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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Stuartie on 12 November 2018, 12:39
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Hi I'm trying to activate android auto on my MK7 GTI. I got an email about car net services expired and I looked into renewing them, this costs £70? I don't mind paying this if this will activate android auto? I had everything all setup before when it was active and anytime I clicked on it, I got a message saying "Contact dealership for activation". I never bothered because I never researched into it, but since then I've been interested in it as I know a few people that have android auto and I would like it activated.
My question is, if I pay the £70 will this enable me to use android auto? If not how much is it and how do I get it activated?
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It's about £250 I think and VW dealer only.
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Carnet subscription and Android Auto activation are two different things.
The former is for three years from new, the latter is permanent.
You don't need CarNet for AA....
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Carnet subscription and Android Auto activation are two different things.
The former is for three years from new, the latter is permanent.
You don't need CarNet for AA....
That makes sense now. I've figured out that for AA I need to activate at the dealer and will cost £200+ ish. Is there anywhere else I can purchase this, my deal is quite far away from me..
Also how can I make sure that it'll work with my head unit?
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One price, main dealer only - it needs a VW generated activation code.
Will it work? If it will activate, it will work.
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Talking of Android Auto (AA), I noticed the other day when I booted it up on my MK7.5 GTI, and went to the map screen and chose "Google maps" (as I have waze installed as well), that there was a new "setup cog" icon and under that I could select satellite view (like I used to have on my older MIB2 Discover Pro on my 2016 GTD). I used to use this a fair bit, but I of course needed to opt for the Pro Nav (at considerable expense) to get it as it wasn't available on the Discover Navigation at the time.
It's amusing that despite still charging the earth for the Pro Nav - no pun intended, on the MK7.5 (although there are obviously quite a few advantages over my standard Nav), "google earth" (or satellite view) was actually dropped as a feature on the new 9.2" Pro Nav as part of the MK7.5 refresh due to licencing issues between Google and VW. So it's amusing that it's now appeared on the standard Nav's running AA now, without having to up spec (obviously Pro Nav's running AA have this now as well I would guess).
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Interesting!
I'll give that a try... that never worked on my old NavPro (2014 car) despite it being one of the reasons I spec'ed bloody nav pro. (it never worked in the UK because they didn't have the data link back then...)
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Here's a couple of shots I got of it at lunchtime :-)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4824/44965267895_8c3eddd9dd_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bvqKzz)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4895/44965266185_a2d8a21a6a_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bvqK56)
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Like this! Works on my mk7 with standard head unit via Apple CarPlay.