Alfa 166 G3 Sat Nav latest CD?

£97 for a G3 map, £76 for an Opel map.

Wonder what the difference is........waiting for torrents to finish & going to try discs from Opel.

I have downloaded 1 Opel map disc & the rar files need a password - any help would be welcome

Read back, I tried the Opel disks they just don't work, completely different structure on the disk filewise....

I have the Alfa 166 2002 disk which I will torrent out eventually!

Went mad and bought a G3 reader to replace my G2....... it doesn't work! Must need something else changing....any ideas??
Cheers Mike

there has been talk before that some older ICS's can't speak to the G3 readers....i'll buy it for 50 squid

Hi Niall,

It cost me an arm and a leg so would need more than 50......I paid 290.....more fool me!!!
Mike

Mucho money mike! Although a lot less than i've seen some go for on ebay....

I'm just going to stick to my G2 system - hardly use it anyway and i'm getting a cheap navman shortly courtesy off tesco insurance

I put my G2 back in as the G3 wouldn't work and spoke to me in italian and the menu wouldn't change it or pick up a signal from the aerial.......lesson learnt, should have bought a tomtom!!

Does anyone out there know when the nav system changed from G2 to G3??
Thanks
Mike

2001 i think

Been a while since I posted, but here we go on this. Right I got the G3 unit from 'mike@mjstephens', at first coudn't get it to see the gps ariel, but found plug not seated in right, so now works. Noted that G3 unit uses 9 satellites to position as opposed to the 6 from the G2 system. I had an aftermarket gps reciever, as didn't want to cut the roof to fit the original. Now the G3 unit came with a 2008 disc, but unfortunately its for Italy with the MRE (back up disc). I noticed from some digging on the european forums that it is possible to use the GM/Opal discs for the G3 system as long as thier the NCDC NCDR versions and not the CD70 versions. I'm guessing as so few UK 166 were sold with G3 satnav, why no downloads available on 'emule' and the like for the UK. If some very kind person has a UK G3 disk they can lend for 'testing' or a back up version, I would be very happy!

Originally Posted by niallmoran

2001 i think

To 11/2000. was G2 and from 1/2001. is G3

Try THIS eMule link

Hi El Barto,

Tried that link but can't find a complete one anywhere??


Scratch that - eMule has now found it and it's on it;s way.

Cheers

Hiya again folks, well 'mike@mjstephens' had an up to date Navteq UK disc to lend so I could test the system. Well it all works, the only problem I have is the language is always in Italian. I've tried changing it serveral times to other languages, where the ics shows the choosen language but the sat nav still speaks in italian! Only thing I can think of is maybe need to use an original Alfa G3 disc to update the ics unit? As when I fitted the original G2 system I had an original Alfa G2 disc and it updated the ics unit, took about 20 mins. Anyone with an idea on this?

Originally Posted by marktodd

Hiya again folks, well 'mike@mjstephens' had an up to date Navteq UK disc to lend so I could test the system. Well it all works, the only problem I have is the language is always in Italian. I've tried changing it serveral times to other languages, where the ics shows the choosen language but the sat nav still speaks in italian! Only thing I can think of is maybe need to use an original Alfa G3 disc to update the ics unit? As when I fitted the original G2 system I had an original Alfa G2 disc and it updated the ics unit, took about 20 mins. Anyone with an idea on this?

Can u upload it as a torrent? I'm uploading my 2002 disk at the mo, taking ages tho....

I am not used to emule & can't even download it!!!!! don't know why yet.

Torrent stuff I can normally get, SteK -can you give us a link when it is up? I will leave it seeding for everyone else as well.

got emule at last.

installed & seems to be working, clicked on the link & just wait?????

Success! Well, not with a UK disk but just download and checked a Benelux disk (described as Opel Siemens). Worth the effort as not only are the Vauxhall/Opel disks cheaper from the dealer but I can now buy a complete Vauxhall set of European disks from Navteq for around £200.

Originally Posted by Alistair

Success! Well, not with a UK disk but just download and checked a Benelux disk (described as Opel Siemens). Worth the effort as not only are the Vauxhall/Opel disks cheaper from the dealer but I can now buy a complete Vauxhall set of European disks from Navteq for around £200.

Hi,

I'm German so for me it's a little hard to understand that
You ment that the Opel/Vauxhall Disc worked?

Fe

I'm not having much luck with any of these so far. I've tried a few of the Opel/Siemens ones and it just complains about the disc. I also tried one which claimed to be an Alfa 166 disc with Italian maps, but even that won't play, says CD error. Only thing that seems to work for me is the original one that came with the car and the backup copy I made as a test to see if the reader was picky about CDRs for some reason. Probably just bite the bullet and pay Navteq for a pukka one at this rate.

I definately have a G3 unit BTW, and Navteq confirmed they can do current maps for me, based on me telling them which CD I have in there at present as well as the info regarding ICS/Nav version numbers.

Ah well, it was worth a try.

G3 - eject arrow points upwards btw.

I have had no luck with the downloaded OPEL ones, although the disc structure looks similar, so maybe a bit of cutting and chopping of files would work to create a hybrid disc with alfa software & opel map files?

The CD-Rs of 2008 discs definitely work on G3 reader with (unconfirmed as don't know how to without taking it out & can't be arsed to try again) original ICS from 2001.
Carries out a reboot & upgrade of the ICS - just thought, not tried language, but the screen is in english & love to listen to the italian voice anyway, so will just have to learn italian navigation.

I tried making a hybrid disc using my original CD for structure but with the map data from a recent Opel Italy disc. Not surprised this failed TBH....

I'll try one with the latest Opel GB data as well.

The failure of the Alfa 166 Italy disc might simply have been down to the particular type of blank I used I suppose. I'll try a few more, but it's getting tedious now!

G3 eject arrow - that's a quick and easy one!