6 disc /sat nav

[Liam]

just had a call from dealer prepping my new 182. They say that cant fit the 6 disc changer under the drivers seat as the colour sat nav gubbins are there. So they aregoing to put it under passenger seat and remove the storage box which is there.After talking to some on here with the colour sat nav I was under the impression the cd drive etc all wne tin the boot under a cover so what is under the drivers seat?



There is only one sat nav colour unit avaialble in the UK isnt there, the one integrated into the dash at the top thats right isnt it?

I dont want to be given one which isnt the integrated one....

 

[Daz]

Yea, but there needs to be a control box for it.. where the DVD goes etc..

The screen should be integrated on into the dash..

 

[Roamer]

The sat nav control system lives under the drivers seat, the cd drive for the nav system is in the boot, and yes they do have to put your 6 disc changer under the passenger seat - standard practice.

 

[Liam]

ohhh right. I thought the cd rom unit in boot and "control box" was the same thing.

The actual controls are just on top of the dash in front of the screen though, so what does the box do out of interest? is it the extra sensors, detecting speed and pitch etc so the sat nav still works in tunnels where limited satellite reception is, like I heard there was a sensor in the rear pillar of the car.

 

[Daz]

Its the routing and everything.

I does all the calculations blah blah... heh.

 

[audio one]

that must be one hell of a system to require a seperate box plus the cd drive box, all aftermarket units are one box.



paul

www.audio-one.co.uk

 

[Tom]

its a vdo-dayton unit its a one box system.

 

[Daz]

I think the 172 was the MS5000, dunno if its the newer VDO in the 182s?

 

[Tom]

same system, new firmware and disc

 

[Liam]

so it has one box? and this is under the drivers seat? the screen in integrated into the dash with the controls in front of it, and it replaces the normal small orange screen, correct?

Im picking it up in the morning is there an easy way to see if it has the lastest firmware and discs etc?

and ms 5000 is VDO then..... going from the above?

 

[Tom]

one box in the boot.

no orange screen. check the disc by ejecting it.

but its a new car it will have the latest disc

 

[Liam]

thanks tom,

well apparantly the sat nav stuff in my 182 is under the drivers seat so god knows..... ???



ive got pics of some clios with VDO dayton MS 5000 Navigation system part number 77 11 212 580, this has a remote control and is not in built as such. Hope Ive got the in built version!

 

[Roamer]

Tom the VDO system (ms5000) that Renault put in has TWO yes TWO boxes, one which lives underneath the seat, and the other box is the CD drive which lives in the boot.....

Does no-one believe me any more? Ive got one yet others who aint know better? confuses the sh*t out of me


[Edited by Roamer on 16 June 2004 at 9:00pm]

 

[Liam]

well Ill see in morning then. In some renault brochures is this one

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1087415943__MVC-001F.jpghttp://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1087415943__MVC-001F.jpg



but I hopefully have got this one, maybe one is the newer version and the above one used on early clios?

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1087416059__satnavscreen.jpghttp://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1087416059__satnavscreen.jpg





dont even think the salemans knows that much about the different systems, but he did phone to say the cd changer has had to be fitted under passenger seat as there are sat nav stuff under the drivers seat, he didnt mention anything in the boot, but maybe there is stuff in there.

first clio he has sold with sat nav lets hope he got it all right!!!!

 

[Roamer]

Its the second one mate, the first looks to be the Philips Carin (what the ms5000 was before they got taken over and it was integrated)

 

[Liam]

thanks for that Roamer. Ive been reading on http://forum.parkers.co.uk/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6431http://forum.parkers.co.uk/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6431

that TMC should be available from this years update from April 04 of Renault cd, TMC being the a way of the sat nav being aware of traffic congestion up ahead using radio and taking you round it.

looks like I may have TMC from the off if I have the latest CD.