Route message every 400 feet

[LagunaAvic]

Hi,

 

I wonder if anyone else have been experiencing this problem:

 

I often drive on I-5 between Irvine and CA-55 on my way to see customers. When I have the X910 providing routing as I drive along, I always get routing instructions every 400 feet or so on a particular stretch of I-5. For example:

 

I merge on to the I-5 northbound from CA-133. The X910 will, of course, tell me to enter the freeway, and that's ok, I expect that. Next, it will tell me "keep right in 400 feet on to I-5 North, Santa Ana freeway" and it will repeat that message every 400 to 500 feet until I reach CA-55 which is a couple of miles further north.

 

This is exceptionally annoying. Why does it do this? Why not just tell me to stay on I-5 Northbound for so-and-so many miles as it does elsewhere?

 

If anyone from Pioneer is reading this, please send me a PM with instructions on how to obtain technical support from your company.

[Newman]

More than likely this is not a Pioneer issue but is an issue with the map data from TeleAtlas. report the issue to Teleatlas on their website and hopefully they will correct it for the future.

[rcs2prsctr]

Getting the same problem on mine -- driving from the Inland Empire to Los Angeles on the 10; at random intervals (usually around exits) it kept telling me to "continue on I-10 West"--that got really old quickly.

 

Re: TeleAtlas, I thought Pioneer got its data from NAVTEQ?

[VBLUE42]

Re: TeleAtlas, I thought Pioneer got its data from NAVTEQ?

 

Negative.

 

And the problem is with the unit and has long been complained about all the way back to the F series. Its just the way the unit works.

[BorisM]

Getting the same problem on mine -- driving from the Inland Empire to Los Angeles on the 10; at random intervals (usually around exits) it kept telling me to "continue on I-10 West"--that got really old quickly.

 

Re: TeleAtlas, I thought Pioneer got its data from NAVTEQ?

 

No guarantees that it will work, but you could try adding

[debug]

supress_trivial_left=1

supress_trivial_right=1

 

to your SYS.TXT. That might make it a bit less talkative.

[jks2]

I didn't see Pioneer listed as a product that TeleAtlas has updates for. NAVTEQ doesn't either. They have the updates for the factory installed GPS in the Nissans (I drive and Altima) but neither listed Pioneer as a product that they have updates for.

[VBLUE42]

Map upgrades have to be purchased through Pioneer.

[Newman]

I didn't see Pioneer listed as a product that TeleAtlas has updates for. NAVTEQ doesn't either. They have the updates for the factory installed GPS in the Nissans (I drive and Altima) but neither listed Pioneer as a product that they have updates for.

 

If you go into the navigation settings and click on the map info icon it will show you the company thats provides the data and data version for the maps of each state.