Discovery 2017

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  • eelpout
    Member Since: 01 Jun 2017
    Location: Don't call it "Cali"
    Posts: 304
    United States 

    D5 "brains" infrastructure updates?

    Does anyone have any idea if JLR updates any of the underlying "brains" infrastructure year to year, CPU processors, motherboards, memory etc. or do they tend to wait for refreshes?

    I am curious for instance if there would be much difference in moving from my MY2017 to a MY2020, if anything would really be that different (other than the main TFT instrument cluster and its support of course).
    4th Dec 2019 7:11 pm
  • mordred1973
    Member Since: 08 Jan 2019
    Location: Northamptonshire
    Posts: 758
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Fuji White

    would be good if they had, so the system doesn't take as long to boot up and was thus not useless for reversing off the drive immediately after starting since the camera is so small and would actually allow you to enter a NAV destination before you get 5 minutes down the road....
    2023 D300 Metropolitan, Hakuba Silver, Low Range, Solar screen, Deployable towbar, FBH, sidesteps.
    5th Dec 2019 12:19 pm
  • MalithS
    Member Since: 16 Aug 2018
    Location: Warwickshire
    Posts: 140
    United Kingdom 
    2019 Discovery Td6 HSE Santorini Black

    Very little to nothing would change hardware wise. They wouldnt make any major changes till a face lift (mid cycle) or similar.
    6th Dec 2019 11:20 am
  • mordred1973
    Member Since: 08 Jan 2019
    Location: Northamptonshire
    Posts: 758
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Fuji White

    when they upgrade the Sinclair ZX81 processor?
    2023 D300 Metropolitan, Hakuba Silver, Low Range, Solar screen, Deployable towbar, FBH, sidesteps.
    6th Dec 2019 12:06 pm
  • Road Runner 2017
    Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
    Location: Scotland
    Posts: 2010
    Scotland 
    2018 Discovery Si6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    Mordred, I think the Zx81 was in the D1.
    They have progressed too the Commodore 64 in the D5
    Still got mine in the attic Rolling with laughter
    MY17 First Edition - 3L Diesel Td6 - Farallon Black - Roof rails,side steps,tints,tow bar,mudflaps,door strips.
    MY18 Hse Luxury - 3L Petrol Si6 Supercharged - Santorini Black - Roof rails,side steps,tints,tow bar,mudflaps,door strips,22's,dynamic pack 1,bonnet vents,t.v,dual view,frontcooler,360°camera,rear cooler/warmer,roof vane,black LR badges,wade sensing,door sill plates,boot liner, solar screen,wind deflectors,service plan,tracker,speed camera detector,dual dash cameras,ceramic coating.
    6th Dec 2019 12:44 pm
  • mordred1973
    Member Since: 08 Jan 2019
    Location: Northamptonshire
    Posts: 758
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Fuji White

    showing my age....I had a ZX81 and to be fair, you're probably right as the ZX81 wasn't in colour.
    2023 D300 Metropolitan, Hakuba Silver, Low Range, Solar screen, Deployable towbar, FBH, sidesteps.
    6th Dec 2019 1:06 pm
  • eelpout
    Member Since: 01 Jun 2017
    Location: Don't call it "Cali"
    Posts: 304
    United States 

    mordred1973 wrote:
    Very little to nothing would change hardware wise. They wouldnt make any major changes till a face lift (mid cycle) or similar.

    Bummer. figured as much. Not sure I can make myself stomach a new Defender just to get an updated system.

    Road Runner 2017 wrote:
    Mordred, I think the Zx81 was in the D1.
    They have progressed too the Commodore 64 in the D5
    Still got mine in the attic Rolling with laughter

    I had both. Nothing was as great as storing data on cassette tapes. Wink


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    (not mine)
    6th Dec 2019 5:28 pm
  • Road Runner 2017
    Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
    Location: Scotland
    Posts: 2010
    Scotland 
    2018 Discovery Si6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    Ahhh those were the days waiting 5 mins for a tape to load, along with the rainbow 🌈 colored loading bars and 8 bit graphics. Taking several hours too type a game program you got in the magazines, only for it too crash Censored

    Kids moan about the Xbox and Nintendo taking 15 secs to load. Don't realise how good they have it nowadays with HD and 4K games Laughing
    MY17 First Edition - 3L Diesel Td6 - Farallon Black - Roof rails,side steps,tints,tow bar,mudflaps,door strips.
    MY18 Hse Luxury - 3L Petrol Si6 Supercharged - Santorini Black - Roof rails,side steps,tints,tow bar,mudflaps,door strips,22's,dynamic pack 1,bonnet vents,t.v,dual view,frontcooler,360°camera,rear cooler/warmer,roof vane,black LR badges,wade sensing,door sill plates,boot liner, solar screen,wind deflectors,service plan,tracker,speed camera detector,dual dash cameras,ceramic coating.
    6th Dec 2019 10:07 pm
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 783
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    mordred1973 wrote:
    Not sure I can make myself stomach a new Defender just to get an updated system.


    To be fair, there's lots more in the new Defender than just an updated infotainment system. Very Happy


    Last edited by DieselRanger on 7th Dec 2019 7:49 pm. Edited 1 time in total
    6th Dec 2019 11:22 pm
  • eelpout
    Member Since: 01 Jun 2017
    Location: Don't call it "Cali"
    Posts: 304
    United States 

    DieselRanger wrote:

    eelpout wrote:

    Not sure I can make myself stomach a new Defender just to get an updated system.

    To be fair, there's lots more in the new Defender than just an updated infotainment system.

    Of questionable taste interior rivets? Wink
    7th Dec 2019 5:44 pm
  • mordred1973
    Member Since: 08 Jan 2019
    Location: Northamptonshire
    Posts: 758
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Fuji White

    Road Runner 2017 wrote:
    Ahhh those were the days waiting 5 mins for a tape to load, along with the rainbow 🌈 colored loading bars and 8 bit graphics. Taking several hours too type a game program you got in the magazines, only for it too crash Censored

    Kids moan about the Xbox and Nintendo taking 15 secs to load. Don't realise how good they have it nowadays with HD and 4K games Laughing


    If only the D5 infotainment booted up in the same 15 seconds!!! Have found the trick is to set the timed climate which seems to start the computer up, so it works immediately when i start the car, mwans can ever type in a NAV destination before i leave home, how novel is that
    2023 D300 Metropolitan, Hakuba Silver, Low Range, Solar screen, Deployable towbar, FBH, sidesteps.
    7th Dec 2019 10:04 pm
  • B50int
    Member Since: 02 Sep 2018
    Location: Yorkshire
    Posts: 158
    United Kingdom 

    I use the remote planner app to set my destination before I get in the car. I can verify the route it chooses more easily that way too!

    Still doesn’t boot up quicker but at least it’s just a single selection on the sync’d items rather than typing the location in full.

    Jon
    8th Dec 2019 8:05 am
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