SD card

Franst · Post by **Franst** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:35 pm

I’ve been looking at how to update Columbus with an SD card and YouTube videos seem to refer to the Skoda SD card which you remove from the SD slot in the glove compartment. I have a 2020 Edition Karoq. Should I have had a SD card in this slot when I bought it last year or maybe I should have purchased one? I think perhaps a good quality SD card may work, but not always.

Post by **kodiaq** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:32 am

The SD card in the glove box unit is the map programme for the sat nav.
Your car should have come with one.
Did you buy the car new? Or used?
Whichever, if you bought it from a Skoda dealer it should have been supplied with the SD card in place. Or at least in it's case in the car.
My dealer did forget once to leave it in a new Karoq that I bought. he posted me one with no argument and an apology.
Take it up with the dealer straight away and don't stand any nonsense.

Franst · Post by **Franst** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:42 am

Thanks we will do that

Demport · Post by **Demport** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:37 pm

Mine is a 2019 MY Edition - so things may be different.
Having found the instructions contradictory, this has worked for me:
-The original SD card remains in SD slot 1.
-You download the update to your PC's hard drive.
-Extract the file to a second, formatted SD card (incidentally 32GB is too small for the latest update).
-Second SD card doesn't have to be 'Skoda' - I use Nextbase 64GB U3
-Insert the second SD card into SD2, whilst leaving the original in SD1.
-Start the engine and follow instructions in infotainment.
Good luck!

Franst · Post by **Franst** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 3:58 pm

Mine is a 2020 Edition. Today I managed to download and save the update from the portal on a 32 GB card and then inserted it into the SD 1 slot and followed the instructions. It took a while but seemed to successfully install the new update. I have also emailed the garage to ask if we should have had a card in the SD slot. Thanks for your replies.

CJJE · Post by **CJJE** » Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:36 am

I thought the Columbus system held all its navigation data on an internal hard drive? So you only need an SD card to transfer the updated data from a computer to the Columbus hard disk, and once that's completed you can use the SD port to play music etc?

Whereas the pre-MY21 Amundsen held all its navigation data on a removable SD card, which needed to be left in place.

Post by **kodiaq** » Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:08 pm

The one I mentioned above came from the dealer in a case similar to a DVD case.
I just popped it int slot1 and it worked without doing anything else. (2018 SEL)

Franst · Post by **Franst** » Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:33 pm

CJJE wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:36 am I thought the Columbus system held all its navigation data on an internal hard drive? So you only need an SD card to transfer the updated data from a computer to the Columbus hard disk, and once that's completed you can use the SD port to play music etc?

Whereas the pre-MY21 Amundsen held all its navigation data on a removable SD card, which needed to be left in place.

Well that would make sense otherwise navigation wouldn’t work without the SD card in the slot. Maybe they just don’t supply a SD card any more as standard as there’s not much point when a £6.50 SD card works.

Post by **kodiaq** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:36 am

You can buy a Skoda SD sat nav card here. MICH cheaper that Skoda !

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