tsaros

Is it three discs for 2012 as well?

DD_545i

I only received one disc for the E60 pre-lci navi pro europe version. I only ever had one disc.

tsaros

My 2011 pro was three discs, im not sure if there are different discs for lci and pre-lci.

DD_545i

So what's the deal with the triple disc navi ? Do you insert them one at a time and it copies them into memory (and then you don't need to even keep them around) ?

jas_r_1

Nice. You got a link for the one you purchased?

tsaros

If it was that nice then all would be well, the countries are split into different dvdīs, so you swap dvd depending on what country you are in, it was hell this summer when i took a road trip across Europe, every time you swap dvd you need to shut the car down for 5mins before it takes the new disc.
It was mad, crossing countries was also a challenge, going out of France and into Germany i believe gave me a useless Navigation since the two countries where on different maps, that was good fun in the middle of the night with roadworks in France.

Bring back the DL dvdīs.

DD_545i

Have you got a CD-based Navi? Or is it the Business model rather than the Pro model? I've never heard of needing more than one disc. My 2012 (DVD) disc covers all of europe (as did my 2006 disc and my 2004 disc before that).

tsaros

Nope, LCI Professional with genuine discs, My 2008 disc had all countries on a single disc, then i bought a 2011 witch had three discīs.

DD_545i

Interesting. I assume the official 2012 would also be three then. I wonder how satnavi.com managed to squeeze it onto one disc AND add speed cameras to it.

bruce_miranda

For the Professional and High Discs (idrive CCC and MK4)

Things changed with the 2011 disc.

In the 2010 disc BMW moved from single layer discs to dual layer discs and squeezed Eastern Europe on to the European discs. But that caused all sort of problems with drives not reading the discs etc.

So BMW moved to 3 discs for Europe. Each disc is single layer.
Each disc is detailed for one particular area but still has all the main roads of entire Europe on it. So if you are using this to actually navigate in detail you will have to change discs.

For the Premium (idrive CIC).

It has always been 3 discs but you load the 3 discs up into the idrive's memory. So once loaded you never actually need the discs again.

So satnavi hasn't squeezed Europe on to a single disc, they have sold you the German disc. Disc 2.

Adding speed cameras to discs is nothing new and it was something I came up with first, many years ago. Using that same technique, I was the guy who put the 7 char UK postcode search on to the UK disc for personal use. Today that technique is used to make discs and is being sold by every corner shop on the net.