V31 has been released and is now available

RichardP1 · #1 03-20-2008, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex740iL

Well, thanks for the d/l link... but have a problem.. Downloaded, burned with nero at slowest speed, poped the cd in, screen flickered for a few seconds, went blank, I sat there waited for 30 minutes, nothing... ejected the cd, now the NAV computer is dead, its an MKIII on '01 740iL. Any help appreciated... tried several older cd's that used before, but nothing... ;| Want to revive it... *sob* somehow... any thoughts or ideas.. thanks!!

Classic symptoms of using an ISO Mode 1 disk in a MK III.

First job is to get the CD out, try pressing and holding the eject button for a long time, that sometimes works. If that fails (after maybe 10 minutes holding the button) try pressing it rapidly for about 1 minute.

Next job is to get an ISO Mode 2 firmware disk, the current firmware may have been wiped.

Alex740iL · #2 03-20-2008, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by RichardP1

Classic symptoms of using an ISO Mode 1 disk in a MK III.

First job is to get the CD out, try pressing and holding the eject button for a long time, that sometimes works. If that fails (after maybe 10 minutes holding the button) try pressing it rapidly for about 1 minute.

Next job is to get an ISO Mode 2 firmware disk, the current firmware may have been wiped.

CD is out.. tried burning several different cd's made sure they are MODE2, still no luck... also, the POWER on LED doesnt light up... :\ followed several threads on this board and downloaded all the magical MK3 revival ISO's... no luck... any confirmed firmware version's to try? Also, with confirmed MODE2 correctly burned CD's, it will take the CD, spin it, makes noise as if its doing something, few minutes later, ejects the cd, and then in a seconds takes the cds again, and keeps going and going, should I keep letting it do that or not let it take the cd back in? Also, I have GT1 computer... could that be any help? I read somewhere, chaning the language? Im no expert on using GT1 yet, still firguring it out...

so step by step instructions would be GREATLY appreciated...

THANKS!!!!!

saft6luck · #3 03-23-2008, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex740iL

CD is out.. tried burning several different cd's made sure they are MODE2, still no luck... [...] so step by step instructions would be GREATLY appreciated...

Did you update your MKIII before already? Is it a retrofit?

Alex740iL · #4 03-26-2008, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by saft6luck

Did you update your MKIII before already? Is it a retrofit?

This particular unit hasnt been updated to my knowledge... came with the car... :\

Its doing funky things now... burned several different copies of updates, on several different brands of cd's, cheap, mid-range, expencive... :p it takes the cd, starts to spin (screen is blank at all times...) few mins later, pop's the cd out, few seconds later takes the cd back in, and repeats the process, keeps going and going and going...

I read somewhere, sometime used NavCoder, changed region (lang) on the nav after it died, then changed back to US and upgraded to latest firmware, and it worked.. waiting to receive my ibus interface from Rolf Resler... :\

crows · #5 03-30-2008, 05:31 AM

Alex mine behaved the same as your failed install.....took me ages to sus it out....what I did was downgrade my firmware with a v21 disk and bingo it installed and then updated with v26 disk....no need to update with v31 as the version is exactly the sam 3-163....

Good luck

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex740iL

CD is out.. tried burning several different cd's made sure they are MODE2, still no luck... also, the POWER on LED doesnt light up... :\ followed several threads on this board and downloaded all the magical MK3 revival ISO's... no luck... any confirmed firmware version's to try? Also, with confirmed MODE2 correctly burned CD's, it will take the CD, spin it, makes noise as if its doing something, few minutes later, ejects the cd, and then in a seconds takes the cds again, and keeps going and going, should I keep letting it do that or not let it take the cd back in? Also, I have GT1 computer... could that be any help? I read somewhere, chaning the language? Im no expert on using GT1 yet, still firguring it out...

so step by step instructions would be GREATLY appreciated...

THANKS!!!!!