Help Request. BMW Nav in Japanese.
 

:thumbup:Hey all,

I actually need to pick your brains. I have a friend that has imported an 2006 E53 that has onboard NAvi but it is in Japanese. Does anyone know if there is a way to set this thing to english or is a new disc needed altogether. And yes I do have a friend that speaks and read fluently in Japanese but this specific vehicle is in Barbados and not in FLroida. Any help?

-LAW

Probably. contact navtech.com

Well thanks for that tip Ghost Flame!

Any other suggestions since I'm trying to do this for a friend out of the country?

Does anybody know if the X5 in Japan reads off a specific disc in Japanese? Meaning if I get a USA DVD if it will read it in engish or is that DVD Player coded to Japan?

Have you tried asking in Navigation Forum ?

KiwiJochen should be able to help you...

It probably needs to be re-programmed. I don't think there is a language option in any of the menus. If I had the X, I would go look for you. You may want to post your question in the Navigation forum. You might get a quicker response there!

It may not. I was on the navteq site and it apperas that navteq isn't in Japan... that doesn't mean that someone in California or elsewhere would not want a Japanese version:dunno:.

Is it in fact Navteq? or another brand?

Navteq just does the map DVDs.

I didn't know that. So navteq is just the discs and not the system?