Sat Nav no longer pops up :(

[GingerMunky]

The Sat Nav no longer pops-up The motor whirs but no movement. Does anyone know if it is accessible to fix if I remove the fascia panel? I couldn't find any information on removing a Vantage 05-07 panel on interweb, just the DB9 video on YouTube. Does it just "pop off" like the DB9 one?

[Banner]

I had the same problem on an 06 Vantage. It was an easy fix according to my auto electrician. £30 of parts from AM and 3hrs labour.

[GingerMunky]

Thanks Banner, must have been quite a job to get the panel off then?

[yvr]

Happened to mine too. AM has a fairly inexpensive kit to replace a gear or two inside the lid. Dealer fixed it in under an hour.

[GingerMunky]

Thanks 'yvr' I'll get on to them Monday.

[Black9]

The gear set is about £10 from AM and can be fitted in about 35mins. Easy job if your brave enough to remove the dash trim.

[GingerMunky]

Black9 said:

The gear set is about £10 from AM and can be fitted in about 35mins. Easy job if your brave enough to remove the dash trim.

Thanks Black9, I think I'm happy enough to replace the gear set, but does the panel just pop off, or do I need to unscrew something first. If it is just pop off, like the DB9, where should I apply the pressure, i.e. where are the fixing points? Don't want to break the whole piece.

[michael gould]

It's hardly a loss ! I use my screen to attach my tomtom to

[GingerMunky]

michael gould said:

It's hardly a loss ! I use my screen to attach my tomtom to

Agreed, a trained homing pigeon on a piece of string would be better. But its totally 'bond' the way it flips up, makes me feel like a secret agent whilst I listen to Propeller Heads 'On her majesty's service'
http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Her-Majestys-Secret-Ser...

[Murph7355]

GingerMunky said:

Agreed, a trained homing pigeon on a piece of string would be better. But its totally 'bond' the way it flips up, makes me feel like a secret agent whilst I listen to Propeller Heads 'On her majesty's service'
http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Her-Majestys-Secret-Ser...

Much as I deride the satnav, if you don't have the latest discs for it (with 6 character postcodes etc) then make sure you get them. It improves the system a lot.

[snuffy]

Mine too has a bit of trouble popping up ( I sometimes have to give it a hand ! ) (Oo-err missus !)

It works, but sometimes does not go fully up, then goes down again on it's own. If I give it a shuve it's fine and stays up, but I'm not sure if it should go up further ?

I do not think it's actually that bad. I have a TomTom One and that is a pile of ste - it crashes more times than a ZX81 with a dodgy RAM pack !

[brakedwell]

Murph7355 said:

Much as I deride the satnav, if you don't have the latest discs for it (with 6 character postcodes etc) then make sure you get them. It improves the system a lot.

Full 7 figure postcode search has been in since the 2010 update.

[GingerMunky]

snuffy said:

Mine too has a bit of trouble popping up ( I sometimes have to give it a hand ! ) (Oo-err missus !)

It works, but sometimes does not go fully up, then goes down again on it's own. If I give it a shuve it's fine and stays up, but I'm not sure if it should go up further ?

I do not think it's actually that bad. I have a TomTom One and that is a pile of ste - it crashes more times than a ZX81 with a dodgy RAM pack !

Sounds like 'Carry On Aston'. Ahh the RAM Pack, and the electrically tape I would use to hold in place do stop it losing an hours worth of coding when it wiggled.

[GingerMunky]

Murph7355 said:

Much as I deride the satnav, if you don't have the latest discs for it (with 6 character postcodes etc) then make sure you get them. It improves the system a lot.

I read that recent 14 page thread on SatNav Upgrade, but can't really decifer what you need to buy for a V8V 06 and from where. Could you tell me what you purchased and from where. The part postcode in on my BMW too, it gets right on my chuff. Thanks Murph.

[HAMISHHAVOC]

Having just done the satnav disc update, I can confirm that TMC is now active in the UK for the HDD satnav

[Neil1300R]

GingerMunky said:

Murph7355 said:

Much as I deride the satnav, if you don't have the latest discs for it (with 6 character postcodes etc) then make sure you get them. It improves the system a lot.

I read that recent 14 page thread on SatNav Upgrade, but can't really decifer what you need to buy for a V8V 06 and from where. Could you tell me what you purchased and from where. The part postcode in on my BMW too, it gets right on my chuff. Thanks Murph.

Latest discs for that year (non HDD) do not have postcode search.

[brakedwell]

GingerMunky said:

I read that recent 14 page thread on SatNav Upgrade, but can't really decifer what you need to buy for a V8V 06 and from where. Could you tell me what you purchased and from where. The part postcode in on my BMW too, it gets right on my chuff. Thanks Murph.

2012 Satnav update discs for a 2005 Volvo XC 90 are compatible with your car. Volvo part number 313 577 34.
These will give you full 7 letter post code search. They are also available online as "backup" discs for much less.

[GingerMunky]

brakedwell said:

2012 Satnav update discs for a 2005 Volvo XC 90 are compatible with your car. Volvo part number 313 577 34.
These will give you full 7 letter post code search. They are also available online as "backup" discs for much less.

Thanks brakedwell, time to get a set, or shall I ask Santa?

[BingoBob]

There was a tutorial posted on how to remove the satnav cover recently. A couple of weeks ago. I'll try and find it.

[Gibberish]

BingoBob said:

There was a tutorial posted on how to remove the satnav cover recently. A couple of weeks ago. I'll try and find it.

You don’t mean the scary ‘Austin Martin’ DB9 You-Tube vid do you? All I’ll say is, don’t do it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCwOayN32-0