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no nav updates after 2008 fx models?
- Thread starter Crankor
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1st and 2nd gen FX's both used DVD's for updates. For the 1st gen FX, you could buy an official second hand DVD from eBay and pop it in and update your GPS. For the 2nd gen FX's you had to order the DVD update directly from Infiniti but also provide them with your radio's unique serial number. The DVD would be encoded to only work on your GPS. I wanted to update my GPS for the last time but they've discontinued the program so you're out of luck.
Below is the official website for the update but you'll see after entering your year and model it'll say it's discontinued.
INFINITI | Navigation System GPS Map Update Home
Below is the official website for the update but you'll see after entering your year and model it'll say it's discontinued.
INFINITI | Navigation System GPS Map Update Home
kinda lame they have to be made for the specific player. I bought a cheap updated map dvd off ebay thinking it would work but it just hangs on the load up. SO i guess the only other option is to get lucky and find a 2014 qx70 (or maybe a newer qx60?) at a junkyard and grab the radio? Ha, well the ones i've seen have the same connectors but they didn't specify the exact year for me to be sure.
They did that to stop piracy. Too many copies and too many discs being shared. That was eating at their profits. I personally prefer having Google maps than a proprietary GPS system. And real time updates versus waiting a year. There's aftermarket options to replace the stock system for a modern Android based one with Google maps, etc. Mostly great reviews, some quirks but might be still worth pursuing.
Hard to say if you can just plug and play. There's two components. There's a screen and a controller assembly. Now the question is where the data resides. I know that anything surrounding these systems usually requires programming. Programming is done using a proprietary Nissan/Infiniti laptop called CONSULT 3. Nissan/Infiniti won't touch anything that's not stock or modified per policy. Unless you can find someone who's willing to do it. Or know a custom shop that has that super expensive laptop. Be cool if someone had the means to swap in another screen/controller assembly and report back.
Hard to say if you can just plug and play. There's two components. There's a screen and a controller assembly. Now the question is where the data resides. I know that anything surrounding these systems usually requires programming. Programming is done using a proprietary Nissan/Infiniti laptop called CONSULT 3. Nissan/Infiniti won't touch anything that's not stock or modified per policy. Unless you can find someone who's willing to do it. Or know a custom shop that has that super expensive laptop. Be cool if someone had the means to swap in another screen/controller assembly and report back.
the connections so far up to a 2016 i think i saw were the same (qx60 or 70 i forget now) with the only noticable difference being two extra smaller plugs... but all the others are all there. Eventually i may give it a try. Assuming the unit itself isn't locked to the cars vin number. The google carplay addon thing is still a bit overpriced for me to want to bother with that yet (the stock looking one for some reason is way more expensive than going the full tablet replacment one).
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