MK3 Ejecting

[r207]

a friend has a mk3 and all it seems to do is eject itself everytime i go to put the nav disc in, not sure what software its running buts really anoying


any fixes??

[KiwiJochen]

Does the nav device have any software loaded?
If no OS is loaded it won't do anything.

What software is loaded?
Tell us the version - top right hand of the screen when in 'Set' (or 'Settings', depending on what language you have loaded)

Is the map disc the right version for the Mk3?
The Mk3 cannot read discs made for newer cars like the E90 with the MOST system

Is the map disc an original disc?
When the laser gets old/dirty, the Mk3 can struggle to read a copied disc, and it will eject it

Is the Mk3 actually spinning the disk?
Have a listen, you will hear the spindle motor turning when the disc is inserted if all is well.

[r207]

ok so the mk3 accepts teh disc, i loaded v29 onto it and it was going well untill it said disc error please press ok to restart and the system restart itself, the only problem is the navunit mk3 only accepts the discs and has no red light on at all, on the screen where it is supposed to say navigation it has CODE.....what does this mean and can it be fixed..


thanks
R

[KiwiJochen]

CODE is normally the manual immobiliser PIN code function. The car may have gotton confused.

Try using the default code of 0000 to deactivate, if that doesn't work, disconnect car battery, wait 10 min, reconnect battery then the screen will show a 10min countdown timer.

If that doesn't work, post a photo of the screen with CODE on it so we can better recognise what you are seeing

[r207]

ill post a pic of the screen later today, CODE is not able to be selected, it is where the nav menu is supposed to be.

One thing i do notice is the screen looks nothing like my mk4, ive seen various screen shots of mk3 units and the menu looks like my mk4 menu, is this correct.......

[KiwiJochen]

We need a photo to understand better... I cannot diagnose further from your vague description

[r207]

I think this is a mono mk3 id say, as all of the screen shots of mk3's look like the mk3....the car will be here this afternoon so ill take some photos but id say mono might be an issue for me also

[r207]

ok Kiwi thanks for all of your help I have managed to get it working, i burned a new OS disk and also a CDkey and i worked like a charm....still can display the time but thats ok its all working well

Thanks