The invention specifies a navigation or multimedia system in which a check
is carried out to determine whether a user of files, such as roadmap
data, is authorized to use these files. To this end, the navigation
system has means for checking authorized use of files on the bulk storage
medium on which the files are stored. The files are stored in encrypted
form, in particular. In accordance with an inventive method for enabling
the use rights on a file, provision is made for the user to enter a first
and a second scrambled code (PIN and ACW) into the navigation system
first. These codes are converted into vectors. A device identifier ID of
the navigation system and the first scrambled code PIN are first used to
calculate a key k. The key k and the second scrambled code ACW are used
to calculate an access authorization identifier AC, which is compared
with the access authorization identifiers for the files stored on the
storage medium. If these identifiers match, the associated file is
decrypted and enabled for use by the navigation system.