Certain options on our vehicles enable you to benefit from serious driving comfort! Obviously, having a GPS built in in your car allows you to stay centered on the road although driving to an unknown destination without any complications. However the road network is constantly evolving, it is therefore essential to update the GPS of your Lancia Ypsilon , and this is accurately what we will discover today. To do so, first we will review the different attributes of the integrated GPS for vehicles, and secondly, how to update the GPS of a Lancia Ypsilon .
How does onboard GPS work in a Lancia Ypsilon
In this section we will learn how the GPS of a Lancia Ypsilon works and what are the different types of GPS.
The advantages of an integrated GPS?
A built-in GPS presents many benefits that a mobile phone GPS or Tomtom-type GPS will not be able to give you. Down below is a list of the advantages of these devices:
- The fact that it is built in straight into the dashboard of your Lancia Ypsilon makes it difficult to steal the GPS from your car.
- Linked with your car’s radio antenna, the GPS will have better reception than any sort of GPS you could use.
- It is very often, dependent on the year, linked to steering wheel voice commands, which allows you to use it without taking your hands off the wheel and therefore to drive more safely.
- The screen is in most cases much larger than a GPS on a smartphone or a nomadic type, so the information is more readable.
- Connected to your head unit, it can be coupled to music and just happen when you change direction, which limits the risk of you going off course as much as possible.
The different types of GPS for Lancia Ypsilon
After having discovered the pros and before explaining to you how to update the GPS of your Lancia Ypsilon , we will quickly summarize the different kind of integrated GPS that exist for a Lancia Ypsilon, here they are:
- The classic GPS: We call classic GPS the models that equip recent vehicles, they are connected to a whole multimedia system and are equipped with a touch screen.
- The old GPS: These GPS were the first generations, the screen is only used for navigation and they are updated with a USB stick or SD card. These systems, nevertheless basic to use and have a lower screen quality, you’ll experience like you’re watching a TV from the 90’s.
- GPS Android Auto or Apple CarPlay: At last, last kind of GPS, on the latest vehicles it is possible to have a system including Android or Apple, these systems are autonomous and you use the native applications of one of the two operating systems. They are very reactive and comfortable to use.
How do I update the GPS on a Lancia Ypsilon?
We will now move on to the component you are most interested in, how to update the GPS of your Lancia Ypsilon? To achieve this, we will see for each kind of GPS how the process of updating the cartography, the signalling and the software is done.
Updating old GPS on Lancia Ypsilon
The old GPS systems present on the Lancia Ypsilon until the years 2000/2005, these GPS use a particular software for the brand and the method to update this GPS on a Lancia Ypsilon is to go to the car dealership who will take care of it, for a 50 euros in many instances.
Updating the GPS of Lancia Ypsilon by SD or USB
This kind of GPS is most basic on cars that are about ten years old. Most of the companies have called upon the company “HERE navigation” and you will have to go to their site to download the map update of your GPS, then copy it to a USB key or SD card depending on the connectors available on your model and do the update straight through the menu of your integrated GPS.
Automatic GPS update
Most recent Lancia Ypsilon’s with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay will update automatically, so there is no need for you to produce any updates. You can continue to use your GPS with comfort knowing that the map and speed limits are up to date.
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