Updated my 2007 Command: Tons of more options!!

[LGV]

Originally Posted by Paul-in-FL

I noticed that when trying to input a street number, if the database does not contain the specific address, then all you can do is navigate to the street... oh well.

I haven't run across this limitation (yet), but one workaround is to navigate to an intersection location.

[Diesel Benz]

Originally Posted by Paul-in-FL

I noticed that when trying to input a street number, if the database does not contain the specific address, then all you can do is navigate to the street... oh well. Maybe MB should release DVD's by region of the US (East/West?) so that more street numbers are available.

Do you actually mean you cannot enter the street number at all or select a street number range from the list? The data does not cover individual house numbers per street but you should always be able to select a narrowed down range, you would see the destination once you are in within the range.

[bestshipment]

I did that about a year ago on my S550, The Navigation was updated and BIRD'S EYE VIEW was added, it's VERY nice.

[b757236]

How can I tell if this would work for my 2007 GL320 CDI US version? The nav is so bad we hardly use it! Please help!

[Diesel Benz]

Originally Posted by b757236

How can I tell if this would work for my 2007 GL320 CDI US version? The nav is so bad we hardly use it! Please help!

I don't find the W221 updates making the Navigation feature too much different from what it was. I personally do not see the bird's eye view very useful or an improvement, more like a nice to have option you can show off with.

A practical improvement is the availability of ETA at the main screen, if so programmed. The info was there previously too but one had to look at it from a menu. This should be available for older Navi units too, like the W211 or W220 DVD based Comand APS. I'm not familiar with the GL though.

The W211 Navigation units get a lot of complaints too but I personally feel it is more of the way it should be used, it may not always be so logical. Plus it seems a fact that the maps content is surprisingly poor on those, a lot worse than Navteq could supply (this is for the US, I believe the Euro maps from the American company are perfect). I'm just guessing the GL would be similar to the W211/W220 while the W221 is a different generation device with hard drive memory etc. etc. W204 would be similar to W221 (with a few more improvements) and W211 and several other models just very recently got the W204 kind of a navi unit.

Perhaps you should look after the possibility to update the Navigation unit to a the very latest one, if GL already got the new device.