Sync3 Sat Nav Good or Not

[Alan484]

Having spent a few weeks with my new RS and finding my way around the Sync 3 , I have to say ‘hand on heart’ The Sat Nav is absolute crap !

my old Garmin puts it to shame by a country mile and the dealer has just confirmed that I’m not as stupid as I thought I was and that yes , it is in fact pretty useless . It will only take you to a postal area and not a specific street and house number !

Complete and utter waste of money !

Opinions please?

[Pat Godfrey]

Oh dear

back to google maps via Bluetooth then

[Julian Holling]

Is the Sync 3 Sat Nav different to the Sync 2 then ?  On Sync2 I have the option of entering a post code and drilling down to the street and number (if the post code covers more than one street) or entering the street and house number directly.  One thing I haven’t managed to work out though is how to get 3d buildings on the Sync2.

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Stage 2 Clutch, Dreamscience iMap DS-Ultima 2+

[Alan484]

On my old Garmin , which I use in my van , I can input postal code it then asks house number/ name , at that point it will suggest street or I can input that manually where it will then highlight the full address and give me the option to start route.

On Sync 3 (not sure if 2 is the same as ive never used one) I input post code and that’s it , your off whether you like it or not , you have no idea how close or far you will end up from where you actually want to go , youll just end up in that postcode , somewhere !!!

I spoke to the dealer who had a play around on a Sync 3 on a car in the showroom and confirmed what I already knew . If I had know it was going to be so basic , I would have kept the money and put it towards something useful and practical ! (like an induction kit !!!hahaha)

[Julian Holling]

Seems very much like a backwards step to me Alan.  I’d love to see Sync3 in action to judge where it is an improvement on Sync2 and where it’s been made worse 🙁

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Stage 2 Clutch, Dreamscience iMap DS-Ultima 2+

[malcirs]

Find this amazing!

Looked at the online manual and it says that you can put street name and number in the free text search screen:

http://www.fordservicecontent.com/Ford_Content/vdirsnet/OwnerManual/Home/Content?bookCode=O35785&languageCode=en&marketCode=GB&viewTech=IE&chapterTitleSelected=G1759510&subTitleSelected=G1853979&topicHRef=G1823159&div=f&vFilteringEnabled=True

If you do this, does it then ignore the information and just take you to the Postcode location?

Very poor if it does…

[Alan484]

Ive tried the above and it wasn’t too bad , although it does take a lot longer to input , also tried using the POI , was looking for a sports centre we were heading too for an event and after a while of searching for it the sat nav logged it as a destination then proceeded to take us up a side street and round the block just as we approached it ! hahaha . maybe its just me and what I’m used to but my £100 5 year old Garmin is way superior !

[muzzie]

I’ve use the sat nav (Sync 3) for the first time this weekend and its absolute crap ! It took me in the completely wrong direction and got me lost 4 times. It nearly even got me a speeding ticket as screen said the speed limit was 40mph when actually  it was 30mph and there was a speed camera. It the worst Sat Nav I’ve ever used, not happy.

[mad-mick]

It seems to me as sync 3  is not quite as good as expectations?

I haven’t used the Sat nav yet, so cannot pass comment on that. The sat nav in the old mk 2 RS was fine.

The rest seems cluttered and busy. Especially when trying to operate whilst driving.

I had an st a few years ago, and the heating and ventilation could be controlled by voice commands, yet with sync 3 it can’t?

I guess it will take the old dinosaur a while to fully master the new system?

Other wise a great car.

[carismadave]

Personally been using Apple Maps through Carplay, or Waze. Seems fine to me:) Must admit that the standard Ford interface maps through Sync 3 got me lost on my first journey! Kept me on a loop! Stuck with Carplay since.

Dave;)

[stmart]

I love my Sync3, it was Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 🙂

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1. Stmart

[steeve]

Can you add POI’s like speed cameras?

[rampant]

Sync 3 is OK but I really strongly believe that any built in nav system is not going to be as good as a custom stand-alone nav device – even a cheap one.

 

One way to “bypass” the Sync 3 system is to plug an Android phone in with a wired connection and use Android Auto.  Your voice commands through the car go straight to google.  I find this brilliant.  Google Maps is displayed on the centre screen instead of Sync nav.  What’s not to like?

 

Cheerz

Mark H

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// ’17 Nitrous Blue // Forged Alloys // Michelin Super Sports // Painted Calipers // Sync 3 // Lux Pack // Winter Pack // Black Gel Spoiler Badges // Blue Gel Wheel Inserts // GTechniq Liquid Crystal // GTechniq Alloy Armour // sold Jun ’18

[RSGAZ]

I just use waze, best nav I’ve ever used

[Kenny]

So far I think my sat nav has been pretty good. No complaints here (yet)

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