My new 525D Touring (06)
07-02-2009, 08:49 AM
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Looking for an upto date Nav DVD I have Europe Pro 06-02 looking on ebay I have found Business / Professional / High versions. I have the professional nav system will any version work or do I need the Pro DVD.
Do any versions support full UK postcodes.
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Chris (Newbie)
Do any versions support full UK postcodes.
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Chris (Newbie)
07-02-2009, 10:01 AM
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Hello and welcome chris, you will need the pro disk, im not sure on the postcode search!!! im sure someone will be on in a tick that knows for sure 
07-04-2009, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Rislar' post='930823' date='Jul 2 2009, 02:01 PM
Hello and welcome chris, you will need the pro disk, im not sure on the postcode search!!! im sure someone will be on in a tick that knows for sure
Plus I see is Rislars sig a ref to "Sun protection glass Retrofit" is this a window tint or new glass I need this more than any other mod tint or other wise.
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07-04-2009, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Wazzman' post='932747' date='Jul 5 2009, 12:04 AM
Cool aquired a disk of Ebay 08/01 loads but comes back with DVD Read errors disk looks okay no scratches do I need a rom / firmware update ?
Plus I see is Rislars sig a ref to "Sun protection glass Retrofit" is this a window tint or new glass I need this more than any other mod tint or other wise.
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Plus I see is Rislars sig a ref to "Sun protection glass Retrofit" is this a window tint or new glass I need this more than any other mod tint or other wise.
Cheers
Waz
Mines just tinted on the rears bud
07-05-2009, 05:20 AM
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The BMW Nav drives are pretty fussy about the disks they will read. I also think that the drives vary in performance. My drive works very hard to read anything.
Dual layer disks are harder to read than single layer disks and newer Nav DVDs have to be dual layer to fit everything in (about 6.7GB for 2009-1 Professional).
Copies (backups) of dual layer disks are notoriously hard to produce. You need a good DVD burner, the right disk the right settings etc.
Having said all of that if your DVD is an original one in good condition and the old disk works fine then your problem is that your iDrive software needs an update - which has to be done by a BMW dealer. That should take an hour but they have so many problems doing these software updates they like to book the car in for 2 days!
Note that the genuine disks don't have full postcode or speed cameras on the DVD. People edit the original disks to add in this additional information (well copy the original DVD add in the data then burn to a new DVD). Some even remove languages other than English so that it all fits (just) on a single layer disk.
Dual layer disks are harder to read than single layer disks and newer Nav DVDs have to be dual layer to fit everything in (about 6.7GB for 2009-1 Professional).
Copies (backups) of dual layer disks are notoriously hard to produce. You need a good DVD burner, the right disk the right settings etc.
Having said all of that if your DVD is an original one in good condition and the old disk works fine then your problem is that your iDrive software needs an update - which has to be done by a BMW dealer. That should take an hour but they have so many problems doing these software updates they like to book the car in for 2 days!
Note that the genuine disks don't have full postcode or speed cameras on the DVD. People edit the original disks to add in this additional information (well copy the original DVD add in the data then burn to a new DVD). Some even remove languages other than English so that it all fits (just) on a single layer disk.
07-05-2009, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JasonH' post='932976' date='Jul 5 2009, 08:20 AM
The BMW Nav drives are pretty fussy about the disks they will read. I also think that the drives vary in performance. My drive works very hard to read anything.
Dual layer disks are harder to read than single layer disks and newer Nav DVDs have to be dual layer to fit everything in (about 6.7GB for 2009-1 Professional).
Copies (backups) of dual layer disks are notoriously hard to produce. You need a good DVD burner, the right disk the right settings etc.
Having said all of that if your DVD is an original one in good condition and the old disk works fine then your problem is that your iDrive software needs an update - which has to be done by a BMW dealer. That should take an hour but they have so many problems doing these software updates they like to book the car in for 2 days!
Note that the genuine disks don't have full postcode or speed cameras on the DVD. People edit the original disks to add in this additional information (well copy the original DVD add in the data then burn to a new DVD). Some even remove languages other than English so that it all fits (just) on a single layer disk.
Dual layer disks are harder to read than single layer disks and newer Nav DVDs have to be dual layer to fit everything in (about 6.7GB for 2009-1 Professional).
Copies (backups) of dual layer disks are notoriously hard to produce. You need a good DVD burner, the right disk the right settings etc.
Having said all of that if your DVD is an original one in good condition and the old disk works fine then your problem is that your iDrive software needs an update - which has to be done by a BMW dealer. That should take an hour but they have so many problems doing these software updates they like to book the car in for 2 days!
Note that the genuine disks don't have full postcode or speed cameras on the DVD. People edit the original disks to add in this additional information (well copy the original DVD add in the data then burn to a new DVD). Some even remove languages other than English so that it all fits (just) on a single layer disk.
07-05-2009, 11:40 PM
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My Ride: 2006 530 d M-sport e60
unfortunately only the dealership can check your software level, latest i think is ISTA v35 or v34, it can take up to 7 hours as the new ISTA system insists on updating the whole car, on
a basic e60 there's at least 60 different computer modules hence the long upload time, latest nav disc is 2009.2.
a basic e60 there's at least 60 different computer modules hence the long upload time, latest nav disc is 2009.2.
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