Full postcode search?

F11Black · 10-03-2010, 09:04 AM

Week 35 build F10 and F11 cars are supposed to have this feature on the professional and business nav for UK postcodes. Has anyone got a car with this on it and how well does it work?

I'm especially interested in whether the first batch of UK F11s have it as that's what I'm getting shortly.

Johnhelliwell · 10-03-2010, 11:46 AM

Got mine on monday and don't have it. Got a call into the dealership so will see what they say.

Johnhelliwell · 10-03-2010, 11:49 AM

Forgot to add - on the paperwork I received it said production date 27th/08/2010 which I think is tail end of week 34.

Johnhelliwell · 10-03-2010, 11:57 AM

I really should think about my posts so i don't waste peoples screen real estate with a sequence of "I forgot to add .."
I forgot to add....mines an F11

F11Black · 10-03-2010, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnhelliwell

Forgot to add - on the paperwork I received it said production date 27th/08/2010 which I think is tail end of week 34.

Mine was finished in the week ending 10th Sept, which is week 36. So I'm hoping mine will have it.

I wonder how easy it is to get it updated to the latest version. Anyone tried this?

nosnoop · 10-03-2010, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnhelliwell

I forgot to add....

Actually, there is an "edit" button in the right lower corner of your own post waiting for you....

pmw103 · 10-04-2010, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnhelliwell

Forgot to add - on the paperwork I received it said production date 27th/08/2010 which I think is tail end of week 34.

Hi John,
The info I saw said post code search comes in with week 35.
So sadly your car may not have it at least right now if it was built in week 34.
I would push your dealer I don't see why you can't get a software update and get the post code search! Good luck!
Cheers
Paul

DNA_42 · 10-04-2010, 04:42 PM

As I understand it the full post code search was added at the same time as the Combox upgrade.

My car was due to be built in mid_august but I pushed it back to get the Combox/post code updates... arrives at dealer on 13th Oct picking up on 16th Oct....

I paid for the car IN FULL at the beginning of June as I was fearful the VAT would go up in the Budget....STUPID!!!!!! Anyway, the dealer has had the full purchase price for four months.... silly boy, but at the time it seemed like a good idea....

Anyway, a week on Saturday I will get my F10 Combox/520d/auto... Imperial blue, beige dakota leather, prof sat nav, and LIGHT ASH WOOD.....

...I have put this in capitals as very few people in the UK seem to have gone for this option and dealers do not carry it...

....so I intend to post lots of pics of the light ash wood... I think it will be lovely, nay, BRILLIANT, but I am a tad concerned, in case it is shite... cost £325 (I think) dealer said it costs £1,500 to change.... gulp....

nubmaster · 10-04-2010, 05:20 PM

Mines an F10, not sure on build week but it arrived at dealer 24th Sept, it has full postcode search. but its lacking a bit, my home postcode only shows one house number in my street.

Just checked and mine was a Week 36 car.

DNA_42 · 10-04-2010, 05:27 PM

....if they can't even get the £2000 sat nav correct when Tom Tom can do it for £119.95........... shite.... fingers crossed..........

DNA_42 · 10-04-2010, 05:29 PM

............but that issue does sound like a software upgrade rather than the hardware of Combox..............

joy5 · 10-05-2010, 04:50 PM

Well how about F10 oldies, I mean Non-Sept builts, can we get a software update - has anyone tried?

f10fan · 10-05-2010, 07:22 PM

Im an F10 oldie, i collected my car on 1st week of September. I've already asked my dealer if software or hardware update is possible or available? They said; no

F11Black · 10-06-2010, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DNA_42

As I understand it the full post code search was added at the same time as the Combox upgrade.

Not quite, for the F11 the new combox was from the start of the build, and the upgraded post code search was for week 35 build onwards. So it looks like some people have week 34 build F11s with the new combox and the old iDrive software.

The dealer checked my car today and it has the full postcode search, so that's a relief. Just need to figure out why I don't have all the iPhone app features when I get the car on Friday.

uktivo · 10-07-2010, 08:03 AM

Hi All.

My F10 is a pre September build also and I had a recall from the dealer for a re-program. The car went into the dealer yesterday, the re-program failed so they have had to keep it today also. I'm just awaiting the call to say come and pick it up. I will check if the full post code entry is on there.

The car has also experienced other issues (see thread entitled "Remote failed to work")..

Jon D · 10-07-2010, 03:04 PM

I collected my F10 on 28th September; I don't know what the build week was, the sticker just says 'September 10'.
The dealer told me that there would soon be a software update to include full postcode search and that he'd let me know when to bring the car in for the upload.
Well, all this discussion prompted me to check and, guess what, it's all there.
Yet another example to illustrate that car salesmen really have their fingers on the pulse

.

rsyed · 10-07-2010, 03:18 PM

I find it a disaster from BMW that within 6 months of bring out a brand NEW model they are capable of making 6 month old cars really old! Shocking!!! Am already curious what is ocming around in March - oh ja of course, teh 245hp getting the 258 hp upgrade... hate bmw politics!!!

Jon D · 10-07-2010, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by rsyed

I find it a disaster from BMW that within 6 months of bring out a brand NEW model they are capable of making 6 month old cars really old! Shocking!!! Am already curious what is ocming around in March - oh ja of course, teh 245hp getting the 258 hp upgrade... hate bmw politics!!!

I think you'll find it's called "progress"

.

rsyed · 10-08-2010, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Jon D

I think you'll find it's called "progress"

.

progress is what you call the constant upgrade you get in thecomputer industry but not having a ECU (6vc comb-box) ready for the original march kick-off must result at BMW Munich to lose their job.

it is not that someone just came up with the combbox overnight - this things must have been in teh development pipeline for over 4 years (as is with any other electronics part of a car) and to miss out by 6 months is just ridiclous....

uktivo · 10-11-2010, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by uktivo

Hi All.

