[Beagler]

Anyone updated theirs yet and if so whats the process. I believe you need an sd card from dealer then download from VW website but not sure.

 

[Essjay]

Hi Beagler, check this website for the 3 ways to update. I recommend the download option, either in parts or the full wack if your broadband can stand it
Full details are given on how to do it.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/navigation-and-entertainment-systems/discover-navigation

Steve

 

[Beagler]

Thanks Steve, I have visited that site, just wondered if anyone had done it yet. It does say

Important : all the individual segments have to be downloaded to use the map. The map data won't work if a segment is missing.

I wondered if you had to download all the different countries.

 

[Axel]

I've done it, just posted about it here:

http://www.tiguanforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=454

Hope this helps.

Regards Axel

 

[Beagler]

Thanks Axel but I thnk mine is ssd based not sd.

Yes brochure says 64gb ssd.

 

[Axel]

Beagler,
It's still the same process though. You have an sd card slot in the glove box. I think you just have to have a 32gb class 10 sd card and do exactly the same thing. The only difference is that once you put the sd card into the glove box unit you go into the setup menu of the nav and press update. From there the sd card loads the maps to the ssd unit in the car.

That's what the VW site explains anyway, so hopefully pretty straight forward. It does say that so long as you have that class of disc it doesn't have to be the VW one, as you only loading maps.

Here's the link:

http://www.navigation.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/Navteq-NavteqEurope-Site/en_GB/-/GBP/View-Promo?Page=VW_Discover_Pro_PDF&NewLocaleID=en_GB&NewDomainName=Navteq-NavteqEurope-Site&cwt=application/ApplicationFrame_campaign_light

 

[Beagler]

Thanks Axel

 

[Beagler]

Just read manual and it says only use sd cards from vw dealer not any others.

 

[slowingdown]

I couldn't get it working from the SD card and did it using a FAT formatted USB stick which it seemed to prefer. I am a mac user though so I think that makes it a little more difficult

 

[Guest]

it doesn't always detect the SD card from the dealer in the dicovercare app. first time i did it i just unpacked the 13Gb file directly to the sd card. The app did then see my SD an official VW one.

November update kept saying server offline so I just did the same and it works fine.

Either way it really is simple.

 

[Beagler]

Did you get a vw sd card from dealer and how much please.

 

[FTT]

Ok this could be a Doh moment, from what I'm understandings if I take the SD card from my tig from slot one after downloading the whole new updated maps on to my mac I've no need to format the SD card is this correct as the new download will automatically override the old maps?? :shock:
Do we need to do both europe 1 and 2 or can we get away with europe 1 only? cheers :?

 

[Guest]

They are different regions and the UK is in region 1. The Discover app does all the work for you when it works. Back up your old maps on your HDD and then unpack the zip file onto your SD card.

Beagler, The SD was in the car already as I have Discover.

 

[Beagler]

They are different regions and the UK is in region 1. The Discover app does all the work for you when it works. Back up your old maps on your HDD and then unpack the zip file onto your SD card.

Beagler, The SD was in the car already as I have Discover.

Ok. Rang dealer yesterday, they have not a clue, said he'd ring back, still waiting.

 

[FTT]

Ok gone and done as instructed on the internet page, told me to load vw ad card which I did then it started to download for 2 hrs. Came back to it and everything had closed down so not sure if it was all done? Put sd card back in car and and it says maps are 2016/17 does this mean this is the latest update anyone know? Cheers

 

[Beagler]

Ok gone and done as instructed on the internet page, told me to load vw ad card which I did then it started to download for 2 hrs. Came back to it and everything had closed down so not sure if it was all done? Put sd card back in car and and it says maps are 2016/17 does this mean this is the latest update anyone know? Cheers

Got my car end of Sept and my map database says 2016/2017 but if the updates come out in May and November, how does that work?

 

[Axel]

Folks,
Here's a link to the VW Germany site which shows which version of the software is current.

http://webspecial.volkswagen.de/infotainment/de/de/manuals.html

This show the correct version for the discovery media nav:

This is for the discovery plus, i.e. The ssd version

I think what you guys are describing is the older maps, i.e. 2016/17. The new version only has 2017 at the end of the file name. I was running 2016/17 before the update, but I'm now using the updated version shown above.

I believe, but haven't tested this as I don't have the ssd version in my Tiguan, that if the update to the ssd is interrupted it starts again the next time the ignition is turned on.

Hope this helps.

Axel

 

[FTT]

Cheers guys, Axel I have sd version I take when you put the card back in the car it took a while before you could use the Nav maps as it loads again into the car hard drive system? :roll:

 

[Axel]

FTT,
No it didn't take anytime at all.

I used the vwdiscoverycare program. I inserted my original nav sd card into my pc, opened the vwdiscoverycare program. The program checked for updates and said there were new maps. It then downloaded them and saved them to original VW sd card. That took 4 hours on a good internet connection. Then the program stated that the new maps had been installed:

I then took the sd card to the car, inserted it into the glovebox unit in slot 1, turned on the media unit and opened the nav. Then after 20 seconds the nav was fully ready. I checked the software version, which showed the update and also I could see a newly opened road which wasn't there in my 2026/17 version.

The thing to be sure of is that you have to let the discoverycare program load the whole map set, either region 1 or 2. Uk is region 1, i.e. All of Western Europe. If you try to just load uk i don't think it works as the data is handled as a protected block, by the region.

Axel

 

[SlimPollack]

To be more precise Europe 1 region is almost whole Europe not just Western part. See screenshot from DiscoverCare below. Countries included are listed as well

I will update mine when back home on Saturday