BMW MINI. SAT NAV PROBS.

[ROSE414U]

HI,MY NAV HAS GONE UP YHE SPOUT. FOR SOME REASON THE MAP ON THE SCREEN IS NOT COMING UP IT LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT GETTING THE SIGNAL.SO I TOOK IT TO MY BMW DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT I NEED A WHOLE NEW UNIT AT A COST OF 1500 QUID.SO I SAID !*!*!*!* THAT. I WILL HAVE A LOOK AT IT MYSELF. 5 DAYS LATER I TOOK A LOOK AT THE UNIT WHICH I WAS TOLD WAS UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT, IT WAS NOT THERE, THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT PUT IT BACK IN,SO THEY PICKED THE CAR UP AND IT TOOK 2 DAYS FOR THEM TO PUT IT BACK IN (8 SCREWS AND 3 CONECTORS).SOMEONE SAID TO ME TAKE A LOOK AT THE AERIAL (SHARK FIN).TO MY SHOCK WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BASE OF THE FIN I COULD SEE THAT THE WIRES HAD BEEN PULLED OUT
OR CUT. I HAVE NOT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I CANT PROV THAT THEY WHERE CONECTED IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEY MUST OF BEEN AS THE NAV WORKED FINE BEFORE IT WENT WRONG. I THINK THAT WHEN THEY TOOK THE UNIT OUT THEY THOUGHT I WOULD JUST PAYUP AND HAVE IT DONE SO WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED WITH NO NAV I THINK THEY THREW THE OLD UNIT AWAY PUT A NEW ONE IN SO THAT MEANS IT WOULD HAVE WORK AGAIN SO THAT WOULD BE STRANGE SO THE AERIAL WAS DISABLED. THATS WHAT I THINK BUT I COULD BE WRONG.
SO WHAT I AM ASKING IS IF THE WIRES TO THE SHARK FIN ARE CUT WOULD THAT MAKE THE NAV LOSE THE MAPING PICTURES ON THE SCREEN, AND HOW WOULD I FIX THAT AS ALL THE CONNECTORS ARE BROKE SO I DONT KNOW WHATS WHAT. SO IF ANYONE CAN GIVE ME ANY INFO THAT WOULD BE A GEAT HELP.

[sultanbrown]

ROSE414U said:

SO IF ANYONE CAN GIVE ME ANY INFO THAT WOULD BE A GEAT HELP.

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[DennisTheMenace]