Video: 2010 Nissan 370Z Navigation

Now we have a 370Z here and we're going to show you how it works, but it's basically the same for any car with that option. Now I've always liked the navigation system Nissans had. It's also in their infinities. This is just a really nice upgrade. The top upgrade is a higher resolution screen. Nissan says it's four times higher resolution than before. And you really see that when you go to the maps and you know, zoom in and out. It gives street signs. It actually shows 3D images of buildings. Like if you're in downtown Chicago, it actually shows the Sears Tower. Very cool. To navigate any screen, you have this cool scroll wheel with directional buttons and a number of handy keys like the back button, which again goes to the previous screen from wherever you are. So if you're nav, and you hit the wrong button, or you went ahead too far, you can go back really easily with just one button. Also, the screen is a touch screen. So in certain areas you can instead of using all those buttons, just touch it with your finger. A lot of people prefer touch screens and that's why it's there. But when you're driving, sometimes it's better not to reach and touch, but to just kind of actually use the buttons instead. There are a number of different audio options including iPod use, a USB connector. That's great 'cause it gets you all the digital sound quality that you want. It also shows cool stuff like the artwork. You don't really see that in most car systems these days. So obviously you have your standard AM and FM radio, your satellite radio. Also, this has a hard drive in it. So you put in a CD, you can actually burn up to nine gigabytes of music and it'll always be in your car. So when you take the CD's out, it's still there for you. It also plays DVD's and it does it quite well. The quality is very good and the sound, it's up there. Go along with all the entertainment, there's also a lot of information packed into the system. Now there's stuff like a Zagat's restaurant guide, which is just kind of strange, but there's also traffic and weather, which is really useful for commuters. So you can see what nearby construction there is and any kind of delays or accidents for the traffic. And on the weather side, not only you get the current weather, which a lot of people can just check outside through a car window and see. We also get a forecast which is kind of cool. Most navigation systems for any brand will cost you at least $2,000. Nissan priced it in the Z at 1,850. So it's a relative steal for all the information entertainment options you get. It's like a Swiss Army knife with navigation systems. <v Narrator>For more car related news, go to cars.com. For our blog, KickingTires.net.