halo11422

Hey guys my nav in my 98 gs400 is stuck on searching for destination. its been like that for over a month now. i just went as far as taking out the unit and hoping it would reset. no help. lexus is saying that the only solution is to buy a new hard disk which is over 600 dollars. does anybody have any advice? miss my nav and its holding up some other mods i wanna do. please somebody help!

BananaGS

run the self diagnostic to see what is wrong. instruction on how to do this posted on my website

jmecbr900

Did you ever find out if someone was using your images from there on THEIR website? (I read something about it in another post here).

halo11422

the diagnostic ran great thanx alot. unfortunately it says that everything is ok. all the ckecks came out fine. i cleared the memory. but when i went back to the nav screen it is still stuck on searching for destination. atleast i discovered your website, you have some great stuff on there i read it for about a hour. if you have anymore suggestions let me know. i much rather donate a few dollars to you than give lexus over 600. thanx. still in need of assistance.

jmecbr900

How long did you leave the power off the unit when you removed it?

I hate to say it, but if it was for any length of time and it still didn't reset....you may have to do what Lexus suggested. I can't see how the unit wouldn't reset with power off for any amount of time w/o having some kind of software/drive problem. It seems like that is the only thing left in the system to be able to malfunction in the way that it is. Not that it is related, but have you tried reseting the car's ECU?

I'm not all that up to speed on the navi stuff. I'm just trying to help.

halo11422

I only left it unplugged for a minute or 2. should i have left it longer? where is the main ecu located? and if i detach that will it have any advers affects on anything else? how long do you think i should unplug it for?

jmecbr900

Take the battery terminal off for atleast 30 mins or so. That should reset both the ecu and possibly the navi.

Just trying to see if something simple will reset it.

angelslex

Halo Did you get my message?