Mk8 software version poll

[mcmaddy]

So have the people  on here who have voted 1788 got the map/nav in the digital cockpit ?

Yes, mine has.  Not sure yet how much I’ll use it though as I prefer the bigger map on the infotainment screen.

do you have Nav Pro?

[fredgroves]

On the B variant infotainment unit (166x software) NavPro uses identical hardware. On the D variant (17xx software) NavPro is different hardware to basic nav... Both are capable of displaying the map in the aid like on the mk7.5.

[Snowman8888]

So have the people  on here who have voted 1788 got the map/nav in the digital cockpit ?

Yes, mine has.  Not sure yet how much I’ll use it though as I prefer the bigger map on the infotainment screen.

do you have Nav Pro?

No, I don’t have Nav Pro. I will take a photo tomorrow.

[G3neralBanter]

So have the people  on here who have voted 1788 got the map/nav in the digital cockpit ?

Yes, mine has.  Not sure yet how much I’ll use it though as I prefer the bigger map on the infotainment screen.

do you have Nav Pro?

No, I don’t have Nav Pro. I will take a photo tomorrow.

Thanks Snowman8888, that would be a big help. Could you take a photo of the the system information and showing the sat nav on the driver display please?

Thanks

[fuster]

So have the people  on here who have voted 1788 got the map/nav in the digital cockpit ?

Yes, mine has.  Not sure yet how much I’ll use it though as I prefer the bigger map on the infotainment screen.

do you have Nav Pro?

No, I don’t have Nav Pro. I will take a photo tomorrow.

Thanks Snowman8888, that would be a big help. Could you take a photo of the the system information and showing the sat nav on the driver display please?

Thanks

Not sure if this has been posted before on here.  It appears to be possible to get the nav to display in the instrument cluster despite what discover Media you have.

Vid is in Italian ..  https://youtu.be/HpQgNuwxd94

[fredgroves]

Not sure if this has been posted before on here.  It appears to be possible to get the nav to display in the instrument cluster despite what discover Media you have.

Vid is in Italian ..  https://youtu.be/HpQgNuwxd94

Yes, all you need is a workshop with access to a VW GEKO login, to overcome the SFD protection system.... which those Italians did.

[Snowman8888]

Hi, see photos as promised. My car was built in 2020 and I picked it up this month.







Hope this helps.

[G3neralBanter]

Many thanks Snowman8888, appreciate that.

[G3neralBanter]

So i have received this reply from VW this morning. Seems only the older 2020 models can display the sat nav. Very strange that an older model can, but a newer model cant...Snowman8888 did confirm his was a 2020 model though and mine is a 2021...

[Guzzle]

Well that's just poor isn't it? Why would specifications for something like that go backwards? Not only do early Mk8's have it, but even my 3 year old Mk7.5 can display maps in the dash.

VW updates its model years usually around build week 22, which is around the end of May.