On my
290, it was easy to update the maps as I had an SD card and Mib2. The process is very easy but does require a backup of the working card first!
Ive recently done the map update on my R (with NAV High) which was a case of downloading the files, extracting them onto an SD card and the updating through the car infotainment. However this is only possible for up to 2 or 3 years I believe and then after that, you’ll need mapcare enabled on your unit for this to work. There’s a few people who can enable it, but
@Tell can offer a great explanation of how mapcare works.
The great explanation is in the
resource section here:
This
resource is applicable to all Seat navigation systems plus other Vag brands which are MIB2 / 2.5. It is built from the knowledge base on the Leon forum from a long running thread which has the advantage of tracking the twists and turns over...
www.seatcupra.net
The MIB2 High is controlled by the navigation FeC see under "
Mib2 High / Seat Plus Map Update".
It's that parameter which is the one used by mapcare. Simple really. Retrofitters adjust this parameter and it became apparent that after a few false attempts by a retrofitter and muttering at the screen. Putting this against Walone's FEC value, what I had with the car originally, the modded one and then it going out after the update period and Googling how it worked based on the Audi codes on a Russian link. Constructed the table in the link so any one with a Seat Mib2 high can decode the validity of when they can update the maps. The Seat Mapcare FeC navigation run in code is 073, the final XX is the control.
It works in quarters (the XX in Hex is the quarter period). The car knows the quarter from the satnav date and time. The fresh map has the quarter built into it. Go beyond the quarter and it won't update. Use the back end menu SWDL and it will hang validation until you restore a map that belongs with the valid quarter limit.
It then became apparent via the Leon 3 navigation thread that Seat had shipped Cupras in the Netherlands with Mapcare for life which is set at this:
| 073000EE | DB_EU_MIB2_HIGH_SEAT_Lifetime_Mapcare |
That cross tallied with a technical post I found on the net. That's the FEC you want. At some stage VAG group will stop releasing updates for Mib2 maps but they have said it will be at least 5 years from when they discontinue Mib2. Mib1 maps are still being released and that's 5 years ago.
Retro-fitters can be crafty so and so's sell you the latest firmware but set the navigation FeC low for repeat business. That became apparent. After going back to one place they gave me 7 years after the first year ran out. Didn't re-charge me for their "mistake". Messed Walone about thou. I do the personal touch of appearing
.
I would never mail a unit to anybody I didn't know or allow them access to it over the net.
My current plan is to get the latest and final firmware on the high and get the FEC set at that magic figure above 073000EE. Reckon next year Mib2 High firmware will cease development and that release is the one to get. It will be a trip to Yorkshire for me assuming the Covid vaccine is out by then. I'm on 1338 of the firmware. There is a 1447 out according to ODBEleven screen which gives you info on what they are seeing on other peoples units. We will see whether it tops out at that.
As for Mib3. it's a blank piece of paper. Need people to experiment. The crunch point on that is when their free one year map updates run out and what Seat wants to charge for connect services/
Good and bad retrofitters live in Yorkshire. The good ones live closer to the coast
or is it better the devil you know
. Resolve that next year perhaps. There is a decent company that operates up there.
(the same FEC approach (but a different code) for the standard one but you might as well save money and do the workaround on that - the same technical post I found with the 073000EE gave the standard one which was being shipped in the Netherlands... just off limit codes)
