On 12/8/03 10:54 PM, in article r8latvka7n710kgbq7p7t5pkegbvn1i6s8@4ax.com,
"Dick" <rhughes33@cableone.net> wrote:

> Has anyone seen anything about an update to the Navi System DVD for
> the Accord? The last one I saw was dated about 3 years old. The
> Honda website, when you can even access it, doesn't even show one for
> an Accord anymore.
>
> Dick


There was a new one just released for the Acuras (I have a 2000 TL). The
links on the Acura web site were not updated and linked directly to the old
release. I found the new one by following the link to the Alpine site and
then hand-hacking the URL to the parent directory. Following the prompts
down from there got me to the new release.

I just tried it again now and the link to Alpine itself is broken ("cannot
contact server"). If the Honda site is similarly broken, I guess you will
have to wait. There is no link on the Alpine main page to get to the OEM
systems.

Main differences are: 1) The speaking voice is now deeper, 2) the database
format is somehow different and once you install it, you can't go back to
the old version, & 3) they have filled in missing streets in many previously
unmapped areas with "unverified" streets and roads.

Main complaint: The unverified stuff is great and solves a lot of mapping
problems, but when the car enters an unverified area, a big warning pop-up
appears that obliterates the screen and you can't get rid if it until it
finishes talking about it for several seconds. It already has warned you
when you picked the route that it would be going into unverified areas, so
the warning is redundant. The pop-up is a really bad idea, because it
forces you to acknowledge it while driving in order to see the map again,
but it won't let you get rid of it until it has also talked about it for
several seconds, which is an irritating distraction and potentially
dangerous.