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Question about Civic EX Navigation
Hello,
I live in New England and for those of you who arent familar, we get alot of cloudy, rainy, foggy and snowy weather. My experience with satellite TV, Direct TV and XM Radio is that when it is anything but clear and sunny, the reception is not so good. My questions are about the GPS Navigation that is optional on the new Civic EX's. I have a few questions in case I consider this as an option, because we all know the salesmen probably won't know the answers. 1. How good is the reception with the GPS Navigation in adverse weather? 2. If there was a problem getting a GPS connection, could I still use the navigation to use the onboard maps to try and navigate my own position? 3. How are the maps updated in terms of new roads and detours etc? 4. Is NAV traffic included in the Civic GPS Navigation? Thanks, Al |
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In article <Xnv_h.7216$dy2.5452@trndny01>,
"alfred" > wrote: > 1. How good is the reception with the GPS Navigation in adverse weather? Last May I was in rainy southern England. One rainy day I drove in a friends YR 2000 Land Rover with built in GPS. It worked perfectly as he said it always has. > > 2. If there was a problem getting a GPS connection, could I still use the > navigation to use the onboard maps to try and navigate my own position? You would need the GPS working to determine your location. It may give you the map without a GPS signal, better check the specific GPS unit. > For the following you need to investigate the specific GPS device. > 3. How are the maps updated in terms of new roads and detours etc? > > 4. Is NAV traffic included in the Civic GPS Navigation? Personally I would not get a vehicle with a built in GPS, I will get a portable unit which I can take with me on trips to use in rental cars or even for hiking & walking. |
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> I live in New England and for those of you who arent familar, we get alot of
> cloudy, rainy, foggy and snowy weather. My experience with satellite TV, > Direct TV and XM Radio is that when it is anything but clear and sunny, the > reception is not so good. My questions are about the GPS Navigation that is > optional on the new Civic EX's. I have a few questions in case I consider > this as an option, because we all know the salesmen probably won't know the > answers. Bad weather, of any kind, will NOT affect XM. I can't speak to the others. Other things can affect it -- most notably obstructions such as certain types of trees, buildings, etc. But I've had XM since 2001 and bad weather has, not once, affected my XM reception. |
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> wrote in message
oups.com... >> I live in New England and for those of you who arent familar, we get alot >> of >> cloudy, rainy, foggy and snowy weather. My experience with satellite TV, >> Direct TV and XM Radio is that when it is anything but clear and sunny, >> the >> reception is not so good. My questions are about the GPS Navigation that >> is >> optional on the new Civic EX's. I have a few questions in case I consider >> this as an option, because we all know the salesmen probably won't know >> the >> answers. > > Bad weather, of any kind, will NOT affect XM. I can't speak to the > others. > > Other things can affect it -- most notably obstructions such as > certain types of trees, buildings, etc. But I've had XM since 2001 > and bad weather has, not once, affected my XM reception. Actually it depends on where you live. XM is a combination of satellite signal as well as terrestrial ground repeaters. If you live in an area with ground repeaters you should never lose signal. If you live where there are no repeaters you can lose signal in bad weather, dense tree cover and tunnels. |
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> Actually it depends on where you live. XM is a combination of satellite
> signal as well as terrestrial ground repeaters. If you live in an area with > ground repeaters you should never lose signal. If you live where there are > no repeaters you can lose signal in bad weather, dense tree cover and > tunnels. I'm sorry, but this is incorrect. Bad weather will NOT cause you to lose your XM signal. As to "dense tree cover", it depends on what kinds of trees are involved. Some cause no problem at all, while others can cause outages. But the point is that bad weather does not interfere with XM, regardless of whether you are in an area served by repeaters or not (in my area, there are no repeaters). Obviously, if you are stuck in a tunnel or under an overpass for more than a few seconds (the time-diversity element will cover you for about 4-5 secs), you often will lose signal. But never due to bad weather. |
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alfred > wrote:
> I live in New England and for those of you who arent familar, we get > alot of cloudy, rainy, foggy and snowy weather. My experience with > satellite TV, Direct TV and XM Radio is that when it is anything but > clear and sunny, the reception is not so good. My questions are about > the GPS Navigation that is DirecTV and XM are broadcast from geostationary satellites at the equator, so the farther north you get, the lower the angle, so I suppose you might have more trouble with that. I don't have any weather related problems with DirecTV or XM Radio. GPS uses several satellites and should be perfectly visible at latitudes well north of New England. -- Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5 |
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