Words cannot describe how much I want that DVD/sat-nav setup in my car.
No, 650 is latest so would be good to update, what years discs do you have as I have a set of 08 genuine cased dvd's for east & west europe, this will update your unit to 650 straight away.
You can get firmware alone but not sure if with yours being 550 if the year dvd's you have will work with 650, I'd have to check.
But of course 08 would have much newer maps, roads, POI etc etc
Also it would add TMC functionality aswell with the dvd's.
On the subject of Sat Nav, I have 2 SD Card slots behind the Nav Screen that apparently plays MP3's
Anybody know what size these slots support upto ? And / Or if its only SD support or if it supports SDHC too ?
0550 supports TMC already. I guess your current map is 2007? There isnt much difference at all to the 09 maps.
Based on the image he supplied then it would indicate he doesnt have TMC capability in that state as the DVD enables this aswell.
Well thats cool, was that image with ignition on or off mate cause TMC should go solid if its working cause removing dvd turns of as I just tested for you, this is why I question Isaac's comments even though he may very well be correct, but strange as dvd is in so should be on.
Based on the image he supplied then it would indicate he doesnt have TMC capability in that state as the DVD enables this aswell.
sc00by - the previous owner may have swapped DVD's back (i.e. bought the 2009 version for himself earlier this year and then when he sold the car, pulled that out to sell it and simply sold the car on with the older satnav DVD).
okay - lots of fiddling around to get to grips with getting the files just "right" for RNS-E....
top tip: use M3u files and locate them in the root of the SD card - as this sppeds things up massively!
And one of the guys on the forum wrote RNS-E file manager!! (which was stopped in BETA stage, but is still very usable - once you've rememebr what crashses it!)
Here's something from "BenW123":
"It is still available for download, although I haven't updated it in around 2 years! Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/rnse-mp3-mgr/. It works on all Windows variants except Vista. Unfortunately I lost interest in the project, despite trying to drum up interest and feedback from other users. I might get back to it one day because there was loads more I wanted to do.
...The folder and filenames mustn't exceed 64 characters if memory serves, and the application handles this for you. "
There are a few features in the application that cause it to crash and it's not very good at saving where you were.... but I find that dragging and dropping folders onto the applications and then sending the files to the SD card will check the file names and create an M3U playlist file in the root... then you can manually delete the folder entry out of the app and repeat.
Application only checks for disk space on the SD card and does NOT check for the limit on the number of "units".... it seems that the RNS-E will only read the first 400 entries out of the FAT table and mp3 files, m3u files AND FOLDERS all add to this tally...
Also, you can use 4Gb SD cards (note NOT 4Gb SDHC cards!!) - about £7 from picstop.co.uk... you still have the 400 (approx) unit limit, so it jsut menas you can have the same number of songs, but at 320kbps
top tip: use M3u files and locate them in the root of the SD card - as this sppeds things up massively!