Greetings all...

 

Have a 6 month old Ocky 3 Elegance Combi with the Tech Pack and Columbus Infotainment.   For some reason that I can't fathom, Skoda dumbed down the SW features that you guys in Europe enjoy.  I am 99% sure the Columbus system is a fairly common unit and allwe have are FM and AM bands for the radio.  No DAB or DAB+ bands even though we've got a raft of DAB station across Oz.

 

Anyone out there have any ideas on how to unlock the DAB feature in the software stack and activate it.

 

Thanks!

check 5F with Byte 14

if Bit 1 is resonspible for AM other Bits will mybe for DAB

or try my Byte 14 in your car

 

SW:5E0-035-874-A   HW:5E0-035-874-A ---  Informationselek. I Bauteil:MU-S-ND-ER    040 0421, Codierung:03730201FF0000001111120100A802002F0003840100010046 EV_MUStd4CPASE,002039,EV_MUStd4CPASE_SE37.rod Montag,12,Januar,2015,20:11:45:52789 VCDS Version: DRV 14.10.0  Datenstand: 20141115 VCID: 264F759BC1E70D3359F-8073

 

 

but this is a Amundsen, so mybe better to compare 1:1

Edited 13 January, 201511 yr by cerumen

It's most likely a case of enabling the option using vcds. However, you may also need to have an appropriate aerial installed. I had similar with my current car (a passat) When I ordered it, there was no option for DAB but it was introduced (as an option) before my car was built. One of the first things i did was have an aftermarket aerial installed (£90) and enabled the option using a genuine vcds cable

Edited 13 January, 201511 yr by Greg R

Thanks guys!  Appreciate the feedback.  Food for thought....

Interested to hear how this turned out?

Bump, does anyone in Australia have DAB+ working on their Colmbus? 

I've got traffic updates working on Columbus. Not sure about DAB

I've got traffic updates working on Columbus. Not sure about DAB

Was this difficult to do?  

Traffic updates is not hard, I found the details in a mk7 golf forum

Was this difficult to do?  

I don't have a VCDS cable. So, I paid someone else to do it for me. He barely took five minutes to do it. 

Edited 29 August, 201510 yr by Sak

I've got traffic updates working on Columbus. Not sure about DAB

Can you enlighten me as to how the traffic updates was activated?

Can you enlighten me as to how the traffic updates was activated?

I paid a bloke in Brisbane to activate it using VCDS

I paid a bloke in Brisbane to activate it using VCDS

Did you also try to activate DAB+ at the time?

No, I din't.

Get a OBDeleven - it costs $80 and will do traffic updates and a whole range of other mods like deactivate auto start-stop. It does most of what VCDS does at small fraction of the price.

I've never seen anything about DAB in Oz tho.

On 3/28/2016 at 08:35, Sak said:

No, I din't.

Hey mate, do you have the contact details for the Brissie bloke/company?