I very recently purchased a 2019 1.6 Diesel Octavia and need to ask a question regarding the sat nav.

i have had various Octavia’s over the years and my last one was a 2013 2.0 lt Diesel and when i got it the maps were really helpful (not the lack of postcode though) in respect of me driving a route and coming up on roadworks.

i would be notified of the roadworks and if necessary given a route change. This stopped over the last couple of years which was a bit inconvenient.

my new one I thought would be more intuitive but no, it is worse. I had to drive past the road closure on A36 Limpley Stoke and when I took the signposted diversion it would continually tell me to do a U turn and for the next few miles kept telling me to go back. It wouldn’t recommend any alternatives and the road sign diversions disappeared so ended up going all over the place trying to get on track.

i also notice the Infotainment system has the facility for a SIM card.

can anyone tell me if the intuitive side of the sat nav relies on a sim access and/or is there a way to get around roadworks/accidents without being told to do U turns for the next few miles??? Thank you in advance.

Edited 11 January, 20251 yr by Colin Spence

First question is whether you have an Amundsen or Columbus sat nav? Amundsen needs an SD card inserted all the time for the maps.

 

The problem is that the maps by default use a TMC transmission that's no longer active, but there are hacks to switch to the one still being transmitted - there is a thread about this on briskoda.

 

Alternatively the newer system, which on a 2019 model will probably include yours, can get traffic information using the SIM.

Thank you PetrolDave, my fault I should have mentioned it is an Amundsen. Is it best to go for the ŠKODA Sim, seen them mentioned, don’t really want to just stuff anything in and bugger things up!!!!

On 11/01/2025 at 17:11, Colin Spence said:

 Is it best to go for the ŠKODA Sim, seen them mentioned, don’t really want to just stuff anything in and bugger things up!!!!

I have a 2016 Amundsen which doesn't have the SIM so I'll have to let someone else answer that.