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3rd August 2019, 11:27 | #21 | |
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I bought a 2015 disc off Navteq last year which at that time I believe was the most up to date for these units that was available. I keep my working original Satnav for the originality thing. The system is a kind of quaint basic version of todays super duper systems as you would expect of a 16 year+ old system as technology moves on but it certainly works OK and i'd have no concerns about it getting me to any existing address up to 2015 disc information if needed in an emergency. I use my modern Satnav for general driving if required as it also has speed limits and warnings on it but pop the original on every now and again to give it a run just for the fun of it. Last edited by bendrick; 3rd August 2019 at 11:32.. |
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3rd August 2019, 14:14 | #23 |
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Sorry Simon,
I did the test and after over 5 minutes the red light was still on. I closed the drivers door and the tailgate and locked the car up. After 10 minutes the red light was still on. Question I use the car EVERY day. Bearing that in mind will the SatNav have enough time to drain the car battery down if kept connected?
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Thanks Al. I'm afraid that your sat. nav. disc drive/computer is faulty and will need replacing. The tell-tale sign is it failing to shut down. This happens when the battery has been disconnected at some point before waiting a few minutes for the red LED to extinguish.
As dattrike said, this is the reason why it was unplugged, so that it did not drain the battery. You will need to unplug it again because there's no point in leaving it connected. It doesn't work. To answer your question, you might use the car every day but there's no sense in having an avoidable current drain. Why have the worry and take the risk of the car not starting on a winter's morning when the temperature is close to freezing? Your options are not to use the sat. nav. at all or seek a replacement Mk. 3 disc drive/computer on e-bay. I've just had a look for you and there's one auction which ends tomorrow. But beware! The seller hasn't declared that it's in working order and he doesn't accept returns. Simon
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Thanks for telling me that.
I'm a bit confused atm. The meaning of "not working" you said about. When I plugged it in and set it to work, I put an address in an it seemed to take me there no problem. If the meaning "not working" meant it's not working properly, then as suggested it would be best left unplugged until I need to use the SatNav. I'm not going to the expense of replacing it atm because in my eyes it's not cost effective and there are other thing I want to do to the car first. As said there are apps on phones that can do the job I dare say I can go down that route.
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Yes, leave it unplugged until you want to use it.
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3rd August 2019, 22:21 | #28 |
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Listen Simon.
You have been very helpful with my questions. I thank you for that. Because of that I now understand which way I can go as far as the SatNav is concerned. I bought the Conny SE tourer Wednesday just gone and have another week before I go back to work. Things to be done have to be put in order based on the importance,time and pennies I have left.
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Hi David,
The Identification of sat nav models is not difficult, from your description you do have a BMW ver but it should not make a difference. https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...73&postcount=3 I do have somewhere and older disk I have taken out of my mk3 which I would be more than happy to send you
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