Seat sat Nav

[gb110430]

Hi all

How good is the Seat Leon Sat Nav, does it include postcode search?

Any comments on the sat nav unit would be greatly appreciated??

Imran

 

[DanGB]

are you thinking of orrdering as an option?

 

[gb110430]

yes i am...............................

 

[gb110430]

any feedback on dsg Fr with paddles greatly appreciated too, had a limited test drive and enjoyed it, what it like to live with long term?

Has anyone had issues with relaibility or concerns at all or ere the Xenons worth it?? plus the sat nav

thanks

Andy ( im thinking of going for Crono yellow or is to much poser like?

 

[firelighter44]

Hi all

How good is the Seat Leon Sat Nav, does it include postcode search?

Any comments on the sat nav unit would be greatly appreciated??

Imran

Hi
I recently aquired a 2010 Cupra R with factory fitted satnav. My dealer is unable to demonstrate the inputing of postal code destinations (??) and suggested going direct to Seat for an answer (???). This I have done but have yet to receive any acknowledgement or answer (????).
I have put in half of a postcode which it recognises but it will not take the full code !
I'll let you know if I get any further.

 

[GainfulShrimp]

I have put in half of a postcode which it recognises but it will not take the full code !

This is, unfortunately, as good as it gets. I'm not sure if they'll release a future firmware/update that gives full postcode support, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
On several occasions, I've found somebody has given me a full postcode and house number "for sat nav" and I then have to faff around on my iPhone looking up the street and area, so I can locate it on my MS2.1's navigation system.

Essentially, the MS2.1 sat nav is ok but no more than that (IMHO). If you're used to a TomTom, for instance, the factory fit sat nav feels like a big downgrade: no mass input of POIs, no full postcodes, no lane guidance, no HD traffic, etc, etc. On the plus-side, the actual guidance is reasonably good once you've eventually found out how to enter your destination properly and both 2D and 3D modes are quite pretty looking.
It's convenient not having to faff around with wires and mounts and stuff. Just a shame it's not up to the standard of a good dedicated sat nav unit...

However, the media facilities on the MS2.1 are very good - I use a 32GB SD card for my music and a 16GB USB flash for my comedy/spoken word - enough to keep me from needing to use CDs all the time. It works well, as does the Bluetooth streaming for audio from my iPhone.

 

[firelighter44]

Thanks for that.
It is a pity that Seat should 'short change' customers in this way and spoil a decent vehicle with a half hearted toy!

 

[fenman]

Thanks for that.
It is a pity that Seat should 'short change' customers in this way and spoil a decent vehicle with a half hearted toy!

To be fair to Seat they are just using what's in the VAG parts bin, and all of VAG systems are build for Europe/US with 5-digit postcodes. I don't think either RNS510 or RNS315 (MS2.1) have full postcode search in any VAG car.

 

[firelighter44]

Thanks for your input.
I still think that Seat should investigate their marketplace before putting their accessories into a vehicle. It makes buying a vehicle in the U.K. in the hands of a foreign manufacturer rather worrying if they can't satify the chosen market ?
Surely there are others with this system installed that are not happy with it.

 

[GainfulShrimp]

It's not perfact, but everything in life is a compromise, no? I would have preferred full postcode search but it doesn't spoil the car for me...

Overall, my Leon Ecomotive is the best car I've ever owned. There are niggles, but there are also features that you don't get on many other cars such as folding mirrors that can be folded with the remote. In terms of mod-cons, the Leon (with conv and tech packs) ticks almost all of the right boxes for me.

 

[firelighter44]

It's not perfact, but everything in life is a compromise, no? I would have preferred full postcode search but it doesn't spoil the car for me...

Overall, my Leon Ecomotive is the best car I've ever owned. There are niggles, but there are also features that you don't get on many other cars such as folding mirrors that can be folded with the remote. In terms of mod-cons, the Leon (with conv and tech packs) ticks almost all of the right boxes for me.

I agree it is a nice and responsive motor!
I just get sooooooo het up when the complete deal falls short. It was not a cheap deal to find toys in it that are not designed for this country so the additional cost of the sat nav was a waste of a lot of money as it is only good for other countries.
I'm ranting away again - I just hope that Seat have the decency to respond to my request!!!!

