Bought the above Becker 7827 traffic assist today £ 119 (supposedly 50% off?). Quick bit of research seemed to suggest good value for whole of europe, mp3, video, jpeg, reality views, 4.3 touch screen, TMC info etc. Anyway I have tried updating the software (not the map) from becker website.
Instructions are in broken english but the jist is you copy the files to the SD card (which appears to be successful). I assume it then updates on next boot from the SD card to the internal flash drive? Is this right?
Becker Traffic Assist 7827 Accessories Becker sat nav accessories for the now discontinued Becker Traffic Assist 7827 PND (Personal Navigation Device) - view the manual. All of the accessories available below to buy are all are genuine and have also been discontinued by Harman Becker.
Mines still reports the original version (in the settings menu). The files on the internal flash drive appear to be labelled with a 2010 date!? Would this mean it thinks they are later therefore doesnt update from the SD card files which are dated 2008? Or it is updating but just doesnt tell you? Bought the above Becker 7827 traffic assist today £ 119 (supposedly 50% off?). Quick bit of research seemed to suggest good value for whole of europe, mp3, video, jpeg, reality views, 4.3 touch screen, TMC info etc. Anyway I have tried updating the software (not the map) from becker website.
Instructions are in broken english but the jist is you copy the files to the SD card (which appears to be successful). I assume it then updates on next boot from the SD card to the internal flash drive? Is this right?
Mines still reports the original version (in the settings menu). The files on the internal flash drive appear to be labelled with a 2010 date!? Would this mean it thinks they are later therefore doesnt update from the SD card files which are dated 2008? Or it is updating but just doesnt tell you?
Click to expand.Hmm, I'm getting the same problem Derek. I have downloaded the latest update.zip and saved it on my laptop, created a folder and unzipped the contents to this folder. I then installed active synch, connected the satnav, and created a new partnership. A new folder is then created for the partnership and I copied the unzipped files to there.
Active Synch then does it job but at the end I get error messages saying 78 items not synchronised and 26 unresolved items. I then checked the flash drive and the new fils are dated 2010. Did you sort your problem in the end? If so, any help would be appreciated.
Becker Active 43 Traffic In order to update your GPS device: Becker Active 43 Traffic with the latest update, follow next instructions. First of all, be sure you got the update file for your Becker Active 43 Traffic device, downloaded from SpeedcamUpdates.com. If still haven't got it, you can get it now filling the form you see on this page.
Extract files from the SpeedcamUpdates zip package. If the file you have downloaded is not a ZIP file means the file is already decompressed, and you can continue with the next step of this installation instructions. Connect your Becker Active 43 Traffic device using an USB cable to your PC. Once your PC has detected your GPS device as an external storage drive open the folder './iGO8/CONTENT/speedcam'.
Copy in this folder the files extracted from the zip file before. Once the files have been copied into your Becker Active 43 Traffic device, unplug USB cable and then reboot the Becker Active 43 Traffic device. When the Becker Active 43 Traffic device finishes its startup, connect it again to your PC. Open again the folder './iGO8/CONTENT/speedcam'. Now you will see two more files, called speedcam.spdb and SpeedcamUpdates.spud respectively.
Delete the file called SpeedcamUpdates.spud. Finally rename 'speedcam.spdb' as SpeedcamUpdates.spud. Unplug your Becker Active 43 Traffic device from your PC. Reboot your Becker Active 43 Traffic device. Now, go outside to get GPS coverage.
Check that a new menu has been created. Go to 'Settings/Navigation settings/Danger spot' or 'Settings/Navigation settings/speedcam'.
Double check that every option is adjusted to your preferences.