Navi Help!!!
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Navi Help!!!
TO ALL THAT helped me with my radio and the radio code thanks alot.. i got it taken care of but now my navi doesnt seem to know where i am. also i think another reason can be that my disc is really scratched. but it worked previously. #1 can i burn this disc and #2 how can i reset my navi so it can callibrate where i truly am? thanks guys
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Do you have a green satellite icon in the reception box or does it have a red X through it (the little white box upper left side of the screen)? If it is green, you are supposed to stay parked in one place - with full sky view to the south - with the car on for up to 15 minutes to allow the system to calibrate itself (although truthfully I have never seen it take more than 5 minutes).
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Well, it is about 1/2" square in the top left corner of the map screen area and should have a green colored symbol in it that kind of looks like a bow-tie with 3 dashed lines underneath the bowtie looking thing (this is supposed ot represent what a satellite in orbit looks like above the earth). If it is green then it is receiving a signal, if it is white and has a red X through it then it is not. Not sure whether they all do the red X or not. There is a screen in the setup you can go to to see how many satellites it is receiving (punch around through there somewhere til you find it) You should be receiving at least 3 for it to work, and usually mine is receiving 8.
Is this a DVD system or CD system? I guess even if the satellite indicator is green if the cd were scratched in the area that has your area's map info that it would not work. You should be able to copy it. It is a dual layer DVD I think if you have the dvd version. You can search on here or benzworld for the steps to copying it to a new disk. Or you might try to take it to the local gamestop and let them polish it on their machine for you. I have had success on CD's with that, not so much with DVD since the data is so much finer ingrained on DVDs.
Is this a DVD system or CD system? I guess even if the satellite indicator is green if the cd were scratched in the area that has your area's map info that it would not work. You should be able to copy it. It is a dual layer DVD I think if you have the dvd version. You can search on here or benzworld for the steps to copying it to a new disk. Or you might try to take it to the local gamestop and let them polish it on their machine for you. I have had success on CD's with that, not so much with DVD since the data is so much finer ingrained on DVDs.
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its a cd system maybe becuase its scratched it cant read it properly. What program can i use to copy this navi disc and can i use any blank CD layin around?
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Originally Posted by Riffyb
its a cd system maybe becuase its scratched it cant read it properly. What program can i use to copy this navi disc and can i use any blank CD layin around?
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Heres a pic of the navi screen that box youre talking about is there but it looks like a bar with a dot in the middle. its black and the linde and dot are white. i did burn the disc and its reading it now thank god! it was before but only when it wanted to lol. also im getting 4 satellites anyways heres tha pic.. pretty good for a cell phone
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Originally Posted by Riffyb
Heres a pic of the navi screen that box youre talking about is there but it looks like a bar with a dot in the middle. its black and the linde and dot are white. i did burn the disc and its reading it now thank god! it was before but only when it wanted to lol. also im getting 4 satellites anyways heres tha pic.. pretty good for a cell phone
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Originally Posted by Riffyb
i think its 2001 since the car is a 2000 also i made a copy but thanks for the offer
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Just looked back at your screen pic. Thats what my old 2001 data looked like - just main state highways and interstates with no city street data at all. If I got more than about 1/2 mile away from a state highway it was just a nice white screen all the time showing nothing. 2004.1 is the latest CD data set, NYC area uses region 7 disk I think, but you may be farther north or west and be in a different region. Get whatever region your current cd says it is.
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Originally Posted by rcltrh
Just looked back at your screen pic. Thats what my old 2001 data looked like - just main state highways and interstates with no city street data at all. If I got more than about 1/2 mile away from a state highway it was just a nice white screen all the time showing nothing. 2004.1 is the latest CD data set, NYC area uses region 7 disk I think, but you may be farther north or west and be in a different region. Get whatever region your current cd says it is.
no no i know where its located at cuase its where i was the other night... where can i get a new disc btw? ebay is one thing anyone on the forums have them located in or near ny?
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Originally Posted by Riffyb
no no i know where its located at cuase its where i was the other night... where can i get a new disc btw? ebay is one thing anyone on the forums have them located in or near ny?
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Originally Posted by Riffyb
no no i know where its located at cuase its where i was the other night... where can i get a new disc btw? ebay is one thing anyone on the forums have them located in or near ny?
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when i took that i was in my drive way but the map said i was somewhere else. and thats why its showing like that but my driveway and the area around me doesnt look like that.
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Originally Posted by Riffyb
when i took that i was in my drive way but the map said i was somewhere else. and thats why its showing like that but my driveway and the area around me doesnt look like that.
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Originally Posted by Riffyb
where can i get this disc? cause i know if i go through the dealer its going to cost alot of money? any ideas?
Anyone selling a CD for him who might want to make him an offer?
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Originally Posted by Riffyb
Heres a pic of the navi screen that box youre talking about is there but it looks like a bar with a dot in the middle. its black and the linde and dot are white. i did burn the disc and its reading it now thank god! it was before but only when it wanted to lol. also im getting 4 satellites anyways heres tha pic.. pretty good for a cell phone
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any ideas on what to DO
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My initial thoughts were the antenna as well, but he says he is receiving 4 satellite signals. I have noticed on my ML that it has 3 indicators for the satellite - green, white, and red X. I am guessing on mine that Red X means none, white means poor/medium and green means good? I have seen all before when driving through dense forest areas of the state. Mine has been upgraded to the newest firmware though so maybe in the older ones white means no signal.
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My initial thoughts were the antenna as well, but he says he is receiving 4 satellite signals. I have noticed on my ML that it has 3 indicators for the satellite - green, white, and red X. I am guessing on mine that Red X means none, white means poor/medium and green means good? I have seen all before when driving through dense forest areas of the state. Mine has been upgraded to the newest firmware though so maybe in the older ones white means no signal.