I have friends who have a 2005 Mercury Mariner (non hybrid). They were showing me the navigation and I was disappointed that the car had to be in PARK with the parking brake on to change the destination info on the NAV system.

Does the 2006 FEH or MMH have the same restriction? The Ford dealer I talked to said no, but I could not verify for my self.

Can someone chime in that has nav in their FEH and verify if this is the case?

I want to buy a FEH but will not if the Nav is stupid like that.

Thanks.

 

For my 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid, as long as the car is not moving you can change the destinations. I practiced using the **** as fast as I can and I'm able to search and change a destination when there is a 30 seconds red light.

 

You can clip a wire and fool the NAV system into thinking the vehicle's stopped, but (don't quote me on this -- I haven't, and won't, do this to my '06 FEH) not remove the GPS's ability to get a fix on your location. I think it does remove the GPS's ability to extrapolite where you "ought to be" when a satellite fix cannot be obtained (eg. in tunnels, dense tree/building cover, parking garages, etc.), by using your current speed and direction of travel prior to Loss of Signal. No speed data = no basis for guess-timating your present location, until the satellite(s) signal is reacquired.

 

HI - Check out the post at Getting to POI (and others) While Moving
I did a modification where you can access the Points of Interest and others while moving. I chronicled the modification (with photos) in post 2 there. It works great.

 

Here's the corrected URL VietVet was sharing (thank you!):
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...ving.5214.html

 

Does the CD player work when the GPS CD is in?

Also, what kind of Ipod hook ups are there that are easy to use?

 

Yes, because the music CD's go in the 6-disc CD changer (located under the front passenger's seat) when a CD is loaded in the single in-dash CD player. I keep my Nav system's CD loaded at all times in the in-dash CD unit, and have my music CDs in the 6-disc CD changer.

You can play music from the in-dash CD player, but that would remove all or all but rudimentary GPS navigation capability because you'd have to remove the nav system's data CD.

 

You can access the address book when the vehicle is in motion, as well as your previous destinations, so you can change where you're going while you're on the go. You can't access the points of interest while the vehicle is moving.

 

Oh, thats not that big a deal then. My friend's Mariner had it where they had to be parker and have E-brake on to even change the address or destination you were going to. I thought that was lame.

 

Being in park is not required. The FEH Nav uses speed sense to enable/disable. Not a perfect solution, but at least you can use the other features at a stop light. When you start moving it tells you that it is not available, but goes back to where you were as soon as you stop again.

There is a mod here on the site for switching this safety feature on and off if you like.