Binatone X350 Sat Nav Updates
Please don't laugh yes i purchased a Binatone Carrera X350 UK & ROI 2nd edition sat nav and thought it was ideal for me as it was cheap and cheerful and has been a very good bit of kit. The problem i have is that i had been messing with the settings and pressed something but don't know what? Anyway when i switch the sat nav on i get the screen with navigation on left side and menu on right when i click navigation i am brought to another screen which says United Kingdom Ireland and then locked at the end and on the top line Premium when i click the united kingdom line i get taken to a white screen which says to enable this service please go to You will be asked to enter the following device identification number. Anyway the site is an absolute sham there is no place to enter this number or any link which leads you somewhere where you can get help. What ever it was i touched gave no warnings so this is a fault that someone else could quite easily come across.
Feb 08, 2012 How do i update binatone F350 sat nav for free. Toymax Binatone Carrera X350 Car GPS Receiver. Binatone uk binatone carrera updates x350. Jun 02, 2009 Please don't laugh yes i purchased a Binatone Carrera X350 UK & ROI 2nd edition sat nav and thought it was ideal for me as it was cheap and cheerful.
I did all the usual things like reset button turned off for ten seconds only to find the problem still there. So i have a system which is totally useless and cannot be used. Does anyone know how to get this unit back on track? I have tried all the other binatone sites but they do not know anything about this system and only point me towards the.com site which is absolute crap. Any help please. I do agree that this is a great unit and have been contacted so far by one other person who has encountered the same problem as myself. Unfortunately even if you do a hard reset as described this does not change anything and does not remedy the problem.
The unit had to be returned to the makers as it was still under warranty.I must say that the response was very good although if you should encounter the same problem or anyone else for that matter do not go to the carrera Binatone website as you will get no help there at all. Any help with this unit you could contact me here at www.afterdawn.com As i have the correct contact details.They paid for the sending and delivery of the unit and i had it back within 48 hours and all is working well.
My fault was described as a Premium Lock from navigation. I have a problem with the X350 Sat Nav.
I got it as a present from a company called Diamond Resorts in Kent about 6 weeks ago. The unit was new, unopened in its original packing.
I set it up about 4 weeks ago and used it once and all seemed fine. However, last week when I tried to use it again there was no sound at all. Have tried hard reset etc.
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But the sound guidance is not there. Everthing else appears to work as it should. Have spoken to Binatone Helpline who think there is a fault but not sure if it hardware or software? They want £40 just to look at it as I don't have a receipt. As this Sat Nav appears to sell for around £40, is unreliable and is from a cheap & unhelpful supplier, I do not wish to pay this greedy manufacturer to fix an almost new unit. Any advice would be welcom before I bin the unit? Hi vs1101, I had exactly the same problem before while I was playing with it and finally worked around fixing it.
I am making assumption you did something similar to what I did but judge for yourself as you know what you were doing. What happened was I copied the maps to the external card ( which also comes with other corresponding sub folder in the CITIES directory ) but I did not fully copy the folder that contains the sound files. When you turn it on, it will look for it first in the SD card and if it finds a map there, i will ignore the rest on the ResidentFlash which results in no sound files at all. For my problem, I fixed it in 2 ways: 1. Remove the SD card and all is back to normal or 2.
Copy the rest of the folder that include the maps & sound sub folder to the external SD card and all is good. For your problem, try the first method first and turn it off and after 30 seconds turn it back on again and post back here. I am more than happy to see how you go and assist if necessary.
Obviously as with more or less every electronic device there are going to be some people including myself in this who are going to encounter a fault of some kind or another. Obviously i do not know the amount of these Binatone GPS Sat navs that have been sold and how many satisfied customers there are out there? I have read on some sites people slagging off this GPS but for what this device is being sold for it does everything it says on the tin. I will say that my knowledge of this device is better now than it ever was.
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Most people ignore the instruction manual but it is very important that this is read and understood and this goes for any device whether electronic or otherwise. The only comments i can really make about this unit really are none except that despite my problem which is now fixed i have no comments against this device it does what it is there to do and does that job very well indeed. However my gripes are more with Binatone's home page there are not enough instructions on how to properly use the downloads and also what if the PC does not recognise your device what then? I would have thought a problem page could have been written and advice or tips how to get around it or even a forum of other users. There are issues with the Carrera site which need to be addressed. The back up for any faults is dead handy and i would rate as firts class in my experience however that is once you have exhausted a whole day looking for the correct numbers.Most people who are having problems with camera detection and so fourth i would ask that you consult your manual or if no joy come back here and post your problem i will do my best to help you and i am sure there might be others on this thread who might also be able to help. Hi 237 - Thanks for your response.
The Helpline number I had tried was different but had the same area code (73). I will try the one you have given later today to see if they are more helpful. Also, thanks to Hoait88 for his helpful message. I do not have, or have used, any SD Card with my X350. The unit did not come with any card and the slot is empty on my unit. I have only tried to use the pre-loaded maps that came with the new unit.
I have, however, tried to plug an external earphone in the Headphone jack socket on the right side of the unit and the sound does come through. I am, therefore, assuming that the problem with my X350 is more likely to be hardware rather then software. Perhaps the built in speaker has been disconnected due to loose wire or something? Yes no problems the reason i locked this unit was not entirely my fault as i should have been able to reboot the device but something went down with the software I had gone to premium and clicked UK and Ireland maps a serial number came up on a white background and i could not get the device back by performing a reset. I had another problem that when the device came back i had lost the 180 day camera detection. However on going back into premium i clicked the camera section which said locked i clicked this and had a white screen with my serial number on it i then clicked anywhere on this screen which restarted my 180 day camera subscription so i have camera detection back.
The unit locked itself out through some software problem and that was the reason it had to go back to Binatone to be reloaded. My X350 refuses to connect to my PC; I have tried different USB cable, port and even PC but still connects then disconnects continually. Can anyone help with this? Does anyone know how to change the voices, Binatone say you can't but you must be able to.
Strange quirk on mine the other day took me on a 20 mile figure of eight circute rather than have me turn around, just to keep me going in the right direction for the next via point. Yes the center of the eight was within a few hundred yards of the point it was aiming for.
The maps, both in 3D and 2D views, are as nicely rendered as the voice instructions are clear. Particularly good is the turn indicator arrow which, in the 3D view, hovers above the surface of the road and casts a shadow.
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This sounds a bit gimmicky, but it makes it extremely easy to see which exit on a roundabout you need to take, for example, or where to go at a complicated, multi-exit junction. Search and routing options are much more impressive than the budget price tag would have you expect, too. There’s full postcode search here, and though you’re stuck with the two keyboard approach (one for letters, one for numbers), it’s not too fiddly and the keys are easy to poke. There are trip management tools here, which allow you to set up routes in advance, and adding start points, stopovers and destinations is about as easy as I’ve found on any sat-nav, let alone one this cheap. There are even options to optimise for pedestrian, bicycle and motorbike as well as for the usual shortest and fastest routes by car. You get a safety camera database with six months worth of free updates and roadblock avoidance too, with the option to route around traffic jams and rejoin the route a mile or two further down the road. It’s a remarkable feature set but there is a pretty major problem that seems to be related to the power (or lack of it) under the X350’s hood – it just doesn’t seem to be up to the job.
Initial route calculation, as a result, takes an absolute age for anything other than the most simple of routes. I asked the X350 to take me to Norwich airport from north-east London and I’d finished writing this paragraph before it managed to calculate a route successfully. Even by giving it something simpler to deal with failed to improve matters, with a straightforward 17 mile route to Wimbledon Park in south-west London taking a painful 1min 20secs.