As some of you know we are buying our Yeti on Tuesday but it doesn't have a Sat Nav included. Should we go for a fixed Sat Nav and will there be a space we can get it professionally fitted into? Or should we just stick with a portable one....................

I know the Yeti can have an Amundsen as an upgrade but does anyone know about the cost of Pioneer, Kenwood or Alpine and if they are any good?

Many thanks

Can't wait to be a Yeti owner soon..................

I would say to get a portable one. Not sure of a retrofit Amundsen, but as a factory fit it is £635, so I would imagine it would be a lot more as a dealer fit.

 

I had a an Amunsden in my last Yeti, and have specced it in my new FL, but only because you can't have the reverse camera without it. The software on the Amunsden is not the best I must say and having the (smal 5")  screen low down is far from perfect. If it were not for the reverse camera, I would have gone for a large 6"/7" screen portable one for around £150/£200 with the latest software installed.

 

Hope that helps

Thanks yes it does help considerably

I have the Columbus and it is neat and does provide other functions besides satnav .

But

I am finding the SatNav routing decisions weird and there is no way of choosing alternative routes.

Its okay for the urban/town bits but x-country I really miss my TomTom.

Am now looking at a Garmin Nuvi 3598 portable around £279 - looks like the top end of the portable market

Sat Navs? wouldn't have one given me. Don't like 'em at all. Just my opinion of course.

I bought an Amundsen off eBay, and fitted it myself, fully integrates with the maxi dot display, and these units seem to be getting cheaper . When I compare the nav directions to my mmi in my audi ( which was very expensive )it is far better .

Sat Navs? wouldn't have one given me. Don't like 'em at all. Just my opinion of course.

Now now SS.

 

I am old school and like to study a map to get an idea of which route is best. But, I must admit that, although I hardly ever use a Sat Nav, there have been times when lost abroad, that it has proved invaluable.

Amundsen on eBay ( rns315 ) for £250........

Hi Dancebluecat. Obviously an integrated sat-nav is going to look better but it does tie you into one system including for updates) and upgrading the hardware isn't going to be an option.

 

A portable sat-nav isn't going to look as pretty but you can move it from car to car, can certainly be cheaper, and when it does break down (mine seem to last two or three years) you bin it and buy another - by which time the specification for that sat-nav that you paid £250 for is probably now available on a current model for £100. With a portable sat-nav it also means that if for whatever reason you aren't happy with it you probably can recover some of your cost by selling it on and buying another. 

 

If you use sat-nav a lot (and the fact you've asked the question means you probably don't) my advice would be buy a cheaper end portable to see how much use you really get out of it (very easy to seduced into buying a whole load of features you really don't need) and spend the rest of the budget on other goodies - a set of rubber mats isn't a bad buy for this time of year, keeping the fabric mats it probably will come with for the summer. (You could even get a set of those nice eyelashes for the headlights that were well received by forum members when some pictures of a Yeti sporting them were posted a couple of months back).

Hi Dancebluecat. Obviously an integrated sat-nav is going to look better but it does tie you into one system including for updates) and upgrading the hardware isn't going to be an option.

 

A portable sat-nav isn't going to look as pretty but you can move it from car to car, can certainly be cheaper, and when it does break down (mine seem to last two or three years) you bin it and buy another - by which time the specification for that sat-nav that you paid £250 for is probably now available on a current model for £100. With a portable sat-nav it also means that if for whatever reason you aren't happy with it you probably can recover some of your cost by selling it on and buying another. 

 

If you use sat-nav a lot (and the fact you've asked the question means you probably don't) my advice would be buy a cheaper end portable to see how much use you really get out of it (very easy to seduced into buying a whole load of features you really don't need) and spend the rest of the budget on other goodies - a set of rubber mats isn't a bad buy for this time of year, keeping the fabric mats it probably will come with for the summer. (You could even get a set of those nice eyelashes for the headlights that were well received by forum members when some pictures of a Yeti sporting them were posted a couple of months back).

Agree Paul52 with all that except the eyelashes - horrible chavy things IMO. I am sure that Dancebluecat would not wish to install such hideous monstrosities on their nice new Yeti (as would anybody)....or were you just having a laugh?

If money's no object, go for a built-in Sat Nav.  Otherwise get a decent Garmin or TomTom.  Choose the right model and you'll get free updates for the life of the Sat Nav - Skoda will charge you an arm and a leg for that, quite apart from the initial outlay.

I have the Columbus and it is neat and does provide other functions besides satnav .

But I am finding the SatNav routing decisions weird and there is no way of choosing alternative routes.

...

