My daughter recently acquired an early Octavia Mk3 as her first car.

Careful elderly lady driver, good service history etc. etc.

The infotainment system in it still has maps from 2013!

When I go to the update portal and search, it shows maps for 2024 which is great. but..

Clicking the link gives an XML error.. is this a me problem, or a portal problem? I don't think its me, as the Bluetooth file downloads.

And the 26GB link gives:

Oh, here's the unit's info.. we're in Sydney Australia btw.

hmm.. looking at the error screenshot above, the maps update points at "windows.net" domain.

The bluetooth file link goes here:

https://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto.com/base/firmwares/MIB_High_%20BT_%20parrot_update_3_73_0.zip

Which is skoda-auto.com

Ok, I made a frankenstein url which seems to work..

Take the bold part of each..

Working BT File:
https://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto.com/base/firmwares/MIB_High_%20BT_%20parrot_update_3_73_0.zip

Not-working Maps file:

https://updateportalmaps.blob.core.windows.net/maps/HIGH12f_P353_ROW_202345.zip

Join them together:

https://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto.com/base/maps/HIGH12f_P353_ROW_202345.zip

And its going.. slow (<2MB/s), but going!