Has anyone upgraded their hard drive base Navigation system?? I'm buying the new harddrive to install myself. Anyone with intructions? I have 98 GS.

 

What are you paying for the hard drive? Im thinking about doing the same thing.

 

when you say upgrade do you mean the whole system like the screen and buttons or just the hard drive. If you did update the hard drive what would you gain?

I would love to put an 02 or 03 nave unit in my gs I have a 98 as well Is this possible?

 

It's going for $250 for sept 2002 version on the internet, $300 at dealer. Upgrading only the hard drive

 

Upgrading the harddrive will have up to date MAPS. Lexus does not download new software to harddrive only replacement of hard drive with new software MAPS

 

so, if you wait till sept 2003, you will get a newer version instead of the 2002? I think they always release the update in the fall.

just make sure your car is off, remove the 2 small phillip screws on the nav computer (in the trunk), take the cover plate off, release the hook holding the hard drive, side it out, put the new HD back in the same order. Put everything back. Turn on your key to ACC or start the car, then nav screen will come up saying that a new update is detected, hit yes and follow the intruction on the screen. That is it.

Do a search on this next time, this instruction has been posted on CL before.


Anh

 

Thanks for the info banana, Got any pics of upgrade

 

no pix specificly for the update, but you can see a lot of pix on the OEM GPS on my website.

 

The previous GS 98-00 Nav. aren't they cd-rom base? The newer ones are DVD right?
SO dude your're gonna swap the whole thing & the Nav head unit will accept it?
Sorry bro. I know nothing about this whole systems & tech. stuff. My bad.

paul

 

okay, I was a little confused there at the begining. When you guys were talking about upgrading it didnt dawn on me till right now that you are talking about an update for your existing nav system

However, is it possible to switch the nav units totally? do you think you could unplug one and plug in the other just curious?

 

where are you been, see it on my webpage.

 

I think what babyboy might be asking and im curious of the same is can you swap the harddrive based nav system with the DVD/CD system?

 

No (hard drive based). Yes.

 

The software has also improved with the 2 upgrades I've had. I think the software is on the hard drive also.

 

I think I'm retarded. I still do not understand? You guys are talking baout just swapping the harddrive? You mean just in the trunk section right? No headunit right. Just the Nav. in the trunk right?

Paul