I see that the Amundsen sat nav usually displays the the speed limit for the current road you are travelling on but can that be arrange to give a warning on the dashboard display. I'm used to this functionality on my Tomtom I used in my last car and would like it for this one.

TIA

Bob

Depending on the spec of your car it is possible to have either the TSR (Traffic Sign Recognition) mirrored to your maxidot and you can set an audible speed limit bong, this is not variable to the road speed limit though and relies on the limit you set it to.

Thanks. I don't have TSR but would really like the speed limit awareness that Amundsen map database has inbuilt to be linked to an audible warning.

 

Bob

If you have the Sat Nav displayed in Maxidot does the speed limit also display on the Maxidot

Not as far as I know. The maxidot only displays the direction instructions, lane assist etc.

 

Bob

This is something I'd like also. If I'm in doubt of the speed limit, I switch over to Nav and check (not always correct as I'm sure you are aware). As 9Fingers says, it's not followed over to the maxidot nav instructions. 

 

Some have had the TSR activated with VCDS, but this requires the High Beam assist camera (I think). Maybe it's not included on the Maxidot Nav Menu because this would negate the paid option of TSR and Skoda want your Money!

After using add-on GPS devices for years on cars and bikes I find built in-car satnavs very disappointing wrt the data they provide on a constant basis.

The big number one for me is always the speed display, which is in a heads up position when stuck to windscreen.

Other data such as time and distance to arrival plus the route functionality on something from Garmin or TomTom beats a built in unit hands down. Then there's route planning ahead of a trip and actual trip data to be played with after a trip.

And they're fundamentally flawed when you'd rather have radio/media displayed during a journey so the map is lost.

A gimmick rarely used by most drivers. We have a friend who didn't know her car was fitted with satnav till a year after acquiring it when a service chap told her the software had been updated. "What software?"

I see that the Amundsen sat nav usually displays the the speed limit for the current road you are travelling on

Don't trust that information!

 

It's part of the map database that isn't updated very frequently, on my commute to work the "speed limit" displayed is wrong for OVER 50% of the time - always HIGHER than the actual limit (showing 60 in a 40 limit, 40 in a 30 limit,30 in a 20 limit, etc.). So if you rely on that data to stay within the speed limit you'll be playing Russian Roulette with getting a NIP in the post.

Some have had the TSR activated with VCDS, but this requires the High Beam assist camera (I think).

Not the High Beam Assist camera, but the larger and more expensive Lane Assist Camera.

something like Here doesn't need to be attached to the screen and just gives a "bong" warning when you're over the limit by an amount you set in the software. I personally find it extremely useful - set it to bing at 5km/h over at 80km/h+ and 3km/h otherwise and you're good to go. 

 

here's maps are actually pretty up-to-date, the amundsen ones in the rental we had in the summer were awful. Never mind the routing...

 

 - Bret

here's maps are actually pretty up-to-date, the amundsen ones in the rental we had in the summer were awful. Never mind the routing...

Hmmmm... It took Here (under their previous name of Navteq) 5 YEARS to correct several map errors despite using their online page to inform them of the errors.