[feederz]

Hi All,

Been searching for ages but couldn't find the precise answers I need...

I've just bought a 2006 E92 335i and it has a 2006-02 DVD. The Sat Nav only accepts letters when trying to input a postcode - there appears to be no way to enter digits 0-9 at all? I did find something somewhere stating that postcode support was accidentally dropped on this version?

If this is true then what are my options for getting an upgrade? Do I need to buy a new DVD from BMW or are software upgrades free (this seems to be a fix rather an upgrade in this case).

Will my 2006 iDrive accept the latest 2008/9 DVDs or are the newer discs only compatible with the newer iDrive systems?

Thanks in advance!

Feederz

[monteeyah]

hey there feederz

its just i may be in the same boat tomorrow - picking up )6 325i m sport pro nav idrive - and would be great to know how it was resolved

thanx

[E92Fan]

Your iDrive system can use the latest Nav discs, as long as they are the DVD Professional series (as opposed to DVD Business or DVD High). The latest one which has just been released is 2009.2

To upgrade from your 2006 disc, you will either have to go to a BMW dealer and purchase the latest 2009 disc, or perhaps you might be able to happen across a 2009.1 disc somewhere on this forum

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[monteeyah]

hi E92fan

thanx - tried the latter idea and for the life of me i couldnt get it to work! various burners + various bruning software + various pc's + various discs - no joy! even a x1 on verbatim +R :-( so getting 2009 -2 from dealerrs tomorrow.

Would be interested in the speed cam POI - will see if a ican make a working disk with speedcam POI from the 2009-2

thanks

[Dr Dave]

Did you get your disc from the stealer Mont? What sort of money were you forced to pay?

[monteeyah]

£140 plus old 2006-1 disc as "part ex"!!. its £240 without it. I made a "backup" copy incase tho. worked immediately after restart/following instructions.

[feederz]

Thanks e92 Fan! I found a 2009-1 DVD to try in my 06 335i. I was previously using 2006-2 and couldn't input postcodes with numbers at all (which is all of them I think!).

The new disc allows for 5 character postcode input which is much better BUT I now have to wait for 20-30 seconds after selecting address input before I can begin to enter any address details which is very annoying. Is this normal?

Does my idrive also need an upgrade - I read somewhere that there was a firmware upgrade that improves performance by reducing the number of colours used in the display?

[feederz]

Well BMW have updated my software today and so now I have the light grey menu screen instead of the older brown one. I had a play on the way home and it does seem to have slightly less lag when giving it commands via the jog wheel.

HOWEVER - now the system has stopped accepting voice commands - I mean when I press the button there is no beep or icon displayed on the screen. I'm guessing they made a mistake in the coding. Does anybody know if this is a quick thing to put right - I'm hoping they might be able to put it right while I wait?

[SoYank]

It depends on your definition of "quick". For some folks, eight hours is quick. For others, that's an eternity. I think BMW's definition is somewhere between 8 hours and 8 days.

[feederz]

Oh dear that's what I feared so does it really need to take hours - I mean surely it's just one setting to change?

[SoYank]

If they have to reload the computer it takes a while, sometimes overnight. I swear they're still using 300 baud modems to Germany.