Latest nav software

[loot]

Presumably you put it in and it'll upload some files to the sat nav but then the maps are used from the sd card after that?

You can buy updates online and download them to usb then install that to the van but I'm not sure if that is just to update the sync, some of the map sd cards say read only on them which would stop piracy?

[loot]

Presumably you put it in and it'll upload some files to the sat nav but then the maps are used from the sd card after that?

You can buy updates online and download them to usb then install that to the van but I'm not sure if that is just to update the sync, some of the map sd cards say read only on them which would stop piracy?

[sparker000]

Not sure if you just pop the v5 sd card out and put the new one in, or if there is more to it.

There are some copies on ebay but I wouldn't risk it. I believe the official cards do have sync navigation software updates (if any), as well as road network updates on them.

USB update downloads for sync, from what I have seen, are for the USA Ford.com only.

[loot]

Ah fair enough

I wonder how long it'll be before someone hacks the radio and puts windows or something on it

Is it possible to put any sat nav in the unit? Like igo or garmin etc?

[Mike]

I wonder how long it'll be before someone hacks the radio and puts windows

Yeah, nothing like downgrading it

[loot]

i quite like my factory setup, the radio, nav and parking all compliment each other, you can set the volume of the radio and nav independently etc.

But apparently there's a higher spec version touch screen available

Must resist!

[seikokid]

Is the V7 only for the euro 6 models ?

[loot]

It's the radio, Ford would be very stupid if it was

[seikokid]

i've bought V7 for my euro 5 which has V6 but it is not working which is why i ask.

[loot]

V7 isn't working?

[seikokid]

no, is there something that needs to be done or just inserting the SD card is all you need to do ?

[loot]

Maybe the sd is use only once in that device?

[sparker000]

I have purchased the V7 for my 2015 custom. Engine running removed old card put new one in and let it do it's stuff. It rebooted and worked fine but I did have to turn the van off and back on to get the satnav to display. At first it had said "satnav not available".

All working but not impressed when, being guided off the M6 south of Manchester I find myself driving on a new road that was not on the latest edition! These roads aren't built over night so why on my first journey with the newest 2017 mapping do I find a road that has been included. Not happy about that!

[loot]

You'd think that when you connect your phone it would be able to download minor adjustments and save them to the map sd

[S60r]

Yes oem sat navs are pretty poor for that. Why not use google maps or similar on your phone and use it through the sync. It updates instantly, does brilliantly with live traffic work arounds and ive never found myself on an unrecognised road.

Annoying when you have the built in Nav.... when we last worked in London we had both running as an experiment and always went with Google or the "maps" app on the iPhone over the built in Nav. It constantly adjusted the route according to traffic.