RNS-315 satnav not fit for purpose?

[Henrylaw]

Passat B7 bought ex-demo earlier this year. Now in France; discovered that quite major towns not in the gazetteer and since it doesn't allow either lat/long entry or French postcodes you literally cannot navigate to an address in those towns. (Yes I do have many large French destinations so it's not that I don't have the mapping for France).

Not taking lat/long I was grudgingly putting up with (but what about the Scottish highlands where post code areas are huge?); the inability to set current position as a location so you could get back there was pretty serious; but not actually allowing you to navigate to reasonably sized places is Sale-of-Goods actionable, I reckon.

Anyone else share this view?

[ian.roger.smart]

It does make me wonder as my android app cost about £20 for world maps and can do lat/long. Why do car manufacturers charge so much?

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[M1tchy]

Just don't go to France, or Scotland, both are rubbish! [emoji3]

(This is a joke before anyone get upset. Well about Scotland anyway)


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[ian.roger.smart]

i found this, have yet to try it out on mine...
RNS 315 vCard HowTo (http://rns315.blogspot.co.uk)



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[Dr Ron]

I recently bought a Tiguan Match and I cannot believe how primitive this unit is. Way below the standard expected for a £30k+ car. Does anyone think that VW should be taken to task over this, eg a class-action. The unit is so far below expectations that I would expect that such a legal action could be successful. The exhaust scandal shows the scorn with which VW hold their customers and this is another example.

[bertj]

This might be of interest:

I bought a new b7 in 2011 and quickly found that the RNS-315 would only accept the first four digits of post codes which effectively made it useless. I made a lot of noise at the supplying dealer and they agreed that it was not 'fit for purpose' and eventually obtained some compensation from VW - this was £400 on a Marks & Spencer's gift card - my wife was delighted but I wasn't particularly impressed!

I bought a 2014 b7 six months ago and the only difference I could find in the satnav is that it now accepted six figure post codes. Today, I was trying to find a location in Widnes that I know has existed for at least 3 years, but the satnav wouldn't accept the last digit of the postcode. IMO the RNS-315 is total rubbish.

Anyway, I've been saving up my pennies and I'm replacing the b7 with a Merc. next week. Not on the same subject, but I'm also fed up with VW's disgraceful customer service and dealers, to say nothing of the emissions fiasco!