Update Navigation Maps
10-18-2013, 10:52 AM
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Yeh it is a bit strange with my older cars they used to send me something in the mail regarding nav updates. For this car I have not received any such mail.
10-18-2013, 12:59 PM
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So if you really want or need it, you might get a bunch of owners (from the forums) to chip in and pass the CD around. Just a thought. Kinda like a group buy. The more that want it, the less it should cost. I assume you can load the upadate an unlimited amount of times. Or buy it and resell it on Ebay.
10-18-2013, 01:01 PM
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10-19-2013, 08:18 AM
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Haven't tried on my Q5, but on my Acura, the Nav is on a DVD. It updated maps and points of interests only, not the actual software interface. And the disc CANNOT be duplicated. I've tried multiple times with different rippers. Even searched the web. And the disc has to stay in the Nav DVD drive in your vehicle for it to work. You can't just do an upload and remove the disc. It will not work without it. Again, this is how it works with Acura.
10-19-2013, 10:52 AM
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So if you really want or need it, you might get a bunch of owners (from the forums) to chip in and pass the CD around. Just a thought. Kinda like a group buy. The more that want it, the less it should cost. I assume you can load the upadate an unlimited amount of times. Or buy it and resell it on Ebay.
10-19-2013, 11:03 AM
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Haven't tried on my Q5, but on my Acura, the Nav is on a DVD. It updated maps and points of interests only, not the actual software interface. And the disc CANNOT be duplicated. I've tried multiple times with different rippers. Even searched the web. And the disc has to stay in the Nav DVD drive in your vehicle for it to work. You can't just do an upload and remove the disc. It will not work without it. Again, this is how it works with Acura.
However, it is also possible that it can't be duplicated on a recordable disc. The system could simply determine if the disc is a pressed disc or a recordable disc and simply refuse to do anything with the latter. You can't make a 1:1 bit for bit DVD copy on a recordable disc. It's impossible since there are areas on the disc that drives can read from pressed discs that aren't writable areas on recordable blanks.
10-23-2013, 12:40 PM
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Just spoke with my dealer and they quoted $265 for the new CD plus installation! Service then quoted an additional $110 installation plus tax which totals to almost $400! Yikes.......better plan on keeping the car for a long time to amortize that!
10-23-2013, 01:21 PM
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Wow, what a ripoff! That's insane...totally not worth it unless you drive somewhere new every day.
10-24-2013, 11:18 AM
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I'm confused as to why you'd need the dealership to install the update since there is a customer update option right within the MMI.
If you have access to the hidden MMI menu there are even more upgrade options. As well as backup options
I'd be interested in an update next year. Seeing as big cities are often changing their infrastructure.
If you have access to the hidden MMI menu there are even more upgrade options. As well as backup options
I'd be interested in an update next year. Seeing as big cities are often changing their infrastructure.
10-24-2013, 12:22 PM
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