Certain options on our vehicles enable you to benefit from heavy driving comfort! In fact, having a GPS built in in your motor vehicle enables you to stay focused entirely on the road although driving to an unknown place without any problems. However the road network is regularly changing, it is therefore important to update the GPS of your Renault Kangoo , and this is accurately what we will discover in this article. To do this, first we will talk about the different features of the integrated GPS for cars, and secondly, how to update the GPS of a Renault Kangoo .
How does onboard GPS work in a Renault Kangoo
In this part we will discover how the GPS of a Renault Kangoo works and what are the different sort of GPS.
The advantages of an integrated GPS?
A built-in GPS provides many features that a smartphone GPS or Tomtom-type GPS will not have the ability to give you. Below is a list of the advantages of these devices:
- The fact that it is built in immediately into the dashboard of your Renault Kangoo makes it impossible to steal the GPS from your motor vehicle.
- Linked to your car’s radio antenna, the GPS will have better reception than any form of GPS you could use.
- It is very often, dependent on the year, attached to steering wheel voice commands, which enables 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 info is more readable.
- Linked to your sound system, it can be coupled to music and only appear when you replace direction, which limits the risk of you going off course as much as possible.
The different sort of GPS for Renault Kangoo
After having seen the positive aspects and before explaining to you how to update the GPS of your Renault Kangoo , we will fairly quickly summarize the different sort of integrated GPS that exist for a Renault Kangoo, here they are:
- The traditional GPS: We call traditional GPS the models that equip recent cars, they are linked to a complete 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, although very easy to use and have a lower screen quality, you’ll feel 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 convenient to use.
How do I update the GPS on a Renault Kangoo?
We will now move on to the part you are most enthusiastic about, how to update the GPS of your Renault Kangoo? 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 Renault Kangoo
The old GPS systems present on the Renault Kangoo until the years 2000/2005, these GPS use a particular software for the brand and the method to update this GPS on a Renault Kangoo is to go to the car dealership who will take care of it, for a 50 euros in many instances.
Updating the GPS of Renault Kangoo by SD or USB
This kind of GPS is most common on cars that are about ten years old. Most of the suppliers 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 based on the connectors available on your model and do the update immediately through the menu of your integrated GPS.
Automatic GPS update
Most recent Renault Kangoo’s with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay will update automatically, so there is no need for you to make any updates. You can continue to use your GPS with peace of mind knowing that the map and speed limits are up to date.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Renault Kangoo, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Kangoo category.
