Professional SatNav

[ettore]

Hi everyone, I`m new to this section having just bought a 535D as my familywagon.

Can you help?

I`m currently gently baffling myself on the idrive nursery slopes and my satnav seems to position me between 200yds and 1 mile away from where I actually am. I much enjoyed watching myself drive through the Thames yesterday...

Am I being an idiot and failing to set it correctly or is there something wrong with it?

[pete]

I had exactly this problem with the professional satnav in my 1-series. A software upgrade back at the dealer sorted it out, and it hasn't troubled me since.

Pete

[jonnie5]

Do you find visibility is very poor? If so, you probably are in the Thames.

HTH


Edited to add: I would listen to Pete above, it's probably more use than anything I have to say today

Edited by jonnie5 on Friday 4th May 14:34

[blackspider]

ettore said:

Hi everyone, I`m new to this section having just bought a 535D as my familywagon.

Can you help?

I`m currently gently baffling myself on the idrive nursery slopes and my satnav seems to position me between 200yds and 1 mile away from where I actually am. I much enjoyed watching myself drive through the Thames yesterday...

Am I being an idiot and failing to set it correctly or is there something wrong with it?

Its likely to have a HIP module problem,this calculates vehicle position from the gps to map.
First a HIP module reset needs to be carried out which is done on a GT1 at the dealer-if that doesnt work then the module needs to be replaced.

[bobthemonkey]

I've had experiences of new E60's and I've seen this happen on more than one occasion. Actually I've seen it on some other vehicles, both BMW and others.

[ettore]

jonnie5 said:

Do you find visibility is very poor? If so, you probably are in the Thames.

HTH


Edited to add: I would listen to Pete above, it's probably more use than anything I have to say today

Edited by jonnie5 on Friday 4th May 14:34

It appears to have an uncommonly large sunroof so visibility was good enough to assure me I was on dry land.

[ettore]

Thanks - back to the dealer then!