Hi ddabcd277, pandora0001,
I'm glad to find a BMW portable navigation discussion here.
About 2 months ago I had BMW portable plus installed in my BMW 3 and to me it's the best navigation device I ever had because of the tight integration with the vehicle.
While it's indeed the Garmin 37xx inside the main hardware difference is that you (or BMW service station) can connect the device to the car's audio and power lines using the BMW intallation kit together with GTM Traffic Cable (TMC).
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Unfortunately I found there is an important sofware difference I found recently when I upgraded to the 34xx firmware.
Everything works great except that I lost the ability to listen the navigation instruction via my car speakers
I'm sure it's just some settings somewhere but don't know how to enable this feature back.
In the original BMW portable this setting was configured using the following which is documented in the User's Guide:
1. In the main menu select Volume
Then there is a screenshot with
"Audio output" screen with "Internal Speaker" and "Vehicle Speakers" radio buttons selection with "Cancel" and "Save" buttons.
2. Select Internal Speaker or Vehicle Speaker
Interestingly I was able to find "AUDIO_OUTPUT", "INTERNAL_SPEAKER", "VEHICLE_SPEAKERS text resources in both the original and on the device after firmware update to 34xx Text folder files such as ru_Ru.glx with correct translation. There were also interesting text strings like "VEHICLE_DIAGNOSTICS" and "VEHICLE_PROFILE".
Please help me to find a way to enable the Audio output selection screen.
An yes, I can share the backup of the original files saved before 34xx firmware update.
BTW, in addition to BMW 3 series this installation option is available for 1 series, X3 and Z4. I've heard that similar options with Garmin OEM are available for some Merc and Volvo models.
Many thanks,
Sergey
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