Updating Sat Nav

[Pwlcarz]

I have spent the last few hours trying to connect a memory stick to the car, while watching YouTube videos on the process. Not quite the same as the videos for other models, as the screen display is different on my year old HS Hybrid. I get as far as the car telling me it is trying to link to the memory stick .... but it doesn't ..... even if I wait a long time. I have tried four memory sticks, all with plenty of memory, and all with the same result. Then I thought maybe it was becuase I had been using them on the iMac, so I flashed up the Windows laptop and formatted them all on there. They still wouldn't get any further than the car trying to link to the memory stick, so I have given up.

While looking on the menus I spotted Android Auto, and set that up to show my phone's apps on the screen, so I can now use Google Maps on my phone and get it showing on the car's screen. Tested and working, so I now have up to date maps and sat nav on screen via my phone.

I have to say the whole performance has put me off the car, and I may take the hit on value and just buy something else, probably an Audi Q3 like I had before. I have just lost a whole day messing about with this, and suspect it is a deliberate part of the car's makeup to make even more money on residuals for the dealerships

Well, I haven't yet looked at updating the oem sat nav on my HS, but a couple of thoughts.

1. Waze is great and I really like that it shows your actual satellite calculated speed rather than the car's speedometer (although in fact it is actually very accurate I've found) similarly Google Maps is also pretty good.
However as far as I'm aware both are real time mapping. By that I mean the maps the apps use are not offline maps loaded to your phone (I may be wrong and stand corrected if so). Earlier this year I did the NC500 in a rented Mitsubishi Outlander that didn't have built in sat nav so used Waze or Google Maps. Unfortunately there was more than one ocaision when my phone lost signal and mapping disappeared (the arrow depicting the car's position showed on the screen but the map was just blank with no roads or other features). Eventually the phone would get a signal, the map would redisplay and on we would go - usually finding we had luckily gone in the general right direction if not the absolute one planned. Far more annoying than the odd road on the oem system not present.

2. Considering ditching the car and taking a financial hit because of a relatively minor glitch with the sat nav seems a rather extreme course of action to take. If I may also say that my last 3 car's before buying the MG were Audi's (two TT' and an S3) and they all had their fair share of glitches, especially with the Sat Nav! The last car (the S3) still couldn't do 7 digit postcodes!! And trying to find a point on a map using Audi's scroll dial was hopeless! Getting Audi dealers to do anything without charge was virtually impossible and they would always demand a thicker wedge than seemed reasonable!

Go ahead and change back to an Audi if you are really keen to spend £1000's more of your hard earned cash but justifying it on not being able to easily update the sat nav seems crazy to me.

 

[hewguy]

When you first buy your car, it is in manual to go to Naviextras to update your maps, for free, this has been the case with my bprevious cars also, because of the time from manufacture, to your delivery, maps have been updated, so you can get their latest, but I do think there may be a something like 6 month time limit on this, I’ve bought 2 PHEVs, done this with both, updated for free, there is a $1.5 speed cam update, but DO NOT bother , unless you speed of course.

 

[CAMBRIDGE COWBOY]

Hi all,
I have just updated my satnav system (Q2 2022) from the Naviextras.com - Map updates for your navigation device and more... which is the one signposted in the manual. However, after some to-ing and fro-ing, it is not actually the website you need for the update per-se but a PC (or Mac) based app called Navi Extras Toolbox.
I used a Sandisk 64Gb USB drive and formatted it so there was no 'distractions'. It normally holds my music and videos for the car. I downloaded the PC app and signed in AFTER creating an account on the website.
The app then asks you to create a "fingerprint" on the USB drive which is done by placing it in the left hand USB socket (furthest from the 12v socket) and selecting update navigation from the systems menu. This then puts the current information on the stick.
Back to the PC.
Plug in the USB drive and the downloaded app recognises it and offers updates BUT press SKIP at this screen and then it will allow you to log in (using the details you created on the website) and then you will see the big current updates. You will also have options for buying other updates, should you wish.
Tick the ones you want, start the download off and then pop the kettle on, they take a while.
Once they are on the drive, back to the car and again select update navigation from the system menu.
Again it took a while but it's now all done. My tester was a local estate which is only a year or so old and was never recognised before and happily, it is now.
It's a lengthy, timely process but it is relatively simple and seem sto have produced results (for me!).

Good luck and i HTH

 

[trevort]

Mack 1410 which web site do you need to use ?