Hi. I wonder if someone could help me with a problem I have with my SatNav. A week ago I bought a one year old Octavia Elegance which came with an old version of the maps installed on the SD card. Earlier this evening I tried to upgrade the maps to the latest version but the SatNav wouldn't read the SD. I finally got fed up and put the original maps back onto the card which I'd backed up on the PC, but now the SatNav won't read them either. The message it gives me is 'Unable to read media'. Has anyone experienced this before.

 

Many thanks.

Is the data in the root directory of the sd card? I had same issue when I updated mine last year and I had put the data into subdirectory and not the root directory. I had no issues with download size etc, just the wrong directory.

Yes, all the files are in the root directory of the SD card. It's a real strange one. I'm going back to the dealer this afternoon and they're going to take a look at it.

Hi. I wonder if someone could help me with a problem I have with my SatNav. A week ago I bought a one year old Octavia Elegance which came with an old version of the maps installed on the SD card. Earlier this evening I tried to upgrade the maps to the latest version but the SatNav wouldn't read the SD. I finally got fed up and put the original maps back onto the card which I'd backed up on the PC, but now the SatNav won't read them either. The message it gives me is 'Unable to read media'. Has anyone experienced this before.

Many thanks.

Did you perform a format on the SD card? Not entirely sure but believe the card is very specifically formatted by Skoda for use in the car (and to prevent use of any old SD card in the car) if formatted with Windows could have technically killed the card?

Going by the instructions formatting the card with Windows is also OK.....sorry not sure why this wouldnt be working in that case.

Visited the dealer today. A few tests revealed a faulty SD card, so they gave me another one with the latest maps on it and now all is well. Many thanks.

I did a map update by following the instructions to the letter on the Skoda website.  I saved the old data and formatted the SD card in NTFS as instructed and downloaded all the files.  Using the 7-zip file manager I extracted the files to the SD card and duly inserted it into the Amundsen unit.  Would it work? Would it hell!  Reloading the old data didn't work either.

 

The unit refused to recognise the file data and just sat there sulking.  After many weeks of teeth gnashing, reloading the data, downloading it all over again, etc. etc., kicking the tyres a few times and finally giving up, I booked an appointment with the dealer for 1st May to sort out and left it at that.

 

In frustration I thought I would give it another go, but this time I changed the SD card formatting to Fat32 instead of NTFS and bingo, it worked first time with the latest map data and all the usual features.

 

Hope this helps someone with a similar problem.

 

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