E90 Sat-Nav Problem. Help please!!

[Stu]

Hi Folks,

I am hoping someone on here can point me in the right direction and potentially save me some €€€.

I have an E90 3-Series with the Navigation Professional. A few weeks ago, the Nav just suddenly stopped working. When I bought the car it had the original disc in it (2006) which I quickly changed to the latest disc maps - albeit not an official BMW one due to the cost! This was working perfectly for 9 months with no issues whatsoever. I am now faced with the iDrive asking me to insert the disc whenever the Nav is selected, but the disc is already in and spinning around - I can hear it. It also will not eject the disc from the unit. I have tried resetting the iDrive on several occasions but no joy. I also went to a couple of dealers and they (naturally) told me it was going to need an entire new drive for the unit (€1000) .

Surely there must be an alternative solution to this problem? Is there a company out there or a specialist that can fix this without me having to break the bank? Has anyone else on here experienced anything similar?

All help will be greatly appreciated guys...

Cheers,

Stu

[GERMANIKS]

Hi check this www.nawigacjakrakow.pl

Get in touch with those guys, they repaired a few ccc customers sent over.
About 170 euros on average plus your own shipping to Poland. I dealt with a few local companies here before but most don't have a clue.

[Stu]

Hi check this www.nawigacjakrakow.pl

Get in touch with those guys, they repaired a few ccc customers sent over.
About 170 euros on average plus your own shipping to Poland. I dealt with a few local companies here before but most don't have a clue.

Thanks for the help Germaniks but taking apart my unit is not something I'd be comfortable in attempting, let alone sending it abroad. Would you know of a company in Ireland (even yourselves?) who would be able to fix it?

Thanks