i have 01 acura cls and today i noticed my navi gone haywire.. i was driving 405 north freeway but navi system said i was on the side street.. is this natural? thanks for your help..

 

Yes this type of thing will happen from time to time.

I was coming over the George Washington Bridge once and it showed me cruising in the East River. Also sometimes I'll be placed on a street running directly parallel to the one i'm on.

Usually in about 30 seconds or so it will correct itself after it gets updated coordinates form the satellites.

What version NAV disc are you running?

 

i m running 2.05, where can i get updated dvd navi disk

 

Current version for CLS is 2.11c



Try the link below or go to your owner’s link @ www.acura.com



https://iweb.alpine-usa.com/pls/isap_ap1/ha.header?p_make=Acura





The NAVI will drift from time to time, and depending on heat, mood, and other conditions, it will seem to suffer brain lock on occasion. Mine seems most likely to get “messed-up” when it is really hot out and it has a planned route in it.

 

beside than the updated street, is there anything else that the new 2.11?

 

Well different points of interest now show up on the screen as little red dots. Things like Schools, govt buildings etc.

Click on them and it brings up their address, what they are and telephone number.

The other big thing is the ability to plan trips using unverified routes.

And what is Unverified Roads?

 

i just discovered that the new dvd disk cost 189, is there anywhere you can purchase the dvd rom for cheaper?

 

I believe that Alpine is the only place to get the "real" upgrade. (But, I didn't do an exhaustive check of EBay.)

I know you didn't ask this, but the disk is also two-layer which is good for having more rooms for features, but makes copying difficult when the data is rendered “useless” with the "lossy" compression used by DVD ripping software for movies, etc. IOW, the PC-based DVD copy software – that works by use of “lossy compression” (SQUEeezing) is of little use for NAVI data and code.

On the bright side (or dark side) there are some dual-layer DVD writers that are either out or coming out soon for your PC.

And... that's all I'll say for now...

YMMV

 

There are indeed. I just bought one from newegg for 74 bucks with free fedex shipping. It's an NEC dual layer dvd burner. It looks damn good for the price. I'm going to try to make a copy of my 2.05 navi disc. If i can successfully, then I'd like to try the 2.11 disc.

 

You don't need a dual layer burner to backup version 2.05B. I just burned a copy on a single layer DVD burner b/c it is only about 4.3 MB in size.

 

That's interesting, does it work? Never heard that before.
cmltx, What are you driving, I'm in Austin too.

 

So if we are to burn the NAV disc, what type of disc does it need to be? DVD-R or DVD+R?

Thanks!

 

there is an option on the menu to reaquire your position when it is off... press that and then just put the cursor on the road you are really on, and it will readjust.

 

ok my navi is doing ok but on my screen when i got lower or higher my ac let say i got to lower the ac from 3 to 2 sometimes it wont do it it will change somthing else like the direction of the ac flow. do not what it could be