Tom2

My mom just picked up a 2019 RDX Advance to replace her old MDX and I was helping her add some navigation destinations into her address book. But wait, there is no address book....just "favorites". Okay, so let's enter my brother's lake house and add it as a favorite. No problem....but I don't see any way to put a name to the address I just saved as a favorite. Am I missing something? How could this be?

My very first factory navigation system was in my 2001 Acura CL. Since then, I've had factory navigation in at least 12 different cars, including my current Jeep and Audi. Every one of them allowed me to name my saved destinations.

billyt1963

Tom2

Wow, that's just ridiculous. So are we supposed to memorize the address for each of our stored destinations? What was Acura thinking? This is about the most basic functionality of any navigation system and Acura somehow decided to not include it? Hopefully they can fix it with an update.

cengel

The Nav system is fairly poor. We bought a 2018 Accord at the same time and its Garmin-based Nav system is superior in every way. Apple Maps is much better, but still not as good as Google Maps. Fortunately, Google Maps is coming to CarPlay with iOS 12. The infotainment unit in general has a lot of issues. Ours continues to skip when using CarPlay. Acura did tell me to expect an over the air update in the coming weeks. Hopefully, that will correct the issues.

In every other way, we find the vehicle to be outstanding.

Royki5cp

Boxer1200

Basically, the infotainment system is ruining in otherwise great little SUV.

ShouldIBuyNew

I had similar concerns and posted on 7/19 in this forum under “Missing Navigation Functions Compared to 2016”. When I checked the latest reply was on I/27 if you want to search. But this is what I wrote:Seriously thinking of trading in my 2016 RDX for 2019 RDX. Local dealer does not have any for me to check out but I’m concerned that based on what I’ve read, some of the navigation features I have in my 2016 might not be available with the 2019. Does anyone know if any of these 2016 features are available on the 2019?
1. When entering route, my 2016 gives me 3 routes to choose from.
2. While driving, I can easily change the scale depending if I want to see details or long range.
3. I can store friends/family addresses in the address book.

If not, as much as I like everything I’ve read about 2019 RDX, I’m wondering if I should just keep what I have or shop for a different make. Not sure if this would be a deal-breaker or not. Thanks

Madd Dog

jon33

Have same problem hope its fixed soon

DR1

+1 for Waze - I have not used it for years but downloaded it yesterday and feel its superior to the onboard NAV and its integration with Apple Carplay.

RRBUDDY18

My $150 2-year-old Garmin has 10x more functionality and ease-of-use; its voice recognition works well 9 out of 10 times.
If Acura only purchased and used a cheap little Garmin, and spent a little extra effort on the RDX's nav system (and if
they fixed the infotainment bugs), I think more people would get the RDX over the competition.

Njbrandon

Agree 100%. It drives and corners better than any car I've owned but the constant bugs and infotainment issues make it difficult to live with.

beancount1

1. No. As far as I can see the only options are faster time, shorter distance or balanced. Not the options on the 2016
2. No. Huge shortcoming. Never owned a navigation that didn't have this important feature.
3. No, but I go to phone and my addresses will come from my iphone.

irishbrahmin

I recently had an appt. with my dealership's technology specialist and he agreed that the new RDX's infotainment system leaves much to be desired.

I couldn't believe that I couldn't name nav favorites, but that's the way it is . . . .

Entering destinations via voice is also crazy. More often than not the system doesn't get the destination correct. So the best option for me now is to enter the destination on my Acuralink app and send it to the vehicle.

As someone mentioned above, the infotainment issues are ruining what otherwise is a great vehicle. I will also reevaluate in 2 years. On that topic, I was told yesterday by a senior Lexus tech that the '20 RX350 will get the new infotainment system currently in the '19 ES and '19 LS.

Sounds

I have a specific question about the navigation unit and I figured this would be a good thread to post it in. Let's say I travel to a city that I'm not familiar with so I use the turn-by-turn view to see the streets up close. Now let's say I want to take a look at the surrounding area, so I want to zoom out on the map to see what's around me. Are you guys saying that the navigation in the RDX will not allow me to zoom out to get a different view? Like if I want to see how close I am to the ocean or something like that? Did I get that right? Or no? I'm trying to understand how this thing works.

Thanks.

Midnight Mystery

In the 2007 RDX, I rarely set a destination, I just zoom back and find roads that cut through via scrolling. Hmmmm... Interesting...

beancount1

You can zoom out to get a different view, though it's different than most other navs. While in nav mode you touch the touchpad and explore comes up on the map. Hit explore and the plus/minus shows on the right. Then hit the minus sign as many times as you want to zoom out. Also in that mode you can use two fingers on the touchpad to move the map around.

Sounds

I see. Thanks. So there's absolutely no "pinch to zoom" type of thing? Logic would tell me that if the touchpad recognizes two-fingers to move around the map, it should recognize pinch to zoom, no?

beancount1

Logic and this nav are mutually exclusive. It does not recognize pinch.

Sounds

Damn. I might get frustrated with that lack of logic. I wonder if I'd be happier with an old fashioned touch screen that will do what I want it to do.

beancount1

I would be. Trying to make the best of it. I'm ok with the touchpad, but the most frustrating thing to me, while driving, is the inability to zoom out where the vehicle indicator stays fixed and the map moves. Unfortunately this nav is just the opposite, the map stays fixed and the indicator will eventually move off the screen.

ShouldIBuyNew

Madd Dog

Sounds

Which is exactly why the Android people (like me!) really, really want the RDX to get Android Auto.

Sounds

Random question for anyone that might know: When the clock is shown on the right side of the screen, is there any way to get rid of the word "clock"? I mean, I know it's a clock. I don't really need it to say the word "clock."

Midnight Mystery

The clock is labeled?

Sounds

Look above the time. Here's an example:

Wander

Could be worse. It could say "Minimal".

Mark S Long Island

I agree that mechanically I love the ride & most features the 2019 RDX Advanced has, with exception of infotainment system. Besides the tremendous # of bugs & or quirks, to think it OK to design a NAV system with no way to name a destination’s address is outlandish. My $150 Tom Tom & Garmin from the 90’s had this very basic functionally. Also, not providing the ability to drag destination & phone favorites back or forward means the designers missed the mark, a HUGH mistake!!! If this is their latest & greatest, they need to WAKE UP!! Does anyone else feel like they are part of a “Beta Test” they did not sign up for when shelling out nearly $50k?

Meto

yes!