![]() ![]() Using the radio display on the bottom screen, you can combine two radio station presets into a single virtual button on the touchscreen, but I did not find switching between the two stations on the single button to be intuitive. Also, too much of the screen's real estate is taken up by unnecessary information, such as direction of travel, elevation and notification that the system is "Ready to Navigate." Honda should maximize the map area. Since the screen is not proximity sensing, they don't reappear when you put your fingertips close to the screen, leaving you to pinch, spread or swipe with varying degrees of success.Ĭonsulting traffic updates on the navigation map display, it is not easy to tell in which direction of travel traffic is backing up on the intended route. Launch navigation on the bottom screen and a couple of zoom buttons appear for a moment but then disappear. Another USB port is located inside the center console, and Honda has integrated storage space into all four of the Accord's door panels. The glove box is large, the center console bin is a good size, and a bin forward of the gear selector supplies covered space for smartphones and a quick-charge USB port. Inside, Honda does a better job of designing storage spaces. Also, Honda does not offer a handle or a slot on the inside of the trunk lid, which means you've got to put your fingertips on the dirty outside edge of the lid to slam it shut. Narrow clearance between the rear wheels makes it hard to store two full-size suitcases side-by-side. At 15.5 cubic feet, the trunk offers competitive but not class-leading space. In this category, Honda earns demerits for a few reasons. Also, plan on getting dirty fingertips when closing the lid. Though it offers competitive space, the Accord’s trunk shape makes using that space more effort that it should be. Still, would it kill Honda to put a volume knob and a tuning knob on the damn dashboard? And before I could turn off the music, an F-bomb came out of the speakers. I reached up for the volume knob, and one wasn't there. ![]() At the last second, as Marcus starts to sing the refrain, I realized I needed to shut that song off fast. While driving the Accord home from a dinner out with my family, "Little Lion Man" by Mumford and Sons came on. And so, when a song containing inappropriate language comes on, I need to act fast by either turning down the volume or switching to a different station. Sometimes, Alt Nation plays songs with R-rated lyrics. The bottom screen is used mainly for the sound system and navigation system, and once you adopt the steering wheel controls for the sound system, you can simply leave the navigation map showing on the bottom screen. To be fair, the top screen is a set-it-and-forget-it display. In turn, it seems to me that this requirement of attention on the part of the user should automatically disqualify similar interfaces in automobiles.īut, as you can see, Honda puts one into the Accord and in several of its other vehicles. How else to explain why so many humorous and horrifying video clips exist showing people getting themselves into trouble while walking and texting. You see, I'm under the impression that people must actually pay attention to their smartphone and tablet screens in order to use them properly. I'm going to be 50 years old soon, so maybe old-dude-syndrome is why I detest the Honda Accord's dual-screen dashboard design, which uses a combination of a non-touch display screen, a touch-sensing gesture-control screen and a steering wheel with 19 tiny little buttons and switches with correspondingly teensy markings. Today, the company appears to follow rather than lead, mistakenly drinking the technological Kool-Aid that promulgates the belief that people want the equivalent of a smartphone or tablet computer embedded into their dashboards. Once upon a time, Honda employed brilliance and set standards when it came to laying out a car's controls. Honda seems to think that putting a touch-sensing screen that works similar to a smartphone or tablet computer on the Accord’s dashboard is a good thing. ![]()
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