Sounds

Hello.

With all the glitches and apparent issues with the infotainment center, do you ever wish the 2019 RDX had a "touch screen" instead of the current touchpad based system?

Thanks.

catbert430

MarineOne

No, the TTP is very easy to use.

Sounds

Thank you.

Sure, I realize that. I didn't mean "literally" wish.

catbert430

Yotrek

Rather than thinking I wish this and that, I personally just enjoy the car..no point at this time..

MI-RDX

I had reservations about the touch pad when first reading about it when the RDX was announced. In only a few minutes of use any concerns I had were long gone and I wouldn't have it any other way. Just think of the touch pad as a 'remote touch screen' and it's just as intuitive as a direct touch screen - without finger smudges.

I do find the 'handwriting' feature to be marginal at best (that could just be me) but have no problems with the virtual keyboard when voice recognition doesn't do what I want, which is infrequent.

Sounds

Thanks, I appreciate your feedback. The touch pad scares me (for lack of a better term). It just seems so much easier (to me) to actually touch and swipe on a screen. (not to mention the many negative reviews I've seen about this touch pad.)

catbert430

MI-RDX

From 'reviewers' who jumped into the vehicle and played with it for 15 seconds or so and were dismayed and aghast that it was not immediately intuitive so therefore it must be bad and should work like the touch pad in the Lexus which they also decried as terrible because it wasn't easy to use.

zroger73

Touch screens are great for tablets and smart phones.

They're terrible for moving automobiles.

I, too, wasn't sure I'd like Acura's True Touchpad Interface after having driven some Lexus models with a touchpad, but now that I've had my RDX for a few months, I never want another touch screen.

The plethora of infotainment system bugs in both D 1.0.4 and D 1.0.7 aside, I think Acura's TTI just set a new interface standard. I love it.

Sounds

Really? Okay, thank you. That helps.

Don't get me started on THIS concern...

justnspace

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Meto

The benefit of this system is that your screen is not covered by finger smudges... (Except when my wife keeps touching the screen after I have told her at least 5 times that it isn't one)

Sounds

thoiboi

no

MI-RDX

Too funny. I have the opposite situation.

My '14 Cadillac SRX had a proximity sensor where just getting close to the screen would cause the system to react. It seemed like every time she had a question she would point and the system would do 'something'. She got so anxious about breaking something that she wouldn't get her hands within 6 inches of the screen - kept finger prints to a minimum.

That was 2 cars ago and she's still hesitant about getting her hands anywhere near the screen.

Colin Whooten

bluntman72

Maybe if Acura added some haptic feedback to the touchpad, maybe, but wanting a touchscreen, no.

kboo74656

Love the True Touchpad, hope this becomes the standard. Keep the touch screens on phones. Its soo much easier to use when driving and I never have to look at it to use it and it's in a natural position for your hand in the vehicle.

DHood

I really like the True Touchpad. I feel that I can operate it without looking at the Touch Pad and therefore my eyes can see the road due to the position of the Screen, no reaching over to touch the screen.

gtssenior

I don't think you can correlate the current infotainment glitches and issues with the design of the touchpad. I think the issues are predominately software bugs which hopefully will be corrected soon and not the touchpad hardware itself. In fact I wished CarPlay using it worked the same way as the native infotainment system.

Njbrandon

The Rdx touchpad is a million times better than trying to scroll a cursor while driving in my old Lexus NX. Although I do like that Bmw gives you the choice of touch pad and touch screen.

spinedoc777

I like it, it's much better than leaning forward and trying to aim your finger at a touchscreen while driving. Some stuff is quirky though, like some menus where you expect to hit the right upper side but really have to hit the upper middle. Some stuff is impossible, like scrolling the map screen on Waze during carplay. But otherwise it works well, and I'm surprised it works well with most carplay stuff also.

TheLevelOne

Once I setup the screen layout the way I wanted, navigating the touch pad does not usually require any visual input as intended. I put the the most used apps in each corner and now it's second nature. I have a touchscreen in our C-RV and both my wife and I agree the touch pad is preferred, that is except for nav entry.

