Yes, thanks Superb, I know the compass is currently unavailable.  It will always be unavailable, as you do not have a Satnav system installed.

 

Allow me to explain.

 

I have recently bought a 2022, 72 reg Superb 1.5 TSI DSG SE.  It has Android Auto, but it does not have SatNav installed in the infotainment system.  So, when I connect my phone, the in-car screen in the middle of the dash replicates it and shows the Google Maps view, as intended and as is right.  However, my binnacle display behind the steering wheel rather unhelpfully then tells me the compass is currently unavailable, and by doing so removes the somewhat important speedo view.  I have to press a steering wheel button (the one in the bottom right) in order to cycle the display.  At that point it first shows me a rudimentary black and white satnav route map, and only by pressing it again does it return me to the speedo display.

 

I do not wish to ever see this message about the compass again, and I do not wish the binnacle display ever to change from the speedo view.  The question, therefore, is - how do I do that?

 

I have been into the "Vehicle" menu on the infotainment screen, and selected the speedo view, instead of "Auto", from the list of options.  This, however, does not seem to prevent the binnacle display doing it's thing and changing my selected and desired view.

 

I am otherwise delighted with the car, however this stupidity is driving me around the bend.  I want my speedo there, always, and I do not want unnecessary, unrequested and utterly pointless information displayed in its place.

 

Does anyone here please know how to prevent the compass message appearing, and also how to tell the car that I never want it to change the binnacle screen from the speedo readout until such time as I tell it to change myself?

 

Thanks for any solutions!

You don’t have built in sat nav? I didn’t think any of the Superb IIIs were sold in such a low spec?

 

What head unit does your car have? Also, what instrument cluster do you have - is it MFD or Virtual Cockpit?

Yep, no SatNav.  It's a 2022 "SE" spec.  It's not the lowest spec I don't think, that would be "S" I reckon.  I think you had to go up to "SE L" spec to get SatNav, from what the dealer who sold it to me said (Citygate Skoda Slough).   I asked him at the time if the headunit can be upgraded to have the SatNav software installed, the answer cam back "no"  I don't care though, Android Auto does the job for me.  But as it doesn't have the SatNav, I'd like it not to tell me about the compass not being available when I start Android Auto, thereby removing the speedo from my display.

 

I don't know what the headunit model is called and I don't know how to find out.  There is no info in my handbook to tell me, either.  It's just generic waffle.

 

I also don't know what MFD and Virtual Cockpit are, but I do know the display on the binnacle behind the steering wheel changes without me asking it to change, if that tells you the answer.

 

I'm a beginner with these cars, and don't know any of the above jargon associated with them I'm afraid.  I haven't driven a VAG since I had a 2008 VW Touran years ago, and things have moved on a bit since then.

Apologies for typos, apostrophe abuses, grammatical and punctuation errors etc, I didn't know there is no edit feature on this board.  I'll try to be more careful in future.

And, yeah, I probably mean SE Tech rather than SE L, above - SE L is an older spec designation, I think.  Mine is a plain SE, no Tech, hence no SatNav.

There is an edit feature, the 3 dots  top right. But I think the ability to edit a particular post expires after a while.

Thanks Nick, perils of the newbie.

 

So no ideas on how to "freeze" the binnacle screen to one display and stop changing to other displays when Android Auto Google Maps starts up?