Reply With QuoteWow the TMC sounds great! I come across a fair bit of congestion due to road works etc so the TMC would be really helpful when I'm trying to work out an alternative route.
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Kennyc:Well done! I quess the message for dealers is - don't mess with the VWW community!!Originally Posted by kennyc
Have you got TMC working on your car? I installed the VCDS tweak last week on my my13 model. It adds a totally new dimension to the Sat Nav. Screen now shows little triangles where the congestion sites are. Just touch the triangle on the screen and a more complete description of the traffic delay is displayed. It's all updated in (almost) real time - Great stuff!
Pity about the voice pronunciation. I had thought (hoped, really) that V2 would fix the appalling speach impediment of the announcements. How hard can it be for a SAT NAV to correctly pronounce the word "Road"? The worst part (for me) is when the SAT NAV tries to say highway numbers (particularly the number "4", or "40-something" - says something like "frewery" instead).
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Wow the TMC sounds great! I come across a fair bit of congestion due to road works etc so the TMC would be really helpful when I'm trying to work out an alternative route.
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veew: Do you own, or do you have access to a VCDS cable? If not, and as I said in a previous post, can you get to my place for me to do the tweak for you -where do you live? I'm fairly sure that there are VWW folk that are willing to do tweaks for other members in the various States - not sure where to find details. Failing that, you could ask your dealer to install it as part of the next service (you would argue, of course, that it ought to be provided at no cost - given how easy it is to install).
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Dubber
Hi DV52. Just saw your post. Did you get everything working ok? The TP setting is in the radio settings somewhere and not in the traffic button. One drawback to the traffic reports is that they aren't very good/reliable - at least in Sydney.
Cheers,
David
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David: Yes it all went well once I plugged-in your magic number (which was later confirmed by alanzidane in a subsequent post). The information was very useful-thanks.
I had already set-up the requisite radio settings long ago in the irrational hope that somehow the illusive VW Golf fairies would magically install the facility in my car without any further intervention by me (don't know why this didn't happen)!
I've had mixed success with the accuracy of the reports here in Australia's best State. On the whole the reports have been not-too-bad, but I might be in a good period - only time will tell! Thanks again for the information
Incidentally, I updated the detailed procedure that I originally started for the the TMC tweak to include credits for both alanzidane and yourself. I appologise for not getting your prior permission but I hope that this was OK. Getting to the final answer was a collaborative process which confirms the value of community forums such as this. For your reference, the corrrect link for the fully completed TMC tweak is below (the link in my post to you was incorrect):
Mk7 Golf TSI & TDI - Observations and Questions
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I know English will be a second language for a lot of the VW designers and engineers, but their text to speech software is appalling!! Sometimes the poor girl trapped in my SAT NAV sounds like she has just climbed over the Berlin wall with a couple of bottles of vodka under her belt...
Street and Road both translate to Strasser in German, oh dear.
Last edited by vk6tnc; 07-05-2014 at 01:26 AM.
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Am I right in saying the Nav should then route around the accident/congestion automatically? Just curious.
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I don't have a VCDS cable or a Windows laptop. I'm in Adelaide and was going to get Transporter to do it but it seemed like it would cost more than I thought it was going to so I have held off, especially for TMC.
I had my car in the service centre a while back regarding the radio button control issue, gave them a printed list of VCDS tweaks and they said they couldn't do them in their system (which was different, I should've known haha). Anyway one of the technicians was pretty retarded as he had written in the report "heated leather seats not present" when trying to activate the retained settings for seat heater, it's pretty obvious I do have heated leather seats when you look/sit in the actual vehicle! When the service manager told me that my car didn't have the feature, I didn't feel confident I was going to get far with getting these tweaks installed. I remember reading one of the forum members was able to coerce the service staff to change the settings using their software but can't find the post any more.
I'm going to have another go at getting the service centre to activate TMC. Firstly I'll chase up VWA customer care so they have confirmed the features are available and then ensure they forward the appropriate details to my service centre so they can't deny the features being available for the Australian market.
Last edited by veew; 07-05-2014 at 07:32 AM.
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Andrew: pity that you live so far away. If you are ever plan to be in Australia's premier State, PM me and I will do the tweaks for you (it will only cost you your undying gratitude and a good conversation - about anything that you want)
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As a newbie to the forum I am a bit confused as I have been reading this thread and then went to the dealer to ask for details about the traffic and voice buttons on my 110TDI. DOM 7/13 MY 14
They told me that satnav v1 and v2 are not interchangeable and will only work on the correct dated car. In other words you can't update from 1 to 2 if pre that version car. Also they and VW customer care say there is no traffic data and that it doesn't work in Aust.
When I mentioned to customer care that some have it working I was told that some due to luck had the right settings but that the data was not accurate and should not be used.
I was also told by the dealer that the voice button would cost to activate and that calling vw would probably get me an update at no cost. Fat chance! VW view it as an accessory and want to charge.
What a joke that they sell cars with satnav but parts don't work and they want to charge you when they do come up with a fix.
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