Posted by George on December 31, 2005, 3:13 pm
Press a button while in your driveway and the Navi system sends a signal
to the satellite. The satellite and the system now remembers the
coordinates of "Home."
If you ever get lost somewhere, just press "Home" and the bike will show
you the way home. : )
There also is something called the "Breadcrumbs" feature. It will show
white marks on the screen, backtracking your present trip, leading you
back to your beginning location. Remember Hansel and Gretel? : )
It also has a feature that saves your "Favorite Places" and can route
you to them anytime you call one up.
The map will colorize roads as to whether the are residential, freeways
or toll, etc.
There is a scale line for the map. The represented distance is shown
numerically above the scale. You can choose 13 different scale distances
between 200 feet and 500 miles.
Of course the Navi shows compass North.
There is a "Maneuver List" which places the next three turns of your
trip on your screen. They are in the same manner as the overhead green
signs on the expressways. A countdown bar (a pyramid of ten bars)
appears in the popup window when you are approaching a turn. The
initial display shows a single blue bar on the bottom with nine green
bars above it. As you approach a turn, the lowest green bar turns blue
in increments until all ten bars are blue as you reach the programmed
turn.
(I just added the above for kicks. It's only one of a ton of small but
neat and titillating touches on this Wing toy. : ) )
Of course, throughout all this you can also be getting vocal
instructions from the sexy female voice over your speakers. : )
Oh, yeah, if you go off route, the system automatically calculates how
to get you back on route. : )
It's called Automatic Re-Routing.
It has a hundred - or more, ways it can do things. I don't know if all
the McDonalds are in there, but it would be a simple matter to get a
list of them in the surrounding states and punch them in, or punch the
address of one in while on a trip through that area, letting the Navi
guide you to it.
It's stupendous and will take me quite while to get it all through my
thick skull. But it's - well, STUPENDOUS!
One more thing - it has nothing whatsoever to do with the Navi, but
rather with the sound system. The bike will automatically raise the
volume of the radio as the bike increase speed. I guess to compensate
for wind noise, etc.
Believe it?
Well, it has to stop raining sometime soon, and then I'm gonna have FUN!
Posted by sam on December 31, 2005, 5:21 pm
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:13:39 -0600, George@George.net.not wrote:
>It has a hundred - or more, ways it can do things. I don't know if all
>the McDonalds are in there, but it would be a simple matter to get a
>list of them in the surrounding states and punch them in, or punch the
>address of one in while on a trip through that area, letting the Navi
>guide you to it.
My wife - who has read more of the manual than I have, tells me that the
fast food places are in the database of the Navi. It can lead me right
to my fish filet sandwich with no problem. : )
Posted by George on December 31, 2005, 5:23 pm
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:21:10 -0600, sam@none.net wrote:
Make that ID read: George@George.net.not
Did it again! that's what happens when us paranoids carrying on a
conversation in more than one group at a time. : )
>On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:13:39 -0600, George@George.net.not wrote:
>>
>>It has a hundred - or more, ways it can do things. I don't know if all
>>the McDonalds are in there, but it would be a simple matter to get a
>>list of them in the surrounding states and punch them in, or punch the
>>address of one in while on a trip through that area, letting the Navi
>>guide you to it.
>My wife - who has read more of the manual than I have, tells me that the
>fast food places are in the database of the Navi. It can lead me right
>to my fish filet sandwich with no problem. : )
Posted by Jack Hunt on December 31, 2005, 9:24 pm
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:13:39 -0600, George@George.net.not wrote:
>Press a button while in your driveway and the Navi system sends a signal
>to the satellite.
No it doesn't. It's a one-way street and you don't send anything anywhere. And
it's not just one satellite, it's as many as 12 at a time. You have to have a
fix on at least three satellites before you can know your location. One
satellite won't tell you anything except the time of day.
>The satellite and the system now remembers the
>coordinates of "Home."
The satellite remembers nothing. Your GPS remembers your waypoint. Just like
every other GPS does. Can you set other waypoints or are you just limited to
"Home"? I can set 500 different ones.
I have waypoints saved for some great motorcycle spots in various parts of the
country and I don't mind sharing them here. If your GPS will let you pre-load
coordinates, I can give you the fix for things like Mt. Rushmore, Mt. Evans
(highest paved road in the US at 14,200'), Deals Gap, Four Corners, and hundreds
of others. If there's any interest we can share our waypoints here, I'm sure
there are other GPS users who would like to see them. I have locations set for
several Honda dealerships from Colorado to Miami and points in between.
>If you ever get lost somewhere, just press "Home" and the bike will show
>you the way home. : )
Just like every other auto-routing GPS.
>There also is something called the "Breadcrumbs" feature. It will show
>white marks on the screen, backtracking your present trip, leading you
>back to your beginning location. Remember Hansel and Gretel? : )
Just like every other... Do I really need to say it?
>It also has a feature that saves your "Favorite Places" and can route
>you to them anytime you call one up.
ibid.
>The map will colorize roads as to whether the are residential, freeways
>or toll, etc.
>There is a scale line for the map. The represented distance is shown
>numerically above the scale. You can choose 13 different scale distances
>between 200 feet and 500 miles.
>Of course the Navi shows compass North.
All that and more from any GPS on the market. But I have better scales, from 20
feet to 1500 miles. Does yours show elevation?
