For all of us that have the Hard Drive Navigation and travel a lot with your TL's the drill is you have to visit your dealership everytime to get the specific region you are entering. Some dealerships charge between $50-65 to do this.

I set up an FTP Server so we can share our regions to avoid paying the royalty fees.

Its real easy to do, all you have to do is pm me and I can set you up with a login and password and you can pick up the region. Please be willing to add your region to my server before taking one. All you need is a laptop to do this. If your having trouble let me know.

xkazman

 

Hey, that sound good and I would be willing to help out. I'm from the Midwest if you are in need of that region. Do I have to have a laptop, I wouldn't be able to use my desktop?

thanks

 

Sounds like a really great idea. However, since I just purchased my 99 TL two weeks ago, I have no idea how this works. Do I need to have multiple hard drives for my system and then just change drives when I get to a different coverage zone? Or do I just simply overwrite the drive that I have now? I'm familiar with how ftp works to get the maps, I just don't know enough about the Navi system to update it myself.

 

Laptops have the standard PCMCIA Slots that read our PCMCIA Type III hardrives. You just plug
it in and copy the files. You can use the same drive for different regions just wipe it out
and load the new regions files. If your traveling you you can just pull over and with using your
laptop just load the new region. Yes please share your region.

 

I just got my car a couple weeks ago and pulled the hard drive out today. The files are all dated 1998, so I'm assuming my maps are a little old. However, if anyone wants a copy of the north east region, let me know - that's MA, NH, RI, CT, Eastern NY and Northern NJ. Is that FTP server up and running yet? If so, I'll upload what I have when I get home tonight.

Jason

 

We can do the Ftp tonight. I'm sure there is a newer version out but something is better that nothing. Hopefully we can get more people to add their region to my server and you can get an updated version.

Mark

 

I'll share my region, but I have the old NE also. I'm looking for southern Cali region.

 

Hey, I'm new to this site but would love to share something. I've got the southern region, (the one with Texas). I would like to get a hold of the one with Florida. Just email me and let me know what to do.

 

Okay I now have the following Regions:
SE
NE
MW

PM me when you want to upload/Download regions

 

South Central is a nebie on my server. Lets try to get more....NE is an older version...Does anyone have the latest version.

xkazman

 

Can someone post or send me a pic of their navi drive? I dont have a cam and was thinking on building a site. I'd appreciate it. Thanks! My email address is

mkasim@adelphia.net

 

I paid for the updated version of NE. So send me a username and password and I will post it on the FTP server.

slarco@attbi.com

thanks,

 

HERE IS THE LINK TO MY FTP SERVER:

ftp://24.52.42.92

LOGIN AS: ANONYMOUS
PASSWORD: JUST TYPE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

be sure to upload first because of ul/dl ratio's

 

Here is the current list of coverage areas on my server:

Coverage Area 1
California/Nevada
Coverage Area 7
Connecticut/Maine/Massachusetts/
New Hampshire/NJ/NY/Vermont/RI
Coverage Area 9
Alabama/Fl/Ga/NC/SC

Please email me if you can contribute

 

Does anyone on this forum have coverage area #8? The region includes Delaware/Maryland/New Jersey(Southern half)/North Carolina(eastern part)/Pennsylvania(eastern half)/Virgina.

If you have this region please pm me or email me at mkaism@adelphia.net

 

I just bought an Acura TL and its missing the hard drive. What can I do to get it replaced besides getting it from the dealer.

 

RobG,,,,, contact XKAZMAN is you are still looking for a hard drive

 

Yes let me know if you need a hard drive I have one.

PM me or email me at mkasim@adelphia.net

 

Is this site still up? I tried and it said that a connection with the server could not be established.

 

Just a note, you can go on ebay and buy calluna type III pcmcia harddrives and they work great (520MB) in any HD Navi system. Also, I bought a DVD navi from a 2001 and directly plugged it in to my 99 TL, replacing the HDD Navi

 

comdok;
Where did you get a DVD navi from?? and if you don't mind saying,,, how much?

 

I have TX files and need CA files

vg9@sbcglobal.net

 

I bought it off ebay, Acura's website says you can't upgrade because the systems are incompatible, but I went to the dealership, looked in one of their 2003 TL's and it was the same connections. So I bought one, took out 4 screws and 4 plugs and plugged it in, and it works great!!

 

I paid $450 and I bought on for a friend of mine as well for $250, so it kinda varies a little. But it really is worth it.

 

I have a 99 TL with the Navi harddrive unit, but my wife got t-boned in my 2001 rl with the dvd navi unit. The dvd unit has been faster in loading and easier in changing regions.

So my question is since i saved the dvd unit, can i swap the units out?

Anybody have a clue?

 

check out the plugs on the back, if they match, then yes try it out. I know the TL dvd navi will work (I tried a 2001 and 2003 dvd in a 99 TL)

 

ok, my son wants the old harddrive unit from the 99 TL in his 99 Pontiac Grand AM, he has a Alpine CVA-1004 multimedia head unit which is nav ready...how would i do this? any clues? possible?

 

Anyone figured out how to get a map for CANADA?
please email me at:
golforama@hotmail.com