I have recently successfully completed this upgrade and after benefitting from various bits of information, wondered if anyone was interested in all my information, written up with photos. I have a word document and jpgs. I am not sure how to post it all and would probably prefer to send to an email address. If anyone is interested please let me know.

Hi, before the moderators decide where (and if) to place your DYI, could you pls e-mail it to me vkumpikas@_gmail_.com? I am picking up my Superb this Friday and an upgrade from Swing to Columbus is no 1 in the list

I did exactly same upgrade but I wonder if you have noticed that the sound volume is lower then when you hade the Bolero unit?

I did exactly same upgrade but I wonder if you have noticed that the sound volume is lower then when you hade the Bolero unit?

No, I didn't notice, but it could have been a little and I wouldn't have. Didn't notice any overall sound quality difference. Perfectly happy with the upgrade, though and the most expensive thing I ever bought on that wonderful online auction site. The Bolero unit was very good but it just didn't do all I needed

Just remembered something I stumbled on in the setup of the Columbus which was something like "switch on volume" - that may be the problem with yours.

Would appreciate the step by step with the photos please or email at [email protected]

Hi skodapeter, are you still able to send out the notes and photos on the upgrade you did please. email to use is [email protected]. I want to upgrade my bolero to columbus unit as you did and any help with that will be appreciated. Hope to hear from you. Regards

Craggy

Same for me please Peter just waiting on my new facia plate an mines gettign fitted straight away. [email protected]

Hi. Please could you send me the photos and step by step on your upgrade to [email protected]. Thanks.

Hi skodapeter, could you email me with the instructions and photos if possible? Thank you..

[email protected]

Hello Skoda Peter,

 

I have been searching around today to find information on this very topic. Could you please email me the instructions and photos.

Thanks very much. ([email protected])

please send to [email protected]

Well, pm sent ...

 

Have a nice evening!

Hi skodapeter. Looking at doing this on mine, please can you also send to me - [email protected]

Cheers in advance

As Peter hasn't been online in a while; does anyone have his instructions/guide that they could send to me?

[email protected]

 

Thanks in advance!

Same here. A friend is changing stereo.

Please send instructions to [email protected]

Hi SkodaPeter, Please send the instruction to [email protected]..

Thanks..

Edited 9 April, 201511 yr by kh584

I am looking at Superbs and have had a look at the Elegance model (comes with Columbus) and the brochures. In the brochure the Bolero is described with a 6 CD-changer. I have not found anything like this on the Columbus. Did Skoda drop the 6 CD-changer for the Columbus?

The Columbus doesn't get the 6 cd changer. What it gets over the Bolero is a 20g (model/firmware dependent) hard drive to store music on, DVD drive (for movies etc.) and sat nav.

The Columbus has a HDD inside which the Bolero doesn't.

An executive decision must have been made that with SD, HDD & one CD slot (which plays MP3 CDs) there were enough media choices already.

Either that or the HDD simply wouldn't fit with a 6-disc changer inside!

Believe it or not my pre FL Octavia had both a Columbus and 6 CD changer (in the boot) factory fitted. The CD changer is rather pointless with all the other options on the Columbus but they did fit both when CDs were still well used in cars...

It's possible to have Columbus with HDD, CD/DVD drive and SD slot with boot mounted 6-disc changer, MDI and BT audio streaming.

I bet you could get the Aux port to work as well if you really wanted to!

But that just gives too many options really...

Yep. Aux is wired through the mdi so its available if MDI is not plugged in...

Can see this is an old thread, but does anyone have this guide?

Please send it to [email protected]