Technical Connect NAV+ 9.8 Update CD & Setup CD

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Technical Connect NAV+ 9.8 Update CD & Setup CD

Re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 upgrade CD

Stu its nav + and this happens


The flasher comes to 20 % and sistem its turn of vith "bup" sound on the spekers.
Nothing else its hapeens, only this again and again and again
 
Re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 upgrade CD

Stuart DemonD said:
How did you burn the CD-R, and from what file?

I think it had to be with Nero, disk-at-once format.
Burn with Nero, disk-at-once format, file from stilo-club France !
I'm doing everything "by the book", dovnload file, burn with nero disc-at once format, turn key on, get out SIM card, pres eskape, put cd in, when se cd eror pres eskape, turn of connect, get out car key, turn on connect and flasher stop at 20% :confused: :confused: :confused: :bang:
 
Re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 upgrade CD

Just upgraded from 8.1 to 9.8 following the instructions on page 1 of this thread and it worked first time :)

Initial impressions are that:

1 - some of the menus are different and the Sat Nav seems easier to programme

2 - Sat Nav picked up my location outside my house more accurately than before and the map draw seems more stable

Definitely a recommended upgrade (so far :rolleyes: )

I'm pleased :D
 
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Having driven it now for a couple of days I am now sure that the Sat Nav is vastly improved.

On v8.1 I thought that it was a bit useless in terms of a navigation aid and that it would only really be of use if you got completely lost and needed to find out where you were. Positioning was vague, innacurate and 'laggy' - "at the roundabout take the second exit" 1/2 a mile after said roundabout!! Also the map used to flash on and off and screen/route updates took ages.

On v9.8 it is really accurate, directions are given before the junction and if you deviate from the route it recalculates really quickly. The map is now smooth and just scrolls along as I hurtle down the road.

Definitely worth the effort of upgrading (not that much effort was involved ;) )

M
 
Re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 upgrade CD

Thanks for all the info chaps,
I upgraded my Nav+ system easily today.

One thing confused me for a bit - after "flashing" the system with the key out of the ignition, you then must have the key in the "on" position to reset the language to English (with the setup disk in).

RRP
 
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Thats because the main CAN line isnt activated until the ignition is on, at which point the CN+ will update its language settings.
 
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I was told by expert that I have flashed all EPROM. He took out CD, but unit is ZERO(n)
The only way is to reprogram eprom, very nice ...
That's warning to all 'amateur upgraders': Be sure abut CD quality! You can erase your eprom, and there is no way back!:bang: :bang:
The price for eprom programming is :eek: , unbelievable!

Be careful!!
 
Re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 upgrade CD

I used some unknown CD-R from spindle without label.
Don't do that!
Be sure in best CD-R quality!
Thanks Stu for help, but I did all worst what I could, almost perfectly wrong!:cry: :cry:

Service man told me that there is a point in upgrading when everything is erased from eprom, that's very dangerous moment, I found it!:slayer:

He told me also that there are a lot of problems with ver.98, he prefers 8.5. or 6.something. He didn't know which problems, Maybe that is only his impression....
I loved my 8.5!
 
Re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 upgrade CD

9.8 cleared out all the bugs from 8.5 :confused: although it still has certain issues.

I never use unbranded CD-Rs anyway - plus burn at a low speed for this type of thing, with data verification.
 
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That shoud be a rule: Use branded CD-Rs!
I did verification, but it's not very usefull on the same drive.
Low speed is good idea:idea:
 
Re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 upgrade CD

Is the unit COMPLETELY dead or will it switch on? When my SPV's EEPROM flash bu*gered up, I redid it on another PC and it worked ok . . . just a thought.
 
Re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 upgrade CD

i had no problems, using a normal 20p cd. although i noticed that it didnt want to do anything with the key turned round to MAR, i turned it on and back to off (to get the cd player working) and it worked fine. upgrade took about a minute or so before the fiat screen came up with 9.8 in the corner.

chucked in the setup cd, clicked setup, language, scrolled down to english, selected, took another minute or so, got a confirmation message.

turned it off and on and hey presto it was fine, in english and version 9.8.
 
Re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 upgrade CD

Now listed as a guide with this thread as a link . . . will keep as a sticky for now.

See here.

Links to all required files included (y)

Also, if anyone wants information on how to get discs, it's in the guide!!!
 
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re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 Update CD & Setup CD

I promised to inform you about final result of changing version on my navigation unit:

Originally, I had version something about 8.6.

I tried to change to 9.8, but memory was flushed, and CD stacked.(n)

Electronic expert programmed EPROM again, I got version 6.4T1 :D. He says it's the best version with minimum bugs :yum: :confused: . After that I changed language to English by original setup disk (borrowed from dealer).

Everything is working, but ...

- My position compared with Google is wrong, it was perfect before. Satellite signal is full with 7 satellites:.

- Everything is very slow, specially booting.

- Phone is working very good.

- Voice commands are very irritating (Lady is frustrated, don't know why ...)

- MP3 playing seems to stack temporary, only for a while.

- If you are wrong with voice commands, you don't know where you are any more. I'm not experienced with that, I started changing version because of Italian voice commands.

Radio, CD & MP3 are playing! Thanks God and experts(y) !

Now I don't even thing about changing version :D , I was musicless in my car for a full month!:cry:
 
re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 Update CD & Setup CD

iv got a connect nav + sat nav and phone, trouble is its in an alfa 147..

iv read on here you can upgrade the firmware for the cd player and sat nav,phone etc but alfa aint got a clue what im on about? got any expience of your upgrades working on alfa's?
 
re: Connect NAV+ 9.8 Update CD & Setup CD

Hello
my Stilo has CN not CN+, but i didn't knew that it's not the same, and tried to update it to 9.8. previos version was 7.1, after updating it turned to 6.9 and connect nav not working at all, one thing wich i can see is fiat logo and version, and then empty screen.... WHAT TO DO???? PLEASE HELP! i went to my dealer, he said that it'll cost much :(((
p.s. sorry for my english.
 
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