Swl didn't fix the issue

Do you mean the fix I pointed you to?

Hi,

 

I have updated my 1z0 RNS-510 H04 to unofficial 4024. But there is no sound from speakers now. Other functions are ok - radio found stations, GPS is working (no sound of course) etc.

Any idea, how to get sound back?

I have a suggestion to roll it back to factory firmware, but I can't find any official image. There was firmware 1004 originally. Does anybody know where to find it?

Will it help to reinstall original image? 

Did you upgrade to the adjusted 4024 firmware for older units as yours sounds like it is an older unit?

Also no sound can occur when the unit is expecting a premium sound system and its not there. That is set in the coding though so unlikely a simple firmware upgrade would cause a change in that but maybe worth checking if you have access to VCDS.

If neither of these are the issue I would probably advise trying to downgrade to 3810a (which is factory) for older units at www.rnsfirmware.com. Before doing so you will need to tell the unit to downgrade in the secret menu (hold setup for 20secs through to a second hidden menu, and its under system).

Hi,

Thanks for the quick response!

I beleive, I upgraded with adjusted firmware, image name: EU_4020a_noru_70_25_5. I also believe, that my unit is "old", it's 2008 preFL Octavia vRS.

 

Will check it with vcds, thanks for the advice.

Yes that was correct so ignore my first point. I hope its easily solved with vcds.

Do you mean the fix I pointed you to?

I ment the swl did not solve the rebooting problem.

The fix you've recommended worked!!!...with one mention: now the volume knob from the steering wheel doesn't work.if I push it, a voice command is expected (it reports that the phone book is empty but I can scroll it on the screen) but if I turn the button it doesn't control the volume. Do you have a fix for this one too?

Thanks

Is it pre FL or FL as 2009 could be either? On my wheel (before I swapped the buttons) and which is a pre FL, the mute button could be coded as voice control instead of volume - I wonder if this is related to your issue?

Your wheel sounds like a newer FL wheel but I imagine the coding option to set the mute to vc is still a possibilty and it could be reset to volume with a simple coding edit.

It is a preFL.

The steering wheel has 6 buttons:

-on the left:volume,next,prev track

-on the right:phone button,browsing button for mfd and back button for mfd

How can I do the coding?

Thanks

You need a member with VCDS to check it. Probably coded 0003042 and needs to be changed to 0002042. However, for a pre FL wheel it sounds a little different to mine so it may be a slightly different coding.

Did you upgrade to the adjusted 4024 firmware for older units as yours sounds like it is an older unit?

Also no sound can occur when the unit is expecting a premium sound system and its not there. That is set in the coding though so unlikely a simple firmware upgrade would cause a change in that but maybe worth checking if you have access to VCDS.

If neither of these are the issue I would probably advise trying to downgrade to 3810a (which is factory) for older units at www.rnsfirmware.com. Before doing so you will need to tell the unit to downgrade in the secret menu (hold setup for 20secs through to a second hidden menu, and its under system).

Thanks! Vcds helped, the radio coding was only zeros... I hope I coded it correct, hasn't any example to follow.

But now there is a sound, I think it has even better quality than before :-)

I have had a few probs trying to update to 4020 and in the end had to use a recovery disc to downgrade. Once this was done and before uploading maps, I was faced this this:

Does this mean I already have 4020 or even 4024 and do I still need to try and upload other firmware or jump straight to uploading maps?

Any advice would be appreciated.

When you say you had problems and had to use a recovery disc, what problems did you have? Did the upgrade fail, and you used the recovery disc to get the unit working again? Or did the upgrade fail, you used the recovery disc, then the upgrade was successful?

If the last thing you did was use the recovery disc, then chances are you have a unit which hasn't got fully functional firmware loaded on it. The recovery disc gets functionality back if the update fails, but it doesn't magically fix all the issues or errors with the failed update.

 

So, looking at the screen shot, you have 4024 loaded to some degree, but it might not be fully functional or working properly. In any event, I wouldn't keep throwing discs at it to try and fix summat which won't fix. I would try loading the maps on and see what works. If everything works okay then don't feck with it any more as it sounds like you have a flakey unit.

That looks like 402x.

When you say you had problems and had to use a recovery disc, what problems did you have? Did the upgrade fail, and you used the recovery disc to get the unit working again? Or did the upgrade fail, you used the recovery disc, then the upgrade was successful?

