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THE 730N RHR Q&A Thread

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#1 ·
I have been struggling trying to find the value of this radio. Maybe you have too. Seems most threads here eventually get hijacked or go down the bunny trail. I respectfully ask that that not happen here. If you have a radio that is better than the 730N fantastic, start a thread and discuss it.:thumb:
You don't have to actually have the radio but if you can answer a question please do.

If you have the 730N and a year of free Sirius all the better. Some of my questions are generated about that. Mater of fact I am wondering why, on Travel Link Weather when the map scale is set for 15 miles the map displayed spans 250 miles east to west and when set for 50 miles it displays a map that spans 500 miles. Not very accurate and not at all useful for local conditions. Is there a remedy for this?

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#2 ·
Just as I thought not many were as brain dead to get this unit as I was but I will try to keep it going to see if I am the only dumb @$$ that bought this dog.

On my five year old Garmin free standing GPS there is a screen that gives MPH speed, top speed, miles driven and one for elevation. Has anyone found that on the 730N? I used those features a lot on the Garmin.
 
#5 ·
I also looked everywhere for this (including the engineering menu) with no luck. If it is available, maybe someone will post up. Now I have one, after a recent "flash" update at the dealer mine has randomly not been booting up the backlighting for the display. The radio/nav/etc.. is still working as well as the touchscreen, but I cannot see anything. Has anyone else had this happen to them? :)
 
#3 ·
Elevation is in the "Where am I now" screen. I don't think the unit gives any vehicle info - thats on the little screen on the dash.

I agree the the unit was designed by a kid, sitting on his parent's couch, who designs video games for a (meager) living.
 
#6 ·
730n

I think I may need to totally geek out for about a weekend and go through the 730N manual a few times.

I have to say I borrowed a JKUR before making the decision to order the Jeep i got and it had the 430 NAV. One cool feature the 430 had was it would show you your MPH. I only assumed that getting the "upgraded" 730 that it would have that feature too. Like I said I probably need to hit the manual pretty hard incase that feature is in there and just need some tick mark somewhere. I did Lockpic mine day 1, but I read the folks that had LockPic their NAV would show 0 MPH.

The other gripe with my 730 is I think it does not know how dark / light it is outside. It seems to play the day brightness at night and plays the night brightness during the day.

If anyone has a quick answer to the two questions above great, if not i will RTFM and go away.

Anyhow, love my JKUR bone stocker...
 
#31 ·
I think I may need to totally geek out for about a weekend and go through the 730N manual a few times.

I have to say I borrowed a JKUR before making the decision to order the Jeep i got and it had the 430 NAV. One cool feature the 430 had was it would show you your MPH. I only assumed that getting the "upgraded" 730 that it would have that feature too. Like I said I probably need to hit the manual pretty hard incase that feature is in there and just need some tick mark somewhere. I did Lockpic mine day 1, but I read the folks that had LockPic their NAV would show 0 MPH.

The other gripe with my 730 is I think it does not know how dark / light it is outside. It seems to play the day brightness at night and plays the night brightness during the day.

If anyone has a quick answer to the two questions above great, if not i will RTFM and go away.

Anyhow, love my JKUR bone stocker...
Easy answer. There's a setting under "display", set it to 'auto'. If it already is, use the light adjustments for the dashboard. It adjust the display too.
 
#8 ·
OK, here is another one I had last week.

I was manually entering an address on Shepherd Dr. in Houston, TX. I new how to get there but wanted to use the GPS/Traffic feature as well as time to destination feature.

I got as far as:Texas; Shepherd Dr; and the first number of the address and the numbers I needed blanked out leaving me a choice of numbers that would not make up the one I needed. So I entered numbers as close as I could and it tried to take me to an address on Shepherd Dr. in Gladewater, TX 200 miles to the north!:banghead:

Can the city name be manually entered overriding the all knowing GPS?
 
#26 ·
I just mentioned in another thread that I'm going to dig out my manual and start tinkering with mine.

As I've settled into daily usage there are some annoyances that I'd like to take care of, like...where the hell do I go to pick music from the HDD?
If you want to manage your HDD library it's as easy as pie to get into THAT, but I can't seem to find an easy way to go into a HDD menu and choose an album or song to play!

-and the "trail of breadcrumbs" feature in the GPS- It's great, but WHERE does it store your saved trails? I can't seem to find them to review them on the map once they are saved!!

My bet is that if we were all together having a coulple of cold ones we'd each have information that would be usable to the other guys. It's just the way of things.
Sorry the system is pissing you off. It does seem...quirky.
 
#10 ·
I ran into that once. Backed up and started over with state/city search and worked fine since. I believe the system learns a bit, as it seems to be doing exactly what I need now. Same with the travel link. It comes up with an odd entry, I clear it and put in what data I want, and it keeps up. Music took a bit of a learning curve. I've got it figured out now and it's fairly simple.

As far as VR goes, I had my EVO with Exchange from work and Comcast personal contacts on it. It had trouble with multiple contacts. I deleted the Exchange account from my EVO, and synched my Iphone (work phone) to the unit. Now it works fine. No problem calling folks. And I think that's actually pretty amazing, as I have soft top and half doors.

I think I have made things a little easier for me by doing all this. I think the 730N is a great unit. But, I think it is because I have tweaked how I use it.

Before the tweak, I'd sit and marvel at the missus' 430N and ask why can't mine do that....
 
