

It will do its thing and eventually tell you it's complete. Once that's complete, go back to the vehicle and repeat steps #3 and #4 except this time you will select 'Update Map Data'.ĩ. It puts like 100 different files and folders on your USB stick.Ĩ. Pick whichever ones you want and they will (slowly) download to the USB. It will read your USB (that data that was downloaded in step #4) and give you a list of all the various updates that you can download.ħ.
#NISSAN MAP DATA FREE UPDATE#
Put the USB stick into your PC and start the update utility.
#NISSAN MAP DATA FREE INSTALL#
Now from your PC, you have to download and install Nissan's Map Update utility from their website. Without this you can't download any new data or use the data in a different vehicle.ĥ. This puts some data on the USB stick that denotes your VIN and current software versions. You select 'Info' then 'System Information' then 'Map Update'. Insert the USB into your leftmost USB slotĤ. I chose that method both times - in case it fails half way at least I have the file on the USB to try again.ģ.

There have been many reports of cars being broken into purely to steal the sat nav SD card to sell at boot fairs ebay etc. You can do the update via WI-FI directly in your vehicle if you can get a signal from your house or you can download the update to the USB stick on your PC, then insert it in the car and update. I have just changed car to Nissan model which comes with a fitted sat nav, the map data is on a removable SD card. The regional updates vary but look to be a couple hundred MB each. And it's not just map info - all the POI data is updated as well and I was surprised how many businesses it included - even little mom & pop outfits were in the database.ġ. You can choose specific regions and get just those updates or select the entire US and get a whole new map database. Every effort is made to (a) ensure our maps reflect the changes in the road network and (b) to address map errors in the regular map update program.

Inclusion of features may vary by in-car and portable satellite navigation manufacturer, depending on their data specification. For those, you have to shell out $150 for an update). NISSAN DUALIS - 2010 to ONWARDS NISSAN X-TRAIL - 2010 to ONWARDS 1. Was a very straightforward process and if you're not aware, if you have a 2019 (and I'm sure later years) with the navigation system, you have 5 years of free updates from Nissan (this doesn't apply if your nav system uses an SD card like my '18 had. Just performed a map update to my 2019 XD SV.
