1988carrera

Rick, How many CDs the BMW system uses??

1988carrera

Rick, How many CDs the BMW system uses??

Rick

I think that's the issue (perhaps); the BMW system utilizes at least 5 different regions to cover the US - I'm not sure of the exact number but it's at least 5 because the BMW CD for my area is Region 5.
I'm going to drop an email to NavTech to see if they have any suggestions.

thugn4reel

Well after talking to many representatives, I was finally able to get a hold of my salesperson. It turned out that the dealer had forgotten or for some reason had not ordered my navi cd. However, my salesperson was very nice about it and offered to ship it out next day, which i should be recieved shortly today.

Also i had one more question. Does our navigation system have yellowpages on it? I know some of the navigation do have it, however i doubt the porsche one does from the looks? Am i mistaken?

mudman2

There is no yellow pages but you can set up map points like Gas Stations, Schools etc. It's in the level of detail you set.

When looking at a map press the right control **** and that pops up another set of menu's

Rick

I got an email back from Nav Tech - they indicated that the issue is that Porsche wanted everything on no more than 2 CDs for the US so the level of detail is less than other vehicles that use their maps.
Also, there will be an upgrade in the July/August of this year that will have a measurable improvement on detail (according to Nav Tech).

JeffES

As far as the amount of data in any of the navigation system, it's a constant "struggle" between the amount of data vs the "user friendliness" of one or two discs.
Of course, there's Marketing involved too - by using one disc's worth of data, companies claim they use "DVD" as opposed to "CD's". There's no criteria in this application for the title "DVD".
There's also an issue with the type of data - so called POI (points of interest) info, while nice looking w/little pictographs takes little info, while street mapping data takes a great deal of info, thus more discs.
The ultimate solution would be, of course, to develop some sort of on board memory - hard drive/memory card/etc., but each time that sort of system has been proposed, issues as to the ownership & distribution of the data come up, and lawyers get involved, and that's the end of story.

If you want to see if a particular road/street has been mapped by Navteq (their new name), just do a "MapQuest" - they use fairly up to date data from NavTeq.

Anyway, the comments @ the dealership ordering the discs is correct - it's up to them to get that info to NavTeq (on ordered cars they can do that once they get the VIN, so that the disc is in hand upon delivery). There's simply no excuse for not having discs to the new owner in short order.

J

mudman2

I remember my dealer telling me that they did not advise Navteq earlier than delivery because they wanted to drop ship to the home of the owner. This in part due to the problem of disc sets "walking" at the dealer.

But they did their job as soon as I had signed and I was pleased with very little delay, I had enough to read anyway.

Mike

NYC Cayenne

OK finaly, after calling navteq and having my dealer fax them another request form for the nav. discs (2 of them for east and west coast) they made it this morning @ my house.
It's been a month now having a car with navi. and not being able to even see that thing work.

Thanks you guys & galls for your help and all the helpfull info.

John Gazivoda.

mudman2

Great news John

good luck

Itzkirb

How often to we have to update to a new CD and how much does it cost? Also, how do we even find out if there is a new update available?

mudman2

As far as I know the releases are annual, my 04 update cost $210

NYC Cayenne

jamy85

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(edited for legal reasons by Mudman2)