rickmc

Stupid OK button: - Start my car, unit is in A/V mode. OK prompt is not showing. - Drive for a while decide to make a call, doesn't work. - Switch to NAV mode see the OK button sitting there. - Hit OK button, still can't make a call until it updates. - Ok, now I can finally make the call. My called party tells me the voice quality is terrible and it sounds like I'm in a noisy aircraft cockpit. One gets the impression none of the designers at Pioneer every actually use their own products. If they did, they wouldn't allow them out the door.

I have owned AVIC units for many years. Had the N1 then the N3 and now the 110. With all of them I could never grasp why they would release their products with so many fundamental flaws. Still, despite the aggravations I tolerated the N1 & N3 deficiencies since the good outweighed the bad relative to the competitive alternatives. However, the 110 was a step backwards in so many ways. How can a voice message such as "What was it?" be acceptable in a consumer product? Moving from the N3 to the 110 meant that I lost a large number of voice commands and have to go through an insane num

Um Dude- As stated, I do intend to go another direction. I was not going on and on, I was simply stating a few indisputable facts. The list of deficiencies relative to much less costly units is long. When all of its audio and video features are considered, the N3 is a nice unit. But, it's navigation functionality is inferior to many much less costly models. When I ask it to find me a gas station, it might just be because I need gas! Telling me there are none in the area is useless. Also, the POI search functionality is a joke. Pioneer should support its customers and provide differentiated

$250 for a map update? Pioneer should be providing these updates for free! I can buy a $100 GPS that does a better job of providing guidance in my area than my N3 with 70 series maps. And the $100 unit will also show all the lakes and rivers in my area while the N3 does not. I have owned two N3s but I will never buy another pioneer product again. The second unit with 70 series maps will not provide guidance in my area (the 60 series does). Also, in many instances I can't trust the guidance since it will sometimes instruct me to take routes that make no sense whatsoever. Additionall