Nav Update Discs?

[dzhoka]

well at least/last....updates could be given for free...because all of us paid for previ-s version as well as u did before ets...
thanks anyway sound of 165.00 really comphy

[ricky.agrawal]

I have bought the 2005-2 disc as well. I have two paid for navigation discs and two copies. I use the copies (actually only the latest copy) and keep the orignal in my bookshelf above me.

Same with all the CD's I buy and what not, I keep the originals away from wear and tear.

BTW: They are building roads fairly quickly where I live, semi annual is almost too long for me I am waiting for the 2006 DVD to come out but so far I haven't recieved a response.

[adrian.b]

Originally Posted by ricky.agrawal

I have bought the 2005-2 disc as well. I have two paid for navigation discs and two copies. I use the copies (actually only the latest copy) and keep the orignal in my bookshelf above me.

Same with all the CD's I buy and what not, I keep the originals away from wear and tear.

BTW: They are building roads fairly quickly where I live, semi annual is almost too long for me I am waiting for the 2006 DVD to come out but so far I haven't recieved a response.

I did exactly the same, bought latest HIGH nav disk with TMC and simply copied it. I do this just incase it gets borrowed if it ever has to go to the garage etc. So long as I still have the original to prove it`s mine, I`m fine with it.

[Quicksilver]

Originally Posted by statdoc

Worse than dodgy. It is theft .

[ricky.agrawal]

Originally Posted by adrian.b

I did exactly the same, bought latest HIGH nav disk with TMC and simply copied it. I do this just incase it gets borrowed if it ever has to go to the garage etc. So long as I still have the original to prove it`s mine, I`m fine with it.

I've taught many of my friends to do the same thing.
It's always better to be safe than sorry.

I also copy all console games to their harddrives. That is.. Xbox games go on the xbox harddrive and PS2 games to the PS2 harddrive. I've read too many stories of Xbox drives EATING the cds and same with PS2.

[davipt]

Originally Posted by ricky.agrawal

I have two paid for navigation discs and two copies. I use the copies (actually only the latest copy) (...)

Do you or anyone else know or have tried to use a DVD-RW (Rewritable) instead of a simple DVD-R ? Or the general question is: from the four main types (DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW), which ones are supported in each player (e.g. E90/E87/E83 professional navi, with DVD in front, and E46/E83 business navi with DVD on the back)

I've made a copy to a DVD-RW of a professional navi DVD from the 320 they borrowed me, and this weekend I've tried to load it in the borrowed X3, and a friends E46 3 series and a 5 series.

The X3 with business navi said "No disc".
The E46 3 series with professional navi said "Invalid disc"

I guess they are both not able to read RW's.

The 5 series (with iDrive) and professional navi said "Newest disc detected, please shutdown your system for five minutes" !!!
After ten! minutes with the car off and locked (we went for a snack), the navi booted, the DVD was being read, but then we got a "DVD error". Now I don't know if the 5 series also doesn't read RW's, or if the RW was bad.

The idea is to grab the DVD from the X3 we'll receive in August, and mangle it to add our own POI's (e.g. Geocaching.com), but we would like to test it first with RW's.

[Hans_ACS]

In Europe (Belgium), we have to pay 228 euro for an new DVD map disk (2006version). To be honest, I wonder why we have to pay this ? We paid for it the first time, didn't we ? Or am I missing the clue here?

[john348]

I asked at the garage about a new disc but was told at the price they sell it for it isn't worth buying? A bit honest for a dealer what!

Especially when it is just a few roads and information. I can understand paying full price for a new installation but why full price for an upgrade. Most companies in the world offer an upgrade price vs a new price (even MS sometimes?) TomTom does and is downloadable and has cameras and audible warnings on POIs and has full post code search AND charges less for an upgrade?

John