I had my Kona Sat Nav Gen 5 update today, and the changes I’ve already spotted are as follows;
1) The 3 pane home screen is no more – but actually, it’s not a real loss once you get used to it.
2) There are fewer button presses to get to the screens you need. You can get to Settings from the Home screen by swiping left is one example.
3) Three profiles are available, Guest, Driver 1 and Driver 2. I’m the only driver so I’ve left it at Guest.
4) The number of radio presets on DAB/FM is now 24 (4 banks of 6) it was 50 before.
5) Radio presets go up/down from the last used when using up/down on the steering when they used to step from 1 or 50. It does work better.
6) There is a new option on FM for noise reduction in weak signal areas.
7) On DAB ALL station logos are now displayed.
8) There is no Radio Favourites complete list as before, but once you get used to the 4 banks of 6 it’s not an issue.
9) The Medium Wave is very “retro” with 3 valve icons, actually its not that bad.
10) On both DAB/FM and MW the station name is in Orange when driving it easier to read.
11) There is now a choice of three map colours – I chose Milky as it’s more like a proper map.
12) Routes are now set up “connected” i.e. via the BlueLink Tom Tom. This means most processing is “in the cloud” rather than in the unit, so it’s much more responsive.
13) Vehicle speed can be displayed on the map – above the speed limit sign – which is very useful.
14) With a route set, the Motorway exit sign in the top right is the correct icons.
15) On the map, traffic information and vehicle icon colour can be selected.
16) The Live Weather (and on the home screen) now tracks your actual location, previously it was your destination with a route set, or a favourite if no route set.
17) The available presets for Alerts is mind-boggling, there are so many I’ve just left it as is.
18) Speed Camera alerts now have more options.
Kona Gen 5 Sat Nav October 20 update changes
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and now you can't add your own POI files. A serious blow for me as I have things like National Trust carpark locations andlots of things to do with rivers.
Does anyone know how many points you can have in the new Address Book?
Does anyone know how many points you can have in the new Address Book?
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Free - done as part of my first service.
Kona Premium SE Hybrid
Kona Premium SE Hybrid
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Sorry I don't use Android Auto or Car Play.
Android Auto didn't add anything last time and with this upgrade I've been too busy working out how to deal with my POI loss.
Now have 7 memory sticks each with an address file to load before I use it. Overwrites what is in the satnav with new location data.
For the large Nation Trust file I'll now be carrying a booklet with lat/long data to load manually as needed, and the decimal point on the keyboard isn't recognised in decimal lat/long positions, it has to be a full stop!
Android Auto didn't add anything last time and with this upgrade I've been too busy working out how to deal with my POI loss.
Now have 7 memory sticks each with an address file to load before I use it. Overwrites what is in the satnav with new location data.
For the large Nation Trust file I'll now be carrying a booklet with lat/long data to load manually as needed, and the decimal point on the keyboard isn't recognised in decimal lat/long positions, it has to be a full stop!
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This isn't just a map upgrade downloadable from Here this is a complete Head Unit upgrade and it is downloaded direct from Korea - screens are different, it works differently,
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