Columbus Head Unit Questions

[Ajmorris]

Hi All,

Finally picked up my MY17 octavia on Friday and of course took it for a drive and have been playing around with its features (huge upgrade from my 2000 commodore). I've hit a roadblock on a couple of things for the columbus head unit (tech pack).
Firstly, is it possible to use bluetooth/wifi for android auto or mirror link? It seems absurd that i should have to connect the usb cable unless i was wanting to charge my phone simultaneously.
Secondly, I am wanting to import POI's for speed cameras. I have seen plenty of threads on this, but what i can't really find is current POI files for it. The free ones are all reasonably outdated, and i dont want to pay for any and then find out that they are also outdated. Garman/TomTom etc would be a good resource for these, but cant find if its possible to buy/download these without owning the gps unit itself.

Cheers.

[Spinifex]

I'd be interested to know the answer to these as well.
There's a function to import POIs, but I've not played around with where to get those files from. Fixed speed cameras would be very handy.

And having carplay/android auto was one box ticked when selecting the car for me.... even though I didn't know much about it, I figured it would be a good thing to have - but I've connected my iPhone once since having the car, as it's a massive PITA to have cables dangling around when plugged in and there's very little functionality of the carplay system. Not sure if android devices have more apps available for use when connected.

[pjam73]

as it's a massive PITA to have cables dangling around when plugged in and there's very little functionality of the carplay system.

I use this coiled (like an 80s phone) cable from Yellowknife: MFI iPhone 6S 5 Portable Travel Flex Spring Coiled ios9 Lightning USB Data Cable

It helps somewhat, but it's still fiddly trying to get my iPhone 6 in a position in the tray in front of the centre console buttons without obstructing any of them. Incidentally, if your wife happens to press the ESC button when you're on the Hume on your first day of ownership the alarm sound, red message in the Maxidot and the ACC cancelling can give you quite a fright!

[Jondalar]

I don't have any trouble with my 7 plus obstructing the buttons, I lay it sideways with the bottom nearest the USB port, it doesn't quite fit across but it's well out of the way, just sits at a slight angle. I've been using a standard cable, the flat 10cm one I bought off ebay wasn't as MFI as it claimed. Might give the coiled one a go.

I use this coiled (like an 80s phone) cable from Yellowknife: MFI iPhone 6S 5 Portable Travel Flex Spring Coiled ios9 Lightning USB Data Cable

It helps somewhat, but it's still fiddly trying to get my iPhone 6 in a position in the tray in front of the centre console buttons without obstructing any of them. Incidentally, if your wife happens to press the ESC button when you're on the Hume on your first day of ownership the alarm sound, red message in the Maxidot and the ACC cancelling can give you quite a fright!

[pjam73]

Hi All,
Firstly, is it possible to use bluetooth/wifi for android auto or mirror link? It seems absurd that i should have to connect the usb cable unless i was wanting to charge my phone simultaneously.

Not that I'm aware, at least for Apple Carplay. Carplay does support wifi connections but the first car to provide it will be next year's BMW 5 series.

I must admit, despite Carplay being quite high on my requirements when I got my new car last month I really only use it on longer journeys for Apple Music and when I'm expecting text messages (I've finally got a car with Bluetooth and now no one ever calls, only texts!!). It's partly due to the hassle of plugging in, but mostly because the car's satnav system is so good, particularly if you do the simple VCDS/OBDEleven tweak to enable live traffic updates in the maps. I'm starting to load MP4/AAC files of my favourite albums onto the in-built hard drive as a source of music. I have noticed that you really only get the most out of the Canton sound system when you give it a good quality source - FM and some streaming services just don't cut it.

Out of interest, what version of software does you car have, and when was it built?

Go to Menu->Setup->System Information to see the version number. Mine was built in the last week of April and has HW 50, SW 0318. Newer cars seem to have SW 0702, and there's talk of 0848 floating around (based on the Kodiaq's system) that has been hacked into Octavias by an enterprising German/Russian team! 0848 looks graphically quite different, but I'm not sure what 0702 is like. I'm a software engineer/tech geek so I tend to want to get the latest version of everything, this car may frustrate me

[Spinifex]

........Out of interest, what version of software does you car have, and when was it built?

I'll check mine on my lunch break.

[Ajmorris]

Hi pjam,
Software version is 0702, have not tried to update since getting the car.

For anyone wondering, i managed to get hold of up to date POIs over at gpspower.net. Latest link for POIs is as follows:

20161127_speedcams-scdb.rar - FileFactory

or

Share-Online - dl/8IHRQAHOF4AW

password: ozboss18

I converted them to the correct format at POI-Listen Sammlung < Discover Geräte < Volkswagen NAV-Companion < Volkswagen Deutschland

[stu53]

Hi pjam,
Software version is 0702, have not tried to update since getting the car.

For anyone wondering, i managed to get hold of up to date POIs over at gpspower.net. Latest link for POIs is as follows:



I converted them to the correct format at POI-Listen Sammlung < Discover Geräte < Volkswagen NAV-Companion < Volkswagen Deutschland

A VIRUS was found in the download.

[Ajmorris]

A VIRUS was found in the download.

I don't see how an antivirus threw even a false positive on this file, let alone a real virus alert? Its just a bunch of text and bitmaps... I did this at work, and the corporate antivirus didn't detect anything, and i've looked through all folders within the archive manually and don't see anything. Did your antivirus throw an alert on the archive, the extracted contents, or the pre-extracted contents? I can re-archive and upload just the australia+nz files if you like?

[Vexed]

A VIRUS was found in the download.

I have checked the file, there are no viruses detected in it. It is probably those filthy file sharing websites that are causing the problem.

Anyway, I have uploaded the file to One Drive.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aj4SjCQT31tKtPISubggfJIy1mrgwA