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Hello,

I have just bought a 60 plate Freelander 2 HSE and have been trying out all the gizmos. I've been through the handbook till my brain hurts and have been in every menu button there is (I think!) but I can't find any way to get it to show me the speed I am driving at in the map window and it also doesn't alert me to speed limits or cameras. Whilst the last of the three might feasibly be an added extra, surely I should be able to see the speed I am travelling at and get warnings of speed limit areas?

Does the Freelander 2 factory fitted satnav not do this? If not, how can I upgrade to get these things? If it does do this, please can some kind soul post the correct sequence of button presses?

Many thanks.
 
Hi the nav system in Freelander doesn't display the items you're after

The speedo tells you the speed you're travelling at so it's not needed on the nav screen

And speed limits and speed cameras are not in the database and there's no way of updating it to show this
 
Thanks folks. At least I'm not going doolally then. My hubby's aged old satnav tells him these two things. I never thought something the quality of LandRover wouldn't. :-(
 
I just drive it said:
Thanks folks. At least I'm not going doolally then. My hubby's aged old satnav tells him these two things. I never thought something the quality of LandRover wouldn't. :-(
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It's not lack of quality, rather lack of necessity. There's no need for the nav to display vehicle speed on the screen, as that's already displayed on the speedo. Programming road speed limits and where police speed traps are is something that most vehicle manufacturers simply don't do. It's very expensive to apply the necessary data to a new disc and few owners would pay extra for it. It's very easy for nav manufacturers like Garmin and TomTom to apply such things via an on line update, although still not cheap. However it's impossible to use on line updates on a disc based sat nav system, without running off 1000s more discs. No manufacturer is going to make monthly disc updates, on the assumption that someone would buy them. It simply doesn't happen. Hence the nav system isn't programmed to accept such things.
 
Thanks Nodge68.
It's just what I'm used to. If I am going somewhere I don't know, I am frequently glancing at the satnav screen. If the speed shows in the same place that means I don't have to keep watching a separate dial for my speed as I am not by nature a speeder and I was confident with it being on the satnav screen that I would not get caught out by going a bit faster than I thought. I find urban driving more frustrating than most as quite often I can't see any speed signs for miles and miles yet they must be there somewhere.
 
Does anyone know how feesible it is to have a built in nav in an 07 freelander2 be replaced with one that is more functional?perhaps Apple car play and better gps etc. I have been looking and people have placed it below the built in or simply say call - such has halfords.

Would love an idea!
 
LandRoverRebel said:
Does anyone know how feesible it is to have a built in nav in an 07 freelander2 be replaced with one that is more functional?perhaps Apple car play and better gps etc. I have been looking and people have placed it below the built in or simply say call - such has halfords.

Would love an idea!
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Anything is possible, but far from easy.

Forget Apple garbage as it is far to controlled. You'd need something much more open, likely running Android.

However getting anything to work in place of the factory unit is difficult as the factory unit is connected to many vehicle systems including the TR.

It would likely be possible, but anything would be custom for the vehicle, which means huge costs to the point of ridiculous.
 
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