3500 Sierra Denali navigation system

CoMoCo wrote:

ktmrfs wrote:

CoMoCo wrote:
I just picked up my 2015 Denali 3500 and am wondering if anyone has figured out a way to load routes that were set up on AAA Trip Tik or MapQuest into the GM Navigation system.

I have no plans to pay for OnStar so it is not an option.

Thanks!

AFAIK you don't need onstar for the nav system. you just won't be able to call onstar and have them download route directions or have them plan a route for you. You can still use the nav system for route directions using the Nav menu.

in fact, my nav system works just fine even in locations where the onstar link doesn't work because I'm to far out of ATT cell tower range. (quite a few places I go in the midwest/west BTW). All the nav system needs is a gps fix.


owners manual has a wealth of info on the nav system and goes into great detail on how to

(a) load mapquest directions into the nav system
(b) how to load your own POI's into the nav system
(c) format needed for gps coordinates for the nav system

my interpretation of the info in the manual is that mapquest is likely the only directions you can upload into the nav system.

Or, using the onstar android/apple app you can load a destination point into the nav system for turn by turn direcions.

I called the GM NAV / Intellilnk people as I couldn't find any information in the manuals on how to load MapQuest directions into the NAV system. They said it cannot be done as the NAV system does not have any "communication" with the outside world. I asked if I could use a USB drive to load directions - similar to adding points of interest - and they said no, can's be done. They only way is if you have an OnStar subscription (which I don't plan to pay for).