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#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.
#414 of 963 jameshu88 by andrewtran71 Dec 11, 2003 (9:00 am)
Yeah, I have called Honda. They said the same thing. They said Late January is the expected date for the "patch" disc.
#415 of 963 Run Around by kimberr1 Dec 22, 2003 (9:21 am)
One year ago we purchased our new 2003 Honda Odyssey with the Navigation System. It was even then sorely out-of-date! It took us to dead ends, closed-down malls, and museums that were no longer there. It didn't have a new mall that had been in place for almost 2 years. Several streets and subdivisions were missing entirely. The GPS certainly gave us the run around and now Honda is giving us the run around.   American Honda said that in the Fall there would be a new version that we could purchase for $50. I think I shouldn't have to pay an extra $50 for a $1500 system that wasn't up to par in the first place.   They gave me the phone number of the makers of the Navigation System who hung up on me twice trying to transfer me back to American Honda. They said the new system 2.11B costs $185!   American Honda told me to call our local dealership. The sales mgr there said he has no problem with his 2004 model and he couldn't do anything for me but to recommend that I call American Honda again.   The case is pending so I will update later. But for an expensive gadget, the navigation system certainly does not do what it is supposed to do!
#416 of 963 Run Around by kimberr1 by andrewtran71 Dec 22, 2003 (12:44 pm)
Yeah, those greedy bastards! I think most of them are like that. I bought a 2003 Ody w/NAV too, and it is outdated. The new NAV disc is better, but yeah, it costs $185 plus $6 s/h. It has some bugs. It's weird. Sometimes I can't save any new addresses, but sometimes I can. Sometimes you can't get pass a certain screen, but then it works again after you turn it on and off. Those damn bugs. Yeah, I think an update disc should be no more than $50, not $185. I guess they figured if you have enough money to buy the Ody w/Nav, you have enough money to waste on future updates. Overall, I think the NAV works fine for me, except for those construction sites and new streets. But like they say, you can't rely 100% on the NAV. You have to use a little judgement calls too. But, if you make the wrong turn, the NAV knows. But yeah, it can be frustrating sometimes. Sometimes it picks a route that I think is stupid. However, it can get you eventually to your destination. I would say it's better than nothing and it works well most of the time. I still would get a NAV system on all my vehicles in the future.
#417 of 963 A cheap way by jchan2 Dec 23, 2003 (7:02 pm)
is to be like my friend and don't update every year. Every other year might be fine, but he has never updated his 2001 disc in his 2001 Odyssey EX.
#418 of 963 and by jchan2 Dec 23, 2003 (7:02 pm)
I don't have a NAV system, but sorely miss it when I had the chance to buy a 2001 with a NAV but waited until 2002 to buy an Odyssey and bought the base EX model. (cloth, no NAV)
#419 of 963 A cheap way by jchan2 by andrewtran71 Dec 24, 2003 (12:03 pm)
Most streets don't change completely even when they do change, so most NAV will work even after 10 years. However, the POI will most likely be way off. For example, in the 2003 Ody NAV, the Wal-Marts around my area did not even show up as POI. Now all the stores around my house show up on POI. So the streets may not change, but the POI will. If you don't care for POI and just care about getting close to a destination, you could always use nearby intersections and the NAV should get you there. Yeah, I did not HAVE to guy the updated disc, but it was just fun to. Even I will have to admit that NAV is a "toy". But even so, I feel 100% confident that I will never get lost with it--even with an outdated 2003 NAV disc.
#420 of 963 well by jchan2 Dec 24, 2003 (1:58 pm)
he just uses the NAV to get where he needs to go- I doubt he'll ever use the POI feature.
#421 of 963 Any word on the Navi SW update? by kph Feb 05, 2004 (7:40 pm)
<Bump>   Reading this group, it appears that last fall a buggy 2003 update to the non-voice Navi software was issued, with a promise of a fix by about now.   As the owner of a 2000 Odyssey with the original DVD in it, I was planning to upgrade it this year, but was hoping to hear about this update before moving.   Any word out there??   TIA

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