Widescreen monitor In the latest issue of Enjoying MG magazine (August 2011) I described how I prepared the GPS coordinates for more than 800 XPart MG Rover dealers in Europe and added these to a range of satellite navigation systems, so that owners could navigate directly to them. This is one of many changes I have made over the past couple of years to the HighLine system in my 260 and in this blog I will summarize some of the improvements you can make to get the most out of this system. You will find more details of many of these changes on the or the. Bringing your hardware up to date. As originally installed – with its small 4:3 monitor, CD-based single-country mapping and in-dash cassette player – the HighLine system dates back a decade and is way behind in-car systems from other manufacturers today or portable devices from TomTom, Garmin and others. If you want to retain the original appearance in your car, however, it is relatively easy to bring the system up to date: since MG Rover used in-car entertainment (ICE) components from BMW, you can retrofit later equipment designed for the BMW E46 3-series cars. These are the changes you can make.
Fit a widescreen (16:9) monitor in the dash. This takes the place of the existing 4:3 unit with minor changes to the rear mounts. It’s also a great mod to do if you want to upgrade your TV module to one of the latest hybrid analogue/digital units. Replace the satnav unit itself (normally a Mark III unit) with the Mark IV DVD-based unit. This plugs into the same location on the right-hand side of the boot. Change the radio unit in the boot for a BM24 or BM54 unit. You may need a new wiring adapter for this.
These have dual radio tuners so that you can use one tuner to pick up TMC traffic information permanently (via Classic FM in the UK) and listen to another radio station at the same time. The audio quality will also be better.
Install the Bluetooth telephone module: the kit for the BMW Mini is compatible with our cars. This integrates with the satnav system so that for any destination listed as a Point of Information (POI) where the entry includes a phone number you can call that number straight from the in-car system. This is great for hotels and restaurants, for example Updating and enhancing the software. MG splash screen You then need the latest (2011) BMW High DVD Europe for the actual maps; these are updated twice a year and are available through BMW dealers or online. You are now set to enjoy much better mapping and the split view display. Bara no sabaku drama cd r18. All these changes will already make a huge difference to the satnav experience in your car, with widescreen display and faster calculation of routes.
If you cross borders there is no need to switch map CDs in order to continue with country-level mapping information. Download portrait professional activation token keygen software. I often spend my holidays around Lake Geneva, crossing between France and Switzerland, and this alone is a huge benefit. But there are a couple more tweaks you can make to the system. In this form the satnav computer does not show the current time or ETA (estimated time of arrival):. Satnav showing current time and ETA The BMW user community has gone further still and has developed changes to the satnav software to enable day/night colour changes and to create sound-based alerts as you approach speed cameras.
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The latter software, called, is still in beta form, however, and using it disables some existing functionality in the system, notably the ability to use more than one language. For the moment I have fought shy of doing this. Personalizing the information So far we have just looked at improving the satnav system itself, using the address information on the standard BMW map DVD. As users of portable satnav devices or smartphone apps from TomTom and Garmin will know, however, there are thousands of other address lists available online, complete with their GPS coordinates, which you can download and integrate into your satnav data. Happily, for owners of BMW and Volkswagen Group cars, help is at hand, and since our cars use BMW ICE hardware, we too can benefit from this. A proprietary software application wondrously called provides a simple, graphical user interface through which you can edit the structure of a manufacturer’s map disc; it is easy to remove categories you don’t require (such as the BMW dealer addresses) and to add new POI data.
There are two main ways to do this:. If the POI information you want to add is already available in a format designed for TomTom, Garmin or Google Maps, you can simply add that data direct to your map disc.
In my car I have done this for car washes and speed camera locations, for example. This is quick and easy to do, but will typically only give you the name of the Point of Information and its GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude).
Even if the POI data is not readily available, however, you can assemble your own GPS data in a Microsoft Excel file. Using, a free online tool which in turn relies on Google Maps, you can obtain the GPS coordinates for any address.