My F10 is a pre September build also and I had a recall from the dealer for a re-program. The car went into the dealer yesterday, the re-program failed so they have had to keep it today also. I'm just awaiting the call to say come and pick it up. I will check if the full post code entry is on there.

The car has also experienced other issues (see thread entitled "Remote failed to work")..

Well I collected my car.. it has been updated but still doesn't have full postcode search

F11Black · 02-24-2011, 02:40 PM

Anyone managed to get full UK postcode search as a software update to their car which was originally shipped without it?

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F11Black Member 11 Rep 63 Posts Drives: F11 520d Black Sapphire Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Harpenden, UK iTrader: (0)	Full postcode search? Week 35 build F10 and F11 cars are supposed to have this feature on the professional and business nav for UK postcodes. Has anyone got a car with this on it and how well does it work? I'm especially interested in whether the first batch of UK F11s have it as that's what I'm getting shortly.
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Johnhelliwell New Member 0 Rep 17 Posts Drives: F11 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ringwood, UK iTrader: (0)	Got mine on monday and don't have it. Got a call into the dealership so will see what they say.
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Johnhelliwell New Member 0 Rep 17 Posts Drives: F11 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ringwood, UK iTrader: (0)	Forgot to add - on the paperwork I received it said production date 27th/08/2010 which I think is tail end of week 34.
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Johnhelliwell New Member 0 Rep 17 Posts Drives: F11 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ringwood, UK iTrader: (0)	I really should think about my posts so i don't waste peoples screen real estate with a sequence of "I forgot to add .." I forgot to add....mines an F11
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DNA_42 Private 22 Rep 92 Posts Drives: F10 520d Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	full post code.... As I understand it the full post code search was added at the same time as the Combox upgrade. My car was due to be built in mid_august but I pushed it back to get the Combox/post code updates... arrives at dealer on 13th Oct picking up on 16th Oct.... I paid for the car IN FULL at the beginning of June as I was fearful the VAT would go up in the Budget....STUPID!!!!!! Anyway, the dealer has had the full purchase price for four months.... silly boy, but at the time it seemed like a good idea.... Anyway, a week on Saturday I will get my F10 Combox/520d/auto... Imperial blue, beige dakota leather, prof sat nav, and LIGHT ASH WOOD..... ...I have put this in capitals as very few people in the UK seem to have gone for this option and dealers do not carry it... ....so I intend to post lots of pics of the light ash wood... I think it will be lovely, nay, BRILLIANT, but I am a tad concerned, in case it is shite... cost £325 (I think) dealer said it costs £1,500 to change.... gulp.... Last edited by DNA_42; 10-04-2010 at 04:44 PM.. Reason: forgot auto...
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nubmaster New Member 3 Rep 28 Posts Drives: BMW F10 520d M-Sport Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent England iTrader: (0)	Mines an F10, not sure on build week but it arrived at dealer 24th Sept, it has full postcode search. but its lacking a bit, my home postcode only shows one house number in my street. Just checked and mine was a Week 36 car. Last edited by nubmaster; 10-05-2010 at 03:15 AM.. Reason: More info:-
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DNA_42 Private 22 Rep 92 Posts Drives: F10 520d Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	....oh dear... ....if they can't even get the £2000 sat nav correct when Tom Tom can do it for £119.95........... shite.... fingers crossed..........
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DNA_42 Private 22 Rep 92 Posts Drives: F10 520d Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	....post code............. ............but that issue does sound like a software upgrade rather than the hardware of Combox..............
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joy5 Private First Class 20 Rep 186 Posts Drives: xDrive30d M Sport Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Scotland iTrader: (0)	Well how about F10 oldies, I mean Non-Sept builts, can we get a software update - has anyone tried? __________________ 2013 - x30d E70 M Sport 2010 - 520d F10 SE
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f10fan New Member 0 Rep 8 Posts Drives: BMW 5 series Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Im an F10 oldie, i collected my car on 1st week of September. I've already asked my dealer if software or hardware update is possible or available? They said; no
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uktivo Private 9 Rep 74 Posts Drives: 530D - F10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Staffordshire iTrader: (0)	Hi All. My F10 is a pre September build also and I had a recall from the dealer for a re-program. The car went into the dealer yesterday, the re-program failed so they have had to keep it today also. I'm just awaiting the call to say come and pick it up. I will check if the full post code entry is on there. The car has also experienced other issues (see thread entitled "Remote failed to work")..
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Jon D Brigadier General 224 Rep 3,016 Posts Drives: 2022 840d Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Scotland iTrader: (0)	I collected my F10 on 28th September; I don't know what the build week was, the sticker just says 'September 10'. The dealer told me that there would soon be a software update to include full postcode search and that he'd let me know when to bring the car in for the upload. Well, all this discussion prompted me to check and, guess what, it's all there. Yet another example to illustrate that car salesmen really have their fingers on the pulse .
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rsyed Lieutenant 95 Rep 572 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Vienna / AUSTRIA iTrader: (1)	I find it a disaster from BMW that within 6 months of bring out a brand NEW model they are capable of making 6 month old cars really old! Shocking!!! Am already curious what is ocming around in March - oh ja of course, teh 245hp getting the 258 hp upgrade... hate bmw politics!!! __________________ Daily: Porsche Panamera 971 \| BMW 520xD G31 Sh!tbox: BMW Z4 M E86 \| BMW 1M E82 \| BMW M3 E90 Insta: bmw.shitbox
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F11Black Member 11 Rep 63 Posts Drives: F11 520d Black Sapphire Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Harpenden, UK iTrader: (0)	Anyone managed to get full UK postcode search as a software update to their car which was originally shipped without it?
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