navigation saying check disc and displaysnothing else

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Asked by Richard Jan 07, 2012 at 05:46 PM about the 2006 Acura TL FWD with Navigation

Question type: General

2006 acura tl navigation system has  power but only displays check disc on screen,
upon turning on car it will say downloading software but then return to message
above. is there any thing that can resolve this as nothing else displays on screen

23 Answers

915

Your navigation disc may be damaged. Remove it from the tray in the trunk and check for scratches. It may have to be replaced.

40 people found this helpful.
170

ok, checked for scratches but don't see any. should the cd remain in or should it be taken out or it should remain in the cd drive at all times?

17 people found this helpful.
915

You should take it to a dealership and see if a brand new disc works in the drive. If it works, your CD was somehow damaged. If the new CD doesn't work, your drive is broken.

20 people found this helpful.
1,400

hello, i have problem on my 2006 Acura TL it said please check your disc , and there is tray in the back have dvd in the trunk but its empty , nothing in it , i try to put dvd cd like movie but nothing work in the screen , only same message . i do not know what to do. please i need help. thanks

140 people found this helpful.
1,130

I have a problem on my 2005 Acura TL it said please check your disc .I tried to eject the disc but nothing happens . I don't know if there is a disc in there or not . I tried to put a movie DVD in to see if it would take it , nothing happened . What should I do ?

113 people found this helpful.
560

I have an Acura TL 2004 and I'm getting the same error message. Today I took the car to the dealer and they told me it's the DVD drive unit that needs to be replaced and they want to charge a lot of money to fix it. Did you fix your issue if you did can you please provide any info. Thanks.

56 people found this helpful.
330

I currently have the same problem on my 04 tl. I know alpine repairs it but it cost $360.

19 people found this helpful.
330

Most likely it's the unit, not the disk

14 people found this helpful.
340

.what is the besgt solution for getting the hard drive removed to get it fixed

34 people found this helpful.
380

I can't take any responsibility, but i took mine out took it apart and cleaned it. Works like nothing was wrong.

38 people found this helpful.
490

what about a fuse? Does anyone know which fuse it is or where the fuse is?

49 people found this helpful.
70

Tengo un acura tl 04 quiero saver como cambiar el mapa para que me salga el de la republica dominicana en el gps

7 people found this helpful.
150

you all need to get a new disk bro, they make new ones like every year cause everything gets updated!!!

15 people found this helpful.
210

We are having the same problem so bought a new $100 nav disc from Acura site and inserted it into the player. It takes the disc and can hear it spinning for a minute and then it just shuts off and the same 'Please check your disc' message reappears. Must be the player itself. :(

21 people found this helpful.
240

Fixed mine by getting a proper charge into the battery and turning the key off then on to reset the please check disc message. For me the battery was too low for the software disc drive to function.

24 people found this helpful.
200

How can you tell if the battery is to low. First it said DVD DISC READER.,TOOK OUT PLAYER CLEANED IT PUT BACK IN AND NOW IT SAYS CHECK your disc. It was fine before . what specifically do I need at this point?

17 people found this helpful.
260

I have an acura mdx 2005. I bought dvd navigation white and I got a message (now download software) and it returned to appear message of (please check your disc) someone solved it?

26 people found this helpful.
280

Just went through this with my 2008 RDX. Once you get this error where it says "Downloading Software" and then, "Please Check your Disc", it's not a good sign. It means that either the DVD Rom Navigation is failing, or you have a scratched disc. Most likely the laser is dirty (which can be cleaned with one of those disc / laser cleaners with the brushes on the CD), or you have a problem with the DVD Rom itself, which cannot easily be fixed without sending the unit to Alpine to get it repaired. In my case, I had a power interruption during a map update, so that put my system in an endless loop where it couldn't read the firmware or go back to the original firmware maps. The only solution I could find was to look for an auto wrecker that had an identical DVD Rom drive and then remove my old unit and replace it with the spare one. I searched high and low for a fix, but even the dealership couldnt reset the unit to read the original map DVD once it was in this mode, so I had to find a better solution. Either repair the DVD Rom by sending it to Alpine, or find a refurbished unit, or one from an auto-wrecker. Make sure that if you go the auto-wrecker route that you can get the Navi code for the DVD Rom unit, otherwise you won't be able to access the GPS system. If you have the original car's VIN and the serial number of the DVD Rom Navi unit then you can retrieve it online through Honda / Acura. Without the Navi code (the 4 digit anti-theft code used to activate the navigation system) it won't work. Hope this information helps a bit. Hopefully your problem is just a dirty DVD lens that can be easily fixed with a CD/Disc drive cleaner.

28 people found this helpful.
140

I have a 2004 Acura MDX guess looks like brand new for navigation system no scratches backup camera works but the dust will not it says check disc what can I do please let me know thank you

14 people found this helpful.
30

I have a acura tl 2008,i pressed download software and it came up “Please check your disc.” Help

3 people found this helpful.
120

I have a 2005 Acura TL and the DVD NAV/Radio was working fine until I disconnect the battery to change the starter. I tried making a copy of the DVD and no luck. Disconnect and reconnect the battery to see if this will get the disc to read again and that failed. I almost started taking the DVD unit out and I remember I had a CD Lens cleaner from DENON (AMC-22). It took 2 times for the CD cleaner to have the DVD to load correctly the data to my car. The first attempt it would read the disc 75% and would cutoff with an error disk message. Now I got both, the NAV and the radio working.

12 people found this helpful.
60

I just bought a 05 Acura tsx and the navi says please check your disc, I cleaned it and put it back. Should I disconnect my battery and reconnect it?

6 people found this helpful.
30

Disc/laser cleaner with the brushes on the CD Worked. Thanks, Acura9688

3 people found this helpful.

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