2009 CR-V Navigation System

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> wrote:
>
>> $2000 extra for it,(my GF just bought a CRV EX without) ain't worth
>> it.
>> I bought her a garmin Nuvi 265WT with lifetime traffic for $229.
>
> I tend to agree, although if you're going to buy a built-in nav
> system,
> Honda's is probably the best.

Honda uses Alpine systems.

>
> We were shopping Volvos last week, for my father; we wanted
> everything
> on it, including nav (yeah, try getting an old man to deal with an
> external unit). The dealer said they don't come in with much on
> them,
> that it would be a special order. ????? They don't bring in
> well-equipped $40K-$50K cars? They order in strippo models? WTF?
>
> Anyway, I found it interesting that Volvo does offer, as a specific
> accessory in their catalog, a Garmin unit. Their kit comes with a
> specific dash mount for the car in question, and is wired in very
> neatly, so that it just plugs in nicely and sits there on top of the
> dash. (I remember that BMW also did this for their 3 series.)
>
> So apparently that's how Volvo sees the world: if you want a nav
> system, plop this thing on the dash and we'll help make it look as
> neat
> as we can--because we generally don't expect you to want an in-dash
> unit, and we generally won't stock them at the dealer.
>
> Frankly, I wish Honda and the rest would offer such a kit as an
> alternative. Let's say for a couple hundred dollars they could
> install
> the vehicle specific mounting/power kit, making it nice and neat,
> and
> then I could put in any Garmin unit I wanted, and change it out as
> often
> as I wanted. Garmin would do well to do this with as many
> manufacturers
> as possible.
>
> I could probably go through four or five very nice units before I
> burned
> up $2000. I could have a new Garmin every year.

No. Honda stopped using Alpine probably a decade ago. They went cheap
with the Panasonic/Matsu****a unit. Remember the CD player PE-0 error?
Real stinkers. Then they went Pioneer. And from this article below
they took a share in Pioneer.
So you're getting a Pioneer unit in there.

REPORT: Honda to invest in Pioneer electronics:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...f8747528cff44#

On Apr 30, 8:57*pm, "L Alpert" > wrote:
> Honda uses Alpine systems.

> wrote in message
...
No. Honda stopped using Alpine probably a decade ago. They went cheap
with the Panasonic/Matsu****a unit. Remember the CD player PE-0 error?
Real stinkers. Then they went Pioneer. And from this article below
they took a share in Pioneer.
So you're getting a Pioneer unit in there.

REPORT: Honda to invest in Pioneer electronics:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...f8747528cff44#


The DVD upgrade for my Nav system in my 04 was directly from the
Alpine web site.


On Apr 30, 8:57 pm, "L Alpert" > wrote:
> Honda uses Alpine systems.

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:36:56 -0700 (PDT), Frank77
> wrote:

>> I could probably go through four or five very nice units before I burned
>> up $2000. *I could have a new Garmin every year.
>
>Okay, so maybe it's not worth $2000... but that's not all you get with
>it.
>It is integrated with a rear-view backup camera (though backup sensor
>is an extra option).
>It has voice recognition for navigation, climate control, radio, cd
>changer, PC Card (for MP3s), and most importantly, you can ask it
>"What time is it?" so you don't need to glance over to the clock
>And according to the manual, you can also ask it to find the nearest
>Honda Dealer if your nav system stops working... errr, wait a minute,
>nevermind...
>Also, during my test drive I was very surprised to hear the turn-by-
>turn directions coming from the car's speakers in a much clearer and
>more pleasing voice than the voice my portable garmin uses in my
>wife's car.
>And the radio volume temporarily dropped while the intructions to turn
>were emitted, which was nice.
>I'm not sure whether the nav system also provides bluetooth
>capability, though there is a website where my blackberry is on the
>list. Now if I could just have it read my emails to me while I'm
>driving... wow... I must hack that one. Honestly I think the bluetooth
>is only available on European Hondas, which is disappointing.

None of these features are useful to deaf people, so thanks for
outlining them all for consumer review.

"Eternal Searcher" > wrote in message
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> Pszemol wrote:
>
>> For me, the biggest benefit of built in navi is the convenience,
>> neatness of the solution (no cords hanging from the dashboard),
>> better integration with a car as a whole thing, integration with
>> the car radio and bluetooth phone and - which is important,
>> it is much more difficult to steal from a car, so you can leave the
>> car with navi on a parking lot and go without carrying the GPS
>> with you in the pocket.
>
> And the biggest drawback is when the unit needs to be serviced.
> At least
> with a portable unit, you don't have to have the whole car taken in.
>
> You don't have to carry the portable unit in your pocket all the time.
> Just
> store it in a concealed storage space in the car... although not for
> prolonged periods of time when it's very hot or very cold outside.

This way you give a reward for beaking the car window...