MG4 Software updates

[derek31a]

So it doesn't only happen with the MG4 then......that's comforting to know

 

[PeteC]

What a blinking faff. No such problems with both my BMWs. I stuck 35 albums on the USB stick and the cars immediately played all of them. Having said that, the infernal digital demons changed the order of the tracks to alphabetical instead of the order on the album. Why?

My MG4 does that too, putting the tracks alphabetically rather than track order from the album. I found that I needed to add numbers to the 'title' tag of each track of the album as it was using that tag to set the order, not the the filenames. I used a utility called mp3tag on my laptop to do that. It can be set up to add the numbers to the titles of all the tracks with just one click, so it's not much of a pain at all. I keep the albums in folders and use the folders option in the MG to select individual albums which then play in the order of the album.

 

[Sparky2]

Thanks Pete, I will try that after the car's software update on 1 May

 

[Slickdad]

On Tuesday this week I went and got my new MG4 Trophy. I am generally pleased with it and enjoying it very much but feel there are one or two drawbacks, things that need to be improved. They seem to be because of the the software. My version, as supplied on a brand-new 2025 vehicle is R30, which I now know to be somewhat lacking.
Though I am now retired, I was for over 30 years, and used to be, a computer specialist/consultant. I have a distinct curiosity when it comes to technology and also a pretty good ability to be able to sniff out fixes to various problems. Software upgrades used to be part of my bread and butter. So saying, has anyone on MGEV's ever found a place where you can find the various software upgrades?
I have.
Take a look at this website, people.

Software Updates - MG4

Let me know what you think, I'd be interested in your thoughts.
Now I just need to find SIPS.

 

[mg4mc]

I think you need to read this thread:
Diagnostic VDI, VNCI, MDI with MG4

 

[Sparky2]

Well we have had the latest software upgrade installed on our MG4 Trophy LR and apart from much easier cancellation of the wretched lane assist and a new screen for the heating and ventilation, the software is still pants. It still cannot 'see' huge pairs of speed limit signs so it just flashes 30 in 60 zones. Very annoying. The sound system is still insisting on playing tracks from 5 of the 35 albums on my USB stick in alphabetical order so it is just a random selection. Utterly useless. I still have no idea how you operate the cruise control as there is no sign of it on the touch screen. What on earth was wrong with knobs and buttons that you could operate without taking your eyes off the road?

 

[Tuareg]

Read the owners manual

 

[Sparky2]

And where might that be?

 

[Tuareg]

iSmart

 

[PeteC]

And where might that be?

https://www.mg.co.uk/sites/default/files/2022-09/MG4_EV_Owner_Manual.pdf

 

[ReintjeWA]

And where might that be?

It can also be found in one of the settings menus if I’m not mistaken, on the infotainment screen.

 

[Jamesrr]

...I still have no idea how you operate the cruise control as there is no sign of it on the touch screen. What on earth was wrong with knobs and buttons that you could operate without taking your eyes off the road?

The button to activate cruise control is on the steering wheel

It's the one on the 'left' cluster with a little steering wheel icon imprinted on it.

Push that and the car will activate ACC (or whatever mode of control you have activated but that's the default).

Pressing the brake will deactivate it. If you've braked, short pressing the rocker up will set it back to the original speed and re-accelerate.

The rocker switch allows you to increase and decrease the set speed by pressing it up or down. A long press will change by 5 kph, a short by 1 kph.

The rocker switch can also be pressed left and right. That will adjust the gap between the car in front.

 

[ReintjeWA]

The button to activate cruise control is on the steering wheel

It's the one on the 'left' cluster with a little steering wheel icon imprinted on it.

Push that and the car will activate ACC (or whatever mode of control you have activated but that's the default).

Pressing the brake will deactivate it.

The rocker switch allows you to increase and decrease the speed by pressing it up or down. A long press will change by 5 kph, a short by 1 kph.

The rocker switch can also be pressed left and right. That will adjust the gap between the car in front.

And to add, holding down the little button of a steering wheel will turn on/off Traffic Jam Assist, which when not in a traffic jam will try to keep the car centred in its lane. Results may vary, I tend to only use this on less busy roads.

 

[Sparky2]

Thank you for all those helpful hints but when I press the button on the steering wheel with steering wheel icon on it, nothing happens. Looking at the owner manual, it appears that there is no normal cruise control, only adaptive cruise control which follows the car in front. All I want to do is maintain a constant speed on motorways like I used to in my BMW and Audi cars. I am 72 but reasonably tech savvy but I must be missing something here. I am guessing that in order to get the ACC working, I have fiddle with the vehicle settings. I must add the the MG Dealer was no help at all

 

[Jamesrr]

...it appears that there is no normal cruise control, only adaptive cruise control which follows the car in front. All I want to do is maintain a constant speed on motorways like I used to in my BMW and Audi cars.

It does the "normal" cruise control until it detects a car in front and then it will slow down to maintain a "safe" distance between them. I then overtake them

There is some setting somewhere in the configuration screen where you choose how you want the ACC to operate. It's in that PDF manual that was posted earlier.

Make sure ACC is enabled.

 

[Martinonline]

@Sparky2, I suspect all modern cars have adaptive cruise control for safety reasons, probably EUROCAP requirements.

You can find information in the Wiki at the top of the forum though the 5/1 mph/kph button pushing has been reversed by a software update.

 

[Ian Key]

Thank you for all those helpful hints but when I press the button on the steering wheel with steering wheel icon on it, nothing happens. Looking at the owner manual, it appears that there is no normal cruise control, only adaptive cruise control which follows the car in front. All I want to do is maintain a constant speed on motorways like I used to in my BMW and Audi cars. I am 72 but reasonably tech savvy but I must be missing something here. I am guessing that in order to get the ACC working, I have fiddle with the vehicle settings. I must add the the MG Dealer was no help at all

Watch this video by Jerry Pan. It should make things clearer.

 

[GoElectric]

Thank you for all those helpful hints but when I press the button on the steering wheel with steering wheel icon on it, nothing happens. Looking at the owner manual, it appears that there is no normal cruise control, only adaptive cruise control which follows the car in front. All I want to do is maintain a constant speed on motorways like I used to in my BMW and Audi cars. I am 72 but reasonably tech savvy but I must be missing something here. I am guessing that in order to get the ACC working, I have fiddle with the vehicle settings. I must add the the MG Dealer was no help at all

Define nothing happens. There is no steering wheel icon in the top left corner of the dashboard activated?

This image shows clearly Top Left Corner with two sets of icons - top is Lane Keep Assist and below it is ACC icon with three dashed lines that change into the numbers of the speed at which the ACC button was pressed.

If those two icons don't appear there then something is really strange.

 

[siteguru]

The ACC/Speed Limit mode may be set to Off in the settings?