Hi all,

I've seen various auctions on ebay for 60 and 80gb toshiba drives with the latest CNDV-1000HD Europe maps (and larger cd/mp3 partition), but in my time lurking, have also seen posts here saying about certain drives not being up to scratch.

It looks like garrettoomey is a well respected seller, however it seems he only has the USA maps

Are there any sellers here (or recommendations on ebay) for those selling a hard drive with latest Europe maps please.

I'd be happy to even give the upgrade a go myself (as I work in the IT field), but I don't seem to be able to find the latest europe maps.

Would really appreciate if anyone has any recommendations please.

Cheers

The seller I was looking at is http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330508605761

I contacted him and he says he uses MK8032GAX drives. Do we know how well they perform in the Avic units?

Cheers

The seller I was looking at is http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330508605761

I contacted him and he says he uses MK8032GAX drives. Do we know how well they perform in the Avic units?

 

Cheers

The 8032GAX should work fine as long as it is partitioned correctly. You night want to try sending a message to forum member vaernes. I know he had some European drives preconfigured.

Hiya.

Thanks for your reply, I did try sending him a message, but it said he is unable to receive them (I'm assuming his inbox is full).. and he's not been online for a month or so

I just bought a new HDD from "vaernes" (member here), on ebay. It works perfect with 1000HD Europe maps 2010....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160510029528

The HDD is a Toshiba 60GB 5400rpm MK6034GAX hard drive. I has good specefications. The only but!, is the temperature range (+5C - +55C). The "original" MK3029GCACE can operate down to -16C (-16C - +70C). I took an image of the drive, pluged it in and it works perfect. Regarding the size - 60GB is the largest hard drive needed for the software and 400 CDs, the 80GB drives that are sold must have 20GB unpartitioned space to work.

I unlocked my original drive ($4.97 USD - all data lost) and disabled secutity. Restored image on the org. drive. And the original drive works perfect with new 2010 maps too! I use the new 60GB HDD and has the original MK3029GCACE as backup..

I have used the HDD at -8C, and it started up perfect.