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Does it support Canton? I know that the Alpine unit does via an adapter they have made. This is however much better..the Alpine unit can feel a bit sluggish.

OBD11 does keep track of the coding you do. My does, i can always revert back so don't know why the OP can't. Infact it tracks ALL changes made and it's easily accesable listed by controller...you can even have it emailed to you if you so desire.

There are multiple companies fitting factory Columbus systems(both MIB1 and MIB2) here in Denmark. The other company is VagStyle, they don't have a webpage as such but are present on Facebook instead where they post images of their work and respond to messages. https://www.facebook.com/vagstyle/ CarTrends and VagStyle are situated in different parts of the country, i've personally used CarTrends to have him fit a factory/Original towbar on my Octavia, and he did a stellar job Next on my list is the Columbus While i was in he had a brand new Polo 6C(driven 8km, still in transport mode) a dealer had delivered to him for fitting of parking sensors back and front(of course original with Park-Assist). And a brand new Octavia that was in for an upgrade from Bolero + Canton to Columbus MIB2 + Canton

I had the electronic oil level gauge in my Alfa 159, and i loved it. Never touched the dipstick. I agree with you all, the dipstick on the Skoda is almost useless...

This is because one of your sensors is defective. I had this issue when i had my rear-bumper removed and a new fitted(due to traffic accident) and they forgot to correctly attach the rear-parking sensor. I attached my VCDS and it showed a short-circuit on the rear-left parking sensor, went back to dealer who re-fitted it and been fine since. Loud beep and flashing "P" on the console is also described in the manual as a p-sensor fault. If you have somebody around you that has VCDS make them attach it and do a scan of the parking module when the error occurs. Skoda/VW are quite bad at diagnosing stuff(or just don't want to?) often saying "no error has been logged" as they did with a friend of mine, but when I did a VCDS scan it showed lots of erros and with the transcript in hand they suddenly changed their position..

The ones being fittet here are these ones: http://www.cars-equipment.com/www/en/shop/navigation-parts/navigation-head-unit-dynavin-for-skoda/ And they are delivered with iGO navigation i believe

Its about 300£ but..i must admit that the response in Denmark hasn't been stellar. The system is dated and as I've said runs windows CE..which by nature is crap..But I guess its better then nothing, however it is MILES behind the original Amundsen and particularly Columbus. It supports English and the maps are updatable.

I'm fine with that. What they could do for leigitimate owners is, remove CP and install the new HU coding it and ordering the new license from the factory and effectively parring it with the car, afterwards re-enable the CP...that would be ok too. But the factory doesn't want to and at the moment only Audi offers this in Denmark at least. It's not that it isn't possible to do(think replacement warranty units) but they just don't want to do it for swapping from Bolero to Columbus/Amundsen etc.

Well I have or rather, some of the more knowledgeable people on the subject in Denmark have put out feelers through unofficial channels(VAG importer Semler).So far they have been told that they are contemplating(VAG AG the parent company) allowing aftermarket retrofitting on VW cars from 2015 and for some reason only for MY15+ cars. Oh well..maybe some day perhaps :-) The biggest problem is that because cars are taxed by 180% taxes and 25% vat on import to Denmark, the factory build Columbus option is approx 30.000 KR(or about 4000£ I believe). But the same tax doesn't apply to aftermarket units as they are considered spare parts..so I could shave it down to a fraction of the price, even if bought through Skoda and not eBay.

One would think they would be interested in the more sale. I guess that for Skoda they could potentially earn more selling it after it was build then during the build. Every other industry sells licenses(even Microsoft let's you upgrade your Windows license and isn't forcing you to fork out for a complete new one) if you wish to change windows versions ;-) Why can't or won't Skoda, what are they afraid of?

I should mention that the solution is sanctioned by Skoda Denmark and isn't invalidating the manufacturer guarantee of the unit.

In Denmark you can buy a third party windows CE navigation solution that is plugged into the bolero in a similar fashion. Usually placed behind the touchscreen. The manufacturer is Dynavin but could also be a zenec unit. Long pressing one of the Bolero buttons takes you to the nav...which is horrible and could well explain what you have experienced.

Quick google search for p/n revealed a Polish site, and using Google translate: "ETKA online helped me find a place, cap fall out from the side of the sofa, ie. as we shall support it on its side near the bottom part is the cap." Sofa = back-seats probably ;-) Original link: http://forum.octaviaclub.pl/viewtopic.php?t=79924

I have a Elegance 1.4tsi DSG and tpms is only standard from my15 because it is mandated by law and mine is my14. Maybe I could do a vcds scan and we can compare with a car that has tpms? I have vcds available :-)

Didn't know it was all electronic now. Then it might just be the coding if the abs electronics support it.

You would need to retrofit the tpms button(and connect it to your bcm) and maybe/probably replace the ABS electronics with one that is compatible with TPMS. I'm not sure that the one fitted to the standard MQB cars is the TPMS one.

I have the same behaviour in our march my14 car, and as others I prefer this.

Yep the same engine with a different ECU and new gearbox. Both engines are the new breed from vw and can't be compared with the old 1.6, all mqb tsi and TDI engines are brand new redesigned engines.

Although not SkodaUK I got papers from the dealership in Denmark that confirm the extended warranty. They included the end date and km included

I was told that it had to be ordered before the car was built, by my Danish dealer. And everywhere on skoda.dk it does say that it needs to be specified when ordering the car/before it is built.

I've got the 5 year/150.000km extended warranty. My thoughts were similar to yours and my main motivation for getting it was all the problems with the DSG7 and the fact that I was going to keep the car for 5 years and wanted to be covered during that whole time.

I don't have pa, but my front sensors come on automatically when I'm driving <5km/h.

The sensors come pre-fabricated and the bumpers are essentially the same as the only requirement is to drill the holes needed, so no real extra strain on the supply chain is needed. The sensors are then placed inside and cover the hole and get sealed in. You can see here how the aftermarket guys do it: http://www.cartrends.dk/galleri/vw/vw-golf-5-ops-samt-bakkamera-high/ There is no excuse for this really, this has been done for the last 30 years(or so) and the park-assist only consists of 4 extra sensors and coding/modules(essentially electronics). But they have removed both park-assist and regular front sensors so..

They are the same sensors used both front and back. Which makes this more and more a farce. And the parts are readily available as the retro-fitters can order them here i Denmark and have them delivered the next day...so parts-shortage excuse can't be used again.

This is a joke. I mean it is not exactly rocket-science technology they are fitting but parking sensors that have been here for ages! Maybe they are trying to push customers to VW and Audi where the profit margin is higher, because they have had those options since day 1 and nothing has been removed since the launch of the G7 or the Audi A3.