In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:47:17 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 10:47:29 AM UTC-4, micky wrote:
In rec.autos.tech, on Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:18:22 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article , NONONOmisc07
says...

I don't need navigation, only occasionally to know where I am.

If the GPS map on new radios isn't a lot better than what I have, I'd
rather save a couple hundred dollars and get a radio withou it.



Get the radio without it.

That would save money, and I'm more likely to find a radio with real
buttons, which are easier to use when driving.

I don't know about the prices, but some of the new cars with navigation
have a USB slot where you download the maps on a computer and then
transfer them with a USB drive to the car.

Thank you for answering my question!

As many said, just get a Garman or such with the lifetime updates for
free.

I don't want another device.


No cell phone? Google Maps works very well for me.

That's one reason why I don't want another device. I already have a
phone, but it would be nice if it displayed on the dashboard.



And the question in the subject line was of interest regardless.

Answers to questions like "how does the map get into the radio?" are not
obvious from displays at Best Buy or ads on Amazon, and often not
mentioned even in reviews.