Can Nav be turned completely off?

MountainStone · 02-20-2013, 09:44 PM

Is it possible to turn the Nav completely off, such that the DVD drive is not continually reading the disc? I can hear the drive reading my maps disc all the time, even when I turn the assistance window off and am not using the Nav or viewing the map...

VTECaddict · 02-21-2013, 02:53 AM

Take out the DVD?

JackR · 02-21-2013, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by VTECaddict

Take out the DVD?

MountainStone · 02-21-2013, 08:54 PM

So there's no OFF button? BMW intended for that drive to spin continuously for years?

Seems really dumb. This is my first BMW; hope there's not much more of that level of stupidity hidden in this car.

HoustonEaDo · 02-22-2013, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MountainStone

So there's no OFF button? BMW intended for that drive to spin continuously for years?

Seems really dumb. This is my first BMW; hope there's not much more of that level of stupidity hidden in this car.

Your map disk is in the trunk - you can hear that spinning ?

david.c.kay1 · 02-22-2013, 06:41 AM

I was always wondering why their drives went bad so often :-)

Pete Schweaty · 02-22-2013, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by u080570

Your map disk is in the trunk - you can hear that spinning ?

OP has an '08. The pre LCI map disk loads in the head unit under the climate controls.

HoustonEaDo · 02-22-2013, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Schweaty

OP has an '08. The pre LCI map disk loads in the head unit under the climate controls.

Wow - that would be annoying !!

MountainStone · 02-22-2013, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by u080570

Wow - that would be annoying !!

Very much so. The drive was probably silent when new, but now it is audible. I thought I had a problem with my stereo until I figured out where the whirs/buzzes/beeps are coming from.

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