Navigation System is it any good ?

[Little owl1963]

Any opions on Nav system in T6.1 ?

Iv noticed some lane names I type in it does not recognise.

Also think it losses signal at times on GPS an goes to pot .

An if type destination in , can't see an option to view the detailed route ? Before you actually press start.

Lastly if you hit traffic jam / hold up , it says in manual , Tap Traffic Announcement and press By Pass , has anyone tried this ? Does it work well ?
Is this standard in built , or do have pay additional fee to use this??

Be good hear what forum thinks of this Nav System .

Some say use phone ? Google Maps but don't think that bee all an end all

 

[Sad]

I personally have never had good experiences with the VW nav systems, so appreciate I'm not directly helping. But I also don't think Google maps is the be all and end all either. I currently use the TomTom app, again not perfect, but for me much more reliable with the traffic.

 

[Viktorgeorge]

I personally have never had good experiences with the VW nav systems, so appreciate I'm not directly helping. But I also don't think Google maps is the be all and end all either. I currently use the TomTom app, again not perfect, but for me much more reliable with the traffic.

+1 for TomTom

 

[Mehdime]

The built-in sat nav is what you’d expect. It sort of works. Half of the time, you enter a place name or address and it doesn’t find it. It’s as slow and sluggish as what smartphones were like 20 years ago (yes, I was actually using smartphones 20 years ago when virtually no-one had even heard of the word “smartphone”. And that’s exactly what they were like). The UI/user experience is dogshit.

But it works. Particularly handy in places with no network connection.

In practice, connect your phone via Apple CarPlay / AndroidAuto and use the apps there instead. They’re about 1 million times better than the built-in sat nav.

I don’t know what you mean by “be all end all”. No app will be perfect for everyone in every situation obviously.

Google Maps is generally good for just about everything. If you look for something - anything - it’ll generally find it. It has opening hours for most things - but of course not for everything on the planet. It’s generally quite good at routing around traffic - but will sometimes take you through bizarre tiny residential streets to save you 3/4 of a second compared to the motorway.

Apple Maps has prettier looking maps and clearer vocal instructions in my experience. But it’s not as good as finding random places by bashing random keys on the keyboard and hoping for the best.

Waze can be configured to display your car as a flower power bus, which is the best thing ever. It’s also the best at highlighting potholes and police checks - but both Google Maps and Apple Maps are getting much better at this these days.

 

[Hawthorn37]

We usually use Google or Apple (occasionally Waze). But if you’re in a place that has no phone signal, the VW nav system still works as it uses GPS.

 

[KevH]

Travelling from Stoke to Reading, I inadvertently touched the VW screen en route and didn’t realise for ages that it interpreted this as an intermediary stop. I was heading down the A4 towards Maidstone when it dawned on me that Reading was exactly the opposite way.
So, try as I might, I find myself returning to Android Auto / Google Maps, despite its insistence on including a single track lane on every journey.

 

[andyinluton]

Any opions on Nav system in T6.1 ?

It works fine, just need to use it a bit to get used to it, I think having the centre display at one level & then being to have a zoomed in or out version on the dash display works really well.

 

[Little owl1963]

Travelling from Stoke to Reading, I inadvertently touched the VW screen en route and didn’t realise for ages that it interpreted this as an intermediary stop. I was heading down the A4 towards Maidstone when it dawned on me that Reading was exactly the opposite way.
So, try as I might, I find myself returning to Android Auto / Google Maps, despite its insistence on including a single track lane on every journey.

Ah Android auto ?
Not seen that in manual , how does that work , I presume you get Google maps on phone then it transfers to the volks Sat nav screen ?

Can you give us procedure to do that please

 

[Sad]

Ah Android auto ?
Not seen that in manual , how does that work , I presume you get Google maps on phone then it transfers to the volks Sat nav screen ?
Can you give us procedure to do that please

This is how I use Tom Tom, with android auto. It will also then show you the next instruction in the speedo display.
For me, you just press the app button! So long as you've already paired your phone the wireless carplay/android auto should just work. You can also plug it into one of the USB C sockets in the front. Just have your phone unlocked in front of you the first time as it will likely need you to allow it to work.

 

[Viktorgeorge]

This is how I use Tom Tom, with android auto. It will also then show you the next instruction in the speedo display.
For me, you just press the app button! So long as you've already paired your phone the wireless carplay/android auto should just work. You can also plug it into one of the USB C sockets in the front. Just have your phone unlocked in front of you the first time as it will likely need you to allow it to work.

From what you say, android auto offers more than carplay, as I have not found a way to get "next instruction in the speedo display". If anyone has, I would welcome a tip.

I am used to elying only on the main display and audio instructions, and still prefer TomTom to the alternatives I have tried; although I occasionally use google maps for at the last minute on arrivals - where the greater detail (which is a pain when map reading on the main part of a trip) can be useful.

 

[Mehdime]

From what you say, android auto offers more than carplay, as I have not found a way to get "next instruction in the speedo display". If anyone has, I would welcome a tip.

If you use Apple Maps with CarPlay, you’ll get the next instruction on the digital dashboard.

It will also automatically switch the dashboard to show the Volkswagen sat nav map view when you start Apple Maps navigation. Which I find quite frustrating as, even though the Volkswagen map will display the next instruction as well as the distance and time to destination, the map itself doesn’t display the route. So it displays a completely useless map in front of you. A real half-arsed implementation.

But if you want the next instruction, it’s there with Apple Maps.

 

[Viktorgeorge]

If you use Apple Maps with CarPlay, you’ll get the next instruction on the digital dashboard.

It will also automatically switch the dashboard to show the Volkswagen sat nav map view when you start Apple Maps navigation. Which I find quite frustrating as, even though the Volkswagen map will display the next instruction as well as the distance and time to destination, the map itself doesn’t display the route. So it displays a completely useless map in front of you. A real half-arsed implementation.

But if you want the next instruction, it’s there with Apple Maps.

Thanks. I am now used to TomTom so Apple Maps would not work for me.

I do sometimes get the VW map up in the speedo screen, as a supplement so as to see where I am, since TomTom is so stripped out of local detail (which makes reading the planned route easier).

I have rather hoped a CarPlay update will add some TomTom detail to the Speedo screen. However my next phone will be android so I am not that concerned: and was pleased to read #9 above.