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It just feels like nobody uses these things (or they're so resource constrained their first iteration made it into production). I bought a 2015 Honda Fit knowi
by pfranz 9y ago
It just feels like nobody uses these things (or they're so resource constrained their first iteration made it into production). I bought a 2015 Honda Fit knowing it'd been out awhile and there was no change for 2016 (I hoped this meant many things, including their infotainment system had things ironed out). I also got the lowest-end infotainment system because I wanted a volume knob instead of soft buttons. It's funny how with professional cameras the high end have more physical buttons, while it's the opposite for car stereos. I'd rather turn a knob than grope the dash to mash down on a touchscreen while driving.
I've tried to "learn" the system.
* there's a mess of apps to download and it's unclear which work with the tier of sound system I got and they completely oversell what they do.
* there's no way they're going to do a better job at GPS and directions (my tier wasn't supported, but I didn't know that until I downloaded their app and figured it out myself)
* it makes no sense to have a separate voice dialing from Siri (it's unclear that it's separate, it's just terrible at it, and it's unclear on how to train new names)
* it auto-connects known phones and starts playing random songs. I know that's part of Bluetooth, but if the wrong device connects they bury device swapping multiple menus deep and you have to "disconnect" the old devices and "connect" the correct one instead of just connecting to the phone you want
* they separate bluetooth phone and audio--you have to connect your phone to each one. I get this is a "feature" but it just confuses things. I doubt most people know there's a distinction
* plugging into USB (to charge) does not mean I want to switch audio over--I use a cigarette lighter USB adapter to get rid of this confusion
* features differ between USB attached device and Bluetooth even for things that they both could technically support (i.e. album artwork doesn't show up over Bluetooth but does over USB). I would forget which is attached--I doubt most people understand the distinction. Again, not using USB solved this.
* and really, most importantly, don't crash. If you do (which happens at least monthly), don't make me turn the car off to restart it.
I'm not intending to rant at you. I've told my dealer about the crashing issue and asked if there were any updates (there weren't), the rest I've learned to live with since I don't plan on buying a new car for 10+ years. I now plan to write a letter.
- ianai 9y agoThat was such a good comment I actually think you prewrote it for just this sort of comment reply. (But I suspect you really wrote it for your dealer)
- dx034 9y ago> * plugging into USB (to charge) does not mean I want to switch audio over--I use a cigarette lighter USB adapter to get rid of this confusion This is the biggest issue for me with so many cars. Why can't I just deactivate USB interfaces? I use USB to charge but only use Bluetooth for audio (tends to work much better for Spotify). Bluetooth is very reliable in most cars but whenever I start charging I have to switch back. A simple setting to set USB to charge-only mode wouldn't be hard to implement and a great win.