Habe you used Waze? I like it in conjunction with phone GPS. Gave up on Nav in my 2005 E320.
Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 9:47 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Which is why they came up with Carplay and Android Auto about five years > ago. > I tried the AA thing with an inactive phone, made up a burner Goolag > account, downloaded a bunch of offline maps, and... > AA wouldn't let me type in an address, you're supposed to talk to it. > But you can't talk to it without an active data connection. > So the only way to enter a destination is to unhook it from the car and > type it. > > Oh, well, I found out I like Apple Maps slightly better anyway, but I do > wish Apple Maps would display the current speed like every other GPS I've > ever used. > > I should give some other maps a try on my offline Android phone. > Like Here We Go and TomTom. > > One oddity I noticed. > When I plug a phone in and enable Android Auto, it disconnects the car > from whatever I'm currently connected to, turns on the Bluetooth in the > phone I just cable connected, and establishes a BT link with the plugged in > phone. > Conversely, when I plug in my iPhone, it disconnects the iPhone from BT > and uses the cable instead. But I can't seem to make BT calls on the > Android when the iPhone is plugged in. > Mitch. > > > On November 15, 2019 at 8:19 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Which is why all that crap should be an easily replaceable ifon or > > samssinging fon. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