If you tick the 'Suggest 3 alternative routes' in the Navigation Setup you are offered the Fastest, Shortest and Most Fuel-efficient routes in different colours. Of course I would also like 'Prettiest' as well but three is OK.

Dancebluecat - may I suggest you have a look through this recent thread?

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/281702-columbus-satnav-map-updates-how-much/page-2?hl=%2Bgarmin#entry3444680

Agree Paul52 with all that except the eyelashes - horrible chavy things IMO. I am sure that Dancebluecat would not wish to install such hideous monstrosities on their nice new Yeti (as would anybody)....or were you just having a laugh?

 

Just my twisted sense of humour, Truthseeker. No, they really are awful - and probably look worse when one falls off.

Dad has a Columbus in his Superb. I've just got a bolero and an ageing second generation TomTom Rider which shuffles between the Yeti, the Abarth and the KTM. In all aspects apart from one the TomTom is far, far better.

Routing is dead simple on the rider, you don't like the route? Tell it to go via somewhere else, or avoid a particular road, town or area. Need to build an itinerary of places to visit offline? Yep it'll do that, with a far simpler txt file structure than anything else on the market (Garmin use their almost entirely unfathomable basecamp software and a mad dual file itinerary based on an unintelligible XML document. VW took their rns510 preplanning website down and even that was only available in German, needed some vcds hacking and wasn't terribly flexible).

Re-route calculation is blisteringly quick and instructions are clear, concise and to the point. Map flow is quick and accurate.

Updating the maps takes minutes and many offer lifetime maps with a bundle. Ok so the skoda maps are free from the navteq site, but who here knows how to unpack a 7-zip package and burn the resulting 16Gb iso to a DVD reliably?

The best bit though is that you can buy fifteen tomtoms for the price of a brand new Columbus. That goes a heck of a long way towards other options and accessories.

The only part where the Columbus is better is that it has a built in tmc chip for traffic updates, but then I can bind the rider to a phone and get that too, along with the weather at my destination.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Edited 24 November, 201312 yr by dcl5ad

I had a Columbus in my Octavia which I retro fitted, and I had a Columbus in a Yeti installed by the factory.

I had to buy a sat nav as my current car doesn't have one installed.

Firstly, the Columbus etc are all mounted too low. The only redeeming feature is that it displays directions on the Maxidot.

I bought the Tom Tom Go 6000 when it was released. It is much improved since then. I like the new software on it, but I like the fact that it has lifetime traffic and maps.

It has saved me hours already by not getting stuck in traffic jams around the London area. I rarely go to the same place twice and go all over the South East. It is excellent. Highly recommended. Even going down the A21 on Friday, there was a traffic jam and it redirected me around it.

I have hard wired mine in place using The Great Yeti's excellent guide in the technical section, which works in most modern cars including my Freelander.

what we did http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/284543-a-small-mod/

I have the latest TomTom Go 400 but in all honesty I prefer to use the Co Pilot 9 as on my Samsung S3 phone, as it seems to keep the Traffic Info more updated than the Tom Tom and I also feel the graphics are better, and for only £29.50 or so an absolute bargain. The phone still works perfectly in the background and you can even route the spoken instructions via the Yeti radio speakers

Just took delivery of 2013 1.2 Elegance, was advised that it had Sat Nav, now being advised it is Sat Nav ready.

It is the Bolero radio, what do I need to get sat Nav on it, if possible.

If too costly will just use my Tom Tom

Thanks

Sat nav not possible on Bolero, best just use your Tom Tom. It is possible to change you Bolero for a Amundsen or Columbus unit but is very costly option.

Don't bother with the Skoda fit ones, the maps are usually out of date and the traffic re-routing is usually very delayed and then the revised routes are rubbish.

 

Like rockhopper I bought the TomTom 6000, it had free map updates and Live (traffic) service for life, it's still free maps but now you have to pay for the live services.

Just took delivery of 2013 1.2 Elegance, was advised that it had Sat Nav, now being advised it is Sat Nav ready.

It is the Bolero radio, what do I need to get sat Nav on it, if possible.

If too costly will just use my Tom Tom

Thanks

Who gave you that advice? It's wrong on both counts and if it was a sales person who told you that you have grounds for recompense. 

Go for your choice of "normal" sat nav, more accurate and will fit to any other car. My choice was Garmin as I've had good srvice from them previously. The free maps for life was also an incentive but the relevant download times are not!

 

Fred

You can get the Columbus 2nd hand on ebay for £350 or thereabouts.

I wish I'd known this before I spent £650 on the Amundsen - in hindsight I should have left it with the Bolero unit & retro-fitted the Columbus afterwards....

 

You live & learn...

Sat-Nav ready????