accord, and now shows nearly all roads in 48 states. Excellent! And goes one better than my Accord, allowing routing through unverfied areas via an on/off option. Accord routes you around. New voice, sounds similar to one on Accord, and is easier to understand. No option to choose male voice as in Accord, which upset my wife. More POI's. Our local YMCA was not in the older DB, now is in the newer DB. Performance seems same to me. This is good seeing as DB is a lot bigger. Still not as many icons as Accord, which is ok since it would clutter smaller screen.   Overall, new unverified routing and larger DB makes a good Nav system even better.   Just curious, new DB has 7+ million POIs. Anyone know how many was in older DB?
#405 of 963 Got the New Nav Database! by kevinvsr by andrewtran71 Dec 01, 2003 (12:52 pm)
Got my new NAV for '03 Ody as well. I noticed the option for unverified routing, but what exactly is it?   I gues if we activated the icon for ALL restaurants, there would be a lot of icon too, right?   I also like the new voice. Must be a guy thing:-)   Yes, I also noticed a lot more POI.   I think the previous NAV had 3 million POI, but not sure. However, a lot of those older POI were out of date too, as a lot of businesses have closed.   My 2 year old home in a new addition still is not in the database, but the surrounding houses are.   I gotta try the unverified routing and see what it is.   So the "Easy Route" is basically using most of interstates, "Direct Route" is the shortest distance, but what in the world is unverified routing?
#406 of 963 Unverified Routing by jimblock Dec 01, 2003 (5:09 pm)
Although I haven't yet purchased the new DB for my 2000 Odyssey, I do have the newer DB in my 2004 Acura TSX. Here's my attempt to explain it. (The manual or supplement may do a better job).   Basically, unverified routing means going through areas that are mapped but that NaviTech (the company that does the maps for Honda, Acura and many other companies) have not physically visited.   NaviTech physically verifies the roads by sending out drivers to report the actual road details. That is one reason why the DB has only contained major metropolitan areas. To add the rest of the US quickly, they have added unverfied roads, that they have not checked themselves. Therefore they don't know whether left turns are allowed at intersections, may not know one way streets, etc. (And the road may have changed since the map they used was made). Nonetheless it is a great improvement over the old coverage.
#407 of 963 Unverified Routing by jimblock by andrewtran71 Dec 02, 2003 (11:34 am)
Thanks for the explanation.   So in other words, if you use unverified routing, it may lead you into a "Wrong Way" one-way street?   Can we assume that this new disc is pretty much the same as the Acura disc, except that the Acura (and Honda Accord) has voice recognition? Both have 7 million POI.   Has anyone used this unverified routing and had a bad experience ? Like getting lost?
#408 of 963 Unverified Routing by jimblock Dec 02, 2003 (2:15 pm)
I suppose that the Unverified routing might "suggest" a one-way street (wrong way), but that is why Honda/Acura strongly suggest you review any Unverified rountings.   On the other hand, even if NaviTech did not personally verify the routes, they did make use of existing information, which should be fairly accurate -- just not as acurate as doing their own survey.   As far as I know the Databases used in the two systems are the same, although the software (including Voice Recognition) is different. In fact, the new database is actually newer than the one in my 2004 TSX (which was manufactured in June 2003 and has a database current only to 7/30/2002. The latest TSXs have the newer DB.
#409 of 963 jimblock by andrewtran71 Dec 03, 2003 (12:20 pm)
Awesome info. Thanks. Good to know that my $191 went towards the latest update NAV. When I bought the 2003 Ody, it was badly outdated, which stinks. It doesn't sound right buying a 2004 model, but not getting the most up to date version. It doesn't sound right buying a 2003 car and having to already update the NAV.   But now I am happy with the new NAV.   Thanks again for your input.
#410 of 963 personal address book by andrewtran71 Dec 08, 2003 (9:03 am)
I can't seem to save anything on the personal address book with the new disc. Anybody has this problem?
#413 of 963 personal address book by andrewtran71 by jameshu88 Dec 08, 2003 (5:09 pm)
Your problem is one of many problems other owners of the new disc are having. From what I hear, Honda/Alpine has stopped the shipments of the new disc, and they will send out patches to whom already had the them. You may want to call Honda to get more info.

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