Hi I have a my 16 and have downloaded the latest 2019/20 from skoda portal using my VIN and unzip the downloaded file to a USB drive (32gb) and then go to the car and click nav then settings then system info then update it just does find the files or anything could anyone help ?

This sounds like the overall.nds file problem 

 

Before you downloaded the new maps, did you save a copy of the sd card onto a folder on a computer as a back up

 

Once you have copied over the newly downloaded maps, copy this original.nds (and overwrite) file back onto the SD card.  It seems to have some security codes that are stored and are needed to allow activation.

 

 

 

 

 

I think your maps are on the SD card, it won't update via USB. 

 

You need to connect the SD card to the computer and unzip the files to that. 

 

There are a few guides kicking around with some more step by step details. 

Thanks buddy al give it a go and yeh first thing I done was make a backup as i didn't want to go messing things up 

🙂

thank you 

4 minutes ago, Kenai said:

I think your maps are on the SD card, it won't update via USB. 

 

You need to connect the SD card to the computer and unzip the files to that. 

 

There are a few guides kicking around with some more step by step details. 

The video I seen done it through a USB stick so just thought it was USB stick and the car would do the rest but al try copying that file over and see if it works that way if not al just take the sd out and dump everything on to it and try again:-)

Edited 14 June, 20197 yr by Vrs16

Just now, Vrs16 said:

The video I seen done it through a USB stick so just thought it was USB stick and the cat would do the rest but al try copying that file over and see if it works that way if not al just take the sd out and dump everything on to it and try again:-)

The upgraded columbus units work like that because they have an internal hard drive for the maps, the other units just read the maps from the SD card so you need to put the updated files directly on it. 

4 minutes ago, Kenai said:

The upgraded columbus units work like that because they have an internal hard drive for the maps, the other units just read the maps from the SD card so you need to put the updated files directly on it. 

Ahhhhhh right got ya av been putting them on the USB stick and trying that way al put them on sd card and try it also does it have to be the skoda 1 or can u us a normal sd card 🙂

5 minutes ago, Vrs16 said:

Ahhhhhh right got ya av been putting them on the USB stick and trying that way al put them on sd card and try it also does it have to be the skoda 1 or can u us a normal sd card 🙂

It has to be the Skoda one, so make sure you take a backup before doing anything to it. 

11 minutes ago, Kenai said:

It has to be the Skoda one, so make sure you take a backup before doing anything to it. 

Yeh av got the backup already. Does it take the hour plus to update or is it just running off the sd card all of the time 

 

Sorry for all the ? 

🙂

2 minutes ago, Vrs16 said:

Yeh av got the backup already. Does it take the hour plus to update or is it just running off the sd card all of the time 

 

Sorry for all the ? 

🙂

You leave the SD card plugged in the car and that's where it permanently reads the maps from. It doesn't copy them into the car in any fashion. 

Just now, Kenai said:

You leave the SD card plugged in the car and that's where it permanently reads the maps from. It doesn't copy them into the car in any fashion. 

Thank you 🙂 al give it a go tomorrow 🙂 will report back 🙂

!Update!

 

I copied the files straight to the sd card and plugged it back in turned on car and hey presto it worked Haha cant believe how easy it was once I had done it feel like a complete idiot Haha thank you everyone @Surreyjohn

@kenai