"]........curious if anyone is using it and how did they get it working[/b]

Edited 14 July, 201016 yr by john123

Start DVD

1. Set volume to required level for on-road operation

* Car must be stopped with DVD running for the next operation.

2. Press I/speaker button at top right of columbus then press tone button @ bottom left of columbus.

A tone is emitted if the overide function is successful.

3. Now the car can commence journey.

If you change ANY columbus settings once the override has been set and the car is in motion the overide will be cancelled.

So before starting DVD you may wish to start GPS (which still displays on MFD in instrument cluster while DVD is playing) or other function to run in the back ground of DVD.

Works well within these constraints. My wife watched a 2 DVD series on a recent overnight trip from Brisbane to Sydney (1000km) without a problem.

Good luck

Edited 14 July, 201016 yr by michaelp

hi michaelp ,

...ive tried this a while ago but it doesnt work on mine..........

............i ve heard it works with a specific firmware....................

anyway thanxs mate

Doesn't work on my 2011 Octavia L&K. Does anyone have any suggestions please on how I might enable this?

no longer works on the newest firmware and units.

There are 2 ways to achieve this, both will involve additional outlay in cash.

1) Get a TV Free device from ebay, these may or may not work with the newest units. Basically these block the canbus speed signal reaching the columbus so it thinks its stationary. There is a caveat with these devices, because the columbus uses these speed signals in conjunction with the GPS for navigation it means that navigation becomes eratic and you'll jump along the road, you could miss turnings as a result. The columbus does not regularly check the GPS signal like a Tomtom for example, and uses the sensors instead and uses the GPS for minor corrections.

2) remove the headunit and use a £1000 piece of kit to reprogram the NVRAM on the unit and alter the speed that the trigger is set to, to a much higher level. The settings are not adjustable any other way as to do so could have legal complications since DVD on the move is illegal for front seat passengers everywhere.

If you are doing this for rear seat passengers then you need not worry, its possible to get a video out feed from the back of the columbus, and this remains on all the time regardless of speed and you can feed this to rear mounted screens.

Hi try this below. I have had one fitted for 3yrs never had a problem and it works everytime.

Hi, I have the DVD in-motion activated on my Columbus.

I had the unit retro-fitted, and had the choice of having 'in-motion' or not.

As far as I'm aware they just 'coded' it differently.

The company is OEM Retrofit, http://www.oemretrofits.co.uk

I still watch DVD's occasionally in the car (usually while waiting for SWMBO ), but tried playing them 'in-motion' when I first got it, and even though I wasn't watching them while I was driving, it DOES DISTRACT. So not sure its worth doing, I would spend the money on getting the feed directed to rear screens.

I have DVD in motion enabled on my Columbus that I have just bought.

Does anyone know how to remove it and stop it from functioning?

The seals are all intact, so doubt that it is a hardware workaround.

I updated to firmware 3814, hoping that this would clear it. But it didn't. I have just noticed that firmware 3800 states "Warning! Software video in motion is lost with 3800."

Wish I had spotted that and gone for that firmware instead.

Does anyone have any pointers on how to get rid of it from a 2010 Columbus unit? Or do I have to 'downgrade' the firmware to 3800 series?

Edited 16 October, 201114 yr by KBPhoto

I have the tool to do this, if you are fairly local to me