Hi all,

 

What do I do when I get this message on the info system screen?

 

Is it best to let it update, when I finally get home for the day, and just leave the car in the driveway?

 

Would the car continue to download and update the system, when I l turn off the engine and exit the car and go indoors?!

 

Or do I need to sit in the car, while it completes its update?

 

Thing is, no idea how long it would take, so don’t really fancy, sitting in the car like a lemon while it takes its five minutes, 10 minutes, one hour to update!

 

Hope you can advise.

Martin

 

PS:

I’m driving a 2022 scala, really quite like it, just getting used to these new oddities.

Does it really say that?   Or does it say that it can't start updates whilst driving.  

1 hour ago, kodiaqsportline said:

Does it really say that?   Or does it say that it can't start updates whilst driving.  

hi Kodiaq,

 

It might have actually said that!

 

I haven’t had the message back again since, however, this morning the Infoscreen went nuts, keep rebooting, as we were driving along.

 

It’s sorted itself out tonight, so hopefully it won’t do it again.

 

Effectively we were trying to use Google Maps, and couldn’t see on the info screen, quite annoying! 🙂

 

Best wishes

Martin

I haven't a clue why the systems say can't be started whilst driving. At a pure guess I suspect it's some jobsworth's idea as a safety issue ( as if we don't already use the infotainment whilst driving ) otherwise I see no reason for it. But that's the way it is and there's nothing we can do about it.

 

If it comes up again, you can search the history next time you're stopped and you should find the message which you can then action.

 

Or if your car is DSG, a wee trick I use, is don't touch the screen, just leave the message as it is, then next time you come up to a junction / traffic lights etc , put the lever in the 'P' position and if the engine stop/start has kicked in, it seems to trick the dowload software into thinking you're no longer driving. Just press the OK on screen and the update starts. It then says you can drive whilst the update runs in the background.

 

It's all a bit over complicated if you ask me.  If I had written the software I'd have a checkbox asking whether to allow automatic downloads or if you want to be notified of a download. If you chose the former then the system just downloads in the background.  Suppose that's too simple. 🤣

 

Edited 18 March, 20233 yr by kodiaqsportline

Apologies - the message, or at least one of them says exactly that - can't drive whilst updating.

 

Sods law, when I drove the car this morning a software update request came in, I had to use the screen so message disappeared. When I'd stopped the car I went back into notifications and saw the message displayed was exactly as you said. Even when actioning the update, the wording suggested the update wouldn't work whist driving but that you could still use the infotainment whilst update worked in the background.

 

Wonder what their definition of  'driving' is 😀   I think it's another one of those 'lost in translation' messages because a minute after I'd started driving I received the message to say update complete.

 

The one annoying thing I've found with these things is once the update is complete, you then receive a message to say 'You can now use the new functions' ( or words to that effect ), but it doesn't tell you what those functions are. 🤣   All-in-all VW's latest infotainment systems aren't very user friendly.  

7 hours ago, kodiaqsportline said:

Apologies - the message, or at least one of them says exactly that - can't drive whilst updating.

 

Sods law, when I drove the car this morning a software update request came in, I had to use the screen so message disappeared. When I'd stopped the car I went back into notifications and saw the message displayed was exactly as you said. Even when actioning the update, the wording suggested the update wouldn't work whist driving but that you could still use the infotainment whilst update worked in the background.

 

Wonder what their definition of  'driving' is 😀   I think it's another one of those 'lost in translation' messages because a minute after I'd started driving I received the message to say update complete.

 

The one annoying thing I've found with these things is once the update is complete, you then receive a message to say 'You can now use the new functions' ( or words to that effect ), but it doesn't tell you what those functions are. 🤣   All-in-all VW's latest infotainment systems aren't very user friendly.  

that is hilarious!

 

Okay, so my update message was as I said.

 

Do I need to actually say yes for the update though? Or will it update itself in due course?

 

If I don’t accept the update, does that mean I have a whole mishmash of missed optional security updates, for example, on top of any that autoload?

 

manic busy at the moment, I just want to drive the car, rather than wrestle with poor OS!

 

Hope you can advise.

Martin.

 

 

Yes you can drive while updating it does it in the back ground just press update. It means you cannot do anything. Just press update and drive  then leave it to do it’s thing. After it’s updated press the on button till the system restarts. You know there’s an update/ notifications when there’s numbers showing  in the circle on the top right the numbers mean how many 

Edited 20 March, 20233 yr by skoda1982