Hi all. I have a problem regarding columbus map update.

 

Below i will share photos.

 

Briefly i searched here and youtube for learning the process. But I cannot update the map because the screens that i see and mine are different, that is to say my columbus update sub menu is missing and for that reason i connot update whatever i do.

 

Can you look at the photos please? If anyone encountered a problem like this , can share the solution?

 

Thank you.

Other photos…

it's Amundsen Mib3

i haven't met any newer than 23.12 for offline update

for newer you have to pay for online subscription

more info -> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/513799-mib3-map-updates-2024/

 

10 hours ago, MartiniB said:

it's Amundsen Mib3

i haven't met any newer than 23.12 for offline update

for newer you have to pay for online subscription

more info -> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/513799-mib3-map-updates-2024/

 

Hi MartiniB. First of all thank you for your reply.

The unit is columbus and mib3. I checked the official update portal and entered the my car’s VIN. The search resulted in newer version of the map and the name of the version is MRM TUR 2024/2025, name of the it is “OI_P119_MRM_TUR_202425_offline_update.zip”. The portal says that it is valid since cw 25/2024. I downloaded the map data and transferred to usb c device. So, there is no problem until this time.

If i enter the navigation setting there is only 3 submenu, but the others that i saw in the youtube have 8-10 submenu. I think my main problem is that they have “version info” submenu and they make updates by means of it. I do not have a “version info” as a submenu of navigation settings. So i cannot update the map whatever i do.

 

 

i have same head unit and it's Amundsen, Columbus in Mk3.FL has no rollers

 

numbers in title regularly are + 6 months forward at least

European P119 = 2023.12

 

can you share full link to “OI_P119_MRM_TUR_202425_offline_update.zip” or PM me your VIN

 

I may be wrong but I think with mib3, you insert the card and leave it to do its thing, no need to click “map update” manually like mib2’s.

 

If you do a long drive (30-40mins plus) check back later and should see the map version change

Thank you Danoid. I tried that. I inserted my usb and waited. I waited for a while but there is no process. But when i be available i try again the method you said.

In the screenshot you published there is a button "update software".

If you press this with the USB C device connected does it find the map update? 

 

Have you extracted the zip file onto the memory stick? 

Usually you have to extract the files & folder structure from the zip file not just copy the zip file..

I tried several times again. Below you will see photos from columbus.

 

If i press software update then comes updates screen but whatever i choose there happens nothing. And as you see on the final screen there is nothing. So i can’t do any update there.

 

If i hold the menu i enter the service mode. I press software update and there comes a warning saying that start update. If i press this button it brings me to red enginerring menu. I press update but again there is blank screen, there is nothing on the screen.

 

And surely i plug the usb to car and even i wait for 2 hours there happens nothing, the version is still same. 
 

So i can’t update the map whatever i try. How can update? What am i doing wrong?

Can you post an image of the file structure on the USB drive? 

 

If it can't find the update it's usually not copied to the usb drive in the correct way or the usb drive is formatted in the wrong way.

My old Octavia MIB1 would only accept FAT32 drives.

 

I remember reading somewhere that there was a corrupt download on the Skoda website (15Gb instead of 24Gb)...

 

I usually use a usb harddrive instead of the usb key as it's a bit faster that way...

Hi,

I also failed to update my columbus map recently:

 

@MartiniB's answer allowed me to download and extract the file on my SD card properly.

However, I haven't uploaded the map on my Columbus yet. 

@enoktakenokta - u should never have to go into the engineering menu to update the maps.

 

"Software Update" can either refer too maps or firmware.

 

As @Gabbo suggested - sounds like the file structure on ur USB might b the likely suspect.

9 hours ago, Gabbo said:

Can you post an image of the file structure on the USB drive? 

 

If it can't find the update it's usually not copied to the usb drive in the correct way or the usb drive is formatted in the wrong way.

My old Octavia MIB1 would only accept FAT32 drives.

 

I remember reading somewhere that there was a corrupt download on the Skoda website (15Gb instead of 24Gb)...

 

I usually use a usb harddrive instead of the usb key as it's a bit faster that way...

I do not have a notebook or computer now, in a few days i will return to home and at that time i will share photo.

8 hours ago, Bap33 said:

Hi,

I also failed to update my columbus map recently:

 

@MartiniB's answer allowed me to download and extract the file on my SD card properly.

However, I haven't uploaded the map on my Columbus yet. 

Is your columbus mib 2 or mib 3?

2 hours ago, JR RS said:

@enoktakenokta - u should never have to go into the engineering menu to update the maps.

 

"Software Update" can either refer too maps or firmware.

 

As @Gabbo suggested - sounds like the file structure on ur USB might b the likely suspect.

You are right but it was the only thing that i did not try.

I forgot to write my columbus’s version at the head of the topic.

 

My unit is a mib 3 unit.

14 hours ago, enoktakenokta said:

Is your columbus mib 2 or mib 3?

Since my MK3 is a MY18 (built in october 2017), I guess it's a MIB2.

Try to format the USB stick as FAT32 & then copy the 2 folders from the zip file to it...

 

If that doesn't work, try to format it as NTFS and try again.

 

I can't remember which one worked with my MIB1

7 hours ago, Gabbo said:

Try to format the USB stick as FAT32 & then copy the 2 folders from the zip file to it...

 

If that doesn't work, try to format it as NTFS and try again.

 

I can't remember which one worked with my MIB1

I tried both exfat and ntfs(there is no option for fat 32), but did not work.

 

I extracted the file that i downloaded from skoda update portal into new folder and file structure became a main folder and subfolders in that main folder. I both tried with main folder and the subfolders are in main folder and i tried just copying subfolders without a main folder but it did not help. Maybe if i put photos regarding file structure it help to clarify my situation.

 

 

Unzipped file:

Finally the files in the main folder:

Also, i plug the usb stick to car’s usb-c port and although i plug a stick only full of map date if i push media button it behaves like it is a blank stick; that is to say it say no media file.

And this is my usb stick’s file structure:

10 hours ago, Bap33 said:

Since my MK3 is a MY18 (built in october 2017), I guess it's a MIB2.

 

MY18 has MIB2.5 units.

That would make sense because the file structure is different than than MIB1/MIB2 downloads. 

There's usually 2 root folders & 1 file.

  - MIB1

  - MIB2

  .Textfile (can't remember the name)

by Type-C socket it's Mi3, which don't display any progress bar during update

as i used to Type-C adopter to Type-A -> SD Card reader -> SD Card

i were able see blinking led on SD Card reader

 

@enoktakenokta

browse this thread for additional info

-> https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/513799-mib3-map-updates-2025/