E39 M5 - TV but no Sat Nav?

[Altrezia]

Firstly, sorry for the quick and nasty post - it's late and I'm shattered after a mad day.

Just bought an M5 - it has a TV, but I can't see GPS in the menus - I presume it's not fitted. Two questions:

1) How can I check that its not fitted
2) If it is not, can I just buy some parts (what parts?) on ebay and the wiring will be there, or is it more painful than that?

Cheers!

-a

[dan101smith]

Odd - I thought the TV module was an add-on to Nav, not the other way round.

Check your Nav disk drive is connected, powered and has a disk in it.

Failing that, I'd guess your Nav module isn't working.

Worth also checking to see that you have a Nav disk drive - in one side of the boot IIRC.

[Altrezia]

Thanks,

Checked the boot - drive thingy is there - but it keeps ejecting the CD. Any idea why it might do that - is there any way to read the fault? At what point should you insert the CD - ignition on, or off?

Sorry for the mad questions - I know nothing about sat-nav!

[Rawhide]

Is it a genuine CD? Is it a CD or DVD? The drives are quite fussy if they have copies.

[Altrezia]

Genuine CD by the look of it. No options on the TV for sat-nav - I presume that I should see an option even if the CD isn't in?

Weird... any ideas?

[Rawhide]

if it's like the M3 it's easily removed. Get a set of radio extractors from Halfords and it will pull out easily. They are only a couple of quid.

Check the ibus cable is plugged in correctly. I assume it's got power if it's ejecting the disk.

[Altrezia]

Cheers, will have a poke around it at the weekend. Looks like the MK2/3's are cheapish on ebay should it need replacing, anyhow.

[Rawhide]

The MK4 is really worth having if you have a 16:9 screen. It's not much more and is a plug and play swap. It's DVD driven and can read dual layer disks. You also get perspective mode.

[Altrezia]

Nope, mine still has the 4:3 screen.

[OllyBlox]

Mine did the same thing - the unit had power but it wouldn't read the disc and kept ejecting it. Turns out to be related to water damage - the inside of the disk drive had water marks in it and had shorted some of the boards.

A long shot, but something similar may have happened to yours. Either that or its just old and tired!

[Altrezia]

How did you fix it?

[OllyBlox]

Um, I didn't! The sat nav drive is just sitting on a shelf in the garage. As has been mentioned, MkII drives are pretty cheap on ebay, but I just use a Garmin now as its a million times better than the BMW system.

[Neil.D]

The only reason I bought one with NAV/TV was for my own gratification and resale.
I NEVER use the out of date NAV and must have watch the TV less that a handfull of times in 18months. Not worth the extra cash in upgrading anything. If you have the screen with the OBC that ould be good enough for me.

[Altrezia]

I just find it frustrating that there's a perfectly good screen sat in the middle of the dash, and a tomtom stuck on the window!