>There is a "Maneuver List" which places the next three turns of your
>trip on your screen. They are in the same manner as the overhead green
>signs on the expressways. A countdown bar (a pyramid of ten bars)
>appears in the popup window when you are approaching a turn. The
>initial display shows a single blue bar on the bottom with nine green
>bars above it. As you approach a turn, the lowest green bar turns blue
>in increments until all ten bars are blue as you reach the programmed
>turn.
This little feature sounds more dangerous than a stereo cell phone with a rotary
dial. While you're staring at the flickering turn bars on the screen, Bubba is
going to turn left in front of you because you didn't show up on his GPS. Then
you can try out the Gold Wing airbag.
>Oh, yeah, if you go off route, the system automatically calculates how
>to get you back on route. : )
>It's called Automatic Re-Routing.
Just like...
>It's stupendous and will take me quite while to get it all through my
>thick skull. But it's - well, STUPENDOUS!
Can you plug this stupendous into your home computer and see where you've been?
Can you plan a route on your computer and transfer it to your stupendous with
the click of a mouse? Can you print a map of where you've been or where you
want to go from this stupendous? Can you switch the stupendous from one vehicle
to another? And can you detach it and use it in your hand as you go walking
around some scenic area?
I can do all that and more with my plain little Garmin GPS, and it's less than
$300 ready to use. How much did the stupendous add to the price of the Wing?
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Posted by George on December 31, 2005, 10:22 pm
>On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:13:39 -0600, George@George.net.not wrote:
>>Press a button while in your driveway and the Navi system sends a signal
>>to the satellite.
>No it doesn't. It's a one-way street and you don't send anything anywhere. And
>it's not just one satellite, it's as many as 12 at a time. You have to have a
>fix on at least three satellites before you can know your location. One
>satellite won't tell you anything except the time of day.
Who the bleep cares whether it's one or 12 satellites? The group gets
the message
>>The satellite and the system now remembers the
>>coordinates of "Home."
No kidding? Gee I was wondering how that worked. Glad to have a genius
in the group.
>The satellite remembers nothing. Your GPS remembers your waypoint. Just like
>every other GPS does. Can you set other waypoints or are you just limited to
>"Home"? I can set 500 different ones.
I don't think any rider really gives a bleep as to *what* or *whom*
remembers the "waypoint."
>I have waypoints saved for some great motorcycle spots in various parts of the
>country and I don't mind sharing them here. If your GPS will let you pre-load
>coordinates, I can give you the fix for things like Mt. Rushmore, Mt. Evans
>(highest paved road in the US at 14,200'), Deals Gap, Four Corners, and hundreds
>of others. If there's any interest we can share our waypoints here, I'm sure
>there are other GPS users who would like to see them. I have locations set for
>several Honda dealerships from Colorado to Miami and points in between.
>>If you ever get lost somewhere, just press "Home" and the bike will show
>>you the way home. : )
>Just like every other auto-routing GPS.
>>There also is something called the "Breadcrumbs" feature. It will show
>>white marks on the screen, backtracking your present trip, leading you
>>back to your beginning location. Remember Hansel and Gretel? : )
>Just like every other... Do I really need to say it?
>>It also has a feature that saves your "Favorite Places" and can route
>>you to them anytime you call one up.
>ibid.
>>The map will colorize roads as to whether the are residential, freeways
>>or toll, etc.
>>
>>There is a scale line for the map. The represented distance is shown
>>numerically above the scale. You can choose 13 different scale distances
>>between 200 feet and 500 miles.
>>
>>Of course the Navi shows compass North.
>All that and more from any GPS on the market. But I have better scales, from 20
>feet to 1500 miles. Does yours show elevation?
>>There is a "Maneuver List" which places the next three turns of your
>>trip on your screen. They are in the same manner as the overhead green
>>signs on the expressways. A countdown bar (a pyramid of ten bars)
>>appears in the popup window when you are approaching a turn. The
>>initial display shows a single blue bar on the bottom with nine green
>>bars above it. As you approach a turn, the lowest green bar turns blue
>>in increments until all ten bars are blue as you reach the programmed
>>turn.
>This little feature sounds more dangerous than a stereo cell phone with a rotary
>dial. While you're staring at the flickering turn bars on the screen, Bubba is
>going to turn left in front of you because you didn't show up on his GPS. Then
>you can try out the Gold Wing airbag.
>>Oh, yeah, if you go off route, the system automatically calculates how
>>to get you back on route. : )
>>
>>It's called Automatic Re-Routing.
>Just like...
>>It's stupendous and will take me quite while to get it all through my
>>thick skull. But it's - well, STUPENDOUS!
>Can you plug this stupendous into your home computer and see where you've been?
>Can you plan a route on your computer and transfer it to your stupendous with
>the click of a mouse? Can you print a map of where you've been or where you
>want to go from this stupendous? Can you switch the stupendous from one vehicle
>to another? And can you detach it and use it in your hand as you go walking
>around some scenic area?
>I can do all that and more with my plain little Garmin GPS, and it's less than
>$300 ready to use. How much did the stupendous add to the price of the Wing?
Oh, I see. I wasted my money.
I have only two rides under my belt because of rainy weather. I did say
in a follow up post that I didn't read the manual. I guess you just like
making people out to be dumb fools.
You're a argumentative, condescending, arrogant, bleep.
Welcome to my kill file.
PLONK!
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>the McDonalds are in there, but it would be a simple matter to get a
>list of them in the surrounding states and punch them in, or punch the
>address of one in while on a trip through that area, letting the Navi
>guide you to it.