Last MGR Mk3 hardware/software levels?

Bolin · 29th September 2015, 18:38

Simple question - does anybody know what the last hardware and software levels were on the MGR Mk3 computers at the end of production?

Taken from either from the MGR part no. label on the computer or the service mode.

For the last computer, YIB000260, I have seen HW 1.2 and SW 4.10, or HW 1.2 and SW 4.11 or HW 1.2 and SW 4.20 (Show as 12 or 42 in service mode format).

Any later/higher?

Ta, Bolin.

Bolin · 31st January 2018, 23:15

New evidence has emerged.....

This listing currently on ebay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MGZT-ROVE...wAAOSwmuVacf5a

Is selling New Old Stock Mk3 MGR Highline sat nav computers, which have all come from a single box with packaging to hold several at a time. Presumably these were sent to either Longbridge for assembly or to Xpart for repackaging into separate boxes for retail.

Interestingly, the date on one of the units photographed is "29 MAR 2005" - just days before MGR went under.

The part number on it is YIB 000260

And the hardware/software levels are:

HW: 1.2

SW: 4.20

I think it is extremely unlikely that a further development of the software would have occurred in the few days from the manufacture of this unit to MGR's demise, or that a further development in the pipeline would have made it to market, or that Xpart would have arranged for further development. I have not seen one of these YIB000260 units with higher hardware/software levels on the label so I think this is the definitive answer.

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31st January 2018, 23:15	#2
Bolin This is my second home Rover 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE 4dr manual Wedgewood Blue 2 04-05/06/2001 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: N.E. Hampshire Posts: 4,617 Thanks: 289 Thanked 308 Times in 243 Posts	New evidence has emerged..... This listing currently on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MGZT-ROVE...wAAOSwmuVacf5a Is selling New Old Stock Mk3 MGR Highline sat nav computers, which have all come from a single box with packaging to hold several at a time. Presumably these were sent to either Longbridge for assembly or to Xpart for repackaging into separate boxes for retail. Interestingly, the date on one of the units photographed is "29 MAR 2005" - just days before MGR went under. The part number on it is YIB 000260 And the hardware/software levels are: HW: 1.2 SW: 4.20 I think it is extremely unlikely that a further development of the software would have occurred in the few days from the manufacture of this unit to MGR's demise, or that a further development in the pipeline would have made it to market, or that Xpart would have arranged for further development. I have not seen one of these YIB000260 units with higher hardware/software levels on the label so I think this is the definitive answer. __________________ "...the new Rover 75, which is a fabulous car......I think it looks fabulous....It's like sitting in a Rolls Royce......For me, this is the star of the show.....it looks so good" - J. Clarkson, motoring journalist on the launch of the Rover 75 in 1998.