Where can I update my navigation software without paying top dollar?

 

Good question. I was about to buy the disc on eBay but you also have to enter a serial key specific to your car. Based on my past experience with Honda/Acura Nav's, I'd just recommend going to the dealer. Here's more info:

https://acurazine.com/forums/4g-tl-a...update-918871/

 

Thanks

 

After searching further, it appears that Acura actually imbeds the information from your vehicle onto the disc, thus only allowing it to update for your specific car, based on VIN, database version and device ID. They require that information before they send you the disc, presumably so they can imbed the info and prevent pirating. So in short, I don't see any way around it. Using another persons disc wouldn't work.

 

You can buy the updates online -- search for Acura navigation. The discs are normally $150, I think, plus shipping, but they periodically run specials where you can get them for $99, sometimes with free shipping.

That's the only source I'm aware of. Anything else and you may run into problems such as described above.

 

The price usually drops to $99 sometime in the spring, a few months before the next year's update is released.

 

Actually, all the disks (for your model & year) are the same and there isn't any VIN specific information on the disk. When you purchase an upgrade, a VIN specific code is generated and ships with disk that allows the software to load .... from any disk. The code must be entered to start loading of upgrade. If you enter the code incorrectly, the upgrade will not load. This is very common in the high end software industry.