BMW Communicator

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Casbar wrote:
Didn't pay anywhere near £600 for my Nav V, my dealer was doing a deal :)

So was mine - it was free.  Still don't like it though!
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Wow.  On your third free one in two years and all the time it's the Mac at fault.  Don't tell them. 
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RTman10 wrote: Wow.  On your third free one in two years and all the time it's the Mac at fault.  Don't tell them.

;)
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richardbd wrote:
Try syncing to a mac...
Maybe you could now sell it without making a loss and get a real PC  ;) :enjoying:

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Benchmark wrote: Maybe you could now sell it without making a loss and get a real PC  ;) :enjoying:

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Now, there's an idea...
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richardbd wrote:
Now, there's an idea...

I must be missing something here, i have a Mac Book Air, and have no issues with syncing the Nav V or looking at the sd card and Garmin drive from finder.


What exactly is the issue you have, maybe I'm not doing anything as complicated as you  8)
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Always had trouble just getting the Nav 5 to connect with the macbook air.


The third Nav 5 seems to connect fine.  The first wouldn't work out of the box.  The second failed after six months...
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richardbd wrote: Always had trouble just getting the Nav 5 to connect with the macbook air.


The third Nav 5 seems to connect fine.  The first wouldn't work out of the box.  The second failed after six months...

Ok, the only time I have had issues is if I had the battery cover off, then it refused to connect.
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Got to ask.  When connecting it why would you have the back off.  There is probably a sensor on it to make sure it doesn't work with it off.  The IV had one.
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RTman10 wrote: Got to ask.  When connecting it why would you have the back off.  There is probably a sensor on it to make sure it doesn't work with it off.  The IV had one.

Good question. i had just messed around with the sd card as an update said it couldn't find the card, so I was making sure it was seated correctly.
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I have found that some electronic gadgets are fussy about USB cables, try a different one preferably a thicker looking cable, often makes an active connection. Also USB hubs are not always liked, try something direct to the computer's USB.
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