- Toyota map DVD can't be read. - 10 Updates
| Jim Joyce <none@none.invalid>: Jul 15 01:41PM -0500 On Sat, 15 Jul 2023 09:11:28 -0400, Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> wrote: >My $4.99 a month plan had $2.28 added for T&F. That's 46% more than the >advertised "price." >A little Truth in Advertising please guys! My $4.99 plan bills at $6.28. Not as bad as yours but still a big chunk. |
| Jim Joyce <none@none.invalid>: Jul 15 02:02PM -0500 On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:31:51 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote: >yars ago, even though it was made in 2008. >Maybe I could have made a copy when I got it but it's too late for that >now. :-( Why is it too late? Is the DVD stuck inside the unit somehow? If not, remove it, take it to your computer and attempt to create an image from it. Keep an eye on the read speed during the operation, but more importantly, check the log at the end. If the disc was unreadable, the image creation will fail and you'll have your answer, but if the read speed drops dramatically at one or more places or the log file shows repeated attempts to read certain sections, then you know the disc is on its last legs. If the image creation completes successfully and the read speed stays relatively constant, the disc is fine and the problem is with the Nav unit. >>blank. But driving didn't move the map. ****Or maybe all the time. Sun >>was very bright. >>How do I fix this? One option I haven't seen mentioned is to replace the in-dash unit with an aftermarket unit. They've long ago moved away from DVD-based maps so the new units are much more reliable. You'd also get USB input, Bluetooth, SiriusXM, and more. Crutchfield.com is a decent place to explore and compare units that are guaranteed to fit and be direct replacements. >>BTW, I just bought two new used tires today I don't think I can see a scenario where I would buy used tires. I guess it would have to be some kind of emergency and that was all that's available, but that seems unlikely. |
| micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>: Jul 15 07:37PM -0400 In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 15 Jul 2023 14:02:53 -0500, Jim Joyce >>Maybe I could have made a copy when I got it but it's too late for that >>now. :-( >Why is it too late? Is the DVD stuck inside the unit somehow? If not, I was thinking that, if the current problem is that age or heat had damaged the DVD already. But last night I went out and tried it somemore and the GPS works, it just keeps flashing that message ever 3 or 4 minutes, but in between it does keep track of where I am and what direction I'm going. In fact that clock I post about that changed time was actually the arrow showing which direction the car was pointed. So I will copy the DVD. I ordered a DVD cleaning disk. They don't sell them at Target, and they don't have any in the store at Walmart, and even Bestbuy's closest in-store one is in Annapolis, 40 miles away. That's the reason I've been dubious about how well they work. But Amazon sell8 or 10 different models all with quite a few 4 and 5 ratings. So we will see. It's also possible that becausea this is the Map DVD, with dedicated software, that last time I did this, it didn't spin nearly as much as it would have. So even if I have to turn the car on and off over and over, I'll spin it for 5 or 10 minutes instead of 30 seconds it might have been if it didn't work right last time. >its last legs. If the image creation completes successfully and the read >speed stays relatively constant, the disc is fine and the problem is >with the Nav unit. Good to know. There were 3 videos about broken Nav units, 2 of them about toyotas, but one was about feeding the disk and and out. In another he cleaned the head with a Q-tip and compressed air. (There was a rubber faceplate that pulled off starting at one side, and the opening was much bigger after that, but I don't thimk my slot is big enough to get a q-tip in there. I only found one hit out of many that referred, vaguely, to Map DVDs. One guy asked someone if he drove with the windows open, more dirt gets in. Heck I drive with the windows open 9 month a year and with the top down 7 months a year. If his question had any basis, I'm lucky it works at all. >Bluetooth, SiriusXM, and more. Crutchfield.com is a decent place to >explore and compare units that are guaranteed to fit and be direct >replacements. I looked at Crutchfield but didn't look for direct replacments. What I did find somewhere was a GPS with FM radio but no AM. How much more would it cost to include AM circuity? Can't they use the antennal that came with the car? There's not much AM radio here at all but still, I don't want to abandone it. >I don't think I can see a scenario where I would buy used tires. I guess >it would have to be some kind of emergency and that was all that's >available, but