E90 2010 CIC I-Drive GPS position incorrect

rormeister · 02-17-2015, 03:17 AM

Hi all,

I am having a problem with the GPS not showing the correct location on my 2010 E90 CIC I-Drive sat nav. As you can see, it shows me in France however I am in UK!

I access the 'secret' menu within Settings to take a look at the GPS receiver and it shows "No GPS available". However when I drive the car, it seems to still track the car movement.

Also the longitude/latitude seem to have reset.

Has anyone experienced this before? I am unsure if its an issue with the receiver, or I-Drive needs a firmware update or map update?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Rory

nn613 · 02-17-2015, 02:26 PM

Have you tried entering your location manually in the secret menu?

Is the CIC factory fitted or retro fitted?

djkevinnn · 02-17-2015, 04:00 PM

Did you drive the car? Sometimes it takes movement for the triangulation to occur the the GPS to find your position.

rormeister · 02-18-2015, 04:08 AM

Hi,

Yep - tried setting the location manually but no joy

It's a factory fitted CIC and it has only stopped working correctly in the last 3 months.

Seems like a weird problem as it started to lose my location occasionally but would come back however after a while it completely lost my location and now I can't get it back.

Could it be a problem with hardware like the antenna?

Thanks,
Rory

voucher76 · 02-19-2015, 12:55 PM

See this thread and see if that helps!

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...7#post16849367

Best regards

rormeister · 02-22-2015, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by voucher76

See this thread and see if that helps!

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...7#post16849367

Best regards

Thanks for the link! I think I will get an antenna off ebay and give that a whirl. Not sure if its worth taking the CIC out as well if I am going to have to potentially replace the shark fin anyway. I found this one on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E90-E9...7/161599886113 - Does this look right for a GPS antenna for an e90? Just want to make sure there are no hidden gotchas!

I went to a dealer yesterday and they said it would most likely be an issue with the CIC in terms on software/firmware needing an update as the antennas don't usually go wrong - is there any truth in this?

arhoads335i · 08-13-2018, 09:03 PM

Hi I am having this problem right now with a retrofitted cic. Anyone fix this before?

02-17-2015, 03:17 AM	#1
rormeister Registered 2 Rep 3 Posts Drives: BMW 320D M-Sport Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: United Kingdom iTrader: (0)	E90 2010 CIC I-Drive GPS position incorrect Hi all, I am having a problem with the GPS not showing the correct location on my 2010 E90 CIC I-Drive sat nav. As you can see, it shows me in France however I am in UK! I access the 'secret' menu within Settings to take a look at the GPS receiver and it shows "No GPS available". However when I drive the car, it seems to still track the car movement. Also the longitude/latitude seem to have reset. Has anyone experienced this before? I am unsure if its an issue with the receiver, or I-Drive needs a firmware update or map update? Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks, Rory
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02-17-2015, 02:26 PM	#2
nn613 New Member 3 Rep 20 Posts Drives: 3 Series Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Have you tried entering your location manually in the secret menu? Is the CIC factory fitted or retro fitted?
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djkevinnn Lieutenant 75 Rep 407 Posts Drives: 2008 335i FBO Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Queens, NY iTrader: (2)	Did you drive the car? Sometimes it takes movement for the triangulation to occur the the GPS to find your position. __________________ e90 jet black on terra//pure stage 2//fuel-it stage 3 lpfp & pi w. return//motiv tuned//vrsf dps//vtt inlets & outlets//helix fmic // er w. hks bov // bms dcis // spec stage 3+ w. mfactory smfw // cdv delete // clutch stopper // kw v1 // m3 control arms // whiteline fsb // cic\|combox\|backup camera retrofit // m3 headliner retrofit
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02-18-2015, 04:08 AM	#4
rormeister Registered 2 Rep 3 Posts Drives: BMW 320D M-Sport Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: United Kingdom iTrader: (0)	Hi, Yep - tried setting the location manually but no joy It's a factory fitted CIC and it has only stopped working correctly in the last 3 months. Seems like a weird problem as it started to lose my location occasionally but would come back however after a while it completely lost my location and now I can't get it back. Could it be a problem with hardware like the antenna? Thanks, Rory
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02-19-2015, 12:55 PM	#5
voucher76 Private 17 Rep 55 Posts Drives: X3 (G01), E92 325i Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: copenhagen iTrader: (0)	See this thread and see if that helps! http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...7#post16849367 Best regards
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08-13-2018, 09:03 PM	#7
arhoads335i Captain 180 Rep 772 Posts Drives: 2015 435i grand coupe xdrive Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Philadelphia, PA iTrader: (3) Garage List 2008 BMW 128I [0.00]	Hi I am having this problem right now with a retrofitted cic. Anyone fix this before?
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