Mitsubishi Navigation System???
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Mitsubishi Navigation System???
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone here had any info on Mitsubishi's Navigation system I keep seeing on the future lancer pictures.
I'd like to get one in the near future for my IX. The thing is that I haven't seen any after market ones that I've actually liked. Most of the ones i've looked at are super slow and involve touch-screen which I really dislike. Also, having a "aftermarket" one might make it more prone to theft.
I was just looking at the new R&T magazine and they have some pics of the new lancer where they mention that they will be offering a navigation system with a 7.5in screen, blutooth, & a 30gig HD for music/pictures. It sounds good to me but when I searched online, including here, for more info on it as far as price...I came up empty handed.
I'd like to maybe install it on my IX, but would like to know if anyone used yet or have any input on it. Thanks alot guys!!!
I'd like to get one in the near future for my IX. The thing is that I haven't seen any after market ones that I've actually liked. Most of the ones i've looked at are super slow and involve touch-screen which I really dislike. Also, having a "aftermarket" one might make it more prone to theft.
I was just looking at the new R&T magazine and they have some pics of the new lancer where they mention that they will be offering a navigation system with a 7.5in screen, blutooth, & a 30gig HD for music/pictures. It sounds good to me but when I searched online, including here, for more info on it as far as price...I came up empty handed.
I'd like to maybe install it on my IX, but would like to know if anyone used yet or have any input on it. Thanks alot guys!!!
That particular navigation system is actually called the M.M.C.S. and it has been around in Japan for quite some time. It is much more than just a navigation system. It's 30GB hard drive version made it's debut here in the U.S. on the Outlander. Go visit you local Mitsubishi showroom and ask for a demonstration of the Outlander M.M.C.S. system.
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That particular navigation system is actually called the M.M.C.S. and it has been around in Japan for quite some time. It is much more than just a navigation system. It's 30GB hard drive version made it's debut here in the U.S. on the Outlander. Go visit you local Mitsubishi showroom and ask for a demonstration of the Outlander M.M.C.S. system.
Anyone install it on their VIII/IX? If so can you post pics? Thank you.
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Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone here had any info on Mitsubishi's Navigation system I keep seeing on the future lancer pictures.
I'd like to get one in the near future for my IX. The thing is that I haven't seen any after market ones that I've actually liked. Most of the ones i've looked at are super slow and involve touch-screen which I really dislike. Also, having a "aftermarket" one might make it more prone to theft.
I was just looking at the new R&T magazine and they have some pics of the new lancer where they mention that they will be offering a navigation system with a 7.5in screen, blutooth, & a 30gig HD for music/pictures. It sounds good to me but when I searched online, including here, for more info on it as far as price...I came up empty handed.
I'd like to maybe install it on my IX, but would like to know if anyone used yet or have any input on it. Thanks alot guys!!!
I'd like to get one in the near future for my IX. The thing is that I haven't seen any after market ones that I've actually liked. Most of the ones i've looked at are super slow and involve touch-screen which I really dislike. Also, having a "aftermarket" one might make it more prone to theft.
I was just looking at the new R&T magazine and they have some pics of the new lancer where they mention that they will be offering a navigation system with a 7.5in screen, blutooth, & a 30gig HD for music/pictures. It sounds good to me but when I searched online, including here, for more info on it as far as price...I came up empty handed.
I'd like to maybe install it on my IX, but would like to know if anyone used yet or have any input on it. Thanks alot guys!!!
It's very intuitive,it's our first car with Navi and we didnt use the instructions.
It has Point-Of-Interest functions,address books,markers,etc.
You can zoom in close enough to see all streets including residentials.
It's not infallable. Sometimes it routes the long way around obstacles,like a lake for example,but in that case just drive the better direction and the unit will pick it back up-automatic rerouting.
It has autocomplete,like your MS Word programs.
You can hit "Previous 20" to go to your last locations.
While driving you can use the tiny joystick on the bottom right to find somewhere you'd like to go on the way to your current location and add it as a waypoint by clicking down on the joystick.
I noticed reading my Roundel magazine that the Mitsu Navi had a feature not included on the current-generation BMW system. I'll try to recall what that is.
I saw a complaint regarding Acura that one of my magazines mentioned,that their touchscreen wasn't accurate-in that you'd push one letter on the touchscreen keyboard,and you'd get a different response. We've never had that problem with our Mitsu unit. In Acura's defense the mag said they didnt notice that problem with other Acura's.
