sat/nav co-ordinates input
How do you input the co-ordinates ie long/lat of a position into the nav system?
These would be the decimal ones ie xx.yyyyyyy, -x.zzzzzzz
I need to go somewhere later this morning,, and the only way I can lock onto the destination is by using that method.
I've been there before years ago, and I know it's not on the normal sat/nav system.
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Previously a 2014 Macan Turbo.
Now a 2021 Tesla Model 3 LR
The option is indeed there but it appears
to only accept deg,mins etc and not the decimal coordiantes - unless of course
it's hidden somewhere and I missed it. Unfortunately I was already on the road
and converting them on my phone would have been a pain.
However, I now know.
Yes, I do have Connect +, I drive a 991.2,
although not sure that I have the new new new PCM. I had the software upgraded
last week, but have not had much time to even activate it in the car - despite
having the code.
What I noticed at home was that if I
googled the coordinates, I got what I wanted. I then did a google online search
in the car with those very same coordinates, and I got somewhere else. I could
have got a digit or two wrong though, but I doubt it as I was very careful. However, I
will try again.
As for my journey, just to be on the safe side, I had identified a place
less than half a mile away on the same road, so I just locked onto that and got
there with no issues.
If you have Connect+ and the PCM Connect app, then the sharing of App POIs has been around for well over a year.
Yes I know. When i first got the car, after several unsuccessful attempts at pairing my iphone app with the PCM, I gave up.
The phone saw the "Porsche_LAN_xxxx", but somehow never accepted the password for my iphone.
I then got very busy, and as it was not something I needed, I forgot all about it.
Of course, it might need a different password.....
Pointers gratefully acknowledged.