RickyCheung

Hey Windracer, bigtsr, Thanks for the opinions! My Journey is at around 9000km, which is close to it's break-in, if it isn't already broke-in, and it's mileage has been just so-so. 310km is just my worst case, I usually get around 350km - 420km per tank(city only). I agree with both of you that driving in Vancouver means lots of idling and stop-and-go, I mean there are TONS of traffic light and stop signs here. I'm sure my driving habits aren't that bad because when I drive my mom's mercedes GLK (3.5L V6), I get over 550km from a 66L tank. I know it isn't the fairest comparison since Mercedes is a premium brand (better at using fuel more efficiently?), but I'm just making a reference. I certainly hope it'll get better as I drive it more. Ricky

The 2011 R/T (3.6 V6) gave me some bad mileage. This is based on 90% city driving. I got 310 KM from a full tank (~79L), that's 25.2 L / 100KM. For those of you who are used to US Units, this is what I got: only 192.6 mi from a 20 Gallon tank.

Yeah, that's what I meant. If I want to see the RDS display, I have to press info to see. It would be more convenient if the normal radio stations were displayed like the satellite radio. (smaller fonts displaying radio station + song artist/name

Sounds great!! Please take some pictures when you've installed the unit!

I have similar problems with my 11 Journey. I agree with the cruise controls, I've only used them for about 5 times, just to test it out. As you said, the buttons don't react quickly. I personally don't like using cruise control at any time because I don't feel connected with the road. And I always think that the car computer cannot decide for the road's conditions. I don't have any problems with the A/C. Automatic headlights do take a few seconds to change. The sensor doesn't constantly measure the ambient lighting, otherwise it would be using too much power/energy? Like the journey, it also takes a Mercedes and a BMW a few seconds to update the headings as well. As for the radio, it doesn't even show me the radio station name in the 4.3" screen. For MP3's, my system sometimes stops for a fraction of a second between songs, I don't think that's a problem as long as it's not pausing in the middle of the song. For the Unknown artists display, that's weird. I wonder if my car does that too. I have the same problem with some songs displaying long duration times. About a quarter of the songs on my thumbdrive does this. But this happens with my parents' Mercedes and BMW too. I think there's something to do with the MP3 file, but I haven't looked into fixing the issue. I don't have any problems with the search by ____, all songs/artists/albums show up under the search list. I don't use the speed display on the EVIC, so I don't know if it does the same thing with my Journey. I would keep the dimmer dial at one level before max (Max = when all lights are at 100% brightness and interior LEDs are on), then even when the headlights turn on, the UConnect screen would stay at max brightness. I don't think the display brightness will ever depend on the sensor on the mirror because everyone's eyes have a different sensitivity to light. And like you said, if it relies on the sensor, if the system thinks that there isn't enough light outside, the system would turn the headlights on and dim all the display to keep your eyes comfortable. Like you said again, the system turns on the headlights when theres still plenty of ambient light; in this case, if the uconnect display dims, you wouldn't be able to see it. (I hope that made sense to you) I'm just sharing my thoughts (: Apology for the poor english.

Hmmm that makes sense, I never thought of that. Thank you!

Hey everyone, the compass reading on my DJ works fine, but not the compass pointer on the UConnect system. Here's a picture to show you what I mean: You see how the pointer (it should point to North), is pointing to the left, while the car's going towards West. Shouldn't the pointer point to the right? Does anyone else have this problem?

I guess it's either the lockpick+camera, or just the NavTV? Thanks for the info, I'll look into it.

Hey everyone, I have a 2011 DJ that's equipped with the 4.3 UConnect. It has no backup camera and I would like to add one, hopefully using the original 4.3 screen. I've searched the forum quite a bit, it seems that I need to buy this thing called the lockpick. And it looks like that the lockpick adds the functionality to view the backup camera even though I'm not in reverse. Well I don't need that feature, is there a way to just add it to the car without buying the expensive lockpick? Thanks!!