Here is what happened. I had some new people in my car and I wanted to show them the Navi unit. So I said - "go home". The car somehow errored, i forget the exact message but it was something like it cant plot the destination. I was in a parking lot right off main street in my town. Then I pulled onto the road and did it again and I was able to get a route. Why is it that it didnt work this one time, but when i was in another parking lot it calculated and just said to drive to the route and the guidance will start?

 

the system did not crash did it?

 

no, the map was still there just couldnt calc the route for some reason. as soon as i hit ok to the error the map came right up.

 

probably just a glitch...

 

i'll try and return to the spot and re-run the navi system. i'll keep you posted on what happens sometime next week probably. If anyone else thinks there is something more seriously wrong here, please let me know - i'll bring it in if it needs to be looked at.

 

I don't think this is a glitch. In many cases (not all), parking lots are not close enough to a road for the system to plot a route. Therefore the system can't plot the course until you are actually on the road...

I had this happen many times on the east coast when I lived in NJ and had an MDX. As soon as I pulled onto a road the NAV knew about it would plot the route.

Just my observation, YMMV.

 

do you have use unverified roads in the setup menu turned on? i have better luck with that on.