I'm still driving my 2013 Octavia and still being annoyed that I haven't found a way of satisfactorily muting the satnav voice. I can turn the volume of the satnav voice right down, but that doesn't stop the radio volume being dipped. Dipped to the point you can only just hear it.

 

I don't always need hear directions to go straight over the next roundabout three times. Anyone find a way round this?

I'm not quite 100% on your question but if you turn the nav volume down when it's speaking to you then the radio volume should remain the same. What's the HU?

As you say, the volume of the radio should remain the same - but it doesn't, it dips. You can just hear a murmur from the radio. Then it returns back to full vol (or what you were listening to it at) when the announcement is over. What is the abbreviation HU short for? 

20 minutes ago, Muirgarth said:

What is the abbreviation HU short for? 

Head Unit

On the instruction leaflet it says Amundsen, Infotainment anglicky 11.2012, S00.5614.04.20, 5EO 012c097J 

 

Looking a the manual I see under voice control the command "Switch off navigation announcements". I think I've tried that though.

Not sure if you have the same options on the Amundsen but on the Columbus in Satnav settings I can select to have guidance instructions as Detailed, Brief, Traffic Only or Off.

 

Lee

Is it possible to do an infotainment reset to see if that cures the problem?

In the NAV screen, press the "Settings" gear wheel icon.

 

Now select "Nav announcements"

 

Now select "Entertainment fading (nav. announce)

 

There's a slider there that you can set to determine by how much the radio volume dips when a satnav announcement is made

You should be able to switch it off with voice control. The phrase to use is "navigation announcements off"

15 hours ago, BOD20 said:

In the NAV screen, press the "Settings" gear wheel icon.

Now select "Nav announcements"

Now select "Entertainment fading (nav. announce)

There's a slider there that you can set to determine by how much the radio volume dips when a satnav announcement is made

Thanks. I've had a look . On my one there is only nav. announcement volume (with slider bar), but nothing else other than the option to disable announcements when on the phone.

The HU is SE0051236 0064ECE2017. This may refer to the maps rather than unit itself.

2 minutes ago, Muirgarth said:

Thanks. I've had a look . On my one there is only nav. announcement volume (with slider bar), but nothing else other than the option to disable announcements when on the phone.

The HU is SE0051236 0064ECE2017. This may refer to the maps rather than unit itself.

 

They must have changed the software on the HU.  

Yes. I see that your car is newer. I'll try another map update and see if that works and if not ask at the garage when next being serviced.

 

Thanks for your help everybody!

I don't think a map update will change anything, it will be a firmware update required to change functionality?

Unfortunately I think it would be the Amundsen firmware you would need to update rather then the maps. That's a bigger deal, but there is a thread on here all about it -