-> next 2025-2026

    cross compatible on:

Skoda Columbus (Mib2H),
Seat Navi Plus (Mib2H),
VW Discover Pro (Mib2H),
Audi MMI Navigation Plus (Mib2H)

 

# ECE    14.0 GB

Version:    V03.959.821.AR 390 ECE 2025
DevVersion:    P390_N60S5MIBH3_EU_NT_Q1.24
 VW portal:   https://vw-maps-cdn.lighthouselabs.eu/vw-maps/P390_N60S5MIBH3_EU.7z
 VW portal:   https://navigation-maps.volkswagen.com/vw-maps/P390_N60S5MIBH3_EU.7z
Files inside:    2024.04.04
Downloadable:    2024.10.15
Published:    2024.--.--

 Škoda portal:   https://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto.com/base/maps/HIGH2_P390_EU_202445.zip

Files inside:    2024.04.04
Downloadable:    2024.11.14
Published:    2024.12.0?
 

# Rest of World    14.7 Gb
Version:    V03.959.821.BB 393 ROW 2025
DevVersion:    P393_N60S5MIBH3_ROW_NT_Q1.24
 VW portal:   https://vw-maps-cdn.lighthouselabs.eu/vw-maps/P393_N60S5MIBH3_ROW.7z
 VW portal:   https://navigation-maps.volkswagen.com/vw-maps/P393_N60S5MIBH3_ROW.7z
Files inside:    2024.05.17
Downloadable:    2024.10.15
Published:    2024.--.--
 Škoda portal:   https://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto.com/base/maps/HIGH2_P393_ROW_202445.zip

Files inside:    2024.05.17
Downloadable:    2024.11.14
Published:    2024.12.0?
 

 

  ======= coverage =======
# EU
Albania*, Andorra, Austria, Belarus*, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Bulgaria*, Croatia, Cyprus*, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia*, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo*, Latvia*, Liechtenstein, Lithuania*, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova*, Monaco, Montenegro*, Netherlands, Northern Macedonia*, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania*, Russia*, San Marino, Serbia*, Slovakia, Slovenia*, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey*, Ukraine*, Vatican City
* partially

 

# ROW
Argentina*, Australia, Bahrain, Botswana*, Brazil*, Brunei*, Chile*, Indonesia*, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lesotho*, Malaysia, Mexico*, Mozambique*, Namibia*, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines*, Qatar, Reunion*, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland*, Thailand*, Turkey*, United Arab Emirates
* partially

======= instruction =======

1. download 7z/zip archive from direct link

2. extract content to SD Card or USB

3. insert memory device into slot of Columbus

4. start of update usually is offered automatically, manually can be found under Navi-> Settings

 

!!! note for MAC users

On 29/07/2018 at 20:55, ZaphodB said:

Macs are a bit more problematic as they put some 'hidden' files on the card which confuses the head unit

-> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/452002-direct-download-links-for-ece-20182019-maps/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-5095042

 

couple of potential questions are answered in previous posts:

Columbus Maps 2024/2025

Columbus Maps 2024

Columbus Maps 2023/2024

Columbus Maps 2023

Columbus Maps 2022/2023

Columbus Maps 2022

Columbus Maps 2021/2022

Columbus Maps 2021

Columbus Maps 2020/2021

Columbus Maps 2020

 

monthly POI's collection files downloading from X-o-m-k-a's blog

 

 

Edited 20 May20 May by MartiniB

Great to see the Columbus 2025 map updates available, any sign of the Amundsen MIB2 2025 map updates yet?

Thank you MartiniB that has yet again worked perfectly 👌

@itsbrun

Thanks for testing, i have lost this ability since replaced 2016 ŠS Mk3 to 2023 ŠS Mk3.FL

where Mib3 has free offline updates only once a year to push €50/y online subscription,

i paid €40/y only for Car Connect

 

On 16/10/2024 at 08:47, PetrolDave said:

Great to see the Columbus 2025 map updates available, any sign of the Amundsen MIB2 2025 map updates yet?

