Ford Nav Voice turn by turn
Im looking at a used 2013 F-150 and it says it has the voice turn by turn Nav, can anybody tell me if this is useless or not? The salesman acts like it has Nav but Im not sure what to make of it. Ive ...
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I have a 2013 Ford Escape with the MyTouch SYNC system. You have to subscribe to the sync system for $60/year. The navigation works fine. A little area on the screen shows your next turn (i.e., left or right arrow). There is no map. We have found it satisfactory, and for the price, I figure I would be buying a new GPS every three years, so it's about a wash. There are some quirks that you can work around.
1) You need a smart phone, because the SYNC system calls in and you talk to the computer to tell it where you want to go.
2) There is an app for the smart phone that you can program in advance. It will put in a planned destination on the SYNC center computer, so you don't have to go through the whole business of entering an address while in the car. You just say the name of the programmed destination, e.g., "Bob's house."
3) The SYNC system then downloads the directions to the computer in your car and ends the call.
4) If you go off the planned route, it asks if you want to continue on the route. If so, it will pick up the directions when you intersect the planned route again. If not, it will either shut down or reroute you to your direction, using another call on your phone to download new directions.
It is more cumbersome than a GPS, but it gets the job done. The directions are, for the most part, pretty accurate, but always carry a hard copy map when using GPS directions from any source! (JMHO)
1) You need a smart phone, because the SYNC system calls in and you talk to the computer to tell it where you want to go.
2) There is an app for the smart phone that you can program in advance. It will put in a planned destination on the SYNC center computer, so you don't have to go through the whole business of entering an address while in the car. You just say the name of the programmed destination, e.g., "Bob's house."
3) The SYNC system then downloads the directions to the computer in your car and ends the call.
4) If you go off the planned route, it asks if you want to continue on the route. If so, it will pick up the directions when you intersect the planned route again. If not, it will either shut down or reroute you to your direction, using another call on your phone to download new directions.
It is more cumbersome than a GPS, but it gets the job done. The directions are, for the most part, pretty accurate, but always carry a hard copy map when using GPS directions from any source! (JMHO)
