Hello I recently bought a used Octavia 68 plate. There was no SD card for the Satnav so I bought one off ebay. 
 

When I pop this into the SD card slot of my car it says at first SD1 THE SOURCE CONTAINS THE NAVIGATION DATABASE ....

then quickly changes to NAVIGATION IS UNAVAILABLE NAVIGATION DATABASE NOT AVAILABLE 

Can you help please? Hopefully I have bought the right card, the card is SKODA GEN1 MIB1 Octavia Amundsen SD Card Sat Nav Map UK and Europe 2019 - 2020 

 

thanks 

 

Ian 
 

Preface - the following comments assume you've already established your car has the 8" Amundsen system that reads from SD and not the upgraded 9.2" Columbus system that reads from hard drive but can update from SD.

 

If the SD card is for an MIB1 system it won't work, a 2018 car will be MIB2/MIB2.5 and needs different map data, this is likely why your car is unable to recognise it properly.

 

You need an SD card with a part number that starts 5L0, your current card probably starts 5E0 if it's MIB1.

 

I think even if you downloaded MIB2 map data from the Skoda update portal and put it on the MIB1 card, it still won't work as the car won't recognise the SD card as the correct part.

45 minutes ago, Kenai said:

I think even if you downloaded MIB2 map data from the Skoda update portal and put it on the MIB1 card, it still won't work as the car won't recognise the SD card as the correct part.

Not 100% sure - I know that a MIB2 SD card will work in a MIB1 Amundsen (I have that at the moment), so it seems possible that a MIB2 Amundsen COULD recognise a MIB1 SD card BUT will the MIB2 maps fit onto a MIB1 SD card?

 

Since OP probably has a MIB1 SD card it's probably worth downloading the MIB2 files from the Skoda update portal using his VIN and seeing if the card he has will work?

2 minutes ago, PetrolDave said:

Not 100% sure - I know that a MIB2 SD card will work in a MIB1 Amundsen (I have that at the moment), so it seems possible that a MIB2 Amundsen COULD recognise a MIB1 SD card BUT will the MIB2 maps fit onto a MIB1 SD card?

 

Since OP probably has a MIB1 SD card it's probably worth downloading the MIB2 files from the Skoda update portal using his VIN and seeing if the card he has will work?

 

Could be worth a try, doesn't cost anything except a bit of time - if it doesn't work though and he wants to return the card, it would only be fair to point out he should probably then put MIB1 maps back on it.

Yes it’s 5E0 on the card, my mistake then. It’s my first ever  car purchase so if that’s all I got wrong I’m doing ok

 

Appreciate the advice from you both, thanks 

Mib1 card will work with mib2 maps, mib2 card will work with mib1 maps.

 

But the maps on whichever card you use must be the correct ones for the unit you're using.

 

I have cards available in the classifieds section if needs be...

2 hours ago, Rustynuts said:

Mib1 card will work with mib2 maps, mib2 card will work with mib1 maps.

 

But the maps on whichever card you use must be the correct ones for the unit you're using.

 

I have cards available in the classifieds section if needs be...

Ok thanks!