Hi all

 

Just joined the forum as my Octavia vRS has arrived at the dealer as of last night. Now I have suffering of knowing its in town but still have to wait till Saturday for it to be registered and checked over. After over a 4 month wait, I'm sure I'll get through it, but the sleepless nights and impatient shakes are starting to appear ;-)

 

I guess you'll wanna know the spec. Well its a Diesel vRS, white with black kit, colour maxi-dot, cruise and iPod connector.

 

Quick question to those in the know. 

 

I didn't go for a Sat Nav system in the car as the cheap one just seemed a bit rubbish when you compare them to Tom Tom type devices and the expensive one was just silly price. I did however want the luxury of a Sat Nav that doesn't work every time (my phone) can't get a good signal. To be honest, Google Maps is great as a Sat Nav, but if you're in a poor signal area, you just can't load it up properly.

 

I was wondering if there were any after market options that gave great Sat Nav whilst still fully integrating with the Octavia and all the existing system does (I'm assuming phone etc...).

 

Cheers

 

Gadj

Navfree for your phone. It loads the maps onto your phone so signal is no issue, plus your not using any data. It's free but has in app purchases i.e. speed cams are £1.99. As there is no way of putting speed cams on the Amundsen I have this on my phone so the alerts come via Bluetooth.

Already replied to a similar thread earlier about this. I've got a pioneer F9110BT in mine, now got it fully hacked to have loads of features, including: iPhone 5 compatibility with Bluetooth, obd2 reading, up to date maps including lane guidance and alternative software like Tomtom, garmin, or iGo...

If you pick one up gimme a shout and I'll upload a disk image that you just stick on an SD card and follow some instructions and it'll update it to the same spec.

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The Amundsen is actually pretty good, £550 is a bit rich admittedly but the mapping is good and its nicely integrated into the car (nav instructions on maxidot, helps you find a petrol station even down to brand if low on fuel). Came as standard on the Elegance I have though so not sure Id have paid for it either.

If you have a newish Android phone then Google Maps Navigation is actually quite good but needs data connectivity to work properly I think. Id personally just buy a high end TomTom or Garmin (given now they are only £250/300 - gone are the days of several hundred pound nav units) and perhaps get it professionally installed.

Other option could be to buy tomtom for your phone and use a brodit mount or other decent phone mount.

I have admundsen in my vrs and nav wise it's pretty good. Otherwise it's a bit meh, I which I'd got the Columbus but then I don't think if have stomached the price.

As I don't have the need for sat nav that often i'm very happy with my tom tom, £100 and free map updates for life and when I get a new car i just put it in that one and not have to buy satnav again.

You can download maps on Google maps for your journey to your phone

You can download maps on Google maps for your journey to your phone

 

Yes, but it only downloads the maps for the original route.  If you go off piste (e.g. re-route due to traffic) then you may well not have maps available offline for your new route.

We got the Amundsen put in our Octavia, at £550 it's ridiculously expensive. Last year we got a really good Tom Tom with euro maps for £130 for our old Car and its a better system than the Amundsen. Unbelievably the Amundsen doesn't recognise some UK addresses , we now know how to work round this by always using the Postcode. So for instance if we were to put in 25 Smith Street, Leeds it says address not known. But if you put in the postcode it's okay but it says no street numbers available which is okay in City's where a postcode covers a small area but could be a problem in rural areas where a postcode covers a large ish area.

Another gripe with the Amundsen is some of the navigation it gives for instance it can say 'prepare to turn right' when what it really means is stay in the right lane. To my mind Skoda should have gone to Tom Tom and purchased their software which would have made the Amundsen worth every penny.

Now after all of what I have just written I need to say Mrs FB prefers the Amundsen over our old Tom Tom, over the years we have had 3 Sat Navs stolen from our Car which easily equates to the cost of the Amundsen. If I was ordering my Ocatvia again I would deffo get the Amundsen because it is a good system but just not as good as the best out there.

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Another gripe with the Amundsen is some of the navigation it gives for instance it can say 'prepare to turn right' when what it really means is stay in the right lane.

I'm sure If the road forks, a minor road joins the main road or the inside lane or two on a motorway takes you onto another motorway then mine says bear right/left, not turn. This makes sense and is the same as what I'm used to on my previous sat nav (Navfree on my phone). I may be wrong but I always glance at the nav screen when instructed to change directional it gives plenty of warning, it's like checking another mirror

Edited 26 June, 201411 yr by DaiUK

I have to say I am a TomTom fan on my iPhone, just installed a brodit holder and tidied the cables away looks good and connects into the mitsumi, nice and tidy.

Edited 26 June, 201411 yr by Crogers

As I've stated before. I can't find a problem with co-pilot at all. Free updates including fixed cameras for life. Live in UK, but use it in other countries if you pick the correct one. Works in Switzerland where I am now. Change phone and transfer. Go out with a mate and if you have the phone you have co-piot. All stored in phone.

Doesn't the company that provides the map data for the Anundsen and Columbia also produce for most other manufacturers' built-in satnavs?

 

I wonder what issues - if any - people who have their data on other car makes are having?

It looks like Nokia provide the maps for the new VW/Skoda units (not sure about Audi, but I'd suspect they would be the same).

Renault did use TomTom, but I think they've moved on to someone else now (the Captur certainly doesn't have TomTom).

Think Nissan use Google Maps now.

Not sure who anyone else uses.

 

 

It looks like Nokia provide the maps for the new VW/Skoda units

The company used to be called Navtech but is now called Here and is owned by Nokia.  They list Renault, Mercedes, Jaguar and Garmin on the front page -  among the many.  Elswhere they also mention providing the maps for BMW and Yahoo. (The last is not surprising since both Yahoo and Nokia are now owned by Microsoft.)

 

So he question remains: what issues - if any - people who have their data on other car makes are having since 4 out of 5 manufacturers use their data.

I can plus 2 on copilot.  It turns your phone into a proper sat nav, and if you're listening to your music through bluetooth the nav announcements will come through your stereo.

 

I've done 10k in my Octy now and can confirm that the Amundsen satnav is rubbish.  One pet hate is the fact that you choose a post code, then it doesn't ask you what road within that postcode.  The amount of places i've been and it takes me nowhere near.  And i'm not talking the next street here.

Second the Brodit + TomTom setup.. 

 

Really good and clean install - even if you don't properly run the usb cable - just fly a 'flat' cable and stuff the extra length into the glovebox, no issues.

I've used Copilot too for years:  first on Windows Phones, then on Android. Works fine.

today I found this:  

http://www.pioneer-c...ic-evo1-oc1-mtb

The company used to be called Navtech but is now called Here and is owned by Nokia.  They list Renault, Mercedes, Jaguar and Garmin on the front page -  among the many.  Elswhere they also mention providing the maps for BMW and Yahoo. (The last is not surprising since both Yahoo and Nokia are now owned by Microsoft.)

 

So he question remains: what issues - if any - people who have their data on other car makes are having since 4 out of 5 manufacturers use their data.

 

No longer owned by Nokia. Now owned by VW, BMW and Mercedes

http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2015/08/03/nokias-here-maps-sold-for-3-billion-to-audi-bmw-and-mercedes/

 

And Microsoft only bought the phone bit of Nokia, and doesn't own Yahoo.