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Issues with 2008 Camry nav system

I'm going to post my gripes here and hope I'm doing something wrong and someone will happily, snidely tell me what to do to get things to work:

1). No turn-by-turn voice. This is the biggest issue since it's safety related. It requires you to watch the screen constantly which is an obvious danger. I do have the two voice options turned on and from the time it tells me to get to the highlighted route until I actually get to my destination, the system is silent.

2). No auto recalculation. I have other nav systems in other cars and if I deviate from the listed route, it will automatically recalculate my new route. This system just ignores any changes. If a road is closed or there is a detour it won't take that into account once I'm off the road.

3). Voice recognition is poor. When driving I can only use the voice activation to get an address listed, but the voice recognition is poor to terrible. As a test it took me 30 mins to get an address in. I actually was at the address by time it took it and even then told me that address didn't exist, and I was sitting in the parking lot.

4). Address database is substandard. Of the dozen or so times I've tried to use the system, it's found the address only once.

5). The menu system and path to follow to do anything is anything but intuitive. This has to be the most confusing set of menus and options I have ever seen.

I have a 2003 Acura MDX and I have yet to open the book on it's nav system and both my wife and I have never had any real trouble figuring out how to make it work. We also had a 2001 Lexus and it's nav system was on the same par as the Acura's, easy to use and accurate. I also have a Garmen and while much smaller, is still easy to use.

Can anyone address or suggest what to do about any of the above items?

Thanks in advance and sorry for such a long post.

Reply to
Bob Tucker
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Reply to
BigJim

Sounds like Toyota's gone to the lowest bidder for the new year.

  1. Take it back to the dealer and have them check it out. You should always do this when the car is under warranty, even just to have the problems documented in case a TSB (technical service bulletin) shows up after your warranty expires. Show the service writer the problem to help avoid getting "this is normal" crap.

  1. It may still be a Fujitsu-Ten unit. Fujitsu-Ten (or its Eclipse aftermarket brand) is not the company you want for audio, video or nav. But there is no choice.

In the US Garmin with their NavTeq map is excellent. (In Europe maybe the Tele Atlas map and TomTom?) My old Garmin Nuvi 350 works great. The Sirf III antenna is fast and accurate.

Reply to
johngdole

I have a 2007 Camry hybrid and nav gives me turn by turn voice commands as automatically recalculates if I take a different route. Assuming the nav unit in your 08 and my 07 are the same, you need to check with the dealer if it is not working. If may also be in a setting in your setup options for the nav unit.

I'll also note the menus are not good. Worse part is you can't set destinations or use other features while the vehicle is moving! If I'd known that was the case I'd have stuck with my Garmin Street Pilot 550.

John

Reply to
JEB

vehicle is moving!

The nav system has a handsfree voice guidance system (toyota.com). No need to stop the car.

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EdV

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