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Sat-Nav Plus Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:06 pm
by ChrisRS6
Apologies if this has already been covered, but as a new owner, I have a couple of questions about the Sat-Nav plus fitted in my RS6.

I tried (and failed :oops: ) over the weekend to set my sat-nav to find a postcode beginning OX26_[blank, blank, blank]

It gave me the option of going to OX2_6[blank, blank] but OX26_[blank, blank, blank] didn't seem to exist. :?

I thought I could omit the postcode and just use the town and street name to find my destination...

I knew the town name, and street name which I entered into the guidance setup (the system recognised both), but then it went back to the postcode prompt automatically before I could start the guidance :x .

I was unable to figure out how to start the guidance without entering a postcode :oops: .

Do I just need to find an up-to-date sat-nav disc with a current database of postcodes, so it recognises OX26_[blank, blank, blank] or is this down to 'user error'???

RE: Sat-Nav Plus Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:57 pm
by bam_bam
Driver error. You can't enter full postcode, once you've entered OX2_6 you then have to enter the street and house number after that (if known). If you don't know the postcode you just enter the Town/City into the postcode area. Do you have a D or an E SatNav - the E has a single 'large knob' on the right-hand side, the D has two equal sized knobs on either side of the screen?

RE: Sat-Nav Plus Questions

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:08 pm
by andyt
Are you really asking the OP whether he has a "large knob"? :-o

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:58 pm
by ChrisRS6
Thanks bam bam!

I have two equally-sized knobs. I guess that makes mine a D then :wink:

I did try to just use the Town and Street Name combo, but the menu then jumped back to postcode entry which I couldn't figure out how to skip!

I also think that OX26_ is somewhere completely different to OX2_ and OX26_ didn't seem to exist!

I think I'll have to take the instruction manual with me and sit in the car on driveway for a few minutes while I figure it out properly!

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:00 pm
by DAylward
just use TomTom much better and easier to use than these built in ones :)

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:18 pm
by ChrisRS6
Yeah - have got a TomTom, but the built-in system is there to be used, comes up with decent voice guidance (as long as you've programmed in the correct destination :lol: )

I wanted to leave behind the world of sticky marks on your window and a power cable draped over the dash now I've upgraded to the RS6.

Might have to carry the TomTom as a backup until I learn how to use the on-board one :lol:

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:04 pm
by bam_bam
ChrisRS6 wrote:I have two equally-sized knobs.
Freak! How are they held togther? I'd recommend duct tapping them togther when it comes time to empty your d*ck(s), it'd cause hellova otherwise.
Good luck with that...

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:33 pm
by Daveperc
Sounds like you may have an old disc which hasn't got OX26 on it

Dave

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:47 pm
by bam_bam
Haha, the Pre-Saxon times version, pressed onto a slate disc.

"At thy next cross-roads, point thy stead toward your sinister-hand, thy quest endith on thy sword-hand side, 3 dwellings shy of an arrow's flight"

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:00 pm
by HYFR
LOL

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:19 pm
by drybeer
Just as an aside - the RNS-D and RNS-E only do 5 digit postcode.

i.e. OX2_6 or OX26.

This is because every other market the cars is sold in only has a 5 digit postcode.

Due to the "unique" way our country is organised we have a 7 digit...

The new A8 with MMI touch has 7 digit at last!

A bit annoying but you soon just work around it,

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:37 pm
by philroach
rns-e is the way to go , with an up to date disc of course

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:37 pm
by HYFR
+1

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:54 pm
by drybeer
+2

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:20 am
by ChrisRS6
rns-e is the way to go , with an up to date disc of course
...that would be another option I suppose, but after the purchase, my 'backup' budget is for servicing and repairs and not sure that a sat-nav system upgrade counts!

Saving the cash for tyres, discs and pads... that sort of thing!