Someone mentioned the disk space. I just wanted to point out that the space on the hard drive,in MP3 format represents ~1500 songs. That's pretty cool for a stock unit IMO.
Regarding the Music-Server. It takes about 12 minutes to rip an entire CD,and this system defaults to automatically rip everything put into the CD changer-which has 6 disks. You can manually do this by changing the options.
Sometimes the system doesn't put the band or album title,but you can input that manually. I think it depends on whether you assigned those things yourself.
The Navi system can be programmed to avoid freeways and tollways.
It automatically turns down your music when the system speaks.
The screen dynamically changes throughout your drive. The navi screen shrinks to half size and shows you (on the other half) your position as you approach the intersection,on-ramp etc...so you dont turn too early or late.
It alerts you as you get closer to the turn,IIRC in feet-1000 ft, 300 ft,then tells you "turn left now".
Oh I remembered the feature that the BMW didnt have: The Mitsu system tells you which side of the street your destination is: "You have reached your destination which is on the left". The Roundel editor said that was annoying because the BMW system would leave you in the middle of the street,having no idea which way to turn in from the road.
That's alot Im sure,but if you have any question,let me know-it's pretty neat. In fact the whole truck is unique,I really like it.
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Hey WW we've got an 07' Outlander with all the options,let me know if you have any questions,but I'll offer up some observations.
It's very intuitive,it's our first car with Navi and we didnt use the instructions.
It has Point-Of-Interest functions,address books,markers,etc.
You can zoom in close enough to see all streets including residentials.
It's not infallable. Sometimes it routes the long way around obstacles,like a lake for example,but in that case just drive the better direction and the unit will pick it back up-automatic rerouting.
It has autocomplete,like your MS Word programs.
You can hit "Previous 20" to go to your last locations.
While driving you can use the tiny joystick on the bottom right to find somewhere you'd like to go on the way to your current location and add it as a waypoint by clicking down on the joystick.
I noticed reading my Roundel magazine that the Mitsu Navi had a feature not included on the current-generation BMW system. I'll try to recall what that is.
I saw a complaint regarding Acura that one of my magazines mentioned,that their touchscreen wasn't accurate-in that you'd push one letter on the touchscreen keyboard,and you'd get a different response. We've never had that problem with our Mitsu unit. In Acura's defense the mag said they didnt notice that problem with other Acura's.
Someone mentioned the disk space. I just wanted to point out that the space on the hard drive,in MP3 format represents ~1500 songs. That's pretty cool for a stock unit IMO.
Regarding the Music-Server. It takes about 12 minutes to rip an entire CD,and this system defaults to automatically rip everything put into the CD changer-which has 6 disks. You can manually do this by changing the options.
Sometimes the system doesn't put the band or album title,but you can input that manually. I think it depends on whether you assigned those things yourself.
The Navi system can be programmed to avoid freeways and tollways.
It automatically turns down your music when the system speaks.
The screen dynamically changes throughout your drive. The navi screen shrinks to half size and shows you (on the other half) your position as you approach the intersection,on-ramp etc...so you dont turn too early or late.
It alerts you as you get closer to the turn,IIRC in feet-1000 ft, 300 ft,then tells you "turn left now".
Oh I remembered the feature that the BMW didnt have: The Mitsu system tells you which side of the street your destination is: "You have reached your destination which is on the left". The Roundel editor said that was annoying because the BMW system would leave you in the middle of the street,having no idea which way to turn in from the road.
That's alot Im sure,but if you have any question,let me know-it's pretty neat. In fact the whole truck is unique,I really like it.
It's very intuitive,it's our first car with Navi and we didnt use the instructions.
It has Point-Of-Interest functions,address books,markers,etc.
You can zoom in close enough to see all streets including residentials.
It's not infallable. Sometimes it routes the long way around obstacles,like a lake for example,but in that case just drive the better direction and the unit will pick it back up-automatic rerouting.
It has autocomplete,like your MS Word programs.
You can hit "Previous 20" to go to your last locations.
While driving you can use the tiny joystick on the bottom right to find somewhere you'd like to go on the way to your current location and add it as a waypoint by clicking down on the joystick.
I noticed reading my Roundel magazine that the Mitsu Navi had a feature not included on the current-generation BMW system. I'll try to recall what that is.
I saw a complaint regarding Acura that one of my magazines mentioned,that their touchscreen wasn't accurate-in that you'd push one letter on the touchscreen keyboard,and you'd get a different response. We've never had that problem with our Mitsu unit. In Acura's defense the mag said they didnt notice that problem with other Acura's.
