navigation upgrade for '06 system

Makes the $75 upgrade disc for my Garmin seem pretty reasonable.


"Larry in AZ" <usenet2.DeleteThis@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in message
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> Waiving the right to remain silent, Eddie G <egoldberg.DeleteThis@amh.org> said:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I called Acura and was told the charge for an updated map is something
>> like $200. Is the software specific for Acura, or can I go on-line to
>> find it cheaper? If the later, what should I be searching for?
>>
>> This is for an '06 TL.
>
> You will not find Navi upgrade DVDs anywhere but at the dealers, or
> through
> the manufacturer's web sites. I don't know why these things haven't been
> cracked and copied, but that's the story.
>
> Yes, they are expensive. The best price I've seen for our TL Navi system
> is
> $185.00.
>
> --
> Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail
>
> "A lack of common sense is now considered a disability,
> with all the privileges that this entails."
 >> Stay informed about: navigation upgrade for '06 system 

Go to the Alpine/Acura web site here:
https://store.alpine-usa.com/Acuradvdsales/naviorder.php
Right now they are on sale, at least for my 2005 TL. I just bought the
update for $149 plus $6 shipping. They are out of stock right now but
anticpate shipping by the end of January. $200 at the dealer is a
definite rip-off.

"BK" <miatabill RemoveThis @charter.net> wrote in
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> Makes the $75 upgrade disc for my Garmin seem pretty reasonable.
>
>
> "Larry in AZ" <usenet2 RemoveThis @DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9A30AD505EBFFthefrogprince@64.74.227.2...
>> Waiving the right to remain silent, Eddie G <egoldberg RemoveThis @amh.org> said:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I called Acura and was told the charge for an updated map is
>>> something like $200. Is the software specific for Acura, or can I
>>> go on-line to find it cheaper? If the later, what should I be
>>> searching for?
>>>
>>> This is for an '06 TL.
>>
>> You will not find Navi upgrade DVDs anywhere but at the dealers, or
>> through
>> the manufacturer's web sites. I don't know why these things haven't
>> been cracked and copied, but that's the story.
>>
>> Yes, they are expensive. The best price I've seen for our TL Navi
>> system is
>> $185.00.
>>
>> --
>> Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail
>>
>> "A lack of common sense is now considered a disability,
>> with all the privileges that this entails."
>
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: navigation upgrade for '06 system 

"Larry in AZ" <usenet2 RemoveThis @DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in message
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> Waiving the right to remain silent, "BK" <miatabill RemoveThis @charter.net> said:
>
>> Makes the $75 upgrade disc for my Garmin seem pretty reasonable.
>
> Perhaps, but your Garmin doesn't interface with the car's radio,
> telephone, and serve as a control center for other car systems as many
> factory Navi units do. It's also got a screen that's one-quarter the size
> of the one in my Acura TL.
>


None of which effect the information on the DVD - it's just maps with some
metadata. I can't believe the Zagat guide costs that much, but maybe it
does.

--
Nick Cassimatis
 >> Stay informed about: navigation upgrade for '06 system 

Not sure where you got that number from. My '07 TL shows a price of
$185 to upgrade (plus S&H). Perhaps the nav system is different, and
that accounts for the difference.

From what I could see on the Acura/Alpine site, there's not much that
they've updated, which is too bad because there are areas right by where
I live that show no roads, but the roads have been there for like 6 or 7
years.

Tom S.
Houston, TX


akheel wrote:
> Go to the Alpine/Acura web site here:
> https://store.alpine-usa.com/Acuradvdsales/naviorder.php
> Right now they are on sale, at least for my 2005 TL. I just bought the
> update for $149 plus $6 shipping. They are out of stock right now but
> anticpate shipping by the end of January. $200 at the dealer is a
> definite rip-off.
>
> "BK" <miatabill.RemoveThis@charter.net> wrote in
> news:0qMnj.1930$nn2.1820@newsfe05.lga:
>> Makes the $75 upgrade disc for my Garmin seem pretty reasonable.
>>
>>
>> "Larry in AZ" <usenet2.RemoveThis@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9A30AD505EBFFthefrogprince@64.74.227.2...
>>> Waiving the right to remain silent, Eddie G <egoldberg.RemoveThis@amh.org> said:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I called Acura and was told the charge for an updated map is
>>>> something like $200. Is the software specific for Acura, or can I
>>>> go on-line to find it cheaper? If the later, what should I be
>>>> searching for?
>>>>
>>>> This is for an '06 TL.
>>> You will not find Navi upgrade DVDs anywhere but at the dealers, or
>>> through
>>> the manufacturer's web sites. I don't know why these things haven't
>>> been cracked and copied, but that's the story.
>>>
>>> Yes, they are expensive. The best price I've seen for our TL Navi
>>> system is
>>> $185.00.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail
>>>
>>> "A lack of common sense is now considered a disability,
>>> with all the privileges that this entails."
>>
>>
>
 >> Stay informed about: navigation upgrade for '06 system 

Must only apply to certain years. $149 is definitely the price for the 05
TL. And it just came today, so I guess they got their stock sooner than
they thought. On the 05 they also updated the POI and fixed the daylight
savings problem caused by our gov't's genius move in changing the dates.
With all of the reprograming required akin to the Y2K problem, that
little move probably cost more that it saved.

