Mazda Navigation
10-25-2005, 03:42 PM
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Hi. I'm a 3 owner and I'm interested in hacking my navigation. Most of the 3 owners over on the forums don't own a nav and the ones that do don't want to seem to want to mess with it. I'm pretty sure our units are the same. I see so many threads here about modifying the nav and finding work arounds so I thought I'd ask here.
As you might know, the 2006 Mazda 6 has voice recognition. The 2006 3 doesn't and I'm not sure about the 2006 RX8. However, one of the users over on the 3 forums that owns a 2006 3 went into the hidden menu and found some interesting items.
http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=31442.0
There is a hidden microphone tuning menu and a mention of a "Traffic System". I know that Sirius and Navteq are developing a realtime traffic system like XM to be released next month, so that could be what it is referencing. So we could potentially add some new features. I think that firmware flash could unlock these features but I am unsure.
What do you guys think? Hopefully we can hack this piece!
As you might know, the 2006 Mazda 6 has voice recognition. The 2006 3 doesn't and I'm not sure about the 2006 RX8. However, one of the users over on the 3 forums that owns a 2006 3 went into the hidden menu and found some interesting items.
http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=31442.0
There is a hidden microphone tuning menu and a mention of a "Traffic System". I know that Sirius and Navteq are developing a realtime traffic system like XM to be released next month, so that could be what it is referencing. So we could potentially add some new features. I think that firmware flash could unlock these features but I am unsure.
What do you guys think? Hopefully we can hack this piece!
Last edited by qh187; 10-25-2005 at 03:45 PM.
10-25-2005, 04:14 PM
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Mazda switched NAV manufactures this year, so I doubt seriously that any of us have those options in the 04-05 8's. Looking at the screenshots, it appears you have different menus, so I think you wont get much help here as I dont think anyone here has a 2006 w/ Nav. we have also found secret menus, but they are not that interesting.
10-26-2005, 10:26 AM
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Yes, the hardware has been changed. It seems like the 2006 rx8, 2006 6, 2005+ 5 and the 2006 3 all use the new hardware(Just a guess based on the functions...but the mazda 5 and 2006 rx8 def use the same one).
Does the 2005 mazda 5 nav disable the ability to program while driving?
If not, there is our first clue to "fixing" the others!
Does the 2005 mazda 5 nav disable the ability to program while driving?
If not, there is our first clue to "fixing" the others!
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