Someone mentioned the disk space. I just wanted to point out that the space on the hard drive,in MP3 format represents ~1500 songs. That's pretty cool for a stock unit IMO.
Regarding the Music-Server. It takes about 12 minutes to rip an entire CD,and this system defaults to automatically rip everything put into the CD changer-which has 6 disks. You can manually do this by changing the options.
Sometimes the system doesn't put the band or album title,but you can input that manually. I think it depends on whether you assigned those things yourself.
The Navi system can be programmed to avoid freeways and tollways.
It automatically turns down your music when the system speaks.
The screen dynamically changes throughout your drive. The navi screen shrinks to half size and shows you (on the other half) your position as you approach the intersection,on-ramp etc...so you dont turn too early or late.
It alerts you as you get closer to the turn,IIRC in feet-1000 ft, 300 ft,then tells you "turn left now".
Oh I remembered the feature that the BMW didnt have: The Mitsu system tells you which side of the street your destination is: "You have reached your destination which is on the left". The Roundel editor said that was annoying because the BMW system would leave you in the middle of the street,having no idea which way to turn in from the road.
That's alot Im sure,but if you have any question,let me know-it's pretty neat. In fact the whole truck is unique,I really like it.
Hey WW we've got an 07' Outlander with all the options,let me know if you have any questions,but I'll offer up some observations.
It's very intuitive,it's our first car with Navi and we didnt use the instructions.
It has Point-Of-Interest functions,address books,markers,etc.
You can zoom in close enough to see all streets including residentials.
It's not infallable. Sometimes it routes the long way around obstacles,like a lake for example,but in that case just drive the better direction and the unit will pick it back up-automatic rerouting.
It has autocomplete,like your MS Word programs.
You can hit "Previous 20" to go to your last locations.
While driving you can use the tiny joystick on the bottom right to find somewhere you'd like to go on the way to your current location and add it as a waypoint by clicking down on the joystick.
I noticed reading my Roundel magazine that the Mitsu Navi had a feature not included on the current-generation BMW system. I'll try to recall what that is.
I saw a complaint regarding Acura that one of my magazines mentioned,that their touchscreen wasn't accurate-in that you'd push one letter on the touchscreen keyboard,and you'd get a different response. We've never had that problem with our Mitsu unit. In Acura's defense the mag said they didnt notice that problem with other Acura's.
Someone mentioned the disk space. I just wanted to point out that the space on the hard drive,in MP3 format represents ~1500 songs. That's pretty cool for a stock unit IMO.
Regarding the Music-Server. It takes about 12 minutes to rip an entire CD,and this system defaults to automatically rip everything put into the CD changer-which has 6 disks. You can manually do this by changing the options.
Sometimes the system doesn't put the band or album title,but you can input that manually. I think it depends on whether you assigned those things yourself.
The Navi system can be programmed to avoid freeways and tollways.
It automatically turns down your music when the system speaks.
The screen dynamically changes throughout your drive. The navi screen shrinks to half size and shows you (on the other half) your position as you approach the intersection,on-ramp etc...so you dont turn too early or late.
It alerts you as you get closer to the turn,IIRC in feet-1000 ft, 300 ft,then tells you "turn left now".
Oh I remembered the feature that the BMW didnt have: The Mitsu system tells you which side of the street your destination is: "You have reached your destination which is on the left". The Roundel editor said that was annoying because the BMW system would leave you in the middle of the street,having no idea which way to turn in from the road.
That's alot Im sure,but if you have any question,let me know-it's pretty neat. In fact the whole truck is unique,I really like it.
It's very intuitive,it's our first car with Navi and we didnt use the instructions.
It has Point-Of-Interest functions,address books,markers,etc.
You can zoom in close enough to see all streets including residentials.
It's not infallable. Sometimes it routes the long way around obstacles,like a lake for example,but in that case just drive the better direction and the unit will pick it back up-automatic rerouting.
It has autocomplete,like your MS Word programs.
You can hit "Previous 20" to go to your last locations.
While driving you can use the tiny joystick on the bottom right to find somewhere you'd like to go on the way to your current location and add it as a waypoint by clicking down on the joystick.
I noticed reading my Roundel magazine that the Mitsu Navi had a feature not included on the current-generation BMW system. I'll try to recall what that is.
I saw a complaint regarding Acura that one of my magazines mentioned,that their touchscreen wasn't accurate-in that you'd push one letter on the touchscreen keyboard,and you'd get a different response. We've never had that problem with our Mitsu unit. In Acura's defense the mag said they didnt notice that problem with other Acura's.
