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Re: E53 SatNav disks
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:11 pm
by X5Sport
No new firmware now in almost a decade. It should say 4/1-00 if the latest official release. Numbers in the 80/90 are earlier versions 8.n and 9.n.
There are modified versions out there but these are unofficial and can cause language pack issues. Only the map discs are updated now.
Re: E53 SatNav disks
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 1:33 pm
by bascule
I love this forum!
Recently purchased a 2003 (53 plate) E53 with the wide screen satnav - still running the original 4/12 firmware that it cam with when new 14 years ago.
If it's any encouragement to others with older ones - this updated beautifully to the latest v.32 firmware (4/00). Took about 4 minutes to do, and was seamless. I now have postcode lookup which I didn't before etc etc, and most pleasingly now have the 3D perspective view too! (took a minute to find the hidden menu to enable that, but well pleased with the result - looks loads better)
That and a nice shiny DVD with the 2017 map updates, and I'm very pleased to have brought a 14yr old car right up to date!