Chinese Sat Nav Map Update (1 Viewer)

[CJB]

Hi,

Has anyone updated there chinese sat nav maps recently, if so did all go smoothly. Thinking of upgrading myself just wondered if there are any know issues/problems

 

[gwyntaxi]

Hi there cjb,
I've had one of mine updated as when it arrived it didn't have France mapping installed!!nor Norway,
I didn't do it myself, haven't got the know how to be honest,wish i had,but since i had it installed/up-
-dated it gave up the ghost once an just refused to give any instructions/directions it just "resigned" so I contacted the suppliers of the nozatec,and they told me to reset it to factory settings,after that it started working again,but I did notice that
after it was updated it had slowed up noticeably after first switching on,i.e.it was slow to find satellites,and has definitely slowed up generally,
otherwise it has continued to function ok,fingers
crossed,hope this helps,gwyntaxi

 

[Jim et Lou]

Updated mine no probs

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[Bailey58]

Yes updated mine a month ago but when I used it again last weekend it told me it needed updating but still worked ok. Going to the NEC last month it did play up a bit, switched itself off a couple of times then going through the boot process again, not conducive to safe driving around Brum.

 

[gwyntaxi]

Strange that you should say that yours played up in the Brum area,because mine did a similar thing in that it just would not function or give directions etc,when you first enter a destination it gives a sort of wiggly line via the places it's meant to route you but when mine threw a wobbly it showed a dead STRAIGHT line from my position at the time to the destination,and after contacting nozatec,they advised reseting it to factory settings to get it working again,which I did and it's worked ok since.but that was no consolation for when I got stuck near Bromyard on a busy roundabout. ALSO another very interesting point,my mates' son did the update on mine because I got a clue when it comes to updating a sat nav,(in fact,I once wiped all the mapping data off my Garmin nuvi and had to be sent back to Garmin to be re-
installed),so I leave things like that well alone,but when he updated it he said it is NOT a dedicated Sat-nav but a TABLET with a Sat-nav APP loaded into it,and he said this evident by the fact that you
can see it loading when you switch it on,Ipers

 

[gwyntaxi]

Strange that you should say that yours played up in the Brum area,because mine did a similar thing in that it just would not function or give directions etc,when you first enter a destination it gives a sort of wiggly line via the places it's meant to route you but when mine threw a wobbly it showed a dead STRAIGHT line from my position at the time to the destination,and after contacting nozatec,they advised reseting it to factory settings to get it working again,which I did and it's worked ok since.but that was no consolation for when I got stuck near Bromyard on a busy roundabout. ALSO another very interesting point,my mates' son did the update on mine because I got a clue when it comes to updating a sat nav,(in fact,I once wiped all the mapping data off my Garmin nuvi and had to be sent back to Garmin to be re-
installed),so I leave things like that well alone,but when he updated it he said it is NOT a dedicated Sat-nav but a TABLET with a Sat-nav APP loaded into it,and he said this evident by the fact that you
can see it loading when you switch it on,I person-ally wouldn't have known any difference if he hadn't pointed it out,also since he updated it it takes noticeably longer to load up(that's the APP)
and longer to lock on to satellites than it did when it first came out of the box.It would be interesting to hear your views or anyone else's input on this,
regards,gwyntaxi.

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[GJH]

when he updated it he said it is NOT a dedicated Sat-nav but a TABLET with a Sat-nav APP loaded into it

To be fair, they are sold as that. Logically, though, a dedicated sat nav is only a tablet with a single OS and application loaded into it.

Like all computers they are only tools. If they do the job required then fine but, just like Rawlplug tools and electric drills, if there is something better go for it

 

[Reallyretired]

Updated mine a few months ago. It still sometimes tells me my maps need updating, probably because I have only updated the ones for countries I go to.

I copied the old maps to PC before putting the new ones on just in case

 

[GJH]

It still sometimes tells me my maps need updating,

I think it does that on a time basis rather than any indication that new maps are available.

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