I keep looking up reviews of the TLX since its debut because I am considering buying the SH-AWD trim when it becomes available. I came across this article earlier online about how the dual screens can become distractions. Anyone who has test driven or currently own the TLX or Q50, is it a distraction as the article mentions? It seems that the touchscreen will take your eyes off the road for a longer period of time rather than simple knobs/controls (ie: climate control, audio control

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/sc...nment/#!bDI8ou

 

I would say the double screens is no distraction what so ever for me. The "controls" can be confusing the first time but once you know the simple path to get to the A/C or Audio. A lot of the audio can be done on the steering wheel buttons. Like tracks and moving from bluetooth to XM. Then finding you favorite XM station from there. A very awesome car that is fun to learn!

Go visit a dealer and play around with it!

 

Thanks PreludeVTEC01. I did go test drive a V6 Tech earlier this week, but here in CO it would be nice to have AWD once the snow comes down. Anyway, I was able to play around with the controls and screens while I was there, but that was with the car parked. It felt a little weird adjusting a/c levels on the screen. I guess it will just take a little bit of getting used to.

 

Oh I totally understand. It easy and just more fun to play around with everything on your own. Heck I have had the car for nearly a week now and still learning it! There are usualy two ways to get to or use the funactions of things like the A/C and what not. It has a nice "favorite" feature that can save your favorites of nearly anything. A/C temp, Fav Playlist ect.

 

While I do not own one yet like Mr. Prelude, we did test drive an Advance on Monday and can see where the uninitiated driver could find the dual screen confusing. For instance, we were playing around with the audio system after the drive and we plugged in our phones. We thought we would be relying on the center screen to browse albums, etc. but the navi screen is used for this. So there is some bouncing from screen to screen for certain tasks.

It will be a bit of a learning curve on what does what does but it’s doable. I am coming from a current model Pilot Touring so some of the functions are similar.

 

I disagree with the article about dual screens being more distracting; instead it makes it easier to keep nav on while doing HVAC/audio functions separately. NAV is up high like a heads up display, not down lower as in the Lexus IS. The issue of refocusing is moot between the 2 screens, you refocus anytime you go from road to dash or console anyway. Learning the interface is a separate issue altogether.

 

At first its a huge distraction, when we got our MDX it was a pain for me to get use to. After getting use to it, its fine. Only down fall is finger print smudges on the touch screen.

 

Thanks for the inputs guys. Sounds more like just a "getting used to" situation.

 

I have the dual screens in my Accord. I have no idea why some say it's such a distraction ? ! ? It's basically your touch/input screen. If you have several FM stations saved, it's the screen you can touch to jump to any saved one.. change source, you can touch the one you want.. You can scroll through then with the steering wheel but the touch screen lets you just jump to what you want.

 

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Agree with Stew4HD.

The dual-screen setup does take some steep learning curve, but once the user has got use to the system, everything seems very logical.

The top (Navi) sreen is for display information, and the bottom screen is for control functions.

 

So much can be done via voice commands (radio, a/c, navi, phone) that one doesn't really need to look at the screens.

 

I have yet to encounter a single voice recognition system that works well enough to be worth the hassle, especially in the presence of road and climate control fan noise. This includes Siri and Google Now, although google seems to be far ahead.

The 4G claims to have voice recognition for just about every nav and climate control function, but requires so many commands issued separately, just to perform a single function, that it's not worth the hassle. In fact, this is where having the millions of buttons on the dash gives fast access to common commands.

If the TLX system is actually more usable, they will indeed have out Appled Apple or Google. Highly unlikely, but interesting to see where Acura is at.