Someone mentioned the disk space. I just wanted to point out that the space on the hard drive,in MP3 format represents ~1500 songs. That's pretty cool for a stock unit IMO.
Regarding the Music-Server. It takes about 12 minutes to rip an entire CD,and this system defaults to automatically rip everything put into the CD changer-which has 6 disks. You can manually do this by changing the options.
Sometimes the system doesn't put the band or album title,but you can input that manually. I think it depends on whether you assigned those things yourself.
The Navi system can be programmed to avoid freeways and tollways.
It automatically turns down your music when the system speaks.
The screen dynamically changes throughout your drive. The navi screen shrinks to half size and shows you (on the other half) your position as you approach the intersection,on-ramp etc...so you dont turn too early or late.
It alerts you as you get closer to the turn,IIRC in feet-1000 ft, 300 ft,then tells you "turn left now".
Oh I remembered the feature that the BMW didnt have: The Mitsu system tells you which side of the street your destination is: "You have reached your destination which is on the left". The Roundel editor said that was annoying because the BMW system would leave you in the middle of the street,having no idea which way to turn in from the road.
That's alot Im sure,but if you have any question,let me know-it's pretty neat. In fact the whole truck is unique,I really like it.
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To the OP, an OEM NAV system can be very extensively tied into a vehicle's wiring, so I would be very suprised if it were even possible to retrofit the Outlander NAV into an older Mitsubishi.
a factory looking screen is not the same temptation to thieves as one that says Eclipse, Pioneer, Alpine, etc...
And don't give me the line about an alarm deterring, either...they just keep the honest guy honest.
And don't give me the line about an alarm deterring, either...they just keep the honest guy honest.
Thanks for the info, I had heard good things about it. Seems like the vehicle is selling pretty well for Mitsu which is a sigh of relief. Sales are up 25% year over year.
To the OP, an OEM NAV system can be very extensively tied into a vehicle's wiring, so I would be very suprised if it were even possible to retrofit the Outlander NAV into an older Mitsubishi.
To the OP, an OEM NAV system can be very extensively tied into a vehicle's wiring, so I would be very suprised if it were even possible to retrofit the Outlander NAV into an older Mitsubishi.
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Thanks for the info, I had heard good things about it. Seems like the vehicle is selling pretty well for Mitsu which is a sigh of relief. Sales are up 25% year over year.
To the OP, an OEM NAV system can be very extensively tied into a vehicle's wiring, so I would be very suprised if it were even possible to retrofit the Outlander NAV into an older Mitsubishi.
To the OP, an OEM NAV system can be very extensively tied into a vehicle's wiring, so I would be very suprised if it were even possible to retrofit the Outlander NAV into an older Mitsubishi.
The Outlander's a great vehicle. I drive it alot. It's no Evo,but it redefines SUVs for me. Im sure the Acura RDX and Mazda CX7 can handle as well and probably outperform it in some areas,but no way they are even close in content for value. I think Mitsu hit a homerun with this crossover.
WW,if you are absolutely certain you want this Navi unit,let me know I can get you a deal.
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Hey GPTourer,Ive read alot of your posts. I too am glad the Outlander's selling well. Im a stockholder,one of the reasons I enjoy your posts,you have a knack for finding lots of data on Mitsu.
The Outlander's a great vehicle. I drive it alot. It's no Evo,but it redefines SUVs for me. Im sure the Acura RDX and Mazda CX7 can handle as well and probably outperform it in some areas,but no way they are even close in content for value. I think Mitsu hit a homerun with this crossover.
WW,if you are absolutely certain you want this Navi unit,let me know I can get you a deal.
The Outlander's a great vehicle. I drive it alot. It's no Evo,but it redefines SUVs for me. Im sure the Acura RDX and Mazda CX7 can handle as well and probably outperform it in some areas,but no way they are even close in content for value. I think Mitsu hit a homerun with this crossover.
WW,if you are absolutely certain you want this Navi unit,let me know I can get you a deal.
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That's awesome. So the unit is completely self contained? No external sensors in the wheels or antennaes of any kind?
Hey thanks man, glad to have you on the board. I used to sell Mitsus, but had to move on when my dealer lost his franchise. But I'm still all about the Three Diamonds. 
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Hey GPTourer,Ive read alot of your posts. I too am glad the Outlander's selling well. Im a stockholder,one of the reasons I enjoy your posts,you have a knack for finding lots of data on Mitsu.