I have searched most of the Briskoda forums and I cannot believe that no-one has changed the hard drive in a columbus head unit,

In the middle of a short trip, my unit decided to revert back to German.  There was no way that I could change to English.

In the end I decided to re-apply the FirmWare 4024, which appeared to work quite happily.  At the end there was no hard disk and if "Media" was pressed the message came up "No medium" If I put a cd in the slot, it then played, and if I pressed extras, I was given the option to check the usage on the hard drive.   Now bearing in mind that I had also loaded V8 European maps, the hard drive reported 0.00Gb Usage and 20 Gb free.  The HDD is a 30Gb!!!

Has anyone had a similar problem, but more importantly has anyone found the answer.  Where can one source a new hard drive, how does one remove said head unit.  As a computer engineer, I reckon once out of the car I will be able to fit a new disk.

 

I look forward with interest.

Car is Skoda Superb CR 170 Elegance June 2010

Edited 27 August, 201411 yr by REynards

Full tutorial here: http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/f78/rns-510-hdd-replacement-ssd-swap-diy-60984.html

Also link to modifying firmware partition percentage allocation to take advantage if a larger drive.

SSD's don't seem to make a massive difference from what I've read. But they do make a noticeable difference.

The firmware update possibly wiped the 20Gb partition for music. When you check drive usage, that is what it shows you. Not the total drive usage. That would also explain the 'No medium' error.

What he said - good answer kb. Most importantly it doesn't sound like an error...

Thank you for the prompt replies.  I will check the link and also try loading some music.

I will return

Good luck. I hope you'll be OK.

I loaded 4024 last night and it wiped the lot, so your HDD drive won't show until you load music back onto it

You'll also obviously have to reload the maps