JamieGeek
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Yeah cross posting another blog post:
Lets talk a little bit more about that Nav system, specifically two items in particular. I’ll first talk about how to get to them. We will start out on the main navigation screen. On the bottom left is an icon (I’ve probably mentioned it before) with some tools on it. Tapping it will open up the “toolbox”:
The two items I’m going to highlight here are “Up Ahead” and “Exit Services”. These two features work by scanning the road ahead–in the case of Exit Services you must be on the highway for it to work properly.
Lets tap on “Up Ahead”: You’ll see a small window open up at bottom right listing points of interest ahead of you:
The list will show you quick search results for four categories of your choosing. If nothing is found within a few miles or multiple items are found you’ll see the category name in the slot (“Charging Stations” in the image above). Otherwise you’ll see the closest item listed in the box (“Tim Hortons” above for restaurants). Tapping on the item will pop up the search results screen for that item (if its a single destination you’ll see that screen with the “Go” button on it, if its a category you’ll see the search results list for items in that category ahead of you). The list is dynamic changing as you drive to display the nearest items. If you don’t like the default four categories (Charge Stations, Restaurants, Banks?, and Parks) you can tap the pencil at top right and pick which category you want (on the edit screen you tap the slot and pick the new category you want to go there). This makes searching for places while on the road a lot quicker if they are always going on in front of you.
The other item of interest is “Exit Services”. Tapping on it will show a similar list to “Up Ahead” but the contents are a little different:
This one will list out the exits ahead of you with the closest one at the top and further ones on down the list. The icon shows the services available at the exit (from what I’ve seen it would appear that if there are multiple different kinds of services available at an exit–for example an exit has both gas stations and restaurants–you’ll see multiple entries one for each service). Tapping on the entry will show the search results screen listing all the items in that category for that exit. A pretty handy way to search for the items with no need to tap where to and then find the category.
I’ve been using an app called iExit for years that essentially does the exact same thing “Exit Services” does. It tracks your location on the freeway and lists out what is at each exit in front of you. Its really nice to see something like this implemented in the car.
Both of these add a nice touch to the nav system that makes the Mach-E a pretty cool road tripping car (of course as Ford adds Sync 4a to other vehicles this will add to their road tripping skills as well).
Blog post is here but its the same text LOL:
https://spareelectrons.wordpress.com/2021/03/07/cool-features-of-sync4as-nav/
Lets talk a little bit more about that Nav system, specifically two items in particular. I’ll first talk about how to get to them. We will start out on the main navigation screen. On the bottom left is an icon (I’ve probably mentioned it before) with some tools on it. Tapping it will open up the “toolbox”:
The two items I’m going to highlight here are “Up Ahead” and “Exit Services”. These two features work by scanning the road ahead–in the case of Exit Services you must be on the highway for it to work properly.
Lets tap on “Up Ahead”: You’ll see a small window open up at bottom right listing points of interest ahead of you:
The list will show you quick search results for four categories of your choosing. If nothing is found within a few miles or multiple items are found you’ll see the category name in the slot (“Charging Stations” in the image above). Otherwise you’ll see the closest item listed in the box (“Tim Hortons” above for restaurants). Tapping on the item will pop up the search results screen for that item (if its a single destination you’ll see that screen with the “Go” button on it, if its a category you’ll see the search results list for items in that category ahead of you). The list is dynamic changing as you drive to display the nearest items. If you don’t like the default four categories (Charge Stations, Restaurants, Banks?, and Parks) you can tap the pencil at top right and pick which category you want (on the edit screen you tap the slot and pick the new category you want to go there). This makes searching for places while on the road a lot quicker if they are always going on in front of you.
The other item of interest is “Exit Services”. Tapping on it will show a similar list to “Up Ahead” but the contents are a little different:
This one will list out the exits ahead of you with the closest one at the top and further ones on down the list. The icon shows the services available at the exit (from what I’ve seen it would appear that if there are multiple different kinds of services available at an exit–for example an exit has both gas stations and restaurants–you’ll see multiple entries one for each service). Tapping on the entry will show the search results screen listing all the items in that category for that exit. A pretty handy way to search for the items with no need to tap where to and then find the category.
I’ve been using an app called iExit for years that essentially does the exact same thing “Exit Services” does. It tracks your location on the freeway and lists out what is at each exit in front of you. Its really nice to see something like this implemented in the car.
Both of these add a nice touch to the nav system that makes the Mach-E a pretty cool road tripping car (of course as Ford adds Sync 4a to other vehicles this will add to their road tripping skills as well).
Blog post is here but its the same text LOL:
https://spareelectrons.wordpress.com/2021/03/07/cool-features-of-sync4as-nav/
there's actually three tiers now apparently (see the link).
