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Terrible Toyota Car Software
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cloaked_wolf
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Completely agree that cars are LHD friendly. In the days when I had a Tomtom, I would fix it to the lower right edge of the windscreen. It meant that it didn't block the view of the road and that I could operate it using my right hand. It's been seven years or so of having a built-in satnav in my car and I'm much more adept at using my left hand to program it. That is, provided I'm navigating to a previously programmed address. Typing in a new address is much easier and safer with the car stationary.
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Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:15 pm |
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big_D
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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I can sort of see the handedness being a problem, although as a lefty, I have no problems with a LHD car... But why doesn't the job wheel make sense? Anti-clockwise on volume and tuning dials has always been "down the scale" and clockwise "up the scale", so anti-clockwise to go down the menu and clockwise to go up it makes sense to me... Volume, tuning and source have all been accessible on the steering wheel on my last 4 cars (2002 on), so I rarely use the controls on the radio - the only one I ever need is the menu for making a phone call, but that is way over on the right and difficult to reach on my Citroen C3. But I get your point and now understand where the problem lies.
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Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:51 am |
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big_D
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In the new Citroens, the USB socket is always on the passenger side (on LHD models), same with the cigar lighter socket - in fact in many of the bigger models, they are hidden away and are no accessible when driving, you have to physically reach under the passenger side of the dash to access them - on my C3 they are on the right hand side of the middle console.
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Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:57 am |
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big_D
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The last 2 cars I had with built in sat-nav actually blocked all data input (including setting addresses, other than the favourite list), when the vehicle was in motion. You could change the temperature on the touch screen and the radio station or audio source, but changing any settings or changing destination was blocked until the vehicle was stationary for safety reasons. I find that a very good idea, even if it is frustrating, when you have a passenger in the car, who could enter the new destination. That said, for the 2 times a year (on average) that I used the navigation, it wasn't that much of a problem.
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Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:00 am |
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davrosG5
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am Posts: 6954 Location: Peebo
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It can't be that hard to link the lock out to the passenger seat sensor - if there's someone in the passenger seat (and the airbag hasn't been deactivated indicating a child seat) then leave the settings accessible, otherwise lock it out while the vehicle is in motion.
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Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:12 am |
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cloaked_wolf
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It can be overridden. I know in the VW satnav system I have, the unit stops playing DVDs once you reach 10mph but there's software to upload to the satnav to circumvent this.
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Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:05 am |
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BigRedX
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Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:33 am Posts: 667
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Or you could just put something heavy on the passenger seat.
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Tue Mar 29, 2016 1:48 pm |
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cloaked_wolf
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In my car, that used to set off the alarm for passenger seatbelt. Very frustrating when you put your gym bag on the passenger seat. So I disabled the sensor.
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Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:19 pm |
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