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Originally Posted by Jaycee
OK, I'm no stranger to new technologies but I had a play with NavCoder for the first time last night, and as Kylie would say - "WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!" 
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Thank you, my friend (from Jochen, NavCoder author)
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Originally Posted by Jaycee
On the Code Navigation screen there are certain functions that require the OS disc for changes to take effect, the pop-up states - "The OS will be upgraded if the disc is newer than the version in the nav." Can someone please expand on this a little please; is the nav unit's boot mode changed or the OS disc?
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When you send some requests - like load a new language - the nav system is instructed to perform a 'compulsory' software update (re-flash).
The nav then looks at the OS disc, and checks if the OS disc SW is different (newer or older) than the currently installed software.
If different, the nav will load the new OS (re-flash).
If the same version, there is no need to reload the OS. But you must have the disc none the less.
Also, when loading new voices, the nav will do the same thing: load the 3 voice files (or 2 on a Mk3) if they have changed.
Eg: if you have GB, DE and IT, and you want to change to ES, DE and GB, the nav will only load the new ES language, and will change the order of the other 2 languages.
The languages and the OS are all on the OS disc, therefore you need to have the OS disc to load a new language and new OS version.
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Originally Posted by Jaycee
I have v30 on disc which I installed a few weeks ago. My MKIV unit came from a German X3 so I just wanted to switch the language coding order from DE, GB & FR to GB, FR & GB on the screen's "Set" menu, and also sample some of the different voice options.
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This is easy. Select the desired languages in the order of your preference using NavCoder. Insert the V30 disc when instructed. No new OS will be loaded, as the OS version has not changed. The language files will be loaded (if required) and ordered according to your choice.
To sample some languages, I recommend loading Russian. It is very KGB :-)
The menu stays in English but the car speaks to you in Russian like this:
В 100 м повернуть направо
<grin> <оскал>
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Originally Posted by Jaycee
Secondly, on the Code Telephone screen there is a "Read BT" option, when I clicked on this the following came up adjacent the Identification title: "Part Number 6 919 779 HW13 SW1 Mfd December 1999." There were no details in the "Name" and "Passkey" boxes. I'm not aware that I have Bluetooth so I visited the online parts catalogue to check the above part number and it's actually the interface unit. Am I therefore right in assuming that I don't have Bluetooth?.
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The interface is the ULF (universal charging and handsfree interface)
I don't have a list of what units have Bluetooth built in and what don't.
There are loads of different options....
If you do have original BT, you will have a BT pairing button on the phone cradle.
If the BT was retro-fitted, and no pairing button was fitted, then you need to check the actual unit - maybe it has BT written on it.
However, if you cannot read a module name or a passkey number, then it is safe to assume that the ULF is NOT a bluetooth unit.
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Originally Posted by Jaycee
Moving further down the Code Telephone screen I clicked on "Enable voice recognition" to see what happened and it accepted it when I clicked on "Code SES", even though I haven't got a voice input unit fitted, why is this?
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NavCoder does not change the available options based on what version unit you have. The reason is really simple: I don't have a list of part numbers of what telephone adapter does what.
World-wide there are probably about 100 different part numbers that resppond to the TEL device address, the task is simply too hard to adapt the NavCoder dialog according to part number of the ULF....
You should change the setting back to the standard setting, because otherwise you have changed a bit in the memory, and I cannot say what this will mean to the device...maybe nothing, maybe something....
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Originally Posted by Jaycee
On the whole, a fantastic bit of kit, so thanks to Jochen and Rolf for giving me the ability to delve into my car's inner workings. 
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Thanks mate :-)
Connect NavCoder and watch your car talking, you will be amazed at what it says to itself... its fun!