Winnebago Infortainment GPS unit
Hello all, I am wondering if anyone with a recent 2014-2016 Winnebago with the GPS Infotainment unit is also experiencing the following:
The microprocessor and memory in the GPS Infotainment unit appear to be significantly underpowered. The navigation function, when using the satellite radio, has incredible, unacceptable latency. The navigation function often freezes up or is about 5-10 minutes behind the actual location of the unit when listening to the Sirius/XM. Also, when recalculating a route, the unit seems unable to keep up with that task and running other functions (radio decoding, etc.)Also, the touchscreen function is painfully slow (even with the radio function off): to enter in a town or address takes several minutes as you punch in each letter. This is probably because the unit is searching its database as it goes, but, as noted, the processor/memory is too slow and too small, respectively, to keep up with the tasks being asked of it. Either the microprocessor cannot process the multiple threads fast enough, or the memory is insufficient to store data that is being swapped in and out. In this day and age of cheap processor power and memory, this is unacceptable. Considering the list price ($1,500) for that unit, Winnebago perhaps should consider replacing its dash electronics vendor. To continue the piling on (!), the sound from stereo was atrocious, so we added a behind dash Alpine 45 watt amplifier and replaced the door speakers with 6 inch coaxial Alpine speakers. The sound is not as bad, but is still pretty awful. The culprit is the speakers above the dash--it's as if they are mounted below a long narrow tube. The music sounds as if it is being delivered in a tunnel and by the time it exits, its dynamic range has been mashed to between 4,000 and 8,000 hertz. Even adjusting the tone controls (minimizing the mid range) does little to improve it. We may need to have Car Toys replace those also. I hesitated from having them do that as I did not want then to have to take down the accordion blinds fixture to access the dash speakers, Might need to rethink that. Perhaps the speaker problem is a Mercedes issue--I don't know if they or Winnebago are responsible. I recognize that Winnebago is using an industrial based vehicle platform for this coach, so I understand that the sound quality is not going to be similar to that of a Mercedes car, but the GPS latency is a significant problem that Winnebago may want to address with their electronics vendor. Thoughts, input (e.g., location of secret switch that fixes this :-) ) Thanks for listening to my "rant", Cheers! Mike era70x.com
The microprocessor and memory in the GPS Infotainment unit appear to be significantly underpowered. The navigation function, when using the satellite radio, has incredible, unacceptable latency. The navigation function often freezes up or is about 5-10 minutes behind the actual location of the unit when listening to the Sirius/XM. Also, when recalculating a route, the unit seems unable to keep up with that task and running other functions (radio decoding, etc.)Also, the touchscreen function is painfully slow (even with the radio function off): to enter in a town or address takes several minutes as you punch in each letter. This is probably because the unit is searching its database as it goes, but, as noted, the processor/memory is too slow and too small, respectively, to keep up with the tasks being asked of it. Either the microprocessor cannot process the multiple threads fast enough, or the memory is insufficient to store data that is being swapped in and out. In this day and age of cheap processor power and memory, this is unacceptable. Considering the list price ($1,500) for that unit, Winnebago perhaps should consider replacing its dash electronics vendor. To continue the piling on (!), the sound from stereo was atrocious, so we added a behind dash Alpine 45 watt amplifier and replaced the door speakers with 6 inch coaxial Alpine speakers. The sound is not as bad, but is still pretty awful. The culprit is the speakers above the dash--it's as if they are mounted below a long narrow tube. The music sounds as if it is being delivered in a tunnel and by the time it exits, its dynamic range has been mashed to between 4,000 and 8,000 hertz. Even adjusting the tone controls (minimizing the mid range) does little to improve it. We may need to have Car Toys replace those also. I hesitated from having them do that as I did not want then to have to take down the accordion blinds fixture to access the dash speakers, Might need to rethink that. Perhaps the speaker problem is a Mercedes issue--I don't know if they or Winnebago are responsible. I recognize that Winnebago is using an industrial based vehicle platform for this coach, so I understand that the sound quality is not going to be similar to that of a Mercedes car, but the GPS latency is a significant problem that Winnebago may want to address with their electronics vendor. Thoughts, input (e.g., location of secret switch that fixes this :-) ) Thanks for listening to my "rant", Cheers! Mike era70x.com