Alternatives include using or Microsoft AutoRoute and MapPoint Europe as desktop applications. In each case I have chosen a suitable icon such as the MG logo for the new POI. If you include the phone number in the same format as existing entries in the map database, you can also call these numbers using the Bluetooth kit, as we saw above. As well as for the XPart MG Rover dealers, I have done this for some of my friends and personal contacts, exporting this data from the Contacts folder in Microsoft Outlook on my PC to an Excel file. Pimp-My-Nav showing MG Rover dealer POI data provides an end-to-end solution so that once you have edited the data you can create an image file and burn a copy of the map disc on your home PC. It took me a few attempts to optimize the format of the data initially, but it now works very well and I usually burn a new DVD with the latest speed camera locations or other updated data every three months or so. If for any reason the changes don’t work as you intended, you can simply take out your modified disc and pop in the standard BMW map disc: there is no risk of damaging the satnav installation.
Following from your 2011 post, wondering what the latest is and the best replacement system is now/where to get it please? I bought a 2003 Rover 75 diesel estate Highline for my parents; FM does not work and the sat nav unit does not shut down so drains the battery. It appears as if the units have got wet. The original satnav is fiddly so I am thinking it’s best to have a new system; especially good would be a one-touch ‘get me home button’ for my parents! DAB-radio would make sense too.
What is your latest advice please? Hi Peter, I recommend you post on the 260’s forum or one of the sites for all models of the 75 & ZT. Sadly, I no longer own a 260. Also, I live in France, where DAB radio has yet to take off, so I am not very familiar with units which incorporate DAB. I do know, however, that you won’t be able to get any kind of BMW unit with DAB integration, so you will have to look at one of the Chinese double-DIN sized units (you’ll find these in the forums) or go for a single SIN-sized unit and blanking plate to fit the space.
Bosch Highline unit. Have a look at this video on how to get your serial number and map version. You can check your map version on this link, see part 3 and look for updates. If there is an updated map SD card available for your Fortwo, then expect it to be over £100, going by most makes of car SATNAV units. My car being secondhand is a bit out of date on the satnav map, but I just live with it, though there is a phantom speed camera near me, where the Satnav beeps away, even though the camera has been pulled out the ground over two years ago.
I always wondered why people pay the extra for sat nav built in. All the manufacturer does is charge a fortune to update it or in this case doesnt know how to update it. I wonder how many cars bought in the last 10yrs are still driving about on their original sat nav maps! I can bet its more than a few. My brother in law had a 406 back in 2005 and that had sat nav built in with a disc in the back. They wanted £400 to buy a new disc!
Lmao who were they kidding! Certainly one of the most expensive upgrades to have added to a car as an option and then you cant use it after 2 years because its out of date. I prefer my own way of using an Android phone building it in. A new piece of road once a decade! Seems to me that if you dont need many new roads the system was just about perfect to begin with 'We're on a road to nowhere.'
There arent many cameras here, those that are are generally destroyed within a few weeks, and by destroyed I mean literally obliterated! Lol They put one outside Saumur about 5yrs ago and it lasted about a month before someone dug it up with a digger and dumped it in the river! I would hazard a guess and say it was one of the travelers that frequent the area occasionally.It wasnt replaced. They rely more on standing in secluded areas with a speed gun here. I dont do anything over 90km (speed limit) so it doesnt bother me. However the roads change constantly where they build bypasses and change the orientation of many roads every year, so an outdated sat nav is not a good thing.
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I don't believe anyone has ever had a map update since the 2011/2012 initial one. It's supposed to be TeleAtlas and search as you might you'll not find anything even copying the data from Bosch. There's enough to have already said that the Multimedia unit is about the worst ever with appalling graphics! I even used it (which is not common for me as it's awful) and guess what it 'froze' ( as I needed some directions)!
Useless bit of kit!!! This rubbish would have cost circa £1500 to install when you can pay circa £400 for a brilliant 3rd part replacement.