Accord 2004 Sat Nav

[rocknroller]

I disconnected my battery yesterday to replace it and when I reconnected it I was getting a DISC READ ERROR on my built in Sat Nav.

I took the disc out and cleaned it carefully. Tried again and still same error.

This is where I made a major mistake! I thought that maybe I had put the disc in the wrong way so put it in data side up. BIG mistake the disc came out with two scratched tramlines across it! I was gutted.

Stuck it back in and still the error. Gave up...

When I started car this morning it is now working fine but I can hear the drive ticking over? Maybe I am now aware of it?

Could the scratched DVD be making the drive work harder to read it? A new disc is £100 plus and on Ebay £60-£70...

Also could the system have reset itself over night, strange how it is now working ok?

Cheers

[BlueJazz]

I had a similar problem on my previous jazz. The error messages started to re-occur to eventually the unit failed, displaying the same error message.

[Squating Neville]

You will need to have the unit repaired its common,

[Vulgar LS2]

I had this a few years back, i got a new disc from a seller on ebay and it's been fine ever since.

[rocknroller]

Thanks for the replies. Any ideas how much a repair is via Honda on the DVD unit? I read somewhere they send them off for repair? How many hours labour to take it out and re-fit?

[Squating Neville]

Its about 180 for a repair i think

[Deerfoot]

rocknroller said:

Thanks for the replies. Any ideas how much a repair is via Honda on the DVD unit? I read somewhere they send them off for repair? How many hours labour to take it out and re-fit?

I'm pretty sure it's an Alpine unit.

If you ask on the type accord forum I'm sure somebody will point you in the right direction.

[Vulgar LS2]

Yep it's alpine, when mine played up i phoned them as honda were there nornal sort of useless, they told me only honda can touch them due to the licensing of the unit, but almost always it is the disc at fault.

Op does the dealer have one on the forecourt you can try the disc from?

[rocknroller]

Not surprisingly I am now getting the DISC READ ERROR again. I have taken the disc out with a view to forgetting about the Sat Nav all together. I have a seperate Sat Nav I can use instead.

Is there a way of stopping the message I am now getting which is: PLEASE INSERT DISC?

[P-Jay]

It's a pretty common thing. You can get discs for £25 online. They're copies but run fine in my experience and are up to date data wise.

They are indeed Alpine units - I believe the £180 charge is simply the charge to open, clean and inspect it, however that's usually enough to get them working again. Considering how many hours it's been running for in the last 7 years or so it's pretty impressive.

I opened and cleaned mine myself, took about an hour all in and it works perfectly now. Search typeaccord.co.uk great resource for 'how to guides.