Why and the way you update your BMW Nav Map navigation?

There was a time in which everyday oil changes and the occasional new tires were all of the upkeep a BMW needed. But for a modern-day BMW with iDrive, it takes a little extra attempt to keep your car up to date.
Whether or not you need to update your iDrive software or upload the latest map for your BMW Navigation gadget. Keeping your BMW’s iDrive modern-day should be taken into consideration as a normal protection project. If your modern-day map is more than a year antique, it’d be sensible to update it.

Why is it important to replace your BMW Nav map?

Roads alternate all of the time. New roads are constructed, vintage roads are being closed, new roundabouts are being made and a two-manner avenue can be made into a one-way avenue.
The last thing you want, while the usage of your navigation, is to be sent out in the wrong direction, or unexpectedly seen on your map. That you are using on a street that doesn’t exist on your navigation system. BMW provides more than one hundred forty.000 miles of the latest road to its maps every yr. So that you will get a miles higher riding experience with the aid of updating the maps to your navigation system.

How to test your BMW Nav map model on iDrive?

To check which model of the navigation gadget is hooked up in your BMW, go to your iDrive BMW Nav map, open the settings menu, and scroll down to the lowest, wherein you may discover the menu “Navigation device model”. right here you may find the year of your contemporary map.

How you replace your BMW Nav Map system?

There are one-of-a-kind approaches to updating your BMW Nav Map, depending on whether or not you’ve got a CCC, NBT, CIC, or EVO device. We’ve attempted to provide an explanation for as easy a count number as possible.

BMW DVD Navigation:

The map is stored on a DVD on older iDrive models, which you have to insert inside the DVD-power of your BMW. Those devices are known as CCC gadgets. The map replaces technique is so easy, that each one you want to do is change your vintage BMW DVD map out with a more modern version of a BMW Nav map, that fits your make and version.

BMW USB Navigation:

Whereas older BMW gadgets use a DVD to save the map. Newer BMW fashions have been fitted with internal memory, in which the map may be saved. an advantage is that the navigation device is much quicker.
The procedure of updating the BMW Nav map continues to be pretty simple in automobiles in which you have to manually replace the map. You need to save the up-to-date BMW Nav map on a USB stick or purchase a USB with the BMW Nav map already on, which you then insert into the USB port on your BMW. The gadget will robotically sign up that a new version of a map is ready to be mounted onto your iDrive. You’ll be brought about to go into an FSC activation code. This FSC activation code is VIN precise and must be bought as a stand-alone product.

The BMW Nav Map update can take an hour and a half to finish. In which time the auto wishes to be turned on while the replacement manner goes on. To ensure that the update technique is going easily, we advocate that the auto is plugged right into a battery charger.

Once the replacement is completed, you’re prepared to take pressure together with your new and updated navigation machine. You want to have your car replaced with the latest BMW software program, if your vehicle is from before March 2010. So the automobile can be set up to obtain the updates through USB. If your vehicle is made after March 2010, it should be equipped to receive the USB with no wished updates.

What’s the difference between a Navigation business and a Navigation professional?

The maximum visible distinction between the two navigation systems is the display screen size. Navigation expert has a bigger display with a higher decision. Then what you may locate in your Navigation commercial enterprise? Depending on the yr, there can also be a difference in map, memory, speed, and capabilities.

It’s far more important and extraordinarily critical that you discover. Whether or not you’ve got Navigation commercial enterprise or Navigation Professional installed in your BMW. The structures have their own updated model. 

If you want to assist with identifying your gadget, please don’t hesitate to call Schmiedmann. We can find the correct map replacement and navigation version for your BMW. By use of your VIN-wide variety. We can see all the hooked-up manufacturing facility systems by using looking it up in our machine.

Important statistics

This manual has to be seen as well-known guidance on a way to update your map and navigation system. There may be variations, that this manual does now not finish, extra complicated methods of updating your device. In addition to usa-precise methods for updating the navigation system to your BMW. 

Endorse that you touch Schmiedmann with your VIN variety to get the ideal guidance. We can see which location your car is from and which system is installed by means of the use of your VIN range. We are able to therefore fast find out which map replaces your vehicle desires. Don’t hesitate to call us or ship us an email, if you have questions on updating your BMW. Having greater than 22 years of experience running on BMWs and we are more than happy to help you.

Our DVD and USB map updates are all original BMW products. USB map updates consist of a USB stick preloaded with the present-day BMW map records on your car. Have to you need an FSC activation code, you may additionally buy this from Schmiedmann. As it is VIN-precise, you must inform us of your VIN while buying.