Apologies if this is a dumb question, just assume I've beamed down from Mars 😀

 

My Kodiaq will have a sim card slot together with two sd card slots.  I guess one of the sd slots will be filled with a card providing the satnav with data.

 

Why would I use the sim card slot?  I'll get into the vehicle and it will sync with my phone so all good there......what function does any additional sim afford me?

 

Is it something along the lines of my wife being able to take her tablet with us on a journey and connect to the internet via that route?

 

Thanks for any advice and apologies again (I can't keep up with this technology!!)

Yeah that’s pretty much it. You can put a SIM card in which can create a Wi-fi network in the car. Think it also means your sat nav can have live traffic info etc. 

Satnav maps are stored on hard disk. You can use SD or USB or OTA to update the maps, but mainly you can use both SD slots for media. As two USB slots. As a hard disk partition.

 

Using SIM card makes life easier. You can feed the car with data from your phone wifi creating a hotspot, but I find using separate SIM card more convenient. 

Also it allows you to remotly control the car - open or close the doors, honk a horn, trace the car if you forgot where did you lave it.

10 hours ago, linni said:

Also it allows you to remotly control the car - open or close the doors, honk a horn, trace the car if you forgot where did you lave it.

 

Not true - the Infotainment Online (or whatever it is called - traffic, news, weather, fuel prices etc.) uses a data connection that you provide... whether that is a SIM card or your phone’s data. The other side of it (car status, parking location, remote lock (MY19 onwards), honk+flash etc.) is all done through an embedded SIM, as is the emergency call stuff.

Will remove SIM and check.

How do you think that functionality works on cars with the Amundsen unit? Pretty sure people don’t leave their phones in their cars...

All correct.

But like Lenin said: trust, but check.

On 25/05/2019 at 16:22, SkodaVRS1963 said:

Why would I use the sim card slot?  I'll get into the vehicle and it will sync with my phone so all good there......what function does any additional sim afford me?

Is it something along the lines of my wife being able to take her tablet with us on a journey and connect to the internet via that route?

If your wife wants to use her tablet then using your phone's data bundle would probably be the better option as you'll already have an ample quantity?

22 hours ago, linni said:

Using SIM card makes life easier. You can feed the car with data from your phone wifi creating a hotspot, but I find using separate SIM card more convenient. 

Also it allows you to remotely control the car - open or close the doors, honk a horn, trace the car if you forgot where did you lave it.

That's well put.

An extra SIM ranges from free to £18 per year for the amount of data that the car would use.

11 hours ago, WiggosSideburns said:

Not true - the Infotainment Online (or whatever it is called - traffic, news, weather, fuel prices etc.) uses a data connection that you provide... whether that is a SIM card or your phone’s data. The other side of it (car status, parking location, remote lock (MY19 onwards), honk+flash etc.) is all done through an embedded SIM, as is the emergency call stuff.

My thoughts are that it's done through the data path that's set up and wasn't aware of the Skoda Connect jiz being through the embedded SIM. The emergency call stuff may well be via that though.

Edited 26 May, 20197 yr by john999boy
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1 minute ago, john999boy said:

My thoughts are that it's done through the data path that's you set up and wasn't aware of the Skoda Connect jiz being through the embedded SIM.

 

Again, how do you think it works in cars with the Amundsen unit?

Wiggo is correct. It indicates actual status in Scoda Connect app even with SIM removed.

32 minutes ago, WiggosSideburns said:

Again, how do you think it works in cars with the Amundsen unit?

I can’t see where the OP said he had an Amundsen?

 

 

8 minutes ago, john999boy said:

I can’t see where the OP said he had an Amundsen?

 

 

He didn’t. But that’s not the point. The point is that both you and @linni said that the SIM you provide (or your phone) is used for all the Skoda Connect stuff. This is not the case - it is used for the Infotainment Online half, but not the Remote Access/Connect stuff - that uses the same built-in SIM that the Emergency Call uses. My comment about Amundsen is that it doesn’t have a SIM slot, and I’m pretty sure people don’t leave their phones in their cars... so how do you think the Remote Connect functionality works when you have an Amundsen?

Simple test: eject the SIM - the Connect stuff still works. 

1 hour ago, linni said:

Wiggo is correct. It indicates actual status in Scoda Connect app even with SIM removed.

 

And also, on the infotainment screen, there’s an icon that indicates connected to Skoda Connect, and the separate globe icon that indicates your SIM is connected. They’re not always lit at the same time. Skoda Connect uses Vodafone in the UK if I recall.