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  1. goober

    goober F1 World Champ

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    #1 goober, Jun 27, 2006
    does anyone have the latest software upgrade for the "command" system on the ML55, its for the sat nav and i cant see why its worth 400.00, so if its available online or someone wants to split it up and i burn a CD doesnt matter.
     
  2. ashsimmonds

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    #2 ashsimmonds, Jun 27, 2006
    question is WHY do you have to upgrade?

    i analyse the new GIS datasets every couple of months, and usually it's not werth the time it takes me to update all our systems because all that's changed is there have been some stinky backroads added in some bogan suburb that nobody cares about.

    if you need to frequently travel around northfield and trott park then i reccommend an update, otherwise data from 5-6 years ago is just fine.
     
  3. goober

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    #3 goober, Jun 27, 2006
    the version i'm running now is 4 years old and things like the Westgate bridge, opera house, ayres rock, gold coast, morphett st bridge, entire suburb of fremantle seem to be not on there, we sure have built a few things in 4 years, hell we may even be able to get the werld cup in 2218.

    but yes u are right, but its nice to have the current edition
     
  4. ashsimmonds

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    #4 ashsimmonds, Jun 27, 2006
    last i checked your bolt-frenzied bridge is still there...

    map - pic - pic
     
  5. stephens

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    #5 stephens, Jun 27, 2006
    I think the CD in the Porker will do the job. They all use the same maps. My MB one is for DVD nav so will not be compatible.
     
  6. FFOUR

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    #6 FFOUR, Jun 27, 2006
    I could swear some of the buildings in Freo are more than 4 years old.... :confused:
     
  7. ashsimmonds

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    #7 ashsimmonds, Jun 27, 2006
    i lived in perth 6 or 7 years ago and am pretty sure it was there back then.
     
  8. SPEEDCORE

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    #8 SPEEDCORE, Jun 27, 2006
    What version?

    I have found this but going by the title its for Europe only...
    Mercedes_Benz_Navigations-DVD_Comand_APS_Europa_5.0
     
  9. mhh

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    #9 mhh, Jun 27, 2006
    Goober, I fear you may be stuck. As SS says, the MB satnav is now DVD and I doubt another brand's CD will work. Most nav is now DVD based so anything on CD is probably old maps anyway. The CD versions are very light on for data outside main cities.

    BTW, I just upgraded the DVD this month in the E500 and it is a big improvement over even 18months ago. I has several times as many streets as the original DVD including most country towns in Australia with every street charted.
     
  10. ashsimmonds

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    #10 ashsimmonds, Jun 27, 2006
    sad thing is i can make all this stuff but have to do it for free in gubmint. :(
     
  11. mhh

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    #11 mhh, Jun 27, 2006
    OT, but how fast is the ML55 anyway? ;)
     
  12. stephens

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    #12 stephens, Jun 27, 2006
    Just checked
    CDis WhereIs to suit Harman Becker Nav System. It is actually a Sensis product. Mine is current as of 2005.
     
  13. goober

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    #13 goober, Jun 27, 2006
    performance wise?

    pretty quick, had it chipped cos i wanted to have the kids snot go to the back of their throats when i take off, but when we go to thredbo its a dream cos we get 680km out of a tank full 80 litres. It sucks in the mountains i think 10 litres to the km
     
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    #14 goober, Jun 28, 2006
    anyway i have someone assisting me on the cd issue, and SS the ml55 is a cd version not a dvd version.........

    and the version 12 that i want is sold by benz for 400 gorillas which is a hellova lot considering they only just incuded fremantle and that place where moretti lives.....QLD
     
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    #15 moretti, Jun 28, 2006
    it is only new and wasn't important until I moved here :D
     
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    #16 goober, Jun 28, 2006
    so u have been there 10 years and still unimportant
     
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    #17 moretti, Jun 28, 2006
    12 actually, and I'm still not a local
     
  18. Shack

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    #18 Shack, Jun 28, 2006
    Interesting as in my wifes ML320 which has the Command System (assume its the same as the ML55's)) the SatNav CD is also a Whereis product from sensis not a MB one.
     
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    #19 mhh, Jun 28, 2006
    Mmmm.... That would make a good support vehicle for a desert run somewhere.

    Of course if a bloke also had a Quattroporte in the shed, he'd probably want to bring that along instead. ;)
     
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    #20 VeloceManiac, Jun 28, 2006
    LM002 would make a good support vehicle.
     
  21. goober

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    #21 goober, Jun 28, 2006
    good support vehicle in the desert, i offered it to a certain ferrari greasemonkey last year and all he could say what a POS it would be and that he would only drive a 4.8is Bimmer. So in offering it again i'd say he can p!ss in the gutter and swim.

    might make that the 11th commandment.

    thou shalt drive whats been offered otherwise shut the Foik up.


    and the QP belongs to the better half, she would shoot me if i drove up there
     
  22. ashsimmonds

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    #22 ashsimmonds, Jun 28, 2006
    TR would be ok i guess
     
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    #23 goober, Jun 28, 2006
    you guess huh, the TR wouldnt keep up 22 years old now
     
  24. ashsimmonds

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    #24 ashsimmonds, Jun 29, 2006
    it can cruise at 250 and get from 0-200 almost as quick as the rest of them. just stay well back for when you need to throw out the anchors...

    it's PERFECT testarossa territory out there, long sweepers and smooth straights....
     
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    #25 goober, Jun 29, 2006

    ahhh anchors is solved we ended up with new discs and kevlar pads, so it stops like a 612..................of sorts
     
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