How can you tell if you have a genuine satnav disc? I've bought one off eBay but it's a CD-R. You can tell by shining it in the light, and by checking the discinfo on your PC.

My Tele Atlas 06/07 DX map disc show:

Type: CD-R

Size: 50:33:47 444.4MB

Sessions: 1

System id: Solaris

Volume ID: cd1-2394 v2

Publisher ID: TELEATLAS_DEUTSCHLAND_GMBH

Preparer ID: TELEATLAS_DEUTSCHLAND_GMBH

Application ID: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM ... (there's more here, but I'm typing this out by hand...)

1 track, 0-227521 sectors, 227522 sectors total (50:33:47)

The print on the disc also looks suspect. It's slightly fuzzy around the edges.

Has anyone got a genuine disc (purchased from navshop.com or possibly satnavsystems.com) they can run up and check? I'd be surprised if TeleAtlas were shipping CD-Rs, but you never know.

Not called fleabay for nowt :(

J

Edit: Checking on navshop.com, the EAN on the back of of the CD case is for this item: United Kingdom - Ireland 2006/2007 - ITIS - Blaupunkt TravelPilot DX

So why do I have a double CD package with Major Roads of Europe included as well?

That all looks fine to me.

Some of the software disks we get into work are recorded onto CDR by the vendor, why? well because its cheaper than creating a master and running off thousands in a duplicating plant. CDRs cost peanuts on the other hand.

They will be printed on by the disc producer, so may look less well presented than a full on production printing machine.

If you paid top whack for it then its most likely to be ok, however if it was cheap then there is usually a reason.

It is definately a copy. TeleAtlas do not supply discs on CDR.

I would say it was a copy myself.

I use a DVD+R copy of my OEM disc as a matter of course - the original is too valuable to leave in a shake/rattle/roll/heat environment like a car.

The guy I bought it off is claiming he thought they were genuine and will return the CD to his supplier in Italy. He's offering me a full refund.

I think I'll just go to navshop.com, TeleAtlas's own online store

J

I use a DVD+R copy of my OEM disc as a matter of course - the original is too valuable to leave in a shake/rattle/roll/heat environment like a car.

I would also like to make a copu of my original CD as I too think its a little too precious to leave in the car. When I last tried it failed... can't remember why??

I assume you mention DVD+R you have the VW DVD MFD2 unit?

The guy I bought it off is claiming he thought they were genuine and will return the CD to his supplier in Italy. He's offering me a full refund.

I think I'll just go to navshop.com, TeleAtlas's own online store

J

Who is the seller as I'm looking for an updated disc at the moment and would like to know who to avoid.

I would also like to make a copu of my original CD as I too think its a little too precious to leave in the car. When I last tried it failed... can't remember why??

I assume you mention DVD+R you have the VW DVD MFD2 unit?

I use a backup in my MFD and it's on CD-R.

Eddy: I don't want to say in public until I've got my refund.

I assume you mention DVD+R you have the VW DVD MFD2 unit?

No, it's a Pioneer Avic, with Western Europe on one DVD and (if needed) Eastern Europe on another.

Does anyone have a spare for a MFD (VW version D/G or Skoda MFD 1) as mine is scratched or know where i can get one?

Fabia 12v: Maybe TeleAtlas will do you an exchange? What year disk is it?

Fabia 12v: Maybe TeleAtlas will do you an exchange? What year disk is it?

2003.. way out of date lol!

Well the other day I received my refund from paypal. I also received the genuine map disk from NavShop.com and the difference is like night and day. On this copy, for starters it's a pressed disc. Secondly, the print quality on the disk and the casing doesn't look like pants!

Watch out for anyone selling Tele Atlas CDs on ebay for silly prices. If they're doing "Or Best Offer", check out what they're actually letting them go for on previous auctions. Do you think you can get the real thing, brand new, for £30? Yeah, right! In my opinion, the pirate copy is worthless.

FWIW, bluespot.co.uk sell the discs for about a tenner less than Navshop, plus they include free postage and navshop charge about £8, but they don't do the combined UK + MRE pack (which is a bargain).

Rant over!

J

Does anyone have a spare for a MFD (VW version D/G or Skoda MFD 1) as mine is scratched or know where i can get one?

Can't you borrow one from work

What software are people using to back-up the DVDs, I have CloneDVD2 but it only works for Video DVDs - My original has a few scratches and I'd really like to create the backup prior to the disk being unreadable...