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So why should I have to buy or fanny about with CIDs when the security thing is a pure revenue item. Their updates should be in the clear and mountable to any suitable SD card of a given size in accordance with their on-line instructions on how to update the sat nav files.

I already have a genuine Skoda card, so do not need to buy another one, but what happens if this card fails as they are prone to do.

Skoda sat nav files update suggests I can use any 32GB card if formatted to load my updated files onto. This does not work on a Scandisk card but does work on the original Skoda card, which is rumoured to have a security partition on it or other such magic gismo. My fear is what happens when the Skoda card fails on me. Can I work around the security protocol or will I have to buy a new Skoda card at great and unnecessary cost.

Dragging up an old topic here but I have just updated the car's sat nav 2019 Amundsen using the laborious method of overwriting each folder on the original SD card as there is not enough room to do a full direct extract all update to it (not enough space on the card), so I have to do it by copy and paste of each folder. This works and when inserted in slot 1 the car recognises the update and we are good to go. As a back-up I took an identical 32Gb, but alien Scandisk card and loaded the same files to it direct after formatting per the Skoda site instructions. Replaced the Skoda card in the car and this card is not recognised. How do I use a non-Skoda card to make use of larger map files as I journey across Europe and afar. My problem is when the original card fails as these SD cards are prone to do. How do I work around the 'hidden micro-chip' Skoda says is installed on the factory card.