Hello. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post here. Sorry if I'm not.
I have just purchased a
Seat Ibiza 1.6Tdi, 95cv, 2020. The SD card was still sealed in it's case. I downloaded the ~6Gb files from Seat web site and replaced all SD contents without making any backup. Do I have a chance to get my Navigation system working without having to purchase a new SD card from Seat? The Navigation system was never used because the SD card was still sealed!
I assume it didn't work. If you aren't using a Mac then it's fairly easy. If using a Mac you must run cleanmydrive on the SD card... might get away without doing that.
How it works is the first time you put the card in, it married that six month release of the card to the unit. The overall.nds file talked about in the "workaround" is the release file. It was found by copying this file between releases it magically allows you to do the update. Hence users called it the workaround.
The preamble is that if the car has never had a card in the unit then it will work with the latest mib2 standard release, otherwise you do the workaround. If you have lost the overall.nds file then you follow the lost section of the
resource link top left. This:
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
Lost section.... This bit:
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Lost, Stolen and Missing Cards from a Mib2 Standard Unit
Godzzi and myself covered on the thread the process of getting back a card that was lost or stolen out of the unit. Buy a card and put back the overall.nds file from the year or one before.
For good measure you can go back to V1 Seat map release rather than playing lucky dip with the download releases if you don't know which release was paired with the car, link below and use the most recent map update over writing the overall.nds file with the V1 one.
V1 link (Credit Markobc with that one):
http://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto.com/base/maps/0430_MP143-1248.0EUR.zip
or Skoda's download manager version (more resilient to network timing out issues)
http://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto....der.exe?ver=636797902467464786&extension=.exe
Godzzi tested for me that going back beyond the paired overall.nds file worked. So if in doubt jump back releases if you don't know what the release was. Then do the workaround using the overall.nds file. (I did test that with a unit with the overall.nds of 1030 and works fine with 0430)
Variation of the workaround but going back to the Seat base year for mib2 if no more information on what was in the car. Full credit goes to Exciter for the workaround. Basically now identified that these overall.nds files contains effectively a release date stamp as well as a general database index. For other VAG cars you might want to go back to 0235 (2014/15) which is the very first release ahead of it coming to Seat.
The card needs to be a Standard Mib2 card, can be Seat, Skoda or VW. Might wish to consider the recent 32GB card planning ahead.
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That's got the NDS file on it for the workaround... Use that file for this:
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Workaround
Using a PC or a MAC ?
PC: 7 Zip is the preferred VW tool, other unzip tool including those built into Windows, can cause difficulties.
7 zip can be obtained from
https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
MAC: VW instructions
"
ATTENTION
If the map update is performed using the Apple® OS X operating system you may find that
Discover Media does not recognise the map material or displays it incorrectly. This is due to
a lack of compatibility between the “7 zip” program and the OS-X operating system. In
addition, the OS-X operating system has a tendency to create hidden additional files on
external data media. We therefore recommend that OS X users use the “Keka” unzipping
program. We also recommend using the “CleanMyDrive” program to remove any hidden files."
If a MAC is used CleanMyDrive is run against the SD card after the maps are copied across to the SD card.
Having identified which unzipping tool is required and special Mac SD card cleaning required... free to proceed.
Steps:
- Download the latest standard MIB2 maps
- on the infotainment go to settings, safely remove, sd1 card
- remove sd1 card from glove box slot
- long press on the on / off to reboot it a couple of times
- insert sd card in to computer
- copy and paste all contents to a directory on your computer
- Format the SD card keep it as fat32 and leave format settings as default in file explorer (don't forget to push the card lock mechanism to off) (ditto in a MAC or delete all from the SD card)
- Copy the new downloaded map version to the SD card (after unzipping it)
- Replace /maps/EEC/EEC_WLD/OVERALL.NDS on the SD CARD with the one from the original SD card
- eject the sd card (on a MAC run CleanMyDrive on the SD card - then eject)
- Inserted the card into the card 1 slot in glove box whilst infotainment is off
- power on and go to navigation
The unit should then boot up into navigation. Note it does take a little longer first time round. If it refuses to boot up, press the volume button forcing a reboot, hold down until the unit reboots. If this fails it will be issues on the overall.nds file / copy issues. Revisit the process. Failing this restore the back up.
You will also need to pick up any POIs that you show on the screen since these will be dropped after a map update. Petrol stations, parking location etc.
Do not format the card in anything other than Fat32. The unit runs QNX so will not correctly see the SD card if it is not in Fat32. The CID is not deleted in a format that is outside of the area that can be addressed.
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That links to the first mib2 standard release that Seat has... the solution to all. Alternative if the card has a 6P release code on it one can work out which release it was. More hard work. The 1030 release is on the thread above. You don't really know how old the card was you were given. 6Pxxxx tells you that but as said the year dot fix forks.