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Download Cameralert database to in-car BMW HDD nav system

 
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johnmgregson
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:20 am    Post subject: Download Cameralert database to in-car BMW HDD nav system Reply with quote

I own a 2012 BMW F10 with an HDD-based Professional Nav system and would like to import the speed camera database as POIs via a USB stick. The car's manual gives instructions on how to upload POIs in this way but I don't know how to get the Cameralert database onto a USB stick in the right format. Any advice?
I know that I won't get audible warnings but a visual warning would be better than nothing!
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does the manual say what format the files need to be in?

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope, afraid not. Although you can get POI updates from BMW they don't include speed cameras. I have trawled a number of forums and web sites to find out whether updating the POIs is feasible oneself, but so far haven't come up with anything.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So what format are the non speed camera updates in?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't know - thought someone may have already cracked this problem, since BMW have been running this system for 2 years now.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PaulB2005 wrote:
So what format are the non speed camera updates in?


I have a 2012 map disc for BMW Business Nav, which I assume includes POI update, but there's nothing recognisable as a usable database file - there is a file called 151,000 KB file called POIINFO but it's listed as in ISO file, which doesn't really help.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

johnmgregson wrote:
you can get POI updates from BMW


Can you get some and we can see if it's a format we can provide?

The system may well have been around for 2 years but as none of the team here drive BMWs, nor have BMW been very forthcoming in providing us with review samples, we can only go off what our users (you) tell us :D

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've asked my dealer and am waiting for a reply....

Reading a very wide range of BMW forums, this is a question that many have asked but no-one (so far) has found an answer. It seems clear that BMW want to charge you £200 or more for updates of any of the maps!
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