AVIC D3 Accuracy?

[MHOsborn]

For those of you who have installed a Pioneer AVIC D3 in your Edge....

 

Have you had a chance to test the accuracy of the route guidance on this unit? I was seriously considering this nav unit for my F-150, but am now looking closer at the Kenwood 7100 because of some Pioneer route guidance craziness I read about online at www.avic411.com.

[Good_Hands]

I'm not sure but check with sweetie6116. She likes to compare things.

 

She compared the Pioneer and the Kenwood and I tell you, she is really pissed.

 

One registered 12 miles and the other was 14.7 miles.

 

She thinks it is a scam.

[xplorgee]

I dont think its bad when you plan a trip to somewhere there arent 15 different versions of the street. When I went to the lake, it worked like a champ. When I went to Minneapolis, It told me the wrong directions and spent 3 extra hours in the car due to wrong route and tons of traffic. BAAAD.

[MHOsborn]

I'm not sure but check with sweetie6116. She likes to compare things.

 

She compared the Pioneer and the Kenwood and I tell you, she is really pissed.

 

One registered 12 miles and the other was 14.7 miles.

 

She thinks it is a scam.

 

I've read Sweetie's posts...you're right....

[MHOsborn]

I dont think its bad when you plan a trip to somewhere there arent 15 different versions of the street. When I went to the lake, it worked like a champ. When I went to Minneapolis, It told me the wrong directions and spent 3 extra hours in the car due to wrong route and tons of traffic. BAAAD.

 

That's kind of the sense I'm getting about the D3. Must be a lot of folks purchase it for other than navigation functions. Myself, if I spend that kind of money, navigation guidance accuracy is just as important as everything else. (I'd rather not get a map out just to double check the navigation unit!).

 

The Panasonic Strada also looks promising, but I can't find any decent reviews of it, so I'm not seriously considering it (yet).

 

BTW...all these units being discussed are double DIN mounts, and will fit just fine in an Edge or an F-150.

[DJ Starr]

I had an older generation Pioneer in-dash in my Intrepid (Avic A9 if I remember correctly) and it seemed to work fine in Minneapolis.

 

The stock unit in the edge is just as capable in my opinion. I did learn with the first one, if you were looking for a commonly named road such as '1st Avenue', it was better to work it backwards by entering the city first, then the street, I still do that in the Edge as well. I can't imagine it is only in MPLS, it must be every big city.

 

On a different tangent, my older nav had voice command. It was so poor I used it once or twice just to play with it, or when I couldn't reach my remote while driving. I must say, NOT having voice on the current nav is no big deal at all. In fact, the touch screen without voice is miles better, for me anyhow, than fancy voice and a darned remote to keep track of.