Alfa 166 G3 Sat Nav latest CD?

Good morning

As some of you know, I've just bought a lovely black Alfa 166.

She's done some miles, and I have been so taken by the car , I want to return her to former glory, so heading to body shops today to look at respraying some parts of the car due to numerous stone chips.

Anyway, back to the point!,.. the CD in the Sat Nav is year 2000!!, as such it doesnt have my house . I went to Alfa, but they want £165!!!

Is there any way I can get hold of a CD for the car for a lot less?, you can buy complete sat nav systems for less than that these days.

thanks

Joe

you can buy direct from navetech....still lots of money though. You can get "backup" copies from emule for i don't think i've seen the UK disc...

Hi thanks, I looked at emule, pretty much the rest of europe, but not the uk unfortunately .

I'll have a look at navateq directly , shame they cost so much, just for a cd!!

thanks

joe

yeah, it is a bit crazy....somebody mentioned the drives being compatible with another make (was it GM?) - maybe it's possible to download the UK cd for that and do some fiddling....over my head though

I tried navtec and they were not very helpful they told me they only made that sat nav for alfa......and could not help me to get an updated disc.....mine is a 2000 x reg 166 super

Yes, that would be because you have the G2 unit unfortunately.

they still update for the 2001 166's and onwards, I am still hoping to see one one ebay or something like that because all my money is going on all the other bits and bobs for the car!

thanks

Joe

I've searched high and low and not been able to find a 'cheap' disc, so decided to go the whole hog and order one from Navteq directly, still £100 though!

Joe

Does anyone know what make the CD reader is in the 166?? Mine is an early car 1999 and won't take the £100 disc I wish I hadn't bought from Navteq.....they won't refund because it has been opened and how else would I have found out it doesn't work in my car.....needs to be later model!!
Mike

Originally Posted by mike@mjstephens

Mine is an early car 1999 and won't take the £100 disc I wish I hadn't bought from Navteq.....they won't refund because it has been opened and how else would I have found out it doesn't work in my car.....needs to be later model!!

You could have sold it for £80 to doctorfrag and you'd have both been happy

Originally Posted by Tony Rome

You could have sold it for £80 to doctorfrag and you'd have both been happy

Tony It looks as if doctorfrags is a g2 too.
So my guess it wouldn't work like mike has found out.
His disc is 2000.

Pomeo

If navteq didn't specify what year alfa & what model satnav, they are liable for any issues relating to whether it works or not.

Quote Britsish consumer law to them & see if they change their mind about retail - distance selling regs & all that.

Someone mentioned that the SATNAV is compatible with some other make of car, if this is possible then i'm sorted. I live in Dubai, and because there are a handful of Alfa Romeo cars in general, let alone the 166, Alfa Romeo just did'nt bother to make SATNAV available for this market. I emailed NavTeq and they don't make maps for the United Arab Emirates.

Any ideas people? All the Bimmers and Mercs have working GPS and that irritates me bigtime.. I want mine to work too!! Anyway, any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Cheers

the only car that was directly comaptible was the lancia lybra but it's the same system so mapping might be tricky. There has been talk before of some opel discs being compatible but i don't know which ones or how to make them work....

Mine must have a recentish disk in it, it's a G3 unit tho. I'll copy it and seed it on TPB if anyones interested. Or does the unit not read copies?

copies work fine...i tried using alcohol 120% and it worked a treat

Originally Posted by niallmoran

copies work fine...i tried using alcohol 120% and it worked a treat

I use Toast Titanium on my iMac, Mac's and Alfa's go together!

PC's go with Nissan Skyline GT-whatevers!

Linux is probably a better partner for alfa's...you need to get your handy dirty and it can be swine to trouble shoot

Originally Posted by SteK

Mine must have a recentish disk in it, it's a G3 unit tho. I'll copy it and seed it on TPB if anyones interested. Or does the unit not read copies?

did you do it?

do you have a link?

Originally Posted by HowardA

did you do it?

do you have a link?

No, I copied it, and that was it - I'll try again, ever uploaded a torrent - downloaded loads tho....

Folks here must have later discs - what's the latest UK one Navtech did?

I'm d/l'ing this from TPB, 2007 Opel Navteq CD - will report back here when I've tried it!

Opel Vauxhall CD70 satnav navteq 2007/08 UKand Ireland (download torrent) - TPB

would be great if we could find an alternative for the G2 systems as well....

Originally Posted by SteK

I'm d/l'ing this from TPB, 2007 Opel Navteq CD - will report back here when I've tried it!

Opel Vauxhall CD70 satnav navteq 2007/08 UKand Ireland (download torrent) - TPB

Hmm - didn't work....

download didn't work or CD that you burned didn't work?