MG
D3 Decade
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Surrey
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Hi, how does one go about obtaining the latest release of DVD containing all of the Navigation system maps? I assume that this will include the continental maps? MG
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 21st Apr 2006 7:16 pm |
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grommet
Member Since: 15 Feb 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 331
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From your Land Rover dealer/parts department. Not cheap, as expected... (most people never bother getting updates.)
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| 21st Apr 2006 10:17 pm |
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Ocsid
Member Since: 29 Nov 2005
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 255
 
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Is anyone aware of the order of cost to get the update please?
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| 22nd Apr 2006 6:00 am |
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grommet
Member Since: 15 Feb 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 331
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In North America, it's about $300 USD if I remember correctly. I assume other regions will be similarly priced. Ask your parts department for a local quote.
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| 22nd Apr 2006 7:10 am |
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gavmurray
Member Since: 15 Nov 2005
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 46
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Has anyone tried making a disk copy of the DVD and then seeing if the disk works. Might be a cheap way for lots of people to get the latest disk. Gavin.
06, D3 TDV6 HSE, Buck Blue
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| 22nd Apr 2006 10:21 am |
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Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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There is an amazing trade on hooky DVD updates for my BMW. It's not an easy job to copy a disc, but given the £200+ asking price they are making it worth it (not that I have, I e-bayed an original).
Copyright theft is just that; but the daft asking price for updates forces many otherwise law-abiding citizens to go over to the dark-side. Very few people are willing to spend more money on an update disc than a brand new portable nav system.
Land Rover have costs to recover. I am sure they would get a better return charging £100 or less for a disc, than the loose handfull of updates they sell per year.
I've not arrested anyone for months, so I would not feel too guilty on buying a hooky disc for my Discovery.
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| 22nd Apr 2006 11:06 am |
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Gurvan
Member Since: 02 Jan 2005
Location: Germany... Not far from both the US and Hard German rock...
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But the question is : is there ANY update ?
It seems that NAVTEQ are the one making the discs... Last time I checked, there was no update...
I know already two places, in France, where updates would be more than usefuls !
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| 22nd Apr 2006 3:12 pm |
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chippypip
Member Since: 13 Dec 2005
Location: The Lake District
Posts: 127
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gavmurray wrote:Has anyone tried making a disk copy of the DVD and then seeing if the disk works. Might be a cheap way for lots of people to get the latest disk.
I did mine at Christmas with a dual layer dvd-r, works no problem!
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| 22nd Apr 2006 3:32 pm |
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Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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What is the latest disk you have?
You can guess the next question... perhaps by PM!
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| 22nd Apr 2006 3:51 pm |
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Gurvan
Member Since: 02 Jan 2005
Location: Germany... Not far from both the US and Hard German rock...
Posts: 1089
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Very annoyed wrote:has anyone edited them to put in speed cameras?
THAT would be REALLY useful...  Wish someone could do it...
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| 22nd Apr 2006 5:31 pm |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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Gurvan wrote:Very annoyed wrote:has anyone edited them to put in speed cameras?
THAT would be REALLY useful... Wish someone could do it...
This might be possible if you could access the Point of Interest (poi) folder - it really depends how the software is written - for example speed cameras work on Tomtom units via lists of co-ordinates compiled into poi binarys then with a corresponding speed icon .bmp the system identifies the location and hey presto it appears on the screen 
Do all that and you've cracked it ! 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 22nd Apr 2006 5:53 pm |
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grommet
Member Since: 15 Feb 2005
Location: Northern California
Posts: 331
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Though I find the cost a bit of a rip-off, it does not condone copyright violation or buying a bootleg. Isn't the cost of a Navigation disc about one tank of petrol in the UK? 8) By the way, Land Rover gets "ripped off" on the cost of the disc, too. (Supplied by Denso and their appropriate map provider.) They don't get it for "free."
And no, there is no way easy way to add custom infromation to Denso's proprietary format... that's why people use Tom Tom systems. 8) Sorry.
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| 23rd Apr 2006 1:46 am |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
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Very annoyed wrote:you can download these from sites - did this with Mrs VA's TomTom.
With a POI editor you can even write your own  - it's surprisingly easy - look here:
http://www.poiedit.com/ 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 23rd Apr 2006 8:45 am |
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