Thanks for the reply. Just got home from a trip. I guess I will go
down to the Honda dealer and see what they know, and look at one of
the 2004's to see if I see the same thing you describe.

Dick

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:31:57 GMT, "E. Meyer" <e.meyerNOSPAM@ieee.org>
wrote:

>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.