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mccallions · 11-28-2009, 10:17 AM

I'm getting an xD and wondered if people were happy with the Navigation. My wife's car has an integrated Kenwood navigation/xm radio tuner/cd/ipod player. It's the top of the line Kenwood unit and has great reviews on line, but we all hate it! It has tons of tiny little buttons that are difficult to use while driving, you lose your navigation map any time you change stations or ipod songs. It's very difficult to use the audio functions while driving, especially at night.

I prefer the built in navigation systems where there are separate volume and station control buttons that are not part of the navigation, and of course since it's integrated into the car it has those convenient steering wheel controls for volume and stations.

It seems to me that the xD's nav is more like the aftermarket units: all of the audio and nav functions are in the single unit. Can anyone who's used it give an opinion?

11-28-2009, 10:17 AM	#1
mccallions Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Name: Jack Age: 63 Posts: 1	New xD-Navigation worth it? I'm getting an xD and wondered if people were happy with the Navigation. My wife's car has an integrated Kenwood navigation/xm radio tuner/cd/ipod player. It's the top of the line Kenwood unit and has great reviews on line, but we all hate it! It has tons of tiny little buttons that are difficult to use while driving, you lose your navigation map any time you change stations or ipod songs. It's very difficult to use the audio functions while driving, especially at night. I prefer the built in navigation systems where there are separate volume and station control buttons that are not part of the navigation, and of course since it's integrated into the car it has those convenient steering wheel controls for volume and stations. It seems to me that the xD's nav is more like the aftermarket units: all of the audio and nav functions are in the single unit. Can anyone who's used it give an opinion?