Map upside down? — AVIC411 Forum Archive

Posted Nov 15, 2008 · 19:34 UTC#1

Hi, Stupid question but my map seems to point north all the time and not the direction of travel which can get very confusing! How can I set it to be direction of travel only, it's a 2 sec tick box on a tomtom but i can;t for the life of me see where to set it on the F900 ?

It is a UK F900.

Posted Nov 15, 2008 · 19:46 UTC#2

I'm sure the search feature would have offered PLENTY of information on this one. This has been discussed quite a bit.

In the current version of iGo, you cannot change the 2D map to face the same directions yoiu are traveling. It will ONLY face North. In the 3D mode however, you can do this. Supposedly in iGo 8.3 this may be a feature they add.

Posted Nov 15, 2008 · 21:21 UTC#3

this issue has never been discussed ever before

LOL JK

Posted Nov 17, 2008 · 17:03 UTC#4

Supposedly in iGo 8.3 this may be a feature they add.

Do you have any concrete information on this? Or do you have a place we can complain so they know we want it "fixed"?

Posted Nov 17, 2008 · 17:19 UTC#5

Only complaints should go to Pioneer. NavNGo already has a PNA version of 8.3.something that has the option (so did iGO 2006... no idea why they thought it smart to remove in iGO .

Pressure should be on Pioneer to ask NavNGo for the AVIC series build.

Posted Nov 22, 2008 · 00:00 UTC#6

It is possible to load a Nav software that allows map in 2D to follow our direction? Can we buy software from the same vendor Pioneer uses now to a version that allows this. I assume not, as we probally loose all the features of the F series.

How hard would it be for Pioneer to do this?

Posted Nov 22, 2008 · 09:29 UTC#7

I for the life of can't see why any company would design a nav that does this. It is stupid! You pull up at a 5 way roundabout in a second you check the screen as you are confused any to see the screen is inverted!

Whoever thought this was good needs shooting, no other sat does this without the option to disable it.....

Posted Nov 22, 2008 · 13:17 UTC#8

Only sort of work around is to use the 3d map, and zoom out as far as possible.

Posted Jan 21, 2009 · 04:13 UTC#9

sorry to bump up an old thread - im just wondering if this issue has been resolved in ANY way (via update from pioneer or a hack)

i just installed the unit today and was shocked when i saw that north was up ALWAYS in 2d mode - thats just silly...

Posted Jan 21, 2009 · 04:38 UTC#10

No

Posted Feb 24, 2009 · 02:39 UTC#11

bump this post again I hate being backwards while driving lol any new info thanks