Does my CAN gateway need upgrading?

[Norbreck21a]

Guys,

I'm running the 1300 series firmware on my B version RNS. Had it on now for about 3 months and even went on holiday during that time and left the car parked up for 10 days. Started on the very first crank on my return, so I don't think this one is showing any battery drain issues?

The 1300 gives me the SDHC support for cards bigger than 2gb ( currently have an 8gb card in the unit), display of road speed limits, option to display the clock during use and when the unit is switched off and a few minor cosmetic tweaks.

Will the firmware thar Carl mentioned offer me any other advantages, or should I just stick with what I have ?

BTW, the car is a 2005 with a rev "E" Can gateway, so pretty old !

[vRS Carl]

The only thing 2720 will give over 1300 is voice control. Which unless you have OEM Bluetooth it's not worth it.

Everything else is the same

[Norbreck21a]

Cheers Carl, much appreciated 

[loser40]

Hello again...

I done the modified firmware 2720 upgrade this afternoon, and the head unit's screen told me all went well, accept, just reading this thread again, I forgot to "eject the CD and restart the unit by pressing <, > and i " - I just turned it on normally... ooops !

I didn't need to reload the maps, but more of that in a sec.

The head unit still makes a very audible whirring noise after the engine is switched off and the ignition key is removed, but after ten minutes or so that noise stops and there is a very very faint whining... it's almost inaudible - any idea if this means the firmware update loaded OK and has fixed my battery drain... or should I do it again and "eject the CD and restart the unit by pressing <, > and i" ?

(I've removed the fuse again just in case) .

I got my RNS 510 from Darren on this forum.  He also supplied a maps disc (DVD?) with speed cameras.

I've driven past a few speed cameras at below the speed limit but the head unit didn't warn me about them, so I presume the maps/speed camera disc hasn't been loaded before I received the head unit.

I tried to load it.  I put the disc in, a message came up saying something like the maps DVD is loading, and then no more messages or apparent activity from the DVD !

Can some one please let me know how I load the new maps & speed camera disc.  An idiots guide would be appreciated.

BTW, the secret menu is not activated, in case that makes a difference.

All advice welcome.

TIA,

Mark.

[vRS Carl]

Your firmware has upgraded fine  

The RNS can't warn you of speed cameras apart from visually. Then it's only if the disc has been modified.

When you put the Map disc in after it has warned you that it is a map disc if you then press eject and it just ejects it means you already have the same maps on the unit. You would also get a prompt asking if you want to save the maps to HDD or just Nav from the disc. If the maps are upgrading when you press eject you get a status bar

[stealthwolf]

The head unit still makes a very audible whirring noise after the engine is switched off and the ignition key is removed, but after ten minutes or so that noise stops and there is a very very faint whining... it's almost inaudible

That's normal. The RNS gets very hot during operation so the fan stays on for a few minutes afterwards.