Gibber

I talked to Kathy Bis today and she said that they are now providing european GPS units at pickup. All you have to do is return it when you leave. That's one more thing I won't have to carry.

K2audi

Very cool. That's good news.

S for Scarlet

Thanks for finding this out. One less thing for me to worry about.

audi231

just trying to figure out what doesn't work. i'm thinking of importing a q7 from canada to switzerland, want to know if i will be able to use the nav there??? thanks.

ebusch

so even with a European DVD a factory installed US system won't work. In the past you were on your own, but apparently Audi is now providing portable GPS systems to use during your trip. I'm not sure how they handle the return however, since the drop-off locations are a 3rd party and not actually affiliated with Audi.

audi231

tx, thats too bad. i would have thought it would be simple enough to change the firmware.

uberlinkA5

I think it goes well beyond firmware...very different systems, apparently.

ebusch

Plenty of people over at the navplus.us forums have done it, and I'd assume going from US to EU would be basically the same. Still it's probably not really practical to do during a ED trip since it would require you to hack together an update disc to force the unit to install the EU software and you'd still need a EU map DVD.

TIME89

Don't hate me, but...
How came BMW upload European maps for their ED cars and then when car get to US they upload US maps, and Audi not?
This is Hard Drive based system. YOu just install one extra apps then will be removed/uninstalled in US. What the big deal?