techieboy Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Dunno whether it matters, or not. I removed my sd cards, disabled bluetooth on my mobile and put the screen back into it's vertical position after loading the new DVD (it takes a while for the DVD to spin up and for the unit to recognise it needs to do an update). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forresthills Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Did anything come up on the screen while the update was installing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techieboy Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Yep, comes up with a Updating Software message and a progress bar. Seems to get to the 10% mark and then hangs around for a while doing nothing, then leaps up to the end and restarts. Restarts automatically and then carries out it's second set of updates (which I don't think had a progress bar don't remember seeing it?) and shuts down. At this point you need to restart the RNS-E yourself and bingo, TMC enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Mine started doing the update before I had chance to put the screen back to normal position. The screen closed itself on the first (automatic) reboot. So I don't think it matters whether the screen is open or closed. At times the update bar just sits there for quite some time (a couple of minutes maybe) - just long enough for you to start thinking "this has gone wrong". But it's behaved that way on every update I've ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forresthills Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Right, final question. Does it matter what version of the firmware/software you are upgrading from. i.e. mines running SW. 0450 at the moment (I think), which I know is not the most recent. Again, I’m guessing that it doesn’t make a blind bit of difference, but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted January 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 No it doesn't matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truplaya86 Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 How do i get me one of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 [ QUOTE ] How do i get me one of these? [/ QUOTE ] Read the first post in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Updated mine without problems or asking for a code. Like above it did 2 stages of update then I had to manually restart the unit and everything was working fine. It did seem to take a while for the initial update to eventually finish (about 5 mins ish)but all was well. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1975l Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Mine asked for a pin after reboot S3 8L coded as A6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 I wonder if TMC is going to work in my car, as I don't have a diversity antenna and radio reception is crap at the best of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1975l Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 My radio reception is very poor but I still get TMC OK, it takes a few minutes to come through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adwhitworth Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I wonder if TMC is going to work in my car, as I don't have a diversity antenna and radio reception is crap at the best of times. [/ QUOTE ] I can get it and my diversity antenna is broke. Got a new one on the way from Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawd Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Well after a perfect install of my RNS-E earlier last year Craig sorted me out with the new disks on Friday and it worked a treat - no pin either. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1975l Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I wonder if TMC is going to work in my car, as I don't have a diversity antenna and radio reception is crap at the best of times. [/ QUOTE ] You can set up the 2 timers for to get TMC for up to 2 hours before you get in the car in the morning and evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techieboy Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 That might explain why mine is always populated the second I get into the car. I did think that feature applied to the RDS TA traffic announcements only and that it recorded these to a memory buffer, as I used to have that on my old B6 which had the Concert II fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1975l Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Press info and then setup to access the TMC timer menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 [ QUOTE ] You can set up the 2 timers for to get TMC for up to 2 hours before you get in the car in the morning and evening. [/ QUOTE ] The two timers are for VOICE traffic announcements (TA/TP) on the FM station you left the RNS-E tuned to when you turned it off, not for TMC. They worked even with very old software from 2004 (0050). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1975l Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Dave is right I have TMC on the brain. That will teach me to look at forums when I am meant to be working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm44 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I also got the new disk's and installed them OK. My issue now is that I have never recieved any TMC messages. That may be due to my location (NE Scotland) but the TMC light comes on when I start the car , but goes off after about a minute, then stays crossed off for about 15 mins. I am thinking that the TMC does not cover my area, except the major road, but saying that even that at times has roadworks. Either that of I need to tune something different. Any help guys? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldseadog Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Do you have a part number for the new disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forresthills Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 8P0 919 884M I think....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizzy Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I also got the new disk's and installed them OK. My issue now is that I have never recieved any TMC messages. That may be due to my location (NE Scotland) but the TMC light comes on when I start the car , but goes off after about a minute, then stays crossed off for about 15 mins. I am thinking that the TMC does not cover my area, except the major road, but saying that even that at times has roadworks. Either that of I need to tune something different. Any help guys? cheers [/ QUOTE ] Had the same problem - it seems to be down to poor local radio station coverage - my TMC doesn't work in and around my office area, but is just fine at home and having tried it on the A1 south at the weekend it works fine. It may be worth verifying which stations it has on the setup menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolDave Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 [ QUOTE ] 8P0 919 884M I think....... [/ QUOTE ] That's the part number on the DVD's fro Germany. To order at an Audi UK dealer you must order 8P0 060 884 M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicblue Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I also got the new disk's and installed them OK. My issue now is that I have never recieved any TMC messages. That may be due to my location (NE Scotland) but the TMC light comes on when I start the car , but goes off after about a minute, then stays crossed off for about 15 mins. I am thinking that the TMC does not cover my area, except the major road, but saying that even that at times has roadworks. Either that of I need to tune something different. Any help guys? cheers [/ QUOTE ] Had the same problem - it seems to be down to poor local radio station coverage - my TMC doesn't work in and around my office area, but is just fine at home and having tried it on the A1 south at the weekend it works fine. It may be worth verifying which stations it has on the setup menu. [/ QUOTE ] Radio coverage is only part of the issue (it is transmitted on the Classic FM frequency) - the way TMC works is based on statistical data from vehicles that are actually travelling on the same roads you are. Eddie Stobart trucks, National Express coaches and AA patrol vehicles all transmit data back (+ lots of other high mileage vehicle users as well). It is worth having a read up on the background of RDS-TMC which actually belongs to ITIS holdings: ITIS Holdings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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