V3 Maps available this week

[Maverick]

You left out, " Go buy a Corolla!"

Their satnav is too expensive plus I think you're forced to buy the top of line variant!

[Ozram]

Disappointed there's no voice command function. That was the one feature I'd hoped they would include. Don't think I'll bother.

[G-rig]

Re: V3 Maps available this week

Disappointed there's no voice command function. That was the one feature I'd hoped they would include. Don't think I'll bother.

Most voice recognition stuff is annoying anyway why can't you type it in or use recent destinations?

[mickofoz]

Maybe they should investigate the price of the Audi Sat Nav at $5500? What about the wheel upgrade @ $1200? Leather Seats at $3300, I could buy a herd of cows for that, skin them and sew them to my seat and have dinner for the rest of the year! Whilst we're at it what about the price of a Ferrari (after all it's just a car with 4 wheels).

No-one is forcing you to buy it, if you don't like the price buy something else. It's a free market and you're free to buy the car of your choosing with the options you choose, you do however have to pay the price that they set for them.

No need to lecture me Maverick like I'm some sort of school boy and your're the headmaster. After all, like you said, it's a free country and I can voice my opinion. If you don't like it, tough!

[Ozram]

Most voice recognition stuff is annoying anyway why can't you type it in or use recent destinations?

You don't have to take your hands off the wheel nor your eyes off the road to speak

[G-rig]

You don't have to take your hands off the wheel nor your eyes off the road to speak

Which units do that anyway?

Never understood voice commands if your music and/or road noise is louder anyway.

[Ozram]

Installed a microphone myself and upgraded the firmware on my RNS510 to do it. Just push the mute button on the steering wheel and talk. See Mav's site Volkswagen RNS 510 Microphone Connection for voice control | my-gti.com

[Tux]

Their satnav is too expensive plus I think you're forced to buy the top of line variant!

So Maverick has a sense of humour after all? Nice.

[Jetta5]

How about Text to speech for street names etc?

Does it have Text to Speech?

[ConR]

Does it have Text to Speech?

nope...I'm writing nope twice as I have to enter at least 10 characters to post

[Stoney!]

I would like to know why we are paying upward of $600 for something thats below par in terms of technology (no safety camera warnings, no text to speech, both of which my nokia phone offers for free, and also no destination voice input) But most of all this.

Whereis® Version 16 (Aust) map data includes:

Road data current to the 2008 UBD releases

What an absolute joke! We are overpaying to upgrade to not only an outdated software system, but also outdated maps!

Stoney!

[mickofoz]

Wrong forum to complain about this. Most members including some mods think it is an absolute bargain and we should quietly accept the price and not stir the pot. That way VW can charge even more next time because no one is complaining.

[G-rig]

The good thing is you don't have to buy it if you don't like it. The improvements over V2 would be fairly minor anyway.

If the maps were priced around 200-300 more people would be tempted to buy them however Australia is fairly behind with most things so will take a few years..

[Corey_R]

I think that the prices are a step in the right direction (the V2 maps were much more expensive), but still ridiculous. It's also ridiculous that the maps are so out of date and the features of the maps and comprehensiveness of the maps appears to be quite lacking compared to the maps which the portable units gets. There definitely is a double standard in Australia - it's not just VW's problem but all the car manufacturer's problem....

[Maverick]

I would like to know why we are paying upward of $600 for something thats below par in terms of technology (no safety camera warnings, no text to speech, both of which my nokia phone offers for free, and also no destination voice input) But most of all this.

Whereis® Version 16 (Aust) map data includes:

Road data current to the 2008 UBD releases

What an absolute joke! We are overpaying to upgrade to not only an outdated software system, but also outdated maps!

Why don't you edit it back a bit further so it shows

Whereis® Version 16 (Aust) map data includes:

Road data current to the 2001 UBD releases

And you can really go off about how outrageous it is that we're getting 2001 maps!

Or you could post the real information which is

Whereis® Version 16 (Aust) map data includes:

Road data current to the 2009 UBD releases
99% coverage of the Australian population
Improved rural road coverage providing improved navigation to rural addresses
More than 13,000 km of new roads
Over 610,000 points of interest including:
More than 7,900 banks and ATMs
More than 6,700 petrol stations
More than 14,000 hotels and motels
More than 30,000 restaurants
Major new roads including:
Eastlink, Pakenham Bypass, Dandenong Southern Bypass, Deer Park Bypass in VIC.
Lane Cove Tunnel, Tugun Bypass, Albury Wodonga Bypass in NSW.
D’aguilar Highway Exit, Caloundra - Mooloolaba Road in QLD.