that seems unlikely. When I was in college, my 85 year old cousin gave me his car. My uncle said he'd get two tires for me. I didnt' know much, and all I knew was to say to him "Nn recaps". On the way to school only 20 miles along, the recap started flappoing off the tire. But since then I've bought a lot of used tires and never had a problem. Never a recap (do they still have recaps for passenger car tires?), they sell probably from cars that were wrecked. I bought two on Friday, price for my size had gone from 40 and 50 seven years ago to 65 and 75 this year. That might not be so cheap anymore??, but in and out in 12 minutes. That alone keeps me coming back but I doubt many used tire stores anywhere can match it for speed. |
| Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>: Jul 15 08:18PM -0700 On 7/15/2023 6:11 AM, Wade Garrett wrote: > My $4.99 a month plan had $2.28 added for T&F. That's 46% more than the > advertised "price." > A little Truth in Advertising please guys! This is one of Biden pet peeves. |
| rbowman <bowman@montana.com>: Jul 16 05:43AM On Sat, 15 Jul 2023 09:11:28 -0400, Wade Garrett wrote: > My $4.99 a month plan had $2.28 added for T&F. That's 46% more than the > advertised "price." > A little Truth in Advertising please guys! I still have a landline through Century. The bill I got today said "Your Federal Universal Service Fund Surcharge rate has changed from 29.00% to 29.20%. I don't know how much more Bidenomics I can stand/ |
| Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid>: Jul 16 10:43AM +0200 On 16 Jul 2023 05:43:15 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling, troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again: > I still have a landline through Century. The bill I got today said "Your > Federal Universal Service Fund Surcharge rate has changed from 29.00% to > 29.20%. I don't know how much more Bidenomics I can stand/ I, for one, really don't know how much of your ridiculous grandiloquent self-admiring senile bullshit I still can stand! LOL -- More of the resident bigmouth's usual idiotic babble and gossip: I'm not saying my father and uncle wouldn't have drank Genesee beer without Miss Genny but it certainly didn't hurt. Stanton's was the hometown brewery but it closed in '50. There was a Schaefer brewery in Albany but their product was considered a step up from cat piss. My preference was Rheingold on tap" MID: <k9mnmmF9emhU1@mid.individual.net> |
| Frank <"frank "@frank.net>: Jul 16 07:33AM -0400 On 7/14/2023 2:38 PM, Ed P wrote: >> How do I fix this? > If you want navigation, buy a Garmin. Cheaper than any service call for > repairing the DVD unit. I have an old Garmin that still works fine and gets lifetime map updates. Years ago a son had a BMW and when nav system went down it was repaired under warranty and if not for warranty would have cost a couple of thousand dollars to repair. I understand GPS sales took a big dip with most people now just using their cell phones. |
| "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>: Jul 16 02:17PM +0200 On 2023-07-16 01:37, micky wrote: >>> <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote: >>>> DVD can't be read, what to do? >>> Toyota car radio/map. ... > was actually the arrow showing which direction the car was pointed. > So I will copy the DVD. > I ordered a DVD cleaning disk. Don't. Just try to read, or better image, the thing on a computer. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
| Ed P <esp@snet.xxx>: Jul 16 09:25AM -0400 On 7/16/2023 1:43 AM, rbowman wrote: > I still have a landline through Century. The bill I got today said "Your > Federal Universal Service Fund Surcharge rate has changed from 29.00% to > 29.20%. I don't know how much more Bidenomics I can stand/ Long before Biden Do I have to pay the federal universal service fee? The FCC does not require this charge to be passed on, but service providers are allowed to do so. These charges usually appear as a percentage of the consumer's phone bill. Companies cannot collect an amount that exceeds the percentage of their contribution to the USF. This contribution is known as the Universal Service Fund Fee. It is calculated as a percentage of a company's end-user telecommunications revenues. The rate varies but typically ranges from 15.5% to 33%. FUSF surcharges may be passed through to the final user of the telecommunications services. |
| micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>: Jul 16 10:41AM -0400 In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 16 Jul 2023 14:17:53 +0200, "Carlos E.R." >> So I will copy the DVD. >> I ordered a DVD cleaning disk. >Don't. Do you think the cleaning disk can make the situation worse? >Just try to read, or better image, the thing on a computer. Do you think the problem is in the DVD disk and not the laser sensor? |
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