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bigblzr94 Enthusiast

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I don't think it would work. My stock HMI does not have the port for the antenna plug. You would have to open the case to see it you could mod it internally.

gybob Enthusiast

gybob

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Well....... heck! Lack of an antenna jack sure is a floater in the punchbowl.

 

Back to the drawing board.

Robo02cop Enthusiast

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i use the on star system, it just shows an arrow on your screen if you are gonna make a right or left and shows how close to the turn your getting put thats it, very basic plus the voice telling you that a turn is comming up. It also shows the arrow on the little screen between the gauge clusters

 

That will go away when your 6 month onstar trial ends...

 

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

 

That is not entirely true!! If you download the Onstar Mobile App on your smartphone you can continue to use the features of the app for 5 years. So when you 6 month trial ends you can still go on your mobile app and put in your directions and it will send the directions to your MyLink!!! The app will also let you lock, unlock, start truck, shut off truck, make horn honk, and shut horn off!!!

poolinaround New Member

poolinaround

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Mine is working. On star was less grief then XM getting the system updated. Not overly thrilled with the maps though, however that is just GM that needs to add some better graphics. Other than that quite seamless integration on a 2015 Tahoe

jim larson Enthusiast

jim larson

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If you have mylink (even the small 4.3 screen) then you have nav. You have to download the onstar app pn your phone and as long as you have gps on your phone, it will use that signal and allow you to have turn by turn with audio and visual nav on in your truck. Just figured it out myself today and it works great consdering it's free.

Only good if you have an active account. How is that free?

fastrnu90 New Member

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Okay...figured out the XM and OnStar thing. XM handled everything over the phone and traffic/weather/fuel popped in immediately. OnStar was a little longer. One phone call to complain on Saturday. Monday afternoon technical assistance called me and informed me that it required a manual account update on their end. Now my onstar app has two options: one for standard onstar turn by turn and one for send to vehicle navigation.

calgator, does your truck have factory navigation? I ordered travellink from XM, but no way to open a map? The onStar app only says "call onStar".. confused!

calgator73 Senior Enthusiast

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Nope... All I did was hit the OnStar button and spoke to a rep. I insisted that my truck had the factory nav. They confirmed my Vin and had tech support call me back a couple days later.

 

Sent from my LG-G2

 

 

scphilli Enthusiast

scphilli

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I got tired of being on hold with onstar and XM radio about it. If I were ever going to continue the onstar service or XM weather after the free preview, I would have tried harder.

 

I did find it funny that both pushed back on turning me on during the free preview, when the purpose of the free preview is for you to try it, like it, and buy it when the preview period expires.

scphilli Enthusiast

scphilli

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I am about to order from kodiakz it looks like best option. I considered just a garmin or using I pad mini, but this dash is rather tight and I hate the clutter. This is being used as my wife's daily driver and our tow vehicle for our 28' airstream so having a good gps is essential.

Did you gave any issues with onstar recognize the new unit? I have to say the turn by turn is kind of cool when directions sent from the remote link map, but seems pricy over long run and no ability to see map other than next turn.

No issues recognizing the new unit. It was truely plug and play.

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