Navigation Problem
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Navigation Problem
Hello,
I recently purchased a map update disc from NavTeq for my 2005 E320. I inserted the disc in the trunk, however it seldom works. I first put the disc in, and the screen said updating. When it was done, the system restarted, and it worked fine. Today I turned on the car, and noticed that it said: "Navigation Activated, please wait" It has a spinning thing below the text, and it will display this for any where between 6 seconds and 1 hour. Eventually the map comes up and everything works great. Every time I turn on the car, I experience the same thing. I tried putting the original disc back in, and it works immediately, and there is no wait upon starting the vehicle. How can I fix this?
Thanks.
I recently purchased a map update disc from NavTeq for my 2005 E320. I inserted the disc in the trunk, however it seldom works. I first put the disc in, and the screen said updating. When it was done, the system restarted, and it worked fine. Today I turned on the car, and noticed that it said: "Navigation Activated, please wait" It has a spinning thing below the text, and it will display this for any where between 6 seconds and 1 hour. Eventually the map comes up and everything works great. Every time I turn on the car, I experience the same thing. I tried putting the original disc back in, and it works immediately, and there is no wait upon starting the vehicle. How can I fix this?
Thanks.
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Try updating the software version of the head unit (this will also allow you to play MP3's in the DVD slot in the dash). When I updated the Nav disk in my 2004 E500 (downloaded from the web) I first updated the head unit software version then I loaded the new DVD. By the way, the newer software requires you to completely stop the vehicle before being able to input addresses; I hate this nanny feature....
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But that is a head scratcher - yet apparently common enough that the dealer knew what to suggest. Did your computer have any difficulty reading the NavTeq disk when you made the copy? Did it seem like it took an excessively long time to create the new disk? I wonder if you have a marginal DVD drive or if NavTeq got a bunch of “weak” disks. Inquiring minds want to know.
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First of all - congratulations on getting it fixed.
But that is a head scratcher - yet apparently common enough that the dealer knew what to suggest. Did your computer have any difficulty reading the NavTeq disk when you made the copy? Did it seem like it took an excessively long time to create the new disk? I wonder if you have a marginal DVD drive or if NavTeq got a bunch of “weak” disks. Inquiring minds want to know.
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But that is a head scratcher - yet apparently common enough that the dealer knew what to suggest. Did your computer have any difficulty reading the NavTeq disk when you made the copy? Did it seem like it took an excessively long time to create the new disk? I wonder if you have a marginal DVD drive or if NavTeq got a bunch of “weak” disks. Inquiring minds want to know.
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Thanks,
My computer worked fine when making the copy. No reading problems at all to report. There is something about the new NavTeq disc that made it not work. Only the original disc that came with the car, and my copy work. The new NavTeq update discs do not seem to work well in the car. Every time I start the car with it in, it reads it for about 15 minutes, and then the updated map comes up. With the copy I made, it comes right up when I turn on the car like it should.
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I always make a copy of the DVD and use the copy in the car. I only use the DVD to make a new copy of the DVD whenever the one in the car stops working and that happens about once a year.