#14 ·
Is there a way to back up the h/d? If it goes down I am screwed because I have spent hours ripping cd's to the hd. I know I could have used a thumb drive to transfer them at one time from iTunes but it seems to me that every time I transfer music from one format to another quality is lost. Am I the only one that noticed this?
 
#16 ·
I have it on my 2012 and honestly haven't had any issues with it. I don't like the fact that when you shut the truck off, the shuffle for my ipod gets turned off as well, so I have to do it every time. I am not a huge fan of predictive address input, but I am learning to work with it.
 
#118 ·
You can delete files. If you go through the menu, there is an option. I would have to go out and do it to give you directions.

You can not save the stuff on the HD. I put all my files on a flash drive and save them on the computer.

I put some of my CD's on my HD but the tracks are not always named and I don't like that. Now I have an I phone I just buy digital albums.
 
#18 ·
Our gripe is with the phone, we have identical phones (pantech p2030). In the jeep with the cheap 130 res radio with uconnect, the phone book downloads like it's supposed to. In the Chrysler 200 with the fancy 730n rhr no phone book download! Took it to the dealer today, they're looking into it.
We are also dissapointed with the navigation, have a portable Garmin in the jeep, and much prefer it to the 730n.
 
#19 ·
730n

I am growing more fond of my 730. I test drove a JKUR with the 430 and was digging the MPH that was displayed. I am disappointed to see that feature lacking in the more expensive 730 model. I have the LOC Pic installed on mine. My 4 year old always wants to watch Rio when she is in the Jeep. Over all I would have been just as happy with the 430 and saved a couple of bucks but what is done is done... I dont use the voice response. I have but I find it quicker to just pull my phone out of shirt pocket and dial. Supposedly the 730 has an advantage over the 430 in that it is able to maintain a GPS position even if in a parking garage. I think it uses an eyecromoter at that point.
 
#20 ·
Sorry so late chiming in. Without power for a week and them slammed at work.
For the 730N:

It will do speed and map location/direction of travel. . It will do it split screen in Nav mode and is a nice feature.

Unless you have an IPod cable for the Ipod, forget about I-tunes. I use Windows Media to copy music to a thumb drive. I clean up the music folders after the copy. It makes up loading very simple. One of the things to do is select the highest quality possible prior to synching to the thumb drive. This will definitely impact the playback quality.

Burning CDs is tedious at times. Gracenotes is not updated in the Chrysler world like it is in Windows Media and I-Tunes.



On the 730, music cannot be streamed from a thumb drive. Only copied.



On phones: I have an HTC EVO 4G and it loads the phonebook every time. What I do is clean up my entries in my phonebook so that it's a quick download. I have my work Iphone connected as well. 300+ contacts. It still is done in about 3 blocks of travel.


We do have both, 730N in mine and 430N in the missus. Music selection, copying/streaming is light years better on the 430N. The NAV, bluetooth. split screen and bread crumbs on the 730N is miles better.


Bob K.
 
#23 ·
I have 730n on my 2012 jk and yes it takes a bit of hit n miss to use. I find myself using my iPhone to find places & addresses sometimes if the 730 cannot.

Hands free Bluetooth voice phone is very good. Had the front top off and no problem hearing on either end.

Definitely use clean files for contacts, for me finding name by voice is a hit n miss. I have to state names of contacts front to back or reverse for it to find contact to call. I have given up sometimes and just pulled the phone out...

Sirius free for year is probably the real reason it's more expensive than Other version. Most stations are a waste for me since i only listen to a couple stations and 1 of them is on am dial(espn).

I haven't tinkered with the hd long enough to provide some answers to some questions above. Sorry...
 
#74 ·
I have 730n on my 2012 jk and yes it takes a bit of hit n miss to use. I find myself using my iPhone to find places & addresses sometimes if the 730 cannot.
Sirius free for year is probably the real reason it's more expensive.
$195.
That's what we have knocked off the Sirus capable radio for the Jeep since it's not available in Hawaii.
On the plus side - it's 80 degrees.
 
#25 ·
ive got this exact model in my 2012JKUS. I like the radio, but boy, that GPS is a piece of crud.. wish there was a way to flash a normal garmin or tomtom to it... Its a real shame how they did that.. sides that, love the bluetooth hands free, its great, but the voice recognition is pretty crap. I also love the bluetooth playback from my phone, that rocks. :)
 
#101 ·
ive got this exact model in my 2012JKUS. I like the radio, but boy, that GPS is a piece of crud.. wish there was a way to flash a normal garmin or tomtom to it... Its a real shame how they did that.. sides that, love the bluetooth hands free, its great, but the voice recognition is pretty crap.
My thoughts EXACTLY. My TomTom app on my iPhone is SO much better for navigation...

In terms of music playback, I have all Apple lossless files on my iPhone and have been playing them through the Apple USB cable. Sounds WAY better than via BT, but I'm a bit of an audiophile. I'm thinking once I do the pillow stuffing mod, I'll be pretty darn happy with the Jeep's sound fidelity.

Direct play of lossless files from the phone is going to be your best bet for sound quality. Don't know if it works on Droid.

Never heard of NavTV until today. Can you enlighten us?
Tom, I found this a few days ago when researching adding a backup camera. NavTV allows you (among other things) to input text WHILE driving, watch DVDs on the Nav screen, and view auxiliary cameras like a backup cam.
 
#27 ·
They are stored on the drive. Once you hit the trial again you will see the breadcrumb route in yellow.

Music searches are pretty much controlled by your folders. I have country, rock, jazz in that order as folders and the music stored in each of those folders. Once uploaded and music type is selected, these are my options.
 
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