Hi

I have a 2018 superb sportline with as far as i can make out has a columbus (not sure if  i've spelt tht right ) satnav which i need to update, i've read and reread the update portal and am still not 100% sure what to do plus i've been told it can take hours to download.

I've been told there is a company called Satnavshop who can supply an SD card with the latest maps etc this looks an attractive option as it would solve half the problem but i'm a bit worried that it could screw the system completely if they've got it wrong.

Has anyone used the Satnavshop and what were they like or has anyone downloaded and updated their satnav themselves.

Any advice or help anyone can give me would be much appreciated       

Why pay someone +£30 and have to wait on delivery when it is simple to download from the Skoda update portal and unzip to a 32gb SD card /usb drive and costs nothing.

 

Have a read of this thread and you'll save the £30 as mentioned above.

the process is very simple!!

 

https://updateportal.skoda-auto.com/

 

This is the procedure for the Satnav update for a Columbus 9.2 inch using a Windows 10 PC to download and prepare the update. No extra software required for a Windows 10 pc (i.e. you don't need to use 7zip or anything else).

 

The procedure for Amundsen is different.

 

1. Went on to the Skoda update portal, put in my VIN and the ECE2021 maps update was available.
 

2. Downloaded the map file to my PC. It was 26 GBytes and took about 2 hours on my very average 32Mbps broadband connection
 

3. This gave me a zipfile called HIGH12_P189-EU_202045.zip (the latest filename may be different but similar)
 

4. I unzipped this to the hard drive of my PC (Right-click on the file and select "Extract All")
 

5. This took a while but I ended up with a new folder with the same name as the original zip file (minus the .zip at the end)
 

6. Inside this folder were two subfolders - Mib1 and Mib2 - and a file called metainfo2.txt. These 3 items are all that you need.
 

7. Took a 32 GByte USB Flash drive, formatted it to FAT32 and connected to the PC.
 

8. I selected the three items from step 6 above (i.e. the folders Mib1, Mib2 and the file metainfo2.txt ) and copied these to the Flash drive
 

9. This process took about another 2 hours
 

10. Connected the Flash drive to the USB socket in the car.
 

11. Switched on ignition, opened Satnav, tapped the settings icon, then "Version information", then "Update (SD/USB")
 

12. It took a few minutes but then it started to upload the data with a percentage display showing progress
 

13. It took about 40 minutes to complete the upload - ignition has to be on so best to do this whilst driving somewhere.

 

 

That was it - all done successfully but note the time it takes to download, copy to USB, and install in the car

 

(the files required on the USB stick are shown below)

 

Edited 29 January, 20215 yr by BOD20

Unzip the downloaded file straight to the formatted SD card/ usb drive as in the guide on the update portal saves a step and time from above method.

10 minutes ago, Kenny R said:

Unzip the downloaded file straight to the formatted SD card/ usb drive as in the guide on the update portal saves a step and time from above method.

 

This will work as long as the 3 files mentioned above are at the root (top) of the SD card/USB drive and not inside a folder on the SD card/USB, otherwise the Satnav won't find the files.

 

When you "unzip" a zip file it will put the files inside a folder by default, although you can easily override this.