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Feb 22, 2007 | 09:04 AM

JKINmini

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Newbie, used search, can anyone answer me?

I have used the search but maybe I am a computer noob, only good on the car side.

anyway, my situation is stated here:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...t=35168&page=3

can any expect show me a light?

Feb 22, 2007 | 12:21 PM

Eric_Rowland

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It's been a while since I did it, but here is an explanation from mdsbrain that I used:
It was for V27, but you get the idea.

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Does this step by step instruction help?
http://mini.mdsbrain.com/?p=127

The image files have been rar’d (compressed), so you will first need to un-rar them. I use a program called WinRAR.
- Once you have uncompressed the image files you will need to burn them to a CD-R using a program called Alcohol 120%, which is available as a free 30 day trial here - http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/en/download_120.php

- Burn the disk using a high quality CD-R disk at the lowest possible burning speed using these steps:

1. click on “image burning wizard” then click “browse” and find the folder that you extracted the two files to.

2. click on “bmw v27″ (there’s only one to choose) and click “open” it.

3. Under Image file information, it should list the two files. Click “Next”

4. If you didn’t insert a high quality CD-R earlier, insert it and set the write speed at the slowest one (mine was 4x). Make sure the CD/DVD Recorder is set on the right drive.

5. Click “Start” and it should start burning. Once it reaches 100%, it’ll be done and the disc will eject on its own.

- Once the disk is ready, follow these steps

1. Go to your vehicle and turn the ignition switch to the first position. Let the navigation system boot up and get into a normal operating mode.

2. Leaving the system on (never turn the power off during these steps!!), go back and eject the navigation CD from your drive unit.

3. Put in the V27 disk you created into your drive unit. Watch your screen and be patient. It says it will take about 6 minutes to do the upgrade, but it doesn’t take that long. When it’s done it will eject the CD automatically.

4. Put your navigation CD back in the drive and make sure everything is working properly.

To activate the Perspective view mode with V27 you need to do the following (thanks to 2Wires for this info):

Go to the main menu and then settings. Press the menu button for about 10 seconds until a new menu appears.
Check “Perspective”. Voilá. Perspective mode is now available.

Feb 23, 2007 | 09:54 AM

JKINmini

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I got it!!!

thanks for the link. Now there's British lady voice whenever I use the Spainish menu.... (weird huh? yeah I set it that way)

Feb 23, 2007 | 02:18 PM

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From: Laurel MD

Why don't you just recode the NAV? Kiwijochen has already created a program that will do this using a circuit that you can build or you can buy one from Rolf Resler. I posted a how too on my site....

http://www.simplymini.info/index.php..._the_mini_nav/

Feb 24, 2007 | 06:32 PM

JKINmini

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Originally Posted by daflake

Thought about doing that but I am just starting from the basic right now. Plus I cannot use the full function of the V28 just yet... (eg: perspective view) because I am still on 2003.1 nav map DVD.

Any advice on the 2007 nav map disk?

Feb 25, 2007 | 05:48 AM

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Perspective view will work with any map disk. It is the firmware that does this, not the map disk. If you are at V28, you should be able to select perspective from the menu. If it is not there, you have to enable it. To do this, go to the setup screen and press and hold the menu button for about 5 seconds or so. You should see a hidden menu pop up. Scroll down and you will find the "perspective" setting. Set it to on and you should be all setup to enable perspective.