naviken

[briggie]

ive found this system in the isuzu bighorn , its basically a high quality sat nav , and upon a bit of research it seems to be updated by satellite , ive also found a 10 cd changer unit ( pioneer i think ) under the passenger seat :naughty , trouble is , it seems that they were both connected to the original audio system ( which is no longer installed ) .

without crawling about with a multimeter , i suspect that this may be the reason why i have diabolical audio levels from the replacement cd / tuner ( cheap goodmans )

has anyone any experience of the naviken system ? and is it feasible that the speakers are in fact connected to the inbuilt amp , thereby giving poor audio as its not connected properly ? , ie .... signal not amplified , in fact attenuated by the system ?

 

[lacroupade]

Naviken is the software, not the hardware?

And I'd be seriously surprised if its updated by satellite, not only am I not aware theres any download technology to do it but it would require an open satellite link and have you any idea how much satellite airtime costs?

 

[Fez_uk]

update by satellite isn't that far-fetched , it only needs to be a downlink which is already there. Some tv satellite receivers can be updated via satellite.

 

[makeitfit]

My freesat gets updates etc off outa space

 

[96terrano]

err, thats not normal:augie:lol:lol:lol

 

[makeitfit]

phft, who want's to e "normal" :lol:splif

 

[briggie]

i asked a few questions and it seems the system is ntsc ( not pal ) , although it is possible to convert ntsc to pal , its certainly not easy .

it also seems the system is updated in japan only

i found a manual which explains quite a bit about the system ( below )

it appears to be not a lot of use outside japan after i read it :doh

http://www.fujitsu-ten.com/business/technicaljournal/pdf/10-1E.pdf

 

[lacroupade]

My freesat gets updates etc off outa space

Its not quite what you think. I mean if firmware and software were truly upgradeable by satellite can you imagine what fun the chinese and russians would be having? we'd all be watching porn channels 24x7.

I say BRING IT ON. :lol

 

[Fez_uk]

Its not quite what you think. I mean if firmware and software were truly upgradeable by satellite

it is