Sat Nav upgrade - sorry if its been up before

[AMDBSNick]

Fresh in from the dealer:-

Your vehicle is an 09 my car which is a hard drive. The updated hard drive disc is £511 + VAT

WTF

[Zod]

bBecause hard drives are read-only, AM think? What nonsense!

[v8woollie]

Wow! Mine is DVD based and the local Volvo dealer did me a deal at £165 for the latest 2012 discs. Over £500 seems a bit of a rip-off. Is the £500 for the hard drive itself or the discs to update it?

[AMDBSNick]

v8woollie said:

Wow! Mine is DVD based and the local Volvo dealer did me a deal at £165 for the latest 2012 discs. Over £500 seems a bit of a rip-off. Is the £500 for the hard drive itself or the discs to update it?

Well the way I read that - disc only

[v8woollie]

AMDBSNick said:

Well the way I read that - disc only

Perhaps a visit to a Volvo dealer may be beter value. AM wanted £460 for the three DVD set for which I just paid £165

[yvr]

Navteq offers the DVDs online. My set for all of North America was $200.00 (3 DVDs for a 2006 DVD based system, specced for a 2006 Volvo XC90). I'd assume similar pricing for Europe.

[Neil1300R]

Everything you ever wanted to know about upgrading the HDD version of Satnav. Great post by GlynV8 on how to do it.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[v8woollie]

yvr said:

Navteq offers the DVDs online. My set for all of North America was $200.00 (3 DVDs for a 2006 DVD based system, specced for a 2006 Volvo XC90). I'd assume similar pricing for Europe.

I think you have to buy through a dealer with Navteq Europe. I tried the Volvo updates and it asks to select a dealer - there is no on-line store.

[mikey k]

AMDBSNick said:

Fresh in from the dealer:-

Your vehicle is an 09 my car which is a hard drive. The updated hard drive disc is £511 + VAT

WTF

Is this a replacement HDD or a DVD
IIRC my old car had a DVD for updates even though it was HDD Sat Nav
No idea on the new one as it's Garmin and I don't use it anyway

[Jockman]

mikey k said:

...No idea on the new one as it's Garmin and I can't work it anyway

EFA

[mikey k]

Jockman said:

mikey k said:

...No idea on the new one as it's Garmin and I can't work it anyway

EFA

[Lunablack]

My £35 quid second hand Garmin Nuvi is still doing sterling work on top of the dash.

£500 quid... The stealers are having a Giraffe

[DaveWn]

http://www.satnav-updates.com/aston-martin-1-c.asp

Just upgraded my 2009 Hard Disc nav with discs from the above link. Followed the instructions on "Glynns Nav"
thread and it all works fine

AM logo - 6 digit postcode etc - For £41 I decided not to question the origin of the discs

[Murph7355]

DaveWn said:

...For £41 I decided not to question the origin of the discs

If you're going to take that approach you can get them even cheaper elsewhere on t'internet. £41 cheaper