Discover Pro Sat Nav - ?

[GTDGeoff]

I'm thinking of speccing this and it's affordable for me.

Is it a much better system ?

Reliable ?

What does the 64 Gb SSD hard drive do ? Is that for storage of music ?

Thanks

[JakeF]

I'm taking delivery of my GTI with Discover Pro nav in it soon - from what I've read on various sites and this forum, it's more powerful and has a more responsive interface plus a higher resolution, larger screen. The SSD has I think ~10GB available for storage of content (music, video, etc.) by the user - the rest is system storage.

That said, it suffers from some weird crashes on some very specific areas - I think there's a slip road near Birmingham airport if I recall that causes the nav to lock up! But these are things that should get resolved by software and map updates in the future with any luck.

Depending on when you plan on ordering I can provide more detailed review once I've taken delivery 

[mcmaddy]

I've got the pro nav and never had any problems with it. Been in a car with the smaller screen in and the nav pro is so much better.

[Sootchucker]

I have the Nav Pro to. Is it worth the money, of course not, didn't stop me specifying it though 

It's a decent unit and the larger screen really finishes off the dash in my opinion, and it shows the detailed maps off to their best.

As to the SSD, it's mainly there for storing the maps which are huge (about 20gb), and contains 3d representations of major buildings in the big cities. Voice control (standard on the Nav Pro) is fairly well implemented as well. The remainder of the SSD space is available for music files, although to be honest, with 2 SD cards slots (both available at the same time for music files as the maps don't forget are on the SSD), DVD slot and an Ipod / USB connection, I really don't see me ever using the storage on the SSD for music.

Also, the NAV Pro has Gracenotes implementation which means if you insert a CD into the DVD slot, there is a very good chance that it's stored in the Gracenotes database and so rather than seeing "Track 1" "Track 2" etc, you actually get full artist and tracks names as well as cover art displaying on the screen. I've only so far had one CD which wasn't recognised.

I've added speed cameras as personal POI's to mine (which I don't think you can do on the smaller units ?), and whilst it doesn't give an audio "bong" when near, does provide a very clear visual representation of the cameras on a route.

All in all a decent unit, but it is certainly a bit too dear.

[marting]

Sootchucker, is there any chance you could give me instructions on how to load the speed cameras please?

[Sootchucker]

No problem bud. See this thread I did a while ago where I put up how to do it.

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=254044.msg2329966#msg2329966

[marting]

Great, thanks very much.  Ill get them loaded this weekend.

[Rossc0]

I test drove an 'R' with the pro sat nav unit in it. It's awesome.

Totally not worth the money but it's crystal clear, massive and has all the bells and whistles of technical spec of your car at any given time on the road. A very, very cool unit.

I'd be tempted to get it myself, but I'm trying to be smart with my money

[GTDGeoff]

With Discovery pro - is it possible while stationary to:-
1. View the internet ?
2. Watch stuff on BBCi player or Sky Go ?
I was thinking I could plug in my iphone
Thanks
(Waiting for GTD to arrive)

[Brenbo]

With the Nav Pro I have installed in my car, you cannot surf the internet, watch BBC iplayer, Sky Go etc.

You can:

1. watch video files, films etc, when stationary
2. with a rsap enabled Phone assign Google Maps to the Sat Nav and view text messages on the screen.
3. do all the usual setting up of the car options, use voice controls, play music, use the phone etc,.

A word of advice is to get the advanced telephone prep if you are intending to use a phone with the Sat Nav.  It will allow you to charge via USB.

I am unsure what is possible with the Mirror Link option, but I am led to believe this option will display your phone screen on the Sat Nav (or equivalent in car version). If this is true, then Mirror Link may be your answer to using Internet on the Nav Pro screen and doing the things you listed above.