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Have SD Card but maps not working
- Thread starter rbarkley
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Couple of questions :
1. Does your son's Leon have a GENUINE Seat SD card? If not, then it won't work
2. What head unit has your son's car got? There was a changeover period, not sure whether it was 2015/2016 where the original MIB1 units were superceded with the newer MIB2 units. Look at the cards - the MIB1 units use a card with an AT marker, the newer MIB2 units use a card with an AS marker, and the AS/AT cards are NOT interchangeable. Looking at 2015 Leons for sale, they do seem to have the MIB1 units fitted
BUT:- from experience, when I got my older Leon (2014/64 plate), with MIB1, it did not come with a card. I bought a genuine AT card from the dealer (yes it did cost me a fortune), but it worked straight away without any activation needed at all. So hopefully a copy will work....remember it needs to be on a GENUINE Seat SD card.
Easiest way to check before doing any copying is to simply put the card from your friend's Leon into your son's. If it works, happy days.
1. Does your son's Leon have a GENUINE Seat SD card? If not, then it won't work
2. What head unit has your son's car got? There was a changeover period, not sure whether it was 2015/2016 where the original MIB1 units were superceded with the newer MIB2 units. Look at the cards - the MIB1 units use a card with an AT marker, the newer MIB2 units use a card with an AS marker, and the AS/AT cards are NOT interchangeable. Looking at 2015 Leons for sale, they do seem to have the MIB1 units fitted
BUT:- from experience, when I got my older Leon (2014/64 plate), with MIB1, it did not come with a card. I bought a genuine AT card from the dealer (yes it did cost me a fortune), but it worked straight away without any activation needed at all. So hopefully a copy will work....remember it needs to be on a GENUINE Seat SD card.
Easiest way to check before doing any copying is to simply put the card from your friend's Leon into your son's. If it works, happy days.
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I put the mib1 / mib2 test here on the resource
www.seatcupra.net
You look for the 6P on the serial number. The map card also tells you on the label. Probably a mib1 standard. 6p mib2 standard.
Maps for mib1 aren't available now and no hacks to upgrade. Many people upgraded to mib2 who had mib1 at the time. Should be mib2 map updates to 2025. East Yorkshire Retrofit board sponsor sell update kits.
Mib2 is tethered to the overall.nds file of the release that was first put in the car. Moving that ooverall.nds file between release enables the update. Otherwise called the workaround. Only Seat had this function.
No valid card you might have to Google the head serial number to work out. As said you need a valid Vag card. Some hack the firmware to workaround that. More trouble than worth. EBay is the source for Vag map cards. Doesn't even need to be Seat brand. Reads the CID on it. Done like so Vag get income off the maps, after that use the downloads and the workaround.
GPS and satnav - Updating the inbuilt Mib2 Satnav / Mib2 tricks and Mib1
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
You look for the 6P on the serial number. The map card also tells you on the label. Probably a mib1 standard. 6p mib2 standard.
Maps for mib1 aren't available now and no hacks to upgrade. Many people upgraded to mib2 who had mib1 at the time. Should be mib2 map updates to 2025. East Yorkshire Retrofit board sponsor sell update kits.
Mib2 is tethered to the overall.nds file of the release that was first put in the car. Moving that ooverall.nds file between release enables the update. Otherwise called the workaround. Only Seat had this function.
No valid card you might have to Google the head serial number to work out. As said you need a valid Vag card. Some hack the firmware to workaround that. More trouble than worth. EBay is the source for Vag map cards. Doesn't even need to be Seat brand. Reads the CID on it. Done like so Vag get income off the maps, after that use the downloads and the workaround.
Can you please post a picture of the head unit - AS rings alarm bells. If its an MIB1 unit, which a 2015 model should have, the AS card is the reason it won't see the maps as the MIB1 needs an AT card
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May be somebody put a mib2 standard card in it. The overall.nds trick needs to be applied if it's really a mib2 standard unit. See the resource and the link I've given to the overall.nds file that gets you out if trouble, you might have the wrong one on it.
Where I say lost cards etc on that links.
It's that attachment
Updating the inbuilt Mib2 Satnav / Mib2 tricks and Mib1
I had the same problem when I updated my maps last Sunday, had to use a new 32gb card (which I already had), 2 of my old 32gb cards did not have enough space. I checked them for errors but non found. Probably bad sectors: https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/repair-sd-card-with-bad-sectors/ The...
www.seatcupra.net
That's the Seat year 1 release which fixes all missing overall.nds files.
If however it is a mib1 standard then it won't work. Leyland above may be right that it's a mib1 standard. Googling the unit will reveal I'm sure. We normally start off with a working system that needs upgrading not one that isn't.
That technique is the Seat one that gave you the 6P
How do I know which unit I have ?
Press the “NAV” Button >
Confirm the “Setup” >
“Version information” selection on the display.
Check the first text line in "Version information".
If the first three digits are 6P0 it's a mib2 standard (serial number is also on the card)
5F with a mapping card in the slot it's mib1 standard
If not it's a mib1 or 2 "Navi System Plus" (no card in the slot)
If it passed that as 6P it's a mib2 standard so just putting the v1 overall.nds file on it will fix it. That's what I'd do.
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