alegerlotz
Member
I updated my Nav V unit to the latest software a few days ago.
Today I was headed to the closest BMW Motorrad dealer for my 6K service, so I figured instead of typing in the address, I'd just use the BMW Dealer shortcut on the Nav system. The dealer doesn't show up (its about a year old) but the one in my city that closed about 11 months ago is still there.
Apparently the software updates only deal with the Map, not the rest of the info. Fine, I know where the dealers are near me, but what about if you're on a trip and break down in the middle of nowhere. Why isn't this device, which was not cheap, updated on a regular basis to be accurate?
The guy at the dealer said that the list of dealers is baked into the GPS when its imaged but that there's a way to update it which it involves downloading something from either garmin or bmw, uploading it to the device through a computer and then loading it on the GPS through a DOS prompt.
Has anyone done this procedure? No, I haven't looked it up because I want to whine about it.
Oh, and BTW, even though I told them not to reset my tire pressure (and it was written on the service order) my tires are low and I get to spend 10 minutes tomorrow screwing around with the compressor and resetting them. So much for reading the service order!
Today I was headed to the closest BMW Motorrad dealer for my 6K service, so I figured instead of typing in the address, I'd just use the BMW Dealer shortcut on the Nav system. The dealer doesn't show up (its about a year old) but the one in my city that closed about 11 months ago is still there.
Apparently the software updates only deal with the Map, not the rest of the info. Fine, I know where the dealers are near me, but what about if you're on a trip and break down in the middle of nowhere. Why isn't this device, which was not cheap, updated on a regular basis to be accurate?
The guy at the dealer said that the list of dealers is baked into the GPS when its imaged but that there's a way to update it which it involves downloading something from either garmin or bmw, uploading it to the device through a computer and then loading it on the GPS through a DOS prompt.
Has anyone done this procedure? No, I haven't looked it up because I want to whine about it.
Oh, and BTW, even though I told them not to reset my tire pressure (and it was written on the service order) my tires are low and I get to spend 10 minutes tomorrow screwing around with the compressor and resetting them. So much for reading the service order!