Sat Nav upgrade

[JagmanXJR03]

Hello all.
My sat nav is dated 2008. Has anyone experience (good or bad) of purchasing updated discs from eBay etc..
I believe the last date S Type was upgraded was 2012, but main dealer want £120 for the disc, which is a bit steep!

[Zennan101]

Hi,

I have upgraded my XF sat nav with an EBay disc. No problems whatsoever. Took just a few minutes to load and update. Just make sure you specify exactly the right disc for your model and year when you order.

Rod

[andypryce]

Agree with Rod, also purchased one from eBay, no problems at all.

[BrianG]

Yes, they do work, BUT there's a risk that the laser can be damaged by using these cheap discs. The original disc, like movie DVDs, is 'pressed' whereas the cheap satnav copies are usually 'burnt' using the copy facilities on a PC. The burnt pits in the data pattern can be harder to read, so the laser has to crank up its power to get reliable readings, which can shorten its life. When I traded in an X350 a few years ago I said it had been updated with the latest disc; when asked if it was from ebay the dealer told me about this problem and said they'd rather it had not been updated by this method, and on re-sale they would now have to supply a 'proper' one.

[dg4cars]

Is it possible to get a sat nav update disc post 2012? I am sure there have been may changes over last 6 years??

[Montana5]

Simple answer unfortunately is nope.

Doug.

[Justice13075]

Hi, a bit confused if the latest disc is 2012 and it is now 2018 it is 6 years out of date or am I missing something.

[Montana5]

2012 was the last and final updated Disc made for the CD Rom Denso System fiited to the 2002 -2007 S Type.

Doug.

[Justice13075]

So why would anyone buy an S type Jag when the sat nav is 6 years out of date

[Montana5]

Because the Discs were not out of date when the last S Types were sold in 2007, and no one knew there would not be any more updates until the last one in 2012.

So what Jaguar do you have if its not an S Type.

Doug.

[Justice13075]

Sorry I didn't mean why did people buy new Jags, I mean why would anyone now buy a 2nd hand jag with sat nav when it is 6 years out of date 2012 being the last disc.

[JagmanXJR03]

Owning an S-Type is more than 'just a sat nav'. At the moment S-Types are cheap, and offer superb value for money. If a sat nav is the most important thing in a car, buy what you like and get a Tom Tom. I started this thread, and have the most up to date disc (2012) and although some roads aren't there, 98% of them are.

[RichardSEL]

Had a '01MY LWB 4L XJ8 fully loaded for a few months. My previous sat nav was the latest all singin' all dancin' JVC that I'd fitted into my then daily a VW Passat '06MY that I'd had for 10 years (replacing sad OEM Blaunkput head unit that didn't even play .MP3)

Using the XJ8's sat nav was a bit interesting! But eventually, I got used to its late '90s design restrictions as against my previous JVC designed in the early '00s. Some newly completed housing estates wer'nt there, and trying to find a London dockland's address was a nightmare!

I was driving (some long distances too) the era of then: some 16 years previous -- even had a Barbour jacket thrown "casually" across the rear seats. Oh, and a straw hat on the parcel shelf. Never did get the checkered blanket though...