Red light cameras

westcory · 05-10-2012, 02:28 PM

I search all the forums and I cant find a way to show red-light camera's on the nav? I could do this on the pre-cic navigation so I would think the functionality would be there.......

jtuds · 05-10-2012, 04:29 PM

Navigation systems can show you where red light cameras are? Wouldn't showing red light cameras be almost like having a built in radar detector, too?

Where I live, we don't have red light cameras, thankfully. Though I wish we did because people drive like idiots around here.

r3dbimmer89 · 05-10-2012, 04:59 PM

I have a pirated copy of a BMW navigation DVD in my E90 and it has the red light cameras added on it but the F30s have a HDD based navigation so your updates are through the dealer so that would be impossible.

MB330 · 05-10-2012, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by r3dbimmer89

I have a pirated copy of a BMW navigation DVD in my E90 and it has the red light cameras added on it but the F30s have a HDD based navigation so your updates are through the dealer so that would be impossible.

+1! Red light camera or police traps on my navigation, but this is DVD base navigation and my DVD get modified to display this info.

jddssc121 · 05-10-2012, 11:48 PM

Waze app (for iphone or Android peeps) covers all this and more

I use it to compliment my nav. I activate it, turn off voice guidance, so all i get is alerts for police/cameras/etc thru BT audio

loosenit2 · 05-11-2012, 07:40 AM

Just as another option - maybe don't run Red Lights.

rob72 · 05-11-2012, 08:05 AM

Its not just red lights, in this part of the worlds speed cameras are very, very common, and the red light cameras also check for speed. Having the navigation warn you about them is standard on any TomTom, Garmin, etc.

However, the BMW navigation system has no such facility, and worse, since it has no way of uploading a custom POI (Points Of Interest) database you cannot add them either like you can on any handheld nav unit.

The E90 pre-LCI had a DVD based system, where you could copy the contents of the DVD to your HDD, add a custom speed camera database and write a new DVD, but since the E90 LCI this no longer works.

Personally I have decided that the Navigation system is just not worth it and ordered without. My TomTom is way cheaper (purchase and map updates), and offers much more functionality.

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westcory Private 7 Rep 62 Posts Drives: 2006 325i Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle iTrader: (0)	Red light cameras I search all the forums and I cant find a way to show red-light camera's on the nav? I could do this on the pre-cic navigation so I would think the functionality would be there.......
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jtuds Major 71 Rep 1,111 Posts Drives: 335rwd Dinan S2 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: London, ON iTrader: (0)	Navigation systems can show you where red light cameras are? Wouldn't showing red light cameras be almost like having a built in radar detector, too? Where I live, we don't have red light cameras, thankfully. Though I wish we did because people drive like idiots around here.
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r3dbimmer89 Major 331 Rep 1,268 Posts Drives: P-Car Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	I have a pirated copy of a BMW navigation DVD in my E90 and it has the red light cameras added on it but the F30s have a HDD based navigation so your updates are through the dealer so that would be impossible. __________________ Past: BMW (22 G20 M340i, 15 F80 ///M3, 12 E92 335i, 08 E90 335i, 02 E46 325i) Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, VW, Lexus Present: 24 992 C2
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jddssc121 Second Lieutenant 11 Rep 271 Posts Drives: vroom Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Seattle iTrader: (1)	Waze app (for iphone or Android peeps) covers all this and more I use it to compliment my nav. I activate it, turn off voice guidance, so all i get is alerts for police/cameras/etc thru BT audio
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loosenit2 Private 0 Rep 76 Posts Drives: 12 328i Luxury Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany iTrader: (0)	Just as another option - maybe don't run Red Lights.
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rob72 /dev/random 31 Rep 353 Posts Drives: . Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Europe iTrader: (0)	Its not just red lights, in this part of the worlds speed cameras are very, very common, and the red light cameras also check for speed. Having the navigation warn you about them is standard on any TomTom, Garmin, etc. However, the BMW navigation system has no such facility, and worse, since it has no way of uploading a custom POI (Points Of Interest) database you cannot add them either like you can on any handheld nav unit. The E90 pre-LCI had a DVD based system, where you could copy the contents of the DVD to your HDD, add a custom speed camera database and write a new DVD, but since the E90 LCI this no longer works. Personally I have decided that the Navigation system is just not worth it and ordered without. My TomTom is way cheaper (purchase and map updates), and offers much more functionality.
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