 

[GainfulShrimp]

It makes buying a vehicle in the U.K. in the hands of a foreign manufacturer rather worrying if they can't satify the chosen market ?

I don't understand this statement. We don't have any domestic car manufacturers - at least not for regular cars - so any car you buy will be from a "foreign manufacturer"!
And it's not surprising that they wouldn't want to install a special/different media system for the UK just because our postcodes are weird. I think you have unrealistic expectations really...

 

[GainfulShrimp]

It's not that the sat nav is only useful for other countries - it has a reasonable level of UK mapping and the actual guidance is good. The only niggle is the lack of full postcode support but my dad's Audi A8 doesn't have that either and that cost a small fortune relative to a Leon. Many built-in sat nav units from non-VAG makes have much worse niggles, trust me!

 

[firelighter44]

It's not that the sat nav is only useful for other countries - it has a reasonable level of UK mapping and the actual guidance is good. The only niggle is the lack of full postcode support but my dad's Audi A8 doesn't have that either and that cost a small fortune relative to a Leon. Many built-in sat nav units from non-VAG makes have much worse niggles, trust me!

It's a sad statye of affairs if, after sheeling out around £1500 for a satnav in the U.K. that the thing only half works! So you think I should be happy to accept this ?
Thats like buying a T.V. from Sony and finding you can only get Janapese programmes.

 

[fenman]

It's a sad statye of affairs if, after sheeling out around £1500 for a satnav in the U.K. that the thing only half works! So you think I should be happy to accept this ?
Thats like buying a T.V. from Sony and finding you can only get Janapese programmes.

I wouldn't call it half-works, the routing itself is good and the POI search actually works quite well, I used it today to find University of East Anglia for example and it took me there with no issues.

 

[M6TT F]

Friend of mine bought a brand new Audi S5 and paid £2200 for the factory nav system - he's frustrated by it and has ended up still using his tom tom stuck in the window

 

[firelighter44]

Thanks for your comments Fenman.
I would still call it inefficient. It doesn't direct you to a postcode address merely somewhere in that vicinity! The campus of the UofEA is big enough area to find but a house name in a long road is another matter.
My 'other' car is a two year old Jaguar ( also no longer manufactured in the U.K.) with factory fitted satnav. This accepts postcodes with no problems.

 

[HotHatchSteve]

I have the Seat Media System and while not being able to enter a full UK postcode is an inconvenience you can still enter the street and house number to get to your exact destination and not just thee general area.

 

[firelighter44]

Thanks for that Steve
This is fine if the address has a number and street name. Unfortunately a lot of the destinations I use are house names on untitled roads in rural areas so it is of little use but thanks again.

 

[Hugo Nebula]

Hi all

How good is the Seat Leon Sat Nav, does it include postcode search?

Any comments on the sat nav unit would be greatly appreciated??

Imran

Post code search? No.

I'm finding it a bit limited. It'll get you from A > B, but it only allows one stopover on the way. Most times it asks you to enter the country first, then the town, then the street. So unless you know the street address, you can't locate where you want to go (e.g., I know roughly where Ikea is, but I can't scroll the map to find a street name). It will do a Point Of Interest search, so I can type in, for example, Tesco (if I need a toilet soon), but that's fiddly on the move. That and I may pass a Sainsburys or an Asda on the way!

It doesn't give an overview of the route it's calculated, and you can't choose a different route before you start. It will recalculate the directions if you deviate, but if you want to avoid part of its chosen route, you have to know where you're going first.

It also suffers from sending you down inappropriate roads, and conversely ignoring perfectly good routes in favour of higher ranked roads. For example, last week I used it to navigate to a cycle trail in the Peak District. On the first part of the route it took me through urban roads when the motorway would have been quicker, then took me through a speed humped estate road in Macclesfield and up a very narrow twisty road to my destination. The A-road would have been much quicker and probably more economical. And yet it still insists on directing me along major A-roads in Manchester when there are better B- and lower classed roads to get me where I want.

In short, I wouldn't go out of my way to have one. I'd think of getting an alternative instead. This looks like a better option: http://www.kenwood.eu/products/car/multimedia/receivers/DNX520VBT/