Sat Nav why oh why

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chimera40

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7,259 posts

183 months

Saturday 26th September 2009
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Aston Martin DB9 (facelift), so here I am with one of the most beautiful machines on the planet, power, beauty, sole and all that. A symphony in design perfection, sensuous lines, sleek and sexy. You sit in the drivers seat and you are enveloped in opulence, understated and oh so sexy. Blip the emotion control unit and the glorious sound of the V12 fills your senses,hit the little D button, touch the accelerator and she comes alive...

So lets program the Sat Nav and set out for our desired location, the little screen gently eases its way out of the dashboard, you then type in your location and hit start guidance, up pops the map showing you the route, you proceed to pull off, approaching the first corner...at this stage up pops herr grupen fuhrer..

shout AT ZEE BOTTOM OF ZEE ROAD TURN LEFT..TURNS ZEE LEFT NOW!...

Why oh why did Aston Martin of all companies choose a mad lesbian with a deeper voice than a gorilla with the horn for its Sat Nav. This women would put James Bond off sex for life.

Can someone please tell me there is way to change this.





Edited by chimera40 on Saturday 26th September 12:32

XXXAngelXXX

1,711 posts

234 months

Saturday 26th September 2009
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LOL that's so true..... best sat nav voice was on the DB7Vantage equipped with the Traffic Pro from Becker - had a really sexy voice on it wink *whistles* *on the next turn you will get a bj...... tongue out

oblio

5,452 posts

233 months

Saturday 26th September 2009
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chimera40 said:
Aston Martin DB9 (facelift), so here I am with one of the most beautiful machines on the planet, power, beauty, sole and all that. A symphony in design perfection, sensuous lines, sleek and sexy. You sit in the drivers seat and you are enveloped in opulence, understated and oh so sexy. Blip the emotion control unit and the glorious sound of the V12 fills your senses,hit the little D button, touch the accelerator and she comes alive...

So lets program the Sat Nav and set out for our desired location, the little screen gently eases its way out of the dashboard, you then type in your location and hit start guidance, up pops the map showing you the route, you proceed to pull off, approaching the first corner...at this stage up pops herr grupen fuhrer..

shout AT ZEE BOTTOM OF ZEE ROAD TURN LEFT..TURNS ZEE LEFT NOW!...

Why oh why did Aston Martin of all companies choose a mad lesbian with a deeper voice than a gorilla with the horn for its Sat Nav. This women would put James Bond off sex for life.

Can someone please tell me there is way to change this.





Edited by chimera40 on Saturday 26th September 12:32
...thats assuming you have your degree in quantum physics so you can programme the blessed thing! rolleyes

I ask you: half a post code!! rolleyes

Apologies if the newer model is better than the older one smile

whoami

13,154 posts

246 months

Saturday 26th September 2009
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oblio said:
Apologies if the newer model is better than the older one smile
Like the Bluetooth implementation, it's still crap.

Soul Reaver

499 posts

198 months

Sunday 27th September 2009
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My pet hate is when I zoom out all the roads dissapear ROFL. What a piece of fucking shit ehhh!

Edited by Soul Reaver on Sunday 27th September 18:23

AstonZagato

12,921 posts

216 months

Sunday 27th September 2009
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Two choices (both in settings):
1. Select the male voice - it is better (actually, I think that the "female" voice is the male one digitally altered - hence sounds decidedly unsexy)
2. Set the volume to zero - my preferred option. I seldom find I miss a turning as I pretty much always see when the display changes to indicate the next turn.

Gatso

227 posts

245 months

Sunday 27th September 2009
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AstonZagato said:
Two choices (both in settings):
1. Select the male voice - it is better (actually, I think that the "female" voice is the male one digitally altered - hence sounds decidedly unsexy)
2. Set the volume to zero - my preferred option. I seldom find I miss a turning as I pretty much always see when the display changes to indicate the next turn.
totally agree on point 2, thats what I do.

michael gould

5,692 posts

247 months

Monday 28th September 2009
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i just use my tomtom

Gatso

227 posts

245 months

Monday 28th September 2009
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nasty thing stuck on the winderscreen, just not Aston!vomit

michael gould

5,692 posts

247 months

Monday 28th September 2009
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Gatso said:
nasty thing stuck on the winderscreen, just not Aston!vomit
your right........... but as I probably need satnav in the Aston once every 27 years I suffer the indignity

JohnG1

3,485 posts

211 months

Monday 28th September 2009
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a retread of an old topic, just how crap is the Aston Martin SatNav....

Very. It's rubbish. I normally give my blackberry to my other half and get her to direct me using google maps rather than the rubbish AM satnav....

XXXAngelXXX

1,711 posts

234 months

Monday 28th September 2009
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its not really THAT BAD - i use it daily and its *OK* - i just don't like the voice of *Colonel Klink*


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHD_53UqBeA

chimera40

Original Poster:

7,259 posts

183 months

Monday 28th September 2009
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XXXAngelXXX said:
its not really THAT BAD - i use it daily and its *OK* - i just don't like the voice of *Colonel Klink*


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHD_53UqBeA
^^^me thinks this as well, sat nav is useable and gets you there, just the bloody voice.

Jay_Davis

273 posts

184 months

Monday 28th September 2009
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XXXAngelXXX said:
its not really THAT BAD - i use it daily and its *OK* - i just don't like the voice of *Colonel Klink*


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHD_53UqBeA
You realize that there are people that payed extra to hear Colonel Klink on their TomTom?

I'd prefer Sergeant Shultz anyway. That way when you ask it which way to go it can say "I know no-thing!".

XXXAngelXXX

1,711 posts

234 months

Tuesday 29th September 2009
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laughlaughlaugh

Neil1300R

5,494 posts

184 months

Tuesday 29th September 2009
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Gatso said:
nasty thing stuck on the winderscreen, just not Aston! vomit
your right........... but as I probably need satnav in the Aston once every 27 years I suffer the indignity

You don't stick the TomTom on the windscreen. You put the Aston sat nav screen up, turn the sound off and stick the TomTom to the Aston satnav screen. Then its at the right height, and not blocknig the windscreen

Ooh and you get a decent Satnav where the Satnav should be biggrin

Gatso

227 posts

245 months

Tuesday 29th September 2009
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Neil1300R said:
Gatso said:
nasty thing stuck on the winderscreen, just not Aston! vomit
your right........... but as I probably need satnav in the Aston once every 27 years I suffer the indignity

You don't stick the TomTom on the windscreen. You put the Aston sat nav screen up, turn the sound off and stick the TomTom to the Aston satnav screen. Then its at the right height, and not blocknig the windscreen

Ooh and you get a decent Satnav where the Satnav should be biggrin
bet that looks awesome!biggrin

Aston Annie

309 posts

182 months

Tuesday 29th September 2009
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I bet it looks better than my pink post it notes with directions on, stuck all over the dash!laugh

Neil1300R

5,494 posts

184 months

Tuesday 29th September 2009
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I bet it looks better than my pink post it notes with directions on, stuck all over the dash! laugh

Women and maps / satnav - just say NO!

pistonlager

710 posts

200 months

Wednesday 30th September 2009
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Satnavs are a useless gimmick

I call them ttnavs, toys for the ladies,

The screens are far too small, besides you can get to within at least 500 yards of a destination using road signs.
A decent A5 road atlas is a far superior option with quick and easy referencing.

Men are hunter gatherers, we don't get lost.