NAV screen not working.

[PHZ]

Been waiting 40 minutes... Just "please wait a moment..."


Cannot find anything in manual.

Any ideas what this is?

Thank you

[gr330zhp]

That's odd. Did you try switching off ignition? If that didnt work I'd try disconnecting battery for a few

Sent from my POS Droid. -_-

[johnrando]

That's odd. Did you try switching off ignition? If that didnt work I'd try disconnecting battery for a few

Sent from my POS Droid. -_-

+1. Also, I have a firmware update CD I can loan you, you could try that.

[PHZ]

It came back on when. I started the car back up. Weird.

[PHZ]

+1. Also, I have a firmware update CD I can loan you, you could try that.

John-
Thank you!
Do I need the updated maps if I upload the cd?

[JupiterBMW]

Hah, welcome to my world. I spent the first 5 months of ownership getting rid of that screen. When i first looked at the car, I mentioned to the dealer that the nav was not functioning (showed the same thing you posted above when I took the test drive). He swapped out the drive with one from another car... That fixed that problem. Then I couldn't get the car to accept that it was in a new location (kept thinking it was in New Jersey, even after I drove it down to Florida). That was taken care of by rando's help (he let me borrow his firmware CD that I used to update my car). From there, the car wouldn't track correctly. That turned out to be a slice in the antenna wire insulation. Once that was taken care of (no cost, I just removed the extension wire that had the bad section and relocated the antenna closer to the computer), I finally purchased a burned copy of the 2012 maps (not necessary, but I live in an area with a lot of new roads, so I wanted all of them) from eBay, and I finally had the Nav working, 100%.

Good luck, if you need any more help, I can try to offer my experience. Or, hit up sna77 (Steve). He's a greay guy and very willing to help too.

[PHZ]

Wow. And ouch.

Thanx. Maybe johns firmware will help.

Sounds like I may be in for some tough times.... Car is no longer under warranty..... Sounds like an expensive dance with the dealer.

Thanx again.

[JupiterBMW]

I wouldn't get worried about it. Yes, the dealer wanted $2000 for a new computer and $900 for a new antenna. That is why I did everything myself. I was able to source a new computer on eBay for about $400 (although I didn't need it) and the antenna was also found on there for around $50 (again, another cost I didn't need to spend).

But, all in all, I spent $5 for shipping to borrow John's firmware disc, and $30 for the maps disc on eBay.

And of course, I have the satisfaction of knowing I did it myself.

[PHZ]

That's good to know at least.

[johnrando]

Glad the restart worked.