Need help with digital cluster

[FORDTEXAS]

Does anybody know how to disable the turn by turn navigation on the digital cluster? The stupid screen always does this when i set a destination in apple maps. I will attach a photo for you folks to see.

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[scott011422]

While I cant help you with Apple Maps, If you use Google Maps, The Gauge Cluster doesnt work with google Maps.

 

[FrankThompson]

While I cant help you with Apple Maps, If you use Google Maps, The Gauge Cluster doesnt work with google Maps.

I guess it should be expanded upon that perhaps Google maps doesn't do that if you use an iPhone/carplay. For anyone who runs across this, Google maps does do this if you are on an Android phone using Android auto.

That said I just ran out to the truck and unfortunately can't find a setting to turn this feature off as a whole. Maybe someone else will have better luck.

 

[scott011422]

I guess it should be expanded upon that perhaps Google maps doesn't do that if you use an iPhone/carplay. For anyone who runs across this, Google maps does do this if you are on an Android phone using Android auto.

That said I just ran out to the truck and unfortunately can't find a setting to turn this feature off as a whole. Maybe someone else will have better luck.

Thats good to know! Yes, I am using Apple. So google Nav on your android shows up in the cluster? Strange. I wonder what the truck sees differently.

 

[FrankThompson]

Thats good to know! Yes, I am using Apple. So google Nav on your android shows up in the cluster? Strange. I wonder what the truck sees differently.

I actually like that it does it when using android auto. There are some quirks though like when it's doing a countdown to a turn, it says "0ft" until it actually gets to feet. I.e. if google maps says "turn in 1/4 mile", the digital cluster says "turn in 0ft" which is really annoying. It doesn't say correct information until, I believe, it says "turn in 500 ft".

The smaller gauges threw me for a loop the first time it happened though as it didn't do this in my '17. Also in my '17 it was a dedicated screen. Now it just seems to take over the digital cluster when it wants to use it.


As to why it doesn't work on carplay, my guess is that it is some limitation that Apply has put in carplay to only let it work with Apple Maps, OR google has not added in the API calls for the iPhone version to work on the cluster? It has to be one of those 2 and I'm not sure, unless someone knows of another non-apple maps app that works, which one it is for sure.

 

[scott011422]

I actually like that it does it when using android auto. There are some quirks though like when it's doing a countdown to a turn, it says "0ft" until it actually gets to feet. I.e. if google maps says "turn in 1/4 mile", the digital cluster says "turn in 0ft" which is really annoying. It doesn't say correct information until, I believe, it says "turn in 500 ft".

The smaller gauges threw me for a loop the first time it happened though as it didn't do this in my '17. Also in my '17 it was a dedicated screen. Now it just seems to take over the digital cluster when it wants to use it.


As to why it doesn't work on carplay, my guess is that it is some limitation that Apply has put in carplay to only let it work with Apple Maps, OR google has not added in the API calls for the iPhone version to work on the cluster? It has to be one of those 2 and I'm not sure, unless someone knows of another non-apple maps app that works, which one it is for sure.

Interesting. I did try waze the other day. While i couldn't stand the app, it did display in the gauge cluster.

 

[FrankThompson]

Interesting. I did try waze the other day. While i couldn't stand the app, it did display in the gauge cluster.

Well I guess to make it even more interesting... Google owns Waze. I guess they haven't added that ability into Google Maps for iPhones yet. Interesting indeed.

 

[dhrandy]

The only solution I've found is to hit the back button when it pops up.

 

[FORDTEXAS]

The only solution I've found is to hit the back button when it pops up.

as in it’ll return the cluster screen back to normal?

 

[dhrandy]

as in it’ll return the cluster screen back to normal?

Sorry, no it won't change that screen back. It just gets rid of the turn pop-up.

 

[Ajzride]

There is a way to turn it off, but being 2000 miles away from my truck I can’t go look for it. Keep digging through the menus. It might be under NAV.

 

[Zyvin]

Could prob turn it off via forscan if there are no menu options.
720-05-01 xxxx-x*xx-xxxx

 

[RedTXV]

Or turn car play off.

 

[daemonic3]

There are 2 things being discussed here:

1. The shrinking of the 2 large gauges when Nav is active, so that the "next turn" info shows top center between the 4 small configurable gauges. I believe this is what the OP wants to disable.

2. The upcoming turn pop-ups that happen in the info area between the 2 large gauges. These have always happened using Ford Nav, and got enabled via updates so that they also happen in AndroidAuto+Gmaps/waze, or Carplay+Amaps. The popups are also enabled/disabled via forscan.

I don't know the answer to #1 above, I can't remember anyone asking/seeking to disable it before.

For #2 to me they are sometimes helpful, sometimes annoying, so I'm just leaving them be. They are really only annoying when I am looking for other information (like EV coach) and it pops over it. But helpful because I mute my Nav voice prompts so the popup is helpful if I wasn't aware my turn is coming up. I also want to keep them enabled because I keep anticipating they will fix the math bug where it rounds everything between 500ft to <1 mile down to 0 miles. This is the dumbest and easiest thing to fix and it makes me cringe every time but I have to keep looking at it like a train wreck to see if it gets fixed with every update.

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