Part-Ex'd my 2015 immaculate, unmarked Jungle Green 150 SEL DSG last Monday - now selling at Trans City Skoda, London, E17 - for a 2017 1.2 SEL DSG, very low mileage.  Initial impression - nippy, very quiet and actually feels a 'lighter' Yeti to drive, having had two 4x4 Yetis in 170 - and Euro Six - 150 models previously.   However, having enjoyed a selection of Sat Nav choices - Waze, Apple maps, Google maps - through Apple CarPlay for the last two years, I was totally unimpressed with the built-in Amundsen Sat Nav.  Even though I installed the latest 2019/2020 update from the Skoda portal, I couldn't believe how user unfriendly it is to operate.  Getting it to accept a postcode is a challenge!  I drove back to Gosport after  doing the part-exchange and used Waze through CarPlay - easy to input what you need and it provides a comprehensive description of exactly what is ahead of you - brilliant.  If I had chosen the built-in device, I would still be at the Dealer!  What a faff! I am sure others will disagree, but one man's meat is another man's poison.  Finally, my thanks to Graham (Llanigraham) for his 15 point post on how you generate a postcode on the Amundsen.

Completely agree about built-in SatNav, my 2017 SEL Drive was first car I had with built in SatNav but after using it a few times and being disappointed by routes chosen and missing junctions etc, I resorted to CarPlay and Waze. 

I suspect that in a few years built in SatNavs will become rarer as people increasingly use smartphones and their choice of whatever Nav system they prefer - Waze, Google maps etc. etc. 

Never had a problem putting in a postcode.

Select New destination, click on city  line of address and a screen opens with postcode option to bottom left.

Put postcode in and you are away?

 

I do agree that Tom Tom is much better, but I do prefer the built in screen and echo of directions on the maxidot. Tried google maps via the smartlink - it works but not much better and nothing on maxidot.

Edited 23 February, 20197 yr by kenfowler3966

2 hours ago, kenfowler3966 said:

Never had a problem putting in a postcode.

Select New destination, click on city  line of address and a screen opens with postcode option to bottom left.

Put postcode in and you are away?

 

I do agree that Tom Tom is much better, but I do prefer the built in screen and echo of directions on the maxidot. Tried google maps via the smartlink - it works but not much better and nothing on maxidot.

Personally I like Waze but the big advantage for me is that it doesn’t take over Maxidot so I can still see the info on that I like.

It only takes a couple of presses to get the maxidot to any screen you want.

 

Now the maxidot screen I hate is the adblu warning of less than 1500 miles and its countdown. That has to be manually changed on every start. Why cant it just display for a few seconds, then revert to the screen you were on before?

3 hours ago, kenfowler3966 said:

It only takes a couple of presses to get the maxidot to any screen you want.

 

How do you get rid of the directions on the maxi dot when using in-built satnav? Couldn’t find a way to do that.

Press the selector switch next to the right hand roller knob. Roll to top item and click to select to go to default maxidot display

15 hours ago, kenfowler3966 said:

Press the selector switch next to the right hand roller knob. Roll to top item and click to select to go to default maxidot display

Thanks, I will try that. Mind you Waze is just a better SatNav system to use 

I have posted my disappointment at the Yeti sat nav, not very user friendly in my opinion and I much prefer my Garmin.

I was surprised my elegance didn't have one but once I had my Google map came up through my radio and I thought it was better than a sat nav