vince47
25-10-2016, 11:50 AM
Having had my SE Business passat for a year now, I thought there may be a new map update. ( I have the standard Discover Media GEN2, not discover Pro)
Having looked at the VW site there is indeed a May 16 update and there are 3 ways to get it
1. You go and buy a new SD card from vw if money no object
2. You go online and download 13GB from VW
3. You download the discovercare app, where the uk only data is only 750MB if, and only if you have discover PRO
Option 2 and 3 are free and opt 3 is quickest. However Discovercare (V1.0.1, the only version) doesnt work properly for me.
It doesnt recognise my SD card as being a genuine VW card, which of course it is,
It then forces me to take the option of putting in model=passat, year=14 on, whereupon it auto selects Discover Pro and yes there is an update. If I select Discover Media(Gen2 or 1), no updates
I rang vw Customer care and basically he made a note that the 'app' called Discovercare doesnt work and you'll have to do option1 or option 2. Not impressed, but havent the time to complain.
I havent noticed any posts about map updates so I thought I would post my experience in case it helps anyone who has the std Discover(Gen2) that comes by default on most models.
I have started downloading the 13 x 1GB sections of the May 16 maps and have saved the original contents of the SD card just in case there are more bugs. My broadband isnt superfast so I will download the sections over a few days
Having looked at the VW site there is indeed a May 16 update and there are 3 ways to get it
1. You go and buy a new SD card from vw if money no object
2. You go online and download 13GB from VW
3. You download the discovercare app, where the uk only data is only 750MB if, and only if you have discover PRO
Option 2 and 3 are free and opt 3 is quickest. However Discovercare (V1.0.1, the only version) doesnt work properly for me.
It doesnt recognise my SD card as being a genuine VW card, which of course it is,
It then forces me to take the option of putting in model=passat, year=14 on, whereupon it auto selects Discover Pro and yes there is an update. If I select Discover Media(Gen2 or 1), no updates
I rang vw Customer care and basically he made a note that the 'app' called Discovercare doesnt work and you'll have to do option1 or option 2. Not impressed, but havent the time to complain.
I havent noticed any posts about map updates so I thought I would post my experience in case it helps anyone who has the std Discover(Gen2) that comes by default on most models.
I have started downloading the 13 x 1GB sections of the May 16 maps and have saved the original contents of the SD card just in case there are more bugs. My broadband isnt superfast so I will download the sections over a few days