That did get delayed in the last release either they will miss a period or put it out delayed or scrap the updates 🫣. The Inrix solution on old mib2 standard maps for the UK is still working beautifully. Bit surprising the men standing there looking at the new lights, traffic message. Returning men gone, no warning 😉. They must religiously type it into their systems or use flow patterns around a known traffic site.

Tanks for this thread @MartiniB  appreciated.  So I download data.  My Skoda Octivia III (Mib1, early 2015, Australia) reads the SD card properly when I enter setuhp mode through "Menu", but N/A comes up on the list of updates under NavDB and even though it seems to be recognising a new version of Austrtalian map data it wont allow it to be updated. 
If I try and update the map data through Nav/Settings it doesn't recognise the SD Card.
 

Any clues?
 

Edited 24 October, 202424 Oct by DavidRE

4 hours ago, DavidRE said:

Tanks for this thread @MartiniB  appreciated.  So I download data.  My Skoda Octivia III (Mib1, early 2015, Australia) reads the SD card properly when I enter setuhp mode through "Menu", but N/A comes up on the list of updates under NavDB and even though it seems to be recognising a new version of Austrtalian map data it wont allow it to be updated. 
If I try and update the map data through Nav/Settings it doesn't recognise the SD Card.
 

Any clues?
 

If you got a mib1 high you can't do it now. I'm assuming RoW is now like Europe the files only apply to mib2 high now. The title of the thread needs the mib1 bit taken out. Upto and including 350 you were fine but 370 on not. That dropped support for the mib1 high.

 

It did come up with 370 (exact number ?) on the RoW. You should find the same level of down sizing from a year ago which means they have dropped mib1 high. The contents of those directories don't resemble exactly what's in them. It was a joint release for mib1/2 high but not anymore after 350 number or your RoW number 35?.

 

Clear as mud. The death nail on mib1 high map updates.

Well that sucks.  My maps are from 2015...  Guess I'll stick to using the phone.  Unless someone can find me a pre-350 update, which would be an improvement.  Weird that there are still files in the downloaded in a folder called Mib1



 

Yep that's how they did it. The folders don't resemble what's in them. For mib2 they take bits of the contents of mib1 so the mib2 folder contains an adjunct to mib1 to give a mib2 release. Tiss all straightforward 🤣.

 

You never know Audi might put out a new mib1 high update if there was a market how the mib1 standard 2023 release came about one assumes. You have to periodically eyeball what's out there. Mibsolution.one Guest, guest posts the links up. Fumbling through the directories. File dump.

Mibsolution.one Guest,

 

Que? 

Mibsolution.one completely unfathomable!

 

Hobbyist mib project of enthusiasts. Spends a lot of time down... like now else I'd point you to the page. Maps would be the directory area. No forum so that's the downfall of it.

 

Another piece of AI type webpage. Mib helper

 

https://mib-helper.com/

 

Which links into it but again no discussion site. Mr Fix it videos that will equally give you problems if misused. The wild side of mib with trap doors for the un anointed.

 

 

 

 

26 minutes ago, Tell said:

Hobbyist mib project of enthusiasts. Spends a lot of time down... like now else I'd point you to the page. Maps would be the directory area. No forum so that's the downfall of it.

 

Another piece of AI type webpage. Mib helper

 

https://mib-helper.com/

 

Which links into it but again no discussion site. Mr Fix it videos that will equally give you problems if misused. The wild side of mib with trap doors for the un anointed.

 

 

 

 

Thanks - was helpful but the link to latest maps is broken sadly.  It points to a VW download - I assume that wouldnt work anyhow

 

Not if it's mib2 high only. The maps files are interchangeable between brands but they have dropped support for mib1 high. They are all run off from the same system and are identical on the same release code, but it won't help you if we assume that's what they have done. The mib1 high release has been dropped from European maps so it will be the same for RoW. A check can be made by looking in the mib1 directory...

50 minutes ago, Tell said:

 A check can be made by looking in the mib1 directory...

There were map files in the Mib1 directory in v393 but for some reason the system didn't pick them up.  Beats me.  I'm assuming the psf files are teh maps - they have some size to them

Just downloaded v353.  The mib1 folder is 23Gb, mib2 is 9Gb

I'm assuming I just load the SD card into the unit with both folders as extracted from the zip file...