Tom Simchak <not.today.RemoveThis@thankyou.org> wrote in news:Rv1oj.9801$hI1.6692
@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com:

> Not sure where you got that number from. My '07 TL shows a price of
> $185 to upgrade (plus S&H). Perhaps the nav system is different, and
> that accounts for the difference.
>
> From what I could see on the Acura/Alpine site, there's not much
that
> they've updated, which is too bad because there are areas right by
where
> I live that show no roads, but the roads have been there for like 6 or
7
> years.
>
> Tom S.
> Houston, TX
>
>
> akheel wrote:
>> Go to the Alpine/Acura web site here:
>> https://store.alpine-usa.com/Acuradvdsales/naviorder.php
>> Right now they are on sale, at least for my 2005 TL. I just bought the
>> update for $149 plus $6 shipping. They are out of stock right now but
>> anticpate shipping by the end of January. $200 at the dealer is a
>> definite rip-off.
>>
>> "BK" <miatabill.RemoveThis@charter.net> wrote in
>> news:0qMnj.1930$nn2.1820@newsfe05.lga:
>>> Makes the $75 upgrade disc for my Garmin seem pretty reasonable.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Larry in AZ" <usenet2.RemoveThis@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9A30AD505EBFFthefrogprince@64.74.227.2...
>>>> Waiving the right to remain silent, Eddie G <egoldberg.RemoveThis@amh.org>
said:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I called Acura and was told the charge for an updated map is
>>>>> something like $200. Is the software specific for Acura, or can I
>>>>> go on-line to find it cheaper? If the later, what should I be
>>>>> searching for?
>>>>>
>>>>> This is for an '06 TL.
>>>> You will not find Navi upgrade DVDs anywhere but at the dealers, or
>>>> through
>>>> the manufacturer's web sites. I don't know why these things haven't
>>>> been cracked and copied, but that's the story.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, they are expensive. The best price I've seen for our TL Navi
>>>> system is
>>>> $185.00.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail
>>>>
>>>> "A lack of common sense is now considered a disability,
>>>> with all the privileges that this entails."
>>>
>>>
>>
>
 >> Stay informed about: navigation upgrade for '06 system 

Aside from any issues of price for the upgrades, the need for one
occasionally is more necessary in some parts of the country than
other. In the Washington DC area, there have been so many changes to
interchanges, new roads, etc. from development, that my 2005 Navi is
getting a little long in the tooth for accuracy. Nothing like trying
to follow the Navi to an address to find out that the exits, etc, it
is telling you to take don't exist or have been so completely
reorganized that you sail by and have to figure out by trial and error
just how to get back on the route! Or have it tell you the address
doesn't exist.

I plan to update during 2008 at some point.

And one last question? Has anyone actually tried to rip one of these
discs and make a disc image? I never see them on the news server
groups.

Paul



On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:36:25 GMT, Larry in AZ
<usenet2 RemoveThis @DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote:

>Waiving the right to remain silent, akheel <akheelremovethis RemoveThis @pacbell.net>
>said:
>
>> Must only apply to certain years. $149 is definitely the price for the 05
>> TL. And it just came today, so I guess they got their stock sooner than
>> they thought. On the 05 they also updated the POI and fixed the daylight
>> savings problem caused by our gov't's genius move in changing the dates.
>> With all of the reprograming required akin to the Y2K problem, that
>> little move probably cost more that it saved.
>
>Whatever, it's still too damned much for what you get. After paying two
>grand for a Navi system, updates to the DVD shouldn't be more than a few
>dollars. $29.95 sounds about right.
>
>The marketing approach is stupid. It's as if they want to discourage sales.
>
>How many people buy them at $150-$200..? Not many, I'd bet. I won't - not
>for the minor changes they contain. If they dropped the price to something
>reasonable, the majority might, and the profit on them would be much greater.
 >> Stay informed about: navigation upgrade for '06 system 

Don't know about console navigations, but whenever I buy a new GPS (I have
three so far) the maps are already about four years old. I wonder if the
2008 update is actually based on an older map. For me its cheaper and better
to have a new GPS with the latest technology rather than updating the pricey
maps and be stuck with a old GPS - so cheap now.



"Ramapo" <Unknown.TakeThisOut@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:98i6q3pq6qkddnbqrue9q3nienp962qh5i@4ax.com...
> Aside from any issues of price for the upgrades, the need for one
> occasionally is more necessary in some parts of the country than
> other. In the Washington DC area, there have been so many changes to
> interchanges, new roads, etc. from development, that my 2005 Navi is
> getting a little long in the tooth for accuracy. Nothing like trying
> to follow the Navi to an address to find out that the exits, etc, it
> is telling you to take don't exist or have been so completely
> reorganized that you sail by and have to figure out by trial and error
> just how to get back on the route! Or have it tell you the address
> doesn't exist.
>
> I plan to update during 2008 at some point.
>
> And one last question? Has anyone actually tried to rip one of these
> discs and make a disc image? I never see them on the news server
> groups.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:36:25 GMT, Larry in AZ
> <usenet2.TakeThisOut@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote:
>
>>Waiving the right to remain silent, akheel <akheelremovethis.TakeThisOut@pacbell.net>
>>said:
>>
>>> Must only apply to certain years. $149 is definitely the price for the
>>> 05
>>> TL. And it just came today, so I guess they got their stock sooner than
>>> they thought. On the 05 they also updated the POI and fixed the daylight
>>> savings problem caused by our gov't's genius move in changing the dates.
>>> With all of the reprograming required akin to the Y2K problem, that
>>> little move probably cost more that it saved.
>>
>>Whatever, it's still too damned much for what you get. After paying two
>>grand for a Navi system, updates to the DVD shouldn't be more than a few
>>dollars. $29.95 sounds about right.
>>
>>The marketing approach is stupid. It's as if they want to discourage
>>sales.
>>
>>How many people buy them at $150-$200..? Not many, I'd bet. I won't -
>>not
>>for the minor changes they contain. If they dropped the price to
>>something
>>reasonable, the majority might, and the profit on them would be much
>>greater.
 >> Stay informed about: navigation upgrade for '06 system