Jochen,
I just programmed a friend's MKIV drive using NavCoder 2.7.25. He bought his unit off ebay, and it came in a non-English language.

I believe that i coded it correctly to USA mode, however the units are still showing up in yards, not feet. There is also a grayed out screen for "Traffic Information." Any ideas?

Thanks!
Steve

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I believe your nav has a modified custom OS loaded, because it only shows 2 languages

Please recode the nav for 3 languages, and make sure that they are 3 x different languages

Then also reload the OS at the same time, to make the nav standard

Then you'll be able to set US mode properly.

Thanks.. I have a legit BMW v.32 upgrade CD I bought from the dealer. I initially coded the Nav for US (male), US (female) and GB (female). That got the MKIV out of the non-English language, but seemed to put it in that custom language, so I recoded it to just US (female) and US (male). Do those count as the same language? If so, you're saying I simply can recode to US (female), French, Spanish, let it reload the languages off the upgrade CD, then that will overwrite the custom OS? I don't need to downgrade the OS first or anything, do I?

Thanks!

Not a good idea to code multiple instances of the same language, the nav was never designed to do that. It can confuse it. It cannot properly distinguish between US and US :-)

Also, the male voice for the nav stopped getting updated many versions ago, and is "officially" not supported.

I recommend fitting US, ES, and a third (non-US, non-ES) language of your choice.

If you have the standard OS, then the recoding of the languages will only cause loading of the required voice files; the entire OS will not be re-loaded (because it doesn't need to be)

Does anyone know if there's a way to change the date format?
In Australia we user 12h format with dd/mm/yyyy, but that combination is not available.

Can this be programed with Navcoder?
A modified OS?

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2002 E53 X5 4.6is - BM54, Mk4 nav, VIM

I asked that question both of my dealer and Jochen and it is not possible. As I run split screen I leave it on 12 hr as it blocks out the date anyway. It would be nice to change it though.

thanks for the quick reply NBTBRV8

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2002 E53 X5 4.6is - BM54, Mk4 nav, VIM

Indeed, I would like that too, but as yet not available,

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Sept 03, M3, Silver Grey. Retro-fits: Modded Mk4 DVD Drive, OEM Bluetooth, VR Control, Rainbow Speaker Upgrade, Sony SOT Amp, HK Sub, CCFL, Intravee II, NightMode.

I may have a version somewhere mate...

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Sept 03, M3, Silver Grey. Retro-fits: Modded Mk4 DVD Drive, OEM Bluetooth, VR Control, Rainbow Speaker Upgrade, Sony SOT Amp, HK Sub, CCFL, Intravee II, NightMode.