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spinedoc777

For text entry I'm really really digging the way you can just write letters, much better then any touchscreen keyboard. Pretty accurate as well.

anoop

The 2021 Q5 has gotten rid of the MMI knob and only offers a touchscreen.
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Acure4RDX

I M not complaining but when inputting text I M surprised that it cannot be done via voice activation. (just like inputting an address in Navigation --- 123 Madison Avenue, New York, New York)

JB in AZ

It can with Android Auto, (and presumably with Car Play)

JB in AZ

After owning my 19 RDX for 18 months, I will give you my honest answer. I am used to it, and can operate most functions with ease. Given a choice now, I would prefer a touch screen. And I would rather have the space that the touch pad takes be changed to a wireless charger.

Considering how we all are so used to our smart phone's touch screens, I think a touch screen takes no learning, and (in my opinion) I seriously doubt that the setup Acura is using here, and on future vehicles, really serves the stated purpose of keeping the drivers eyes on the road significantly longer than a touch screen.

4th Acura

I’ve had my 2020 RDX for a week. I find the touch pad system easy to use. I find the system logical, reliable and easy to become accustomed too. I’ve driven cars with touch screens and have found them easy to get tunnel vision with. I just imagine my index finger is the mouse and everything sorts itself out.

itsardx

No.
It is easy to use the true touch system. I can use it without looking down. Also, not having fingerprints all over the screen is great, one less thing to clean.
It does make it hard for passenger to operate, I consider that a plus.

dblwishbone

I tend to think that Acura should offer both a touchscreen and the TTI, just as BMW does in their current iDrive. Both CarPlay and Android Auto are built around the presumption of multi-touch screen capability for a great deal of their functionality. The primary obstacle which delayed the arrival of Android Auto on the TTI system was the inability to adapt the interface to work natively with Android Auto, despite the system itself being based on Android 5.1.1.

Madd Dog

I wish a bit more can be done with voice. But what can be done, is done pretty well.

jeffcarp94

I really don't want to touch screen in the position that it is located in the RDX because it is too far away to operate in a normal driving position. As voice recognition has improved, I now much prefer being able to operate the system while staying in a comfortable driving position. The touchpad in combination with voice and the HUD controls allows me to do that without a touch screen.

anoop

If they were going to offer a touch screen they would definitely bring it in closer. The current MDX, NSX, and all current Hondas (at least the ones I have looked at) are all that way.

Jordster

Touching a screen requires hand eye coordination even after you’re familiar with the interface. Compared to the true touch or something like BMW iDrive, a touch screen requires considerably more brain power to operate.

The touch screen on the Accord is up near the windshield so at least you don’t have to take your eyes far off the road. In some vehicles, like pickup trucks, it’s way out of sight and your eyes have to be way off the road for significant time to operate basic functions.

Touch screens should honestly be illegal. There are just so many better ways.

MP in NC

I bought my 2020 RDX a week ago. At first I was frustrated with the touch pad, but now I've gotten used to it. However, being left-handed, I don't think I'll be comfortable writing the letters. I'll use the voice command more often.

anoop

IME the voice command recognition is a joke, literally. I end up getting directions computed to completely irrelevant destinations (keeps the CPU busy) and then trying to cancel it and repeat myself. After 3 or 4 attempts, which are usually quite humorous if I'm not in a hurry, I usually just pull my phone out and use that.

Jordster

I can't imagine using anything other than Google Maps via carplay to use voice directions. Literally everything else, including waze, gets destinations wrong more often than right.

In general, I think after 2 weeks in the car that the truetouch is pretty good. My brain got used to it pretty quickly and I stopped thinking about it - it just works. Kudos to the engeineers, because it's a great design but due to the learning-curve, it got them a bunch of complaints within prominent reviews, with titles like "great SUV, with one flaw." But it is pretty good.

I still think iDrive is better, though. A knob (that has very tactile clicks) is just the easiest thing to operate without taking any coordination of any kind, in my experience.

The only serious flaw with TrueTouch is CarPlay. It's awful. I miss touch screen in my Accord every time I have to use it. Luckily, most of CarPlay can be operated via Siri. But when I want to do something like zoom around the map in Waze, it's almost unusable.