Updating Sat Nav software

[gadgetJunky72]

Hi,

I've just come across a sat nav software upgrade CD on eBay. Are they safe? Has anyone had a go yet?

If you search for 'bmw v29.1' on eBay UK you'll come across a whole load of them.

Thanks

 

[pvr]

You can download the same from Here

 

[sp3ctre]

Be careful with it... if you get a corrupt disk you could knacker your unit...

 

[davidpfitz]

Don't waste your money buying it from eBay!

If you don't want to get it from your dealer, and don't mind the shady legalities of it (although no shadier than buying from someone on eBay) you can find it elsewhere and burn it to a CD yourself.

The chaps at X5World's Navigation Forum will have details of everything you need.

D.

 

[pvr]

It is safe as long as you verify the cd before you load it. Using Alcohol to burn it at the slowest speed, no issues.

I updated both my units without issues.

 

[pvr]

No legal issues though? It is just firmware, not maps

 

[sp3ctre]

yeah, I know that... just warning, as it's not a download from an official site that's all.

 

[davidpfitz]

Apparently this is on the disc:

(C) 1999, VDO Car Communication Germany GmbH
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced
or copied in any form or by any means (graphic, electronic,
or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, recording
taping, or information and retrieval systems) without the
written permission of the copyright owner.

 

[tehdarkstar]

What are the benefits of this updated version? Any new features?

 

[davidpfitz]

Depends from which version you are upgrading from. But apparently has more 'aggressive' routing algorithms. Which is odd, because mine *still* routes me from the A40, to the M4, to the M25 to the M40 (London to somewhere west) when it is clearly a hell of a lot quicker to just stay on the A40 until it meets the M40.

Bananas!

I'd like a SatNav which learned that when I repeatedly override a route portion with a route of my own I mean I know better than it does, and it should switch to guiding that way from then on. I should probably patent that.

D.

 

[pvr]

Can you also patent that if you take a particular route on the way to a location, that you want to go back via the same route and not via yet another one ...

 

[davidpfitz]

Can you also patent that if you take a particular route on the way to a location, that you want to go back via the same route and not via yet another one ...

I'll do my best ... one way streets be damned!

 

[Shunt]

Email [email protected] I got mine with speedcameras and traffic rerouting. no problems at all.

 

[RCNet]

If you update the Nav firmware yourself it also allows the opportunity to personalize your Z4 a little bit more. The instructions on how to update the firmware can be found here on Z4-Forum in this thread.

I updated my splash screen to this when I updated my firmware:

 

[gadgetJunky72]

hi shunt,

thanks for the recommendation. that's exactly whom i'm getting the update from.

I get the feeling that burning my own cd brings it's own risks so i'll try someone else (hopefully with more experience).

 

[Z4Golfer]

I find the X5 site very frustrating. I have trawled on there for ages and still can't find a difinitive instruction as to how you go about compiling a CD and running it!

1) When you download the latest update file it comes as a zip.
2) You unzip the file and get two files.
Do you simply write these to a CD? (I think I have established a CD -r should be used and of course written at single speed).
Do you need to use a dedicated CD writing program?

I think I have worked out that you can load the file(s) contained in the zip file in to Navtweak in order to customise the logo etc.

There is a lot of info on there bit it's strewn everywhere! :roll:

 

[davidpfitz]

I find the X5 site very frustrating. I have trawled on there for ages and still can't find a difinitive instruction as to how you go about compiling a CD and running it!

1) When you download the latest update file it comes as a zip.
2) You unzip the file and get two files.
Do you simply write these to a CD? (I think I have established a CD -r should be used and of course written at single speed).
Do you need to use a dedicated CD writing program?

I think I have worked out that you can load the file(s) contained in the zip file in to Navtweak in order to customise the logo etc.

There is a lot of info on there bit it's strewn everywhere! :roll:

As I recall, the two files are the ones you would use when using Alcohol 120% as the writing software. One is the disc image, the other is the file which instructs A120% what to do.

 

[Z4Golfer]

It's OK, I found a link on this very forum.

http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=269

 

[Andy]

god damn it me too... sometimes u can get it by flicking route type (ie shortest) but this would be amazing, mainly because it would then check the right route for traffic.