Different head unit on this 2009 QPV?

[MarkMas]

Saw this QP for sale and it seems to have some sort of aftermarket head unit installed over the existing screen. Anyone know what that is?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maserati-Quattroporte-4-7-S-4dr-FREE-DELIVERY-AVAILABLE/274320608874

 

[Keano]

looks like the Bose option i have in mine

 

[CatmanV2]

It's the Bose. Perfectly standard

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[ChrisQP09]

Whatever was in the Maserati parts bin on a given day = 95% of the spec you got

 

[Gazcw]

It's the Bose unit. I have it. And that car has been with that dealer for 12 months odd and dropped 10k. It cannot take the sm upgrade either.

 

[MarkMas]

Belatedly, for the record:
EU59HLW

 

[Gazcw]

Belatedly, for the record:
EU59HLW

Do you think if I arrange a test drive I would have time to swap head units if it had a working satnav database?

 

[djorgensen]

I saw this old post.
I had already removed the hard drive from the head unit of this car years ago to enable it to boot up. The disc was corrupted
It uses its own disc format and I couldn't recover it. Removing the disc enabled the head unit to boot up.
Some time earlier I had been given a 7K discount by a dealer for taking the car with the broken head unit off their hands. I kept it for a year and sold it on at a profit. The variators were also shot. I don't recall if I changed them or not.
I was unable to find a way of repairing the head unit so that the nav worked.
I have also since seen a 612 with the same issue as the bose head unit was also an option on later 612s.

 

[djorgensen]

I would imagine I probably still have the disc about somewhere. I think it was an IDE 2.5 inch from memory in a little slot.