Aussie Ocky 3 - Columbus and (lack of) DAB Radio

[Lrwoz]

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!

[cerumen]

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, 2015 by cerumen

[Greg R]

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, 2015 by Greg R

[Lrwoz]

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

[sdabel]

Interested to hear how this turned out?

[sdabel]

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

[Sak]

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

[sdabel]

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

Was this difficult to do?  

[Gadget007]

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

[Sak]

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, 2015 by Sak

[1303]

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

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

[Sak]

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

I paid a bloke in Brisbane to activate it using VCDS

[1303]

I paid a bloke in Brisbane to activate it using VCDS

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

[Sak]

No, I din't.

[mazstar1980]

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.

[Eath4306]

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?