Sat Nav Question

A friend has a much newer 406 than my old bus and he has the Sat Nav
installation (mine doesn't even have a compass or a sextant). Recently his
has developed an intermittent problem which is displayed as "Error reading
drive....". On computers this usually translates as "the disk is
knackered" or "the drive is knackered". He has tried substituting a known
good disk which again worked sometimes and gave the error on others.
Peugeot agent quoted £800 for a repair without actually looking at it. I
was wondering whether the CD ROM drive is, in fact, similar to that on a
computer and thus could be replaced with a standard unit. Also I would like
to know where it is housed on the car which is an estate model (I have not
seen it) and how easy is it both to get at and to repair/replace.

Any other advice would be welcome.

 

Jeepers. You could buy a brand new system for that.

Where ever he puts the disk in ;-)

 

As with many CDROM drives, it is most likely that the lens on the laser is
dirty. The inside of cars is not the cleanest environment, so it would be
worth trying one of those lens cleaners you can buy. Otherwise you will have
to remove the unit, and take it apart to get at the lens to clean it
properly.
Of course, there are other possible causes.

 

Hi,

Could well be my favourite, too...

Regards,
G.T
205 Diesel & turbo-Diesel : www.205d.com

 

Erm, exactly ! How else do you think they'll fix it