Edited 24 October, 202424 Oct by DavidRE

Yes on the question. The mib1 and mib2 folder names are arbitrary. They aren't what they seem. Basically when mib2 came out specific mib2 stuff went in the mib2 directory but it takes stuff from mib1. With mib2 only they chumped out the mib1 only stuff.

Customary success screen on a Seat mib2 high. Thanks @MartiniB. This thread seems to hide itself... oh well.

links to the Škoda portal added

 

Any sign of the Amundsen 2025 maps update at all?

MIB2 High update worked for me - Skoda Karoq 2018
Just one thing... saved Destinations seem to have gone. There is one 'Flagged Destination', the Home is still there, and recent destinations.
If I go to a recent destination and try and 'Store' it it doesn't seem to get saved under 'Destinations'.

 

Am I doing something stupid or following to obey some needed step?

7 hours ago, Kaoli said:

MIB2 High update worked for me - Skoda Karoq 2018
Just one thing... saved Destinations seem to have gone. There is one 'Flagged Destination', the Home is still there, and recent destinations.
If I go to a recent destination and try and 'Store' it it doesn't seem to get saved under 'Destinations'.

 

Am I doing something stupid or following to obey some needed step?

Hmm. Seat here with Seat firmware running on those maps. I can say I've had no issue or perhaps I have. I'd decided it was the limit of the destination store. Might not be your issue... I do have 200 or so destinations.

 

Formally I typed using the "Find button bar"... if it's called that on yours. Say I have a lot of destinations in Milton Keynes. I start typing Milton... it's shows all those that start with this but the one I saved isn't there. However if I finger down the destination store it is there.

 

It's only started to do that recently. I had assumed the programmers hadn't left enough slots in their link list tables. Those index tables anybody who has studied computer science knows about. Probably not called that. String linked indexes... big in the 1970s. Programmers that write mib2 aren't very good at declaring array sizes. That's the idea of these string look up way of storage, it hits a limit. You share fixed storage in the link lists but declaration is important. Them youngsters know nothing 😉. Often mib2 units go out of memory exhibiting strange behaviour or rebooting. Might add it's been 30 years since I've written code but the principles haven't changed so you can diagnose what's going on. Memory leakage is what they call it now when programs go wrong.

 

Anyhow it could be that. You might be saving the destination fine, but not found on a "star" search which is what I'm talking about... it's indexing down for all Milton* but gets lost in the list, but is there if you run down scrolling the list... I'm now scrolling rather than those find "star" searches off giving it a few characters. They might have messed up the interface of the map code with the firmware ?.

Any sign of the Amundsen 2025 maps update at all for vw 2025

> Just one thing... saved Destinations seem to have gone.

 

At the time I tried exiting and locking the car and then re-opening it but the Destinations remained missing.
However, the next day when I got to the car I was relieved to find they had returned.

Ah perhaps you need the trusty infotainment reboot. Long hold on the on/off but till you see the splash screen reappear. The units stay powered up after locking the car for 20 minutes. Old Vag rules. Why your infotainment stops running if listening to it with the engine off, doors closed.

 

Leaving it off over night replicates the reboot procedure. As I hinted the firmware in these units can be problematic. Well we are all running different firmware in our vehicles,  brand by mib2 firmware release. So what you are seeing may be different. I also get strange ones if I use way points at times. Programming bugs.

 

 

So many separate threads,
by my vision, answers on problems must live in one!
  

5 hours ago, Nitrama26 said:

I hope that in the meantime you have all managed to find a way to successfully download ECE 2025.

My problem was solved when I used the 7-Zip program instead of the built-in Windows zip program.

Today for your information, I recieved an email from Skoda in which they say =>

"We wanted to inform you that the file has been replaced. To ensure a smooth experience, please download it again using a stable network connection.

Once the download is complete, you can extract the file using the default Windows packager."

It took a while but they apparently got it fixed in the end and I find it good that they took the time to let me know.

Let's hope that the next map update (May / June 2025) goes without problem. Happy New Year 👍

 

HNY!!!