If the last thing you did was use the recovery disc, then chances are you have a unit which hasn't got fully functional firmware loaded on it. The recovery disc gets functionality back if the update fails, but it doesn't magically fix all the issues or errors with the failed update.

So, looking at the screen shot, you have 4024 loaded to some degree, but it might not be fully functional or working properly. In any event, I wouldn't keep throwing discs at it to try and fix summat which won't fix. I would try loading the maps on and see what works. If everything works okay then don't feck with it any more as it sounds like you have a flakey unit.

I had borrowed a 4020 disc from another member however it spat it out and I was left with the following screens

I burned my own 4020 disc but had the same issue.

I burned my own recovery disc and managed to power the unit back up and this was the result

I am now trying to reload v9 maps but having got this far

it started again

I am sitting here now babysitting it with the engine running as I had a low battery warning appear!

Has been going for ages with engine running, not sure how much longer now?

Not sure if to leave engine running or not

When I updated my maps, the upload process kept restarting as you describe. This was down to the media and/or the burning process. I burnt another disc onto a different brand, and it worked first time.

If the maps loading is restarting all the time then it's not gonna work mate. Turn the engine off and save fuel.

 

Possibilities are the firmware update has crocked the unit, the unit was already crocked but was in a useable state, the firmware you're trying to load on is not viable, or some other reason. I would guess you crocked it with a firmware update. Major repairs needed methinks.

When I updated my maps, the upload process kept restarting as you describe. This was down to the media and/or the burning process. I burnt another disc onto a different brand, and it worked first time.

Thanks, I think I will have to admit defeat and try this as it has just restarted again, argh!

If the maps loading is restarting all the time then it's not gonna work mate. Turn the engine off and save fuel.

Possibilities are the firmware update has crocked the unit, the unit was already crocked but was in a useable state, the firmware you're trying to load on is not viable, or some other reason. I would guess you crocked it with a firmware update. Major repairs needed methinks.

I hope not, wished I had not bothered now! Thanks anyway!

Is the unit functional (but without maps)?

If so, that suggests that the firmware update has (eventually) worked and your unit isn't dead as previously suggested.

Those discs you have have been used by several other Briskodians without issue (although I did have hiccups with the map disc resulting in the same issue you are having).

After three attempts I left it alone (about an hour) and it then completed the map update.

I'm thinking your Columbus doesn't like my discs/burning process.

I have 2 machines with that very problem away for repair at the moment. One looks like it needs a new motherboard, the other has VUC library load failure which means the unit failed a gateway update. If the 4020 firmware failed and the unit has failed on subsequent attempts to load firmware successfully, then I don't think it's a disc or media issue. It's a damaged unit.

There's a further issue I've had with early units with a 30g hard drive. The firmware partitions are made incorrectly and there's insufficient space on the maps partition for the V11 maps (which are larger than the previous ones) and the unit keeps trying to load large maps into a small space.

 

But considering there's history of update failure, I reckon the unit is ronnied.

Is the unit functional (but without maps)?

If so, that suggests that the firmware update has (eventually) worked and your unit isn't dead as previously suggested.

Those discs you have have been used by several other Briskodians without issue (although I did have hiccups with the map disc resulting in the same issue you are having).

After three attempts I left it alone (about an hour) and it then completed the map update.

I'm thinking your Columbus doesn't like my discs/burning process.

It seems everything works except for maps KB.

Having spent so much time, effort and money to get this far, I am really hoping to find a solution that doesn't involve putting the bolero back in!

What version maps are you trying to load on. and what size is your hard drive (this can be seen in the developers menu which I presume is activated on your unit?)  As said before, if the maps are too large for the partition, then it'll fail.

 

Try loading on a previous smaller maps version and see if it takes them okay.

I think you'll be fine if you try burning the maps image onto a different brand DVD, and if that doesn't work, use a different computer to burn it.

Or find someone with a genuine maps disc to put aside any possibility of the dvd burn causing the issue.

Land over to my place and I'll do it for you, although North Yorks is perhaps a little far from Birmngham.

You could also try the sd card method to update the maps if the firmware seems to be ok:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/325377-updating-columbus-maps-from-sd-card/#entry3920585