DIS map update info

[AMH]

In the meantime we might as well all use portable devices mounted to the windshield instead of the factory installed Nav system.
It is really unbelievable to me that Hyundai does not pressure MapnSoft for an updated software. Hopefully the update, whenever available, will be at least somewhat up-to-date.

 

[Pahaska]

I haven't found the nav that bad, though it is missing one key connector road locally and does not have a couple of recent subdivisions that offer alternate routes past accidents and construction tie-ups in this area.

 

[ctrcbob]

I just arrived in Roswell a few days ago. For the most part, my Navi worked just fine, except that just like the portable Magellin I use in my Continental, when I try to drive
US380 from Bridgeport TX to Roswell, it always tries to get me on to other roads leading to Lubbock (sp) TX, then down to Roswell. This must be a Navteq thing, not a Genesis thing.

I just wonder why it is taking so long to update the early 2008 disc we all have, including the disc in the 2010 Genesis. My previous car offered a new updated disc (for its touch screen gps) every year.

In a way, I worry that loading an updated disc in the Genesis will screw up other things in the DIS. I may just wait until other do the update, once available, just to see what happens. If it screws up, or is not easy for us, the owner, I'd just as soon have my dealer do it.

 

[Waki]

This is the e-mail I just received from them.
"Thank you for contacting the M&Soft Map center.
Unfortunately the map update for the Hyundai Genesis is not available, however, we can safely assume that the map update will be available during December of 2009, or latest January 2010.
We understand that the release for the map update for the Hyundai Genesis has been quite overdue, but we are working around the clock to have the map updates for all Hyundai vehicles offered as soon as possible.
If you require further assistance, please contact the map center at 888-757-0010 (PST 8am to 5pm), or email info@mapnsoft.com.



Thank you and have a great day!

 

[moose66]

Thanks for sharing the update. We'll have to keep our eyes out for the update.

 

[lgbalch]

In MHO, the nav system is an absolute disappointment, and totally unacceptable in a car of this class. It is the hardest to program, most counter-intuitive system I have encountered in any factory-standard system and far worse than any of the many aftermarket systems I have used in my travels. Voice recognition is both unacceptably slow and inaccurate, and just programming the thing is riddled with inconsistencies.

Ditto.

 

[lgbalch]

From M&Soft on Jan 11:

"Unfortunately the map update for the Hyundai Genesis is not available, however, we can safely assume that the map update will be available during January 2010."

 

[rv65]

Now it's late February.

 

[rv65]

M&Soft just got a spiffy new site design and finally they have map update for the Genesis but it's not in stock. They're going to stock it and notify owners about it. I think it's coming out in late February.

 

[joedoe]

Unfortunately they have listed the update for 2009 Genesis only. I hope it will work for 2010 model with the technlogy package also.

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[wallymn]

220? WTF, Honda was only 149 this year...

 

[blasterguam]

So does anyone know if we have to get the update from M&S, or will this be available at the dealer?

 

[Disaster]

220? WTF, Honda was only 149 this year...

This is why I can't see buying a nav kit for any vehicle. I paid $200 for my Garmin GPS and half the time I use my free Sprint Navigation service on my cell phone instead. By the way, I paid $80 for lifetime upgrades for the Garmin and the Sprint service is constantly up to date.

 

[wallymn]

I also rely on google maps on my cell (since the car is so out of date now).

 

[dataguy]

I also rely on google maps on my cell (since the car is so out of date now).

And that's probably why in the future vehicles will interface with smartphones, not have closed, OEM-developed systems:

http://gizmodo.com/5432592/the-future-of-vehicle-apps-areyou-guessed-iton-the-iphone

 

[ctrcbob]

https://www.mapnsoft.com/search_ok.asp

Once it does become available, I wonder how does one update the system in their car? Its my understanding (and I am probably wrong) that to update the Navi in the Genesis Tech, you have to remove all the music discs, then install the update disc and have it load into the DIS Hard Drive, or something like that, and that it all takes time. (I think that is how I read it in the DIS Manual that came with the car). If this is so, I wonder if it will cause problems with all the other things in the DIS. Also, the way I read it, was that the dealer would do the update, implying that the dealer will have the disc, and the dealer is the owner of the disc, not you the car owner. Well, however it works, Hyundai did not do the KISS. (Keep It Simple Stupid!)

In my previous MKZ, all I had to do was to remove the old Navi disc, and install the new Navi disc. Easy. Cost me something like $159.) Perhaps this is how the Navi units on the NON-Tech Genesis' work.

 

[mcginnpm]

I paid $200 for my Garmin GPS and half the time I use my free Sprint Navigation service on my cell phone instead.

"Free" navigation service from Sprint you say? Nothing is ever truly free. Somebody always pays. The cost is either "hidden" in your monthly service bill or, like our socialist government programs, some other "rich" guy is paying for it.

I looked at the Sprint wireless website. A "run of the mill" plan costs about $90 per month. That's $1080 per year. If 20% of that amount is the "hidden" cost for your "free" navigation service, you are "buying" a Garmin GPS every year.

 

[rv65]

Once it does become available, I wonder how does one update the system in their car? Its my understanding (and I am probably wrong) that to update the Navi in the Genesis Tech, you have to remove all the music discs, then install the update disc and have it load into the DIS Hard Drive, or something like that, and that it all takes time. (I think that is how I read it in the DIS Manual that came with the car). If this is so, I wonder if it will cause problems with all the other things in the DIS. Also, the way I read it, was that the dealer would do the update, implying that the dealer will have the disc, and the dealer is the owner of the disc, not you the car owner. Well, however it works, Hyundai did not do the KISS. (Keep It Simple Stupid!)

In my previous MKZ, all I had to do was to remove the old Navi disc, and install the new Navi disc. Easy. Cost me something like $159.) Perhaps this is how the Navi units on the NON-Tech Genesis' work.

On the non tech Genesis it's just like the Sonata. You install the disc and it updates both the maps and firmware. However you'll need to write down your Nav ID as you'll need to use that to activate the update. Those units require a security code so no split n buys. I've heard that the DIS will require a security code to update the nav. This reduces piracy and those split n buys.

The Sonata system takes about 90 minutes to update. I assume the Genesis disc will take at least 45 minutes to an hour. Probably longer if it includes the firmware.

 

[rv65]

A while back the lady at M&Soft said the user could update it. The Sonata system is just like that. The user can update the system provided you enter in the security code to activate it.