Sat Nav drive in boot

[Johnny the Fox]

I have noticed that when i open the boot the drive makes a loud whirring / graunching noise and then spits out the disc. It doesn't do this all the time and doesn't seem to affect the Sat Nav operation. Why is it doing this ??

[tsautos]

It could be the drive on the way out or a dirty disc

[suffolk boy]

this is getting creepyhad the same spat out the disc left it was fine was told it was due to a mark on the disc which it had .so lashed for a new navtec disc that was cheap not.put in new disc all seem ed ok but the screen froze up disc would not come out.so gave it a slap out it came now will not reload.so its gone for repair to a company called revtronics who recon the mech is faulty.wish i got the mk4 bmw drive instead

[Johnny the Fox]

Originally Posted by suffolk boy

this is getting creepyhad the same spat out the disc left it was fine was told it was due to a mark on the disc which it had .so lashed for a new navtec disc that was cheap not.put in new disc all seem ed ok but the screen froze up disc would not come out.so gave it a slap out it came now will not reload.so its gone for repair to a company called revtronics who recon the mech is faulty.wish i got the mk4 bmw drive instead

You have now entered THE TWILIGHT ZONE

Mmmm The MK 4 BMW unit plays DVDs does it not. Is it a direct swap for the Mk 3 unit?

[SD1too]

Originally Posted by suffolk boy

... so it's gone for repair to a company called Revtronics who recon the mech ...

Thanks for the tip. Mine spits out the disc too. I'm told that this happens because the CD cannot be read. The cause of that is either a contaminated disc or faulty loading mechanism. The audio CD changer suffers from the same trouble.

The problem is that computer equipment is not built to last because it will be obsolete in five minutes. So I can't see how changing to a Mk.4 drive will help.

Simon.

[suffolk boy]

gives you full colour screen postcode search etc i assume it plays dvd/s and yes its plug and play

[suffolk boy]

just heard from the repair company this morning on mine it was a duff laser .aparently it ran ok when certain locations where selected .then when left running for a time spat out the disc .now after the laser has been replaced its fine.re the bmw mk 4 unit it will not play dvd/s the main advantage to this unit is advanced search facilitys plus you only need one disc for the uk eire and europe.the mk3 requires x3

[SD1too]

Originally Posted by suffolk boy

... just heard from the repair company ... after the laser has been replaced it's fine.

Thanks very much for the update Phillip. Sounds like a very useful company.

Simon.

[Johnny the Fox]

Originally Posted by suffolk boy

just heard from the repair company this morning on mine it was a duff laser .aparently it ran ok when certain locations where selected .then when left running for a time spat out the disc .now after the laser has been replaced its fine.re the bmw mk 4 unit it will not play dvd/s the main advantage to this unit is advanced search facilitys plus you only need one disc for the uk eire and europe.the mk3 requires x3

Who were the repair company that you used Phil

[suffolk boy]

a company called revtronics they are on the bay funnily enough under bmw mk3 sat nav repair they do the mk4 as well