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Offline Damion

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WLAN Question
« on: 21 February 2016, 20:45 »
2 quick questions id anyone can help please!
Ive a 2015 GTD with the Discover Nav unit, can't seem to find anything in the menu to see the WLAN - Does this mean I don't have it, or is it in a sub menu?
The Mrs has a late 2015 Tig that does have the WLAN feature, but when I register it says this model does not have Car Net, can we do anything with the WLAN feature, i.e. whats it for?

Thanks
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Offline davewilliams000

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Re: WLAN Question
« Reply #1 on: 21 February 2016, 21:30 »
Not sure if you mean you are trying to connect to a hotspot (eg a phone) or trying to turn the car into a hotspot itself. If its the later, then I don't think you can do that unless you buy VWs 'CarStick'.

Do you have a gen2 system (6.5in screen vs 5.8)? As I don't think it comes on the gen1 system at all from my limited understanding.

I've also got a late 2015 GTD which I got at end of Jan. If you press the menu button, so that you get a list of the main items on screen (radio,nav,etc) then swipe along to the far right there is setup. Both the sub menus for connection to a hotspot or setting up the car as a hotspot (providing you have the carsick) are in there.

I've tried to get mine connected to a hotspot to get the car-net to work and have failed miserably so far every time... don't think its my phone as the hotspot on it works fine with my Surface3 windows tablet. I even tried parking close enough to the house so I could connect to my main WiFi... the car could see it but the signal was too week.
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