Help! SatNav beginner needs your expertise...

[oktapod]

Hi folks. I've just registered as this seems to be the place to come for BMW satnav help.

Anyway, I have just acquired a 330Ci from 2001 with the mkIII 5:4 satnav (the one that uses CDs and isn't widescreen). It came without a disc, the dealer obviously isn't bothering his backside and has refused to help, so I've been trying to locate one myself, but that's not why I'm here....

I decided that, whilst I wait for the right disc to appear on Ebay or wherever, I'd update the satnav to the latest version. That's where it all started to go wrong.

I created a KeyCD using the recommended Windows-based clone software, and also a BMW NAV v31 disc. I turned on the ignition as far as to get power, inserted the disc into the satnav and things started okay - it said it was loading software. Then it went blank on the screen.

After giving it around 15 minutes, I tried ejecting that disc and putting the KeyCD in - didn't make a difference. I noticed that the navigation menu item is no longer present, incidentally. I then gave up and found this site, with a recommendation made on another topic to try going to an older version of the software, so I found a copy of v21.1 and again cloned it using the recommended clone software.

I repeated the previous process, but this time there is no suggestion that anything is happening - no message in the screen, and the only sign of life from the satnav is the little red light below the eject button, which was blinking regularly on a repeating pattern. Again, ten minutes of this and I decided enough was enough and turned off the ignition. And back on, discovering that I can't get that cd out.

Help!

All I want to do is to get it back to how it was, so that I can use a satnav disc (once I get one for GB & Eire) - I'm not even bothered about having the latest version of either software or maps - just something that works and doesn't render my 330's satnav 'bricked'...

Can anyone help, please? Pretty please?

Thanks,

John