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Navigon 1.2 question.

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Vinny1967

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Jul 22, 2009
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I have just purchased Navigon MobileNavigator iPhone, and I am very pleased with it. I also have TomTom for iPhone but have had several issues with it, which is why I bought MobileNavigator.
So far MobileNavigator is by far the superior application.

There are two things however that I do need to do on a regular basis. However, I’m not sure if this is possible since there is no manual for MobileNavigator.

Point 1
I can navigate to a contact from the home screen, but if I decide to plan a route in advance from ‘More>Route>New Route>Specify Route Point’ I do NOT have the option to use a contact. Why is this?

Point 2
If I select ‘Show Map’ from the home screen, I really need the option of then locating an Address / POI / Contact. From there I then need to be able to set a destination from the map screen.

Can anyone help?
 
Found a work around for point 2:-
From the home screen, enter an Address / POI / Contact.
You’ll now have a mini-map with the option to start navigation – don’t start.
Now go back to the home screen and Show Map, the map will now be centred on the Address / POI / Contact you selected previously.
You can now Set destination at the bottom, and move the pushpin to any point you like.

On a side note I’ve also discovered what the Add Navilink button does.
From the home screen, select a Contact from your address book.
You’ll now have a mini-map with the option to start navigation.
Press the more button at the bottom and one of the options will be Add Navilink.
If you press this it adds a ‘Navigon home’ field to your contact within the address book, that if pressed will open the contact within Navigon.
 
Vinny1967 said:
Found a work around for point 2:-
From the home screen, enter an Address / POI / Contact.
You’ll now have a mini-map with the option to start navigation – don’t start.
Now go back to the home screen and Show Map, the map will now be centred on the Address / POI / Contact you selected previously.
You can now Set destination at the bottom, and move the pushpin to any point you like.

On a side note I’ve also discovered what the Add Navilink button does.
From the home screen, select a Contact from your address book.
You’ll now have a mini-map with the option to start navigation.
Press the more button at the bottom and one of the options will be Add Navilink.
If you press this it adds a ‘Navigon home’ field to your contact within the address book, that if pressed will open the contact within Navigon.
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Very nice finds! Yesterday, I was driving to someone's house from my contact list. Using Navigon to navigate via the contact's info, I saw the "Add NaviLink" button. I didn't know what it did, but I pressed it anyway just to see. I didn't really see anything happen, so I had no idea.

Good find to see the link added to my contact's info! I just tested it by opening the contact info and tapping on the Navigon link. Sure enough, it launched Navigon and brought me to the Navigon mini-map so I could start navigating to the contact's address. Sweet!!

The 1.2 release has taken a good product and really elevated it to the next level. Just need traffic, text route list, and route adjustments/road avoidance, and I'm set.

:cool:

--DotComCTO
 
Vinny1967 said:
Found a work around for point 2:-
From the home screen, enter an Address / POI / Contact.
You’ll now have a mini-map with the option to start navigation – don’t start.
Now go back to the home screen and Show Map, the map will now be centred on the Address / POI / Contact you selected previously.
You can now Set destination at the bottom, and move the pushpin to any point you like.
Click to expand...

I can't get this to work. When I go back to the home screen after entering an address and go to Show Map it shows the last place I was when using navigation, and not the address I entered.

THis is one of the most irritating bugs in an otherwise excellent app. Why can one not just adjust the pushpin in the Enter Address mini map? This is surely a basic feature in any navigation app?
 
Does Navigon always have the name of the road you are currently traveling on spelled out at the bottom of the screen? I know TomTom does this and Garmin does not.
 
BullittMustang said:
Does Navigon always have the name of the road you are currently traveling on spelled out at the bottom of the screen? I know TomTom does this and Garmin does not.
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Actually if you tap on it you can toggle between the road you're on and the next road you'll be turning onto. But yes it's always there.
 
sjdigital said:
I can't get this to work. When I go back to the home screen after entering an address and go to Show Map it shows the last place I was when using navigation, and not the address I entered.

THis is one of the most irritating bugs in an otherwise excellent app. Why can one not just adjust the pushpin in the Enter Address mini map? This is surely a basic feature in any navigation app?
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My mistake - seems to only work if you have no GPS signal. I was indoors when I wrote the work around. Tried this morning with GPS signal and Show Map does return to the current GPS position.
 
Vinny1967 said:
My mistake - seems to only work if you have no GPS signal. I was indoors when I wrote the work around. Tried this morning with GPS signal and Show Map does return to the current GPS position.
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Hmmm....now that is strange as I had no GPS signal when I was trying it! I'll check it out again this morning both with and without GPS.
 
Slightly off topic but how are you guys mounting the iPhone in the car? Blut-tac? Do you also just have a in-car charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter and keeps it charging?
 
covertsurfer said:
Slightly off topic but how are you guys mounting the iPhone in the car? Blut-tac? Do you also just have a in-car charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter and keeps it charging?
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I bought a mount off eBay for £5, and got a car charger as well. both are needed IMHO
 
covertsurfer said:
Slightly off topic but how are you guys mounting the iPhone in the car? Blut-tac? Do you also just have a in-car charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter and keeps it charging?
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Brodit Passive Holder and Proclip for mounting, Belkin Micro USB CLA for charging (uses standard Apple USB lead), and Motorola T505 for hands free and FM transmitting.
 
Just bought this on ebay - 170346902240

We'll see how it goes. Just hope it doesn't scratch my screen and that the charger work sufficiently.
 
Can I ask whether this does re-routing. For example it will give me a route but if I deviate thinking I know a better route will it try and recalculate a new route?
 
covertsurfer said:
Can I ask whether this does re-routing. For example it will give me a route but if I deviate thinking I know a better route will it try and recalculate a new route?
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Yes it does re-calculate the route if you deviate.
It also has an 'avoid roadblock' feature which I tested this morning, and it works well.

My morning runs to work seem to be nothing but GPS test runs recently.
 
Cool! Thanks.

Bit annoyed that my car's AUX-In doesn't work as it would be good to hear the SatNav/iPod through the speakers but nevermind.
 
Ok, just bought it and its downloading on the iPhone. Is it ok to let the phone go into standby? Will it continue its download in standby mode?
 
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