navigation questions 2015 GT

treepeony1 · Oct 4, 2016

Hi,
About to take possession of a used 2015 CX-5 GT. Looking for what to do for navigation. It looks like I'll need the KJ02-66-EF0C for the OEM navigation.
With that option, it appears that the system is locked while driving. I don't want that scenario.
1) I saw where someone disconnected the vehicle speed sensor wire. Has anyone here tried this?
2) There appears to be possible firmware hacks, but I am confused if they would apply to the 2015?
I don't really want to spend ~$500 and end up with that functionality.
Last option would be a separate gps. Any good options of where to attach it?
thank you.
Jonathan

halfast3 · Oct 4, 2016

treepeony1 said:
Hi,
About to take possession of a used 2015 CX-5 GT. Looking for what to do for navigation. It looks like I'll need the KJ02-66-EF0C for the OEM navigation.
With that option, it appears that the system is locked while driving. I don't want that scenario.
1) I saw where someone disconnected the vehicle speed sensor wire. Has anyone here tried this?
2) There appears to be possible firmware hacks, but I am confused if they would apply to the 2015?
I don't really want to spend ~$500 and end up with that functionality.
Last option would be a separate gps. Any good options of where to attach it?
thank you.
Jonathan

1) I'd love to see a how-to video on the speed sensor wire-ectomy.
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2) The hacks I've seen apply to the 2016> GPS which is different from the TomTom unit in the >2015.5 models.
With the 5" touchscreen, you can purchase the add-on GPS from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)

Tom 6-6 · Oct 5, 2016

The system locks you out of the settings, you can still change destination .

halfast3 · Oct 6, 2016

Tom 6-6 said:
The system locks you out of the settings, you can still change destination .

True. But can you search for a POI or add a new destination from scratch?

treepeony1 · Oct 6, 2016

halfast3 said:
True. But can you search for a POI or add a new destination from scratch?

Also, apparently there are voice commands. Do they work? Can one do something useful with that?

Kedis82ZE8 · Oct 6, 2016

I don't use it a lot but voice recognition does work to enter in destinations. This limitation is far from a Mazda thing... I've had a factory nav in cars since 2001 and mine have always limited options upon movement.

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