Smart-Phone vs the car's Navigation
I find my smart phone easier to use than the car's navigation. I attempted to use the Durango's voice command this weekend to navigate the Long Beach Convention Center from West Los Angeles- it failed miserably. Too many questions followed by the wrong answers! Grabbed the Smartphone and asked to "navigate Long Beach Convention Center"- done. Anyone else have a similar experience?
Last edited by socal-k; Dec 12, 2011 at 11:57 AM.
Mine has been great (730N), even driving across country the Sirius Traffic update saved us allot of time navigating around flooded roads in SD and IA well before there were any signs to warn us.
Conversation usually goes something like this:
-Press VR button-
-Me: Find Olive Garden (or wherever)
-D: Nearby or city?
-Me: Nearby
- Displays a list of Olive Gardens and distances with closest on top-
-D: Select line number
-Me: One
-The route is calculated and I’m on my way-
I do remember having it get a bit confused at first when I would say “Where is” or “navigate”…Then I used the voice calibration function to have the system better recognize my speech and use the word “Find”. The system has been *******ly (v.i.r.t.u.a.l.l.y.?? hmm) flawless since. Try using "find ....".
Conversation usually goes something like this:
-Press VR button-
-Me: Find Olive Garden (or wherever)
-D: Nearby or city?
-Me: Nearby
- Displays a list of Olive Gardens and distances with closest on top-
-D: Select line number
-Me: One
-The route is calculated and I’m on my way-
I do remember having it get a bit confused at first when I would say “Where is” or “navigate”…Then I used the voice calibration function to have the system better recognize my speech and use the word “Find”. The system has been *******ly (v.i.r.t.u.a.l.l.y.?? hmm) flawless since. Try using "find ....".
Last edited by ZCR1; Dec 12, 2011 at 11:15 AM.



