Can anyone help me with this?

On my MY13 Freelander 2 Metropolis. When using the satnav it mostly has the arrow representing the car's location in the centre of the screen pointing forwards. Generally as we turn or change heading the map re-orientates around the screen so that the arrow is pointing towards the top of the screen and the map is oriented in the direction of travel. As you would expect.

However, I've noticed pretty much every journey there will be a few points where things go wonky and the arrow will start to point sideways and even once it pointed completely backwards. This is incredibly disorienting and can make the difference between missing a turn or not.

Is this normal behaviour for this satnav system?! Is there a setting to stop it happening? Or have I somehow got a faulty unit? I've searched the forum and the internet but can't find any mention of anyone else complaining about this. I'm struggling to understand how this could be anything other than a software issue, but if it's not normal then maybe it's a hardware fault?

Any advice would be very welcome!

Do you have it set on 'North up'? What about 3D instead of 2D? Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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No that's the peculiar thing it's set for direction of travel up and 3D maps

Have you tried looking out of the windows to see where you are going? I get really p ed off nearly every day when people arrive at my gate looking for a nearby Hotel (with a big sign) that they have just driven past to get to me.

Sorry rant over.  3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

dorsetfreelander wrote:

Have you tried looking out of the windows to see where you are going?

I had no problem finding north traveling around Europe for 4 months using these paper things!

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Oh thanks for the helpful suggestion. No hadn't occurred to me to use the windows. Yes paper maps are a good substitute maybe we could suggest that Land Rover replace the LCD screen with a slot to hold books of maps in future models.

My current theory is that the compass hardware is defective. I'll report back once I see what the dealers say. Assuming they don't just recommend the use of dead trees as substitute.

dorsetfreelander wrote:

Have you tried looking out of the windows to see where you are going? I get really p ed off nearly every day when people arrive at my gate looking for a nearby Hotel (with a big sign) that they have just driven past to get to me.

Sorry rant over.

Thanks for the brilliant idea, I will ask the wife if she wants to open a restaurant with the same name as the hotel.

Incidentally, on your original problem, is it possible that your tracking is so far out that your sat nav thinks you are going the wrong direction? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

dshipp wrote:

Oh thanks for the helpful suggestion. No hadn't occurred to me to use the windows. Yes paper maps are a good substitute maybe we could suggest that Land Rover replace the LCD screen with a slot to hold books of maps in future models.

My current theory is that the compass hardware is defective. I'll report back once I see what the dealers say. Assuming they don't just recommend the use of dead trees as substitute.

I don't know if this is relevant but I was thinking about this today and looked at the compass on my mobile phone and it said that in order to improve accuracy I was to shake the phone in a figure of 8 motion a couple of times. Presumably there is some accelerometer in there that uses the information to determine which way the phone is pointing as well as it's absolute position. However i the case of a car you would think that it would quickly work out which was is north from the motion of the vehicle and that it wouldn't need whatever the phone has inside it. Any ideas anyone? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

All of what you are saying/complaining about is configurable in the Nav settings, "learn route", "avoid motorways", "quickest route", "most economical", "screen options"etc......
The Nav system is great BUT if anything can be layed at it is that it is complex and you really need to read the owners manual to get most from it.
In regards to the "op's" topic put the Nav in "offroad" mode and see if the compass is behaving, it will also display satilite navigation information so you can keep an eye on it.
There's also diagnostic information in the HDD diagnostic menu for the Satelite information you can check which has been outlined how to access in other threads. MY15
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