Turn-by-turn (without optional nav system): WORKS!

Hello all,

If you have been following the last couple of posts, you'll know that installing the free Sync upgrade to provide turn-by-turn navigations was pretty tough for me to get through. This is not the upgrade to the full map-on-screen navigation system that one could get as an option, this is free navigation, based on the cell phone that you've got synched.

After about an hour and a half of work and 5 calls to sync tech support I finally got it working. And it works GREAT!

I've only tested it locally, but this is great for those of us who did not purchase the optional navigation system when we bought the car. No picture or map obviously, but the turn-by-turn still seems to work quite well.

Here's what you get:

Select the talking head on the steering wheel button, say "services" then when prompted say "directions". Then you call out the street address, town and state that you are going to. Sync downloads the info. It takes a little bit of time. About 60 seconds I'm guessing for Sync to map the route and then download it to your car.

Once it's downloaded, it begins to work immediately. Sync knows where you car is, and you hear directions called out over the radio. It has been quite accurate so far. I'll give it a bigger test shortly and get an updated reviewing up here.

If you have the turn-by-turn on your standard (non-navigation equipped) FFH, let us know how it works in your vehicle.