Well its that time of the year for the new Navi disc from Alpine!

The website has officially changed the announcement from 2006 being the latest as of yesterday to "new annual update will be available soon".

This will be my first Navi disc update since getting my 04'

 

yeah man... I saw that too... buy it and let me know how it is... lol

 

Yeah well I have 3.4, so I'm sure 3.7 would have to be better........

 

I have 3.60 and I bought it shortly after I got the car.. if there isn't a feature change i'll probably hold off on it.

..unless my neighborhood is now verified in 3.70 and she doesn't say "if possible" after every turn.. then i'll update and someone can have my 3.60 DVD for cheapz!

 

I live in a 30 year old neighbor hood and it said off road when I got the car- got a resonably new used disc and yeah! now it can take me home!~

I want the newest one now- not later- now!!!!

 

lembowski, love the Big Pun reference in your tagline! (packinamackindabakofdaack)
Good stuff!

 

 

I'd be interested in buying your old 3.6 for cheap when you're ready to sell...Message me and we'll discuss it !

 

I hope you keep in mind that if you upgrade the navi disk (3.70) you might have to redo and tweak the navi hacks to get it to work.

 

Thats fine......I don't have any navi hacks

 

Mid November.... 1/2 way there!

 

Is that when they said it will be available? I knew it was always October in the past, thats what brought me to start looking.....

 

Yeah I believe that's what the lady said yesterday

It's fun calling them because the sales/requests are handled by Alpine USA; which means based on the 800 number you call into they answer the phone differently.

So you call the acura line and they go..

Thank you for calling .......... acura... navigation dvd help line

Read a little faster and make me believe it please

Anywho; I called and asked if they happened to know whether there were new feature or if it was just a map / POI update.. they don't know. Apparently they only know what's on the website and not anything internal; "the website does not say it yet" (Der; but I figured calling the people that made the damned thing might shed some light!)

It would be nice if they added something new though..

 

On Alpine website:

2007 Update is now available.
Special sale coming soon!! Beginning 12/3/2007 and for a limited time, the new 2007 update will be offered at a discounted price of $149.

 

according to the website, some new map changes for various states/counties, and the DST change with the new rules.. I bet that will make some people happy.. Not sure if $150 is worth the DST time change....

Why can't the time get changed via satellite, the time zone is controlled by that automatically if you travel across country... hmmmm

ocwill1

 

scoreeeeee.... the california update now has the place i go the most hehe

 

WHOA, thats to easy Timmah, I'm not gonna touch that one.... but I could

 

Where the hell is Yuba?

 

So the update is finally available, but they are gonna make me wait till December, because I can't miss out on the sale.

Something tells me they didn't make enough disks, so they cooked up a sale to get most people to wait until they have enough to meet the demand.

As far as new features go, I believe those are a thing of the past for our Nav version, other than essential things like DST. They aren't going to keep adding features to an older car model (yes, we have an older model now... doesn't that suck!).

 

Yuba City is a medium sized town about 40 minutes north of Sacramento.

 

I bet the sale is because people complaining about the DST update, and having to pay $200 for the update. Wanted to give a discount for it..........

 

is there a way to determine exactly what updates were made? i need to find an address which in my current Navi disc shows up as a dirt area.

 

Where can I buy this new disc anyone have the link. how much are they ?

 

https://store.alpine-usa.com/Acuradv.../naviorder.php


by the way, i called the website to find out exactly what POI's were added for a certain area and according to the rep who answered, the DVD wont be available until January. just FYI

 

sweet, a discount!

 

Still using my 04 disc

 

The update for 07-08 TLs is available to dealers, end users/customers will not be able to purchase it until early 2008.

"orange" nav owners can purchase the discs now.

They added Unincorpated Yuba County to the map; I live in a new subdivision that is semi-on the map but it's all unverified so every direction ends with "if possible"

 

Will the new Navi disc improve the crappy HFL connection with my Treo 700?

 

I just checked the Acura website and this is what I found

2007 Update is now available.
Special sale coming soon!! Beginning 12/3/2007 and for a limited time, the new 2007 update will be offered at a discounted price of $149.

2008 Update
Version 3.70

New Features
Updated maps and POIs
Auto Daylight Savings Time switching per new 2007 (March/November) schedule

I think is time for me to update. I'm using the 2005 disc.

 

You hit the nail on the head. We will never have our auto DST fixed via a free patch.

 

Would anyone know if this release fixes the "Exit Left" issue? On some major highways, when you are on a route, if there is an exit on right the nav will tell you to exit left when it should say "Keep Left".

 

I just bought a 2007 TL-S. I should have the latest software version installed, correct?

 

Guesstimator: Correct. 3.70 will be out in early 2008 at which point you'll feel old and outated (in regards to nav hehe)

Hsedsie: My only thought is that you're leaving the main freeway; for example lets say i'm driving on I-5 North, in 1 mile the two lanes on the right branch off to the right, but they are the ones that continue I-5 North. The left two lanes turn into another freeway. Technically you are "exiting" that freeway; though the keep left thing would be more appropriate.. (just a thought..)

 

Go to the truck and eject the navigation disk and see what it says. Easy nuff

 

Well...I never claimed to be the sharpest knife in the drawer.

 

I am not sure why everyone is saying that the 2008 3.7 update will not be out until early 2008. It is already out, and I have already ordered it. I have called customer support, and it has already shipped, and will be at my house Friday. I just wanted to give everyone the heads up that it is definitely available....

 

Why you didn't wait? Beginning 12/3/2007 and for a limited time, the new 2007 update will be offered at a discounted price of $149. (Acura web site)

 

The 2008 update for 04-06 TL's (using orange nav discs) is out; the 2008 update for 07-08 TL's (using the white nav discs) is NOT available yet.

Per the website:

The fall 4.62 DVD release is currently available to dealers for 2008 vehicles only. A release for customer vehicles will be available early next year.


Ajay711 -
I stated the wrong version above in regards to Guesstimators post; I said 3.7 but he's on the 4.x discs.

 

Probably not. I have an 07 TLs that came with version 4.55a, but I bought version 4.62 a few weeks ago.

 

casino - is yours an "06" (production date) 07?