2016 GTI Car-Net Question

[p3asa]

It has limited use for me at the moment, but looks like you can add personal destinations and POI's in Car-Net online at home and then transfer them across to you cars Sat Nav. 

How do you transfer them over to the car?

Google maps has an option "send to car" which is a great service as you can make routes on your PC then you can access it online when in the car but VW aren't yet listed for this service https://www.google.com/maps/sendtocar

[vw spur]

Try this
https://www.volkswagen-car-net.com/portal/en_GB/web/gb/register?command=c

Eventually it will give you a code. Get the car connected to the web by tethering to your phone or what have you and enter the code under Menu | Car-Net | Registration - this bit took numerous attempts but my mobile signal was very weak it may be better for you guys.

I've got Discover Nav so I get weather, news (you can add things like BBC news, sport, etc, as feeds via the car-net portal), parking, petrol, online POI, personal POI import, etc. Not loads but a few things. I'm sure we'll get more in the future.

Cheers, Neil.

How do I tether my phone to the car please?? I've got an iPhone 6s but have no idea how to do things like tethering, thanks

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[titchy]

Try this
https://www.volkswagen-car-net.com/portal/en_GB/web/gb/register?command=c

Eventually it will give you a code. Get the car connected to the web by tethering to your phone or what have you and enter the code under Menu | Car-Net | Registration - this bit took numerous attempts but my mobile signal was very weak it may be better for you guys.

I've got Discover Nav so I get weather, news (you can add things like BBC news, sport, etc, as feeds via the car-net portal), parking, petrol, online POI, personal POI import, etc. Not loads but a few things. I'm sure we'll get more in the future.

Cheers, Neil.

How do I tether my phone to the car please?? I've got an iPhone 6s but have no idea how to do things like tethering, thanks

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First turn on personal hotspot, in the settings on your phone. Make a note of the password.

Then go into the settings in your car and select WLAN. When it finds your phone, enter the password and bob's your uncle.

[davewilliams000]

Couldn't seem to get mine to register. I got the code off the website, but the head unit in the car doesn't seem to want to keep the wifi connection long enough to do it, so I gave up. Not sure if it's my phone acting up or the car. Tried parking the car close enough to get a signal from the router in the house but that didn't seem to work either.

Not too bothered as I only have the standard discover nav so don't get street view etc. My phone is ok tethering other devices (e.g. tablet) so think the problem is the car, but not bothered enough about it to go to the dealers with it.

[vw spur]

Thanks Titchy, I got that sorted and the code entered and accepted, then when I select carnet in the menu it says verifying code and that's as far as it gets, bit annoying really, I only get a weak 3G coverage outside my house, I don't know if that's the issue 

[p3asa]

Couldn't seem to get mine to register. I got the code off the website, but the head unit in the car doesn't seem to want to keep the wifi connection long enough to do it, so I gave up. Not sure if it's my phone acting up or the car. Tried parking the car close enough to get a signal from the router in the house but that didn't seem to work either.

I didn't think the instructions were that great on the VW site.

I had a similar problem to yourself and gave up in the end after a few hours of frustration.
But then had another go and changed a setting on the WLAN on the head unit. It was a tick box and it worked first time so it turned out I had been doing it wrong all along.

Just a thought.

[gtiaps]

I'm going to have a look at mine later see what happens 

[Talk-torque]

Just got my code and managed to get the car connected via phone hotspot. Seems OK, but really shows nothing much that I can't get directly on the phone. OK, it's a "hands free" way of seeing that, on the move, but I'm a bit wary of using the touch screen on the move, anyway, as it requires a degree of concentration, away from the road. Pretty toy I guess.