Sat Nav Quality

[BlackSuperb]

.....from whereismaps, u can purchase it (v16 = vw v3 dvd) for $199.
i'd go with $200-500 by the time vw wrap their fingers around it and sell it through the dealers.

I checked with whereis and they said to go and ask a dealer. There were no new maps for the Skoda anyway.

[IN2VWS]

My new van came with the RNS510 already fitted.
My previous van had a Pioneer AVIC900BT.

I'll start with the Pioneer unit. I would not buy one of these again. The GPS worked OK, but the "time to destination" calculation was way off (as is the RNS510).
The bluetooth connection was hit and miss. Sometimes it would connect after 5 minutes, other times it would not connect at all. Very frustrating.

The RNS 510 connects to my iphone 4 everytime, and very quickly. The integration with the steering wheel and MFD works brilliantly. The display is nice and bright, and you get the directions on the MFD also.
I do not like the fact that there is no GPS ground speed displayed. The travel time calculation is way off. example: 2 days ago, I was heading to a mates place near Ballarat. It is all highway travel in 100km/h and 110 km/h zones. the distance to travel was 650km, but the time to travel this 650km was 10h30min.?????? I had the Tomtom also running on the iphone 4, and the travel time was 6h40min.
The RNS510 travel time is always wrong.
As others have mentioned, the satnav function of the RNS510 is VERY basic. You get more features on a <$200 GPS unit.

[dArK5HaD0w]

i travel between sydney and canberra quite often, and every single time, the rns510 has been spot of with the arrival time. i don't use the "time remaining", rather i prefer the "time of arrival".
it has always been bang on target. within canberra, or within sydney.
i used to have an aftermarket gps before, and that would almost always overestimate my journeys (canberra-sydney) by atleast half-hour. its only when i get closer to my destination that it got accurate with its time.

its strange though how some ppl r getting such weird time calculations with their rns510!

it's always best to check the navigation settings. the default factory settings will always have its flaws. check the method of navigation, tolls, bridges, alt routing, etc etc.
it was the 1st thing i did - touchwood, i have no navigation issues at all.

[IN2VWS]

oh....I almost forgot. There is a delay on the map also. That is, when I pass a side street, it appears on the map 4-5 seconds later. That is at highway speeds.

[jbviajero]

This has been an interesting and helpful post. I was on the verge of swapping out my Bolero for a Columbus, purely for the nav. I was keen for the integration but even then I'd still be missing bluetooth. But I think now I'll stick with the cheap plug in tomtom which works just fine.

[Ozsko]

Darkshadow- yeah mine does that but after starting out it is like "well you picked route 2 so no matter where you go I'm going to try and force you back onto route 2" And there starts the battle between what I know is better and its incessant in 400meters turn right (repeated 40 times as I ignore all its corrections). I would strangle it if it were human!

If you know where you are going why have you used the GPS for the journey, you obviously don't need it so don't complain. Anyone else not knowing the journey would not know the difference so no problem to them.

[spaz74]

If you know where you are going why have you used the GPS for the journey, you obviously don't need it so don't complain. Anyone else not knowing the journey would not know the difference so no problem to them.

I'm only pointing out the fact Ozsko that the car can't auto correct like most other off the shelf units for a fraction of the price.
If you didn't know where you were going then you couldn't make that critical assessment of the software limitations could you because you'd be, well ignorant? Only by using a known route is it possible to make this very valid assessment. One might call it complaining, I call it testing its capabilities.
And having had units for the past 15 years here and overseas that self correct I know a good unit from a bad one when I use it. Hey, some people are happy to be blissfully unaware but I'm not.