Fiat Ducato Multijet Sat Nav . . .solved!! (1 Viewer)

[Makingtrax]

Only had our Knaus Sun TI for a year and this post may well be teaching granny to suck eggs. But just in case anyone is still struggling with the annoying sat nav, here's what I discovered by chance.

There is only one volume control and the unit was designed so you can't turn off the radio. So you have to turn the radio volume right down if you don't want it on, but what about the volume of the sat nav instructions? It seemed to have a life of its own, sometimes loud, sometimes quiet. It drove me crazy.

I asked the Fiat dealer when we went in for a service and he told me the sat nav volume was set at a constant volume (which I know to be untrue).

Finally I cracked it. There are two volumes. One when the radio is on and another when the sat nav is on. So wait for the sat nav instructions to speak and then adjust the volume then. You have to be quick though if the instructions are short. The sat nav then remembers that volume. When the radio is on you can turn that volume right down or not, but it won't affect the saved sat nav volume. Simples

 

[rosalan]

That's what I like about good design; its ability to be intuitive. Reminds me of the Truma heating system....

 

[Riverbankannie]

The same applies to listening to music from devices using the media button.

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[Baileysbus]

I remember picking up a hire car from Bordeaux airport a few years back. Peeing with rain and at night with a hotel to get too, the sat nav had no sound and no instruction book in the car either but with a bit of fiddling about randomly, we came up with the same solution. Trouble was, the last occupants had set the language to Polish or somesuch and it took forever to work out how to switch it .....as all the written text had gone Polish too Eventually randomly sorted it and we got on our way

 

[Makingtrax]

The same applies to listening to music from devices using the media button.

That seems reasonable, but the Sat Nav should have a volume setting in the Sat Nav settings for the simple reason that most instructions are fairly short and by the time you reach for the volume knob to adjust it, it's over . . . like, 'Turn around when possible'.

 

[Riverbankannie]

That seems reasonable, but the Sat Nav should have a volume setting in the Sat Nav settings for the simple reason that most instructions are fairly short and by the time you reach for the volume knob to adjust it, it's over . . . like, 'Turn around when possible'.

I agree. I tend not to use that satnav for directions anyway. I find the screen display on my Garmin much easier to "read" so that sits on top of the dashboard showing where to go and also speed in kph (I haven't yet discovered changing the units on the fiat one) and the fiat one is used to play music from phone or iPod but with the NAV display on screen which always shows the current road being travelled. Most useful when you are not quite sure if you have chosen correct turning.

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[Makingtrax]

I agree. I tend not to use that satnav for directions anyway. I find the screen display on my Garmin much easier to "read" so that sits on top of the dashboard showing where to go and also speed in kph (I haven't yet discovered changing the units on the fiat one) and the fiat one is used to play music from phone or iPod but with the NAV display on screen which always shows the current road being travelled. Most useful when you are not quite sure if you have chosen correct turning.

Can see how two sat navs would help. I'm guessing you never get lost.

 

[Offagaingr8]

If you press the + button in the top right hand corner of sat nav, it brings the volume control up, you can then set what volume level you want or mute sat nav.

 

[gus-lopez]

I can never understand how anyone can use a sat-nav safely without sound ? My nephew does it. You have to remember to look at it & that means taking your eyes off the road . If you have multiple choices in a short space how do you work it out ? Here when it says " take the exit " & it is a multiple one how do you work it out with the sound off ? A choice of 3 'exits' after " take the exit" first needs sound for me , even more so when it is dark .

It's no wonder many can't get through Rouen without getting lost . I couldn't manage it without sound .

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[golly]

I find this the best way of dealing with misbehaving Tech.

 

[Makingtrax]

I can never understand how anyone can use a sat-nav safely without sound ? My nephew does it. You have to remember to look at it & that means taking your eyes off the road . If you have multiple choices in a short space how do you work it out ? Here when it says " take the exit " & it is a multiple one how do you work it out with the sound off ? A choice of 3 'exits' after " take the exit" first needs sound for me , even more so when it is dark .

It's no wonder many can't get through Rouen without getting lost . I couldn't manage it without sound .

Been through Rouen that many times, I don't need the sat nav. Always worried it might try and take me down a low underpass

 

[Makingtrax]

If you press the + button in the top right hand corner of sat nav, it brings the volume control up, you can then set what volume level you want or mute sat nav.

There's a + button in the top left to zoom in or out, but no + button on the top right.

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[Lenny HB]

I think they all work like that, our Clarion is the same but you can set the the volume in setting but the volume knob will override it. Easy enough to adjust just get it to repeat the voice command then adjust.
If you don't want the radio on just select an unused input like aux 1 or aux 2 etc.

 

[tboy]

our Kia Ceed sat nav like that to.

 

[Cairngorm]

That is of interest to me. I don’t have a Fiat Sat Nav and I’m just using my iPhone with the TomTom app on it. If I connect the phone to the power directly I can get the instructions via Bluetooth. If I connect via the radio I get no instructions. I have to go to the phone and connect via an app EU Touch. I have seen the two stage volume control you allude too but sadly have never been able to adjust anything yet as seems to disappear as soon as I attempt to do anything. But you have inspired me to just try harder.

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[Offagaingr8]

There's a + button in the top left to zoom in or out, but no + button on the top right.

Perhaps different sat nav mine is a Fiat fitted Zenec x

 

[SpeedyDux]

Can see how two sat navs would help. I'm guessing you never get lost.

Aha! That's genius!

Only using one satnav must be why I keep getting lost.

 

[Riverbankannie]

Aha! That's genius!

Only using one satnav must be why I keep getting lost.

Always got my finger on the paper map too. Hubby does not like getting lost and also we often select a non direct route so using satnav directions is just for rough guidance but we spend more time ignoring them than taking them.
I guess we wouldn't use two if the Fiat one was better. Certainly the clear digital display of KPH on the Garmin is useful. We have had the dashboard upgrade to have lights on all time but still it is difficult to quickly glance and see kph.

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[Makingtrax]

Always got my finger on the paper map too. Hubby does not like getting lost and also we often select a non direct route so using satnav directions is just for rough guidance but we spend more time ignoring them than taking them.
I guess we wouldn't use two if the Fiat one was better. Certainly the clear digital display of KPH on the Garmin is useful. We have had the dashboard upgrade to have lights on all time but still it is difficult to quickly glance and see kph.

Wish I was that brave. Always take the most direct route and as much motorway as possible.

The journey is less scenic, but fewer brushes with white van man where I have to swerve to avoid wing mirrors and more importantly no overhanging trees on narrow roads.

 

[Makingtrax]

Perhaps different sat nav mine is a Fiat fitted Zenec View attachment 193789xView attachment 193790

That's different for sure. Looks expensive to me!

 

[Riverbankannie]

Wish I was that brave. Always take the most direct route and as much motorway as possible.

The journey is less scenic, but fewer brushes with white van man where I have to swerve to avoid wing mirrors and more importantly no overhanging trees on narrow roads.

On our two trips to France this year, we found that sat nav does not distinguish between roads apart from A roads. Although we were happy to go down all yellow roads and most white ones, it did try to take us down alleyways! Of course that was the most direct route in its tiny brain.

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[Makingtrax]

Guessing yours is a Tony Christie Sat Nav . . . down the avenues and alleyways.

Mine's more a Bonnie Tyler Sat Nav . . It keeps telling me to turn around and every now and then it falls apart