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Resurecting this thread; I have a 2015 Octavia - basic model, see my profile pic, so no auto light option and no ambient light detection. In fact there's nothing auto about my Octavia; I bought it because it was as close to "analogue" as I could get in the VAG selection of cars. Recently, I began travelling a freeway with a short tunnel and while road signs recommend turning on headlights, it's not really necessary. In the instances I don't, the speed and tachometer needles are illuminated but not the entire dials. In my previous car, the dials and needles were illuminated all the time. I've searched the VCDS and OBDEleven sections here to find an adaptation to turn dial lights on all the time and found none. Anyone else have a clue?

Hey Varaderoguy, thanks heaps for sharing your experience. I've been wanting to back up the original SW before updating anything, I've considered this a good practice for any IT stuff. I haven't been able to find any information about doing this. Did you consider it yourself and if so find a way to do so?

pab567 You're a champion! Thankyou for your generosity and sharing not only updates but knowledge... I'd love to learn what you know.

Like everyone else, I'd like to update the firmware if possible. I have a few questions, firstly I bought this MIB2.5 and retrofit to a Octavia 2015 build date 15/05/2015 from a really helpful guy from Sydney AU. I think the MIB originally came from Bulgaria or Turkey as both countries appear in various menus. I have recently updated the navigation but had to change some file/folder names to the EU to make it work. Is there a way of changing the country to AU of the MIB unit so I don't have to change other things to "fool" the MIB to thinking it's still in the EU? @ PAB567, I follow another thread you have written on and commented on that ability to have the colour folders instead of the monochrome carousel and I'm wanting to know how to change this. I have been on youtube to find out about Skins and connected my OBDeleven to see what can be changed but there isn't an explanation of what Skin1,2,3.......8 actually means. Am I looking at the wrong thing?