Nissan Connect 8.0-inch infotainment review

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Nissan is progressively updating its infotainment systems to include smartphone mirroring, more powerful processors and intuitive functionality. Paul Maric reviews Nissan's latest 8.0-inch infotainment system that has recently debuted in the Nissan Juke city car.  We review every new car on the market, bust car myths, cover the latest car tech and answer your burning questions.  Whether you need new car advice, purchase validation or simply love learning more about new cars and technology, we are your car experts.  Subscribe to Car Expert: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DvMhvy3H7ntEgn9n3xQcQ?sub_confirmation=1  You'll find us dropping new video content three times a week. If you'd like to ask a question about one of our videos, simply leave us a comment. If you'd like to give us any feedback on our content, feel free to email us, or alternatively, hit us up on social media.  Finally, we want this channel to grow with your support and feedback. If there's anything you don't like or would like to see us change, we'd love to hear from you!  Follow us on social media to see what we're up to and to ask any questions!  CarExpert: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarExpertAus Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CarExpertAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carexpert.com.au  Paul Maric: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulMaric Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PaulMaric Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PaulMaric  #nissan #review #infotainment

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00:00 G'day, I'm Paul. Nissan's infotainment systems aren't very good, but that's all about to change.

00:04 Nissan has rolled out a brand new 8-inch infotainment system, and today I'm going to

00:08 take you through a detailed review of the infotainment system and its features. If you

00:12 haven't checked out the rest of our channel, we've got other car reviews and other infotainment

00:16 reviews there as well, but let's get stuck into it. This is what the home screen looks like,

00:21 and you can see that you have customisable menus. You can change what appears in each menu,

00:25 and then they slide across, with this being your default home screen with shortcuts for

00:29 entry for navigation, radio and then call history as well. Let's dive through each menu. We'll start

00:35 off here with the phone. You can quick dial with favourites, run through a phone book,

00:39 go through the call history, so recently dialed numbers, dial a number yourself,

00:43 check text messages, adjust Bluetooth connections and then also do volume controls. The entire

00:48 system can be controlled using voice recognition. One push of this button allows you to enter

00:52 navigation addresses and also make phone calls as well. Over in the info menu, there's some extra

00:57 details there for the navigation system. So for example, traffic information, this is built into

01:02 the inbuilt TomTom navigation that I'll show you in a second, but this is able to show you nearby

01:06 traffic information and details. So here you can see all the traffic problems around us,

01:11 there's quite a few, and then the other great feature here is 'where am I'. If you're ever

01:15 involved in a car accident or the first at the scene of a car accident, you need to tell people

01:19 where you are. You can see exact GPS coordinates down the bottom and then your nearest cross

01:23 streets as well. Very useful feature and hopefully you never have to use it, but it is there in case

01:28 you ever do. Over on the audio menu, you'll find FM/AM, DAB+ digital radio, plus Bluetooth

01:34 streaming as well, and also the ability to connect with the traditional auxiliary port or via USB.

01:39 If you click on the map menu, that takes you to the inbuilt satellite navigation. This uses a TomTom

01:44 system that's built into the car, works pretty well, it can be a little bit laggy at times as

01:48 you zoom in and out, but for the most part, it's a really quick system and far better than the old

01:53 navigation system that used to be integrated here in Nissans. Let's try putting a destination,

01:57 we'll see how quick it is. Melbourne Airport is my go-to. Let's type that in, you can already

02:03 see the results starting to appear down the bottom there. Melbourne Airport. I'm having to type the

02:14 whole thing out, do a list. There we go, Melbourne Airport. So, pretty straightforward, it works

02:19 really well. In terms of smartphone connectivity, you have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto built into

02:24 the screen. Both of those are via a cable, so not a wireless system, you have to plug in manually to

02:30 do that. It uses up the entire screen as well, so it's a good use of that screen real estate.

02:34 Then the final one is the settings menu, so you can see here Bluetooth settings, phone settings,

02:39 settings for customising the audio menu, the home screen, this is all sort of where it's located.

02:44 Down the bottom, you have some features for a day/night switch, so if that's ever too bright,

02:48 you hit that button, it'll dim it. Also, a shortcut button for the camera, so that brings up

02:52 that 360-degree camera and shows you the area around the car, and then shortcut menus for the

02:57 map, the menu and audio as well. So, thankfully, Nissan is finally picking up their infotainment

03:03 game. If you haven't done so already, you can check out some of our other infotainment reviews,

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03:18 Until next time, see you later.

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