[FatDrunkStupid]

Morning all, new GLA owner and all that. I lurked this forum for a while before I bought - lot of great info here!

I bought my 220 AMG Line in the full knowledge that it didn't have the navigation system installed (enabled?) I've found that a lot of smartphone satnavs are superior to the systems integrated with cars (the nav in my previous Mazda CX5 was horrible) so I'm currently using CoPilot on my iPhone.

However, the GLA documentation states that the nav system is "pre-installed" but not enabled. Out of interest, how is the nav system on the GLA and if I wanted to, how would I go about enabling it? As of now it just says "naviagtion module not present".

Many thanks for any comments, advice and personal abuse

 

[2016GLA]

You need to buy the 500 quid sdcard from a dealer to get it working.

 

[Bogus]

The Becker Co Pilot can be purchased cheaper elsewhere just as a point of note!

 

[FatDrunkStupid]

The Becker Co Pilot can be purchased cheaper elsewhere just as a point of note!

Indeed. A quick scan of the usual suspect sites shows it can be had for as little as £110-ish (used). Hmmmm. Thanks for the info!

 

[Dan]

I don't like using my smart phone, I've tried the sat nav (Google) on my iphone and if I'm in an area with no service the sat nav stops working!

 

[roytheboy]

Probably too late for you now, but the Sat-Nav that comes with the COMMAND system is very very good. It's timings are near spot-on for me (even though I drive quite fast), and the real-time recomputes it does when it knows there is traffic ahead, are brilliant - they have to be used to be believed! The only thing I can't seem to master is the voice-activation for route-finding. It expects precisely worded statements which I can never seem to remember correctly!

If you're reading this and are yet to order a GLA, stretch your budget to the limit and get all those nice extras that you just know you'll regret not getting if you don't. You're spending a fortune anyway; why not get all the trimmings

 

[heidiblow]

I had the becker on my c class and it was fairly naff, only 5 figure postcode for instance. The one on my new GLA is far better in my opinion.

 

[CarNut]

If you're reading this and are yet to order a GLA, stretch your budget to the limit and get all those nice extras that you just know you'll regret not getting if you don't. You're spending a fortune anyway; why not get all the trimmings

haha - now can you tell my wife that next time I come to order >

 

[Sprint24]

I would agree that the GLA sat nav is one of the best I've used. It's clear and keeps up with my fast driving!
Def recommend it to new buyers