Question about Stereo - '10 Tech

[jjsC6]

I can't find this on their web-site. Does the stereo (tech package) have a hard drive that music can be down loaded to? It seems that almost all upscale vehicle have this now. My CTS has it and I love it.

BTW, I have zero interest in an I-Pod integration. I don't have an I-Pod, and don't have any interest in getting one.

Also, is the Nav in the Tech package NOT touch screen??? That's what it says. I find that hard to believe in this day.

Thanks

 

[CanukV6]

The Navigation System uses a Hard Drive for data storage and I'm guessing the same drive is used to record Phone Book data, Radio Station preferences etc.. I don't know if you can actually download music to the hard drive. You can use a USB memory stick as a plug-in hard drive and the stereo system will play music from that.

The Tech Package Nav System does not have a touch screen. Bizzarely the Nav system option for the Genesis without the Tech package, does use a touch-screen interface!

 

[ASHDUMP]

I used to have a touch screen navigation and have to say that I really don't mind the Genesis Non-touch interface. I feel like I have better control over the screen with the control knob. Ripping music to the HD can not happen. It has been the subject of many threads. I don't know why you can't do this and I think this feature should be available.

I love my music to much though, so I will always purchase CD's. The sound quality is by far the best with a CD verses ripping or using storage devices. Some may say the difference is minimal, but I can tell. IPODS are LAME (had to throw that in).

 

[dataguy]

The Tech package uses the same Lexicon 7.1 system in both the 2009 and 2010 sedan. It uses a joystick-controller knob rather than a touchscreen, which works well and keeps the screen free of fingerprints. It's hard drive based, but it's not user accessible (no music storage).

The touch screen on the Premium Navigation package is a different system with a smaller display. If I were to guess why, I suspect that they're using the same touchscreen GPS that's available on other Hyundai models. It's also possible that they have an sourcing agreement with Harman (for the Lexicon at least, perhaps for Infinity if they are using those for the touch GPS system).

 

[jjsC6]

Thanks for all the quick responses.

Regarding the touch screen - I do have mixed emotions. I'm really anal about keeping my stuff clean and I agree on the fingerprints. But entering addresses is a pain in the butt without touch screen. I had an M45 Infiniti without touch screen. It's not a deal breaker for me though - I can live without touch.

The non-hard drive is going to be an downer for me, but not likely a deal breaker either. Once you've had it you are really spoiled. I assume when you use the USB Memory stick that it reads all the information and gives a lot of lattitude on what songs you play and the info on the screen???

Thanks again. I'm about three months from my lease ending on my CTS.

 

[dataguy]

Unfortunately, while the Lexicon has phenomenal sound, it's not perfect. For example, it doesn't read the ID3 tags on MP3 files to display album/artist/title information (it uses the filename and foldername to display that).

The GPS isn't the worst factory system I've seen, but it's not as good as most mainstream portable GPS units (Garmin, Magellan, Tom Tom, etc.), especially in the address entry. It's not the interface (non-touchscreen) that's the problem, but rather that it doesn't start with the city name as the filter, but forces you to guess which cardinal (N,S,E,W) and suffix (st, ave, way, nothing). If you guess wrong, you can't just go back but have to start over. Curiously, the navigation voice entry (also included with the Tech package) asks for the city first, and that's infinitely easier to use.

Still, despite the annoyances, I highly recommend the Tech package and the Genesis.

 

[jjsC6]

Unfortunately, while the Lexicon has phenomenal sound, it's not perfect. For example, it doesn't read the ID3 tags on MP3 files to display album/artist/title information (it uses the filename and foldername to display that).

The GPS isn't the worst factory system I've seen, but it's not as good as most mainstream portable GPS units (Garmin, Magellan, Tom Tom, etc.), especially in the address entry. It's not the interface (non-touchscreen) that's the problem, but rather that it doesn't start with the city name as the filter, but forces you to guess which cardinal (N,S,E,W) and suffix (st, ave, way, nothing). If you guess wrong, you can't just go back but have to start over. Curiously, the navigation voice entry (also included with the Tech package) asks for the city first, and that's infinitely easier to use.

Still, despite the annoyances, I highly recommend the Tech package and the Genesis.

Thanks for the input. If I get a Genesis the Tech package is a no-brainer for me.

BTW, my CTS does some stupid stuff also as far as wanting the address before the city. It sometimes appears I can enter the city first, but many times it then procedes to ignore the city I entered and starts search every city for the address.

I currently have three factory navs and two hand held Garmins. It is truly amazing how much better the hand helds you can buy for $200 are compared to the $2,000 factory navs.