I did a reset on my R50 as I had a P2097 code, left the battery unhooked for over 30 minutes and now my sat nav says spate are update please insert disc, is there anyway to reset the system?

 

"sat nav says spate are update please insert disc,"


Shot of screen , it cant read the disc ?

 

Here is a pic of the screen, is there a way to reboot the system so it goes back to normal or a link where I can get the software update from, I have no idea of the current version either.

 

Ah, its calling for the old CD update. The CD is nla,

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...t-working.html


https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ate-query.html

 

I found v32 on ebay, the downside is that's it the BMW version so I will get the BM logo.

 

yea, the only links i have on it are above. You can make your own disc on the one link.

 

Ok, cool. Do I burn it on cd or DVD?

 

It is very unusual for the Nav computer to lose its firmware programming. What is the condition of your car battery? If the voltage is low, Nav could start up into a bad state and never recover. To reset the unit, disconnect/reconnect the battery again. Or I believe it is on fuses F10 and F22 and you could pull those for awhile.

 

CD, +1 the battery could be low on voltage like in the link I posted, you might want to check that first. But seeing that screen , its like it lost it.

 

Ok, I'll run the car while its updating.

 

How long does it take to update?

 

A couple of minutes. Takes longer to burn the CD.

 

So if it takes longer does that mean the files or corrupt or didn't burn correctly?

 

Verify that you have no problems reading the disc files on a computer CD drive. Did you burn it at the slowest speed, from an iso image?

The Nav disc drive is finicky about reading R/W burned discs (vs factory manufactured discs). Sometimes people have needed to burn a copy on a different computer drive, or try a different brand of media. Make another copy and see if it works any better. There is also a possibility that the laser head in the Nav drive is failing, which is not unusual.

 

I burnt the disc at the slowest speed possible, I purchased an OEM BMW disc so I'll wait till I get that, the only problem now, I can't seem to eject the disc, any pointers?

 

Is there a disc in it already, lift up the flap and see if there is a disc in there. There is a reset on the older Mk4 dvd version, there was a pinhole on the front to reset it, on the MK3 CD driver i don't remember one.

 

I think it's the mark 3 as its cd. I have v29 disc on its way so I'm hoping that will get it going.