If you want the 3xxx RNS firmware and POI's to work.. look here.

[vk]

well dont i feel like a fool now! What the hells the other sticker with the "D" on it haha

I have no idea

[118 Tsi]

and to top it off my unit has forgotten everything, radio dont work, media dont work, maps dont work without putting thee "Maps" disk in. GRRR!! Think i have lost everything off my hdd too

[vk]

and to top it off my unit has forgotten everything, radio dont work, media dont work, maps dont work without putting thee "Maps" disk in. GRRR!! Think i have lost everything off my hdd too

Hmm you seem to have gone into the idea of flashing the firmware completely unaware aye?

[aussietig]

edit: Tested on a version D unit only. No reports of it working on other units yet, please read thread of info.

I think that might be the case if you actually have a D unit.

Certainly when I originally tried what you're saying using FW 3810, it didn't work!

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...one-58954.html

But maybe it's worth having another crack at it now on my C unit and with FW 3970.

[vk]

I think that might be the case if you actually have a D unit.

Certainly when I originally tried what you're saying using FW 3810, it didn't work!

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...one-58954.html

But maybe it's worth having another crack at it now on my C unit and with FW 3970.

I had no problems going from 2760 to 3810 originally, so may be it is only a version D, i have read that you can modify the firmware to run on older units though>

[aussietig]

I had no problems going from 2760 to 3810 originally, so may be it is only a version D, i have read that you can modify the firmware to run on older units though>

So did you have working POIs in 3810?

Also were you running custom/personalised POIs on yours?

If so, are they still working after 3970 upgrade?

[vk]

So did you have working POIs in 3810?

Also were you running custom/personalised POIs on yours?

If so, are they still working after 3970 upgrade?

My POI's were not working on FW 3810, the reason for this is because 2xxx to 3xxx creates 3 partitions instead of 2, extra for POI's, however 3970 has a bug and doesnt create the third, so works like the 2xxx firmware.

[aussietig]

My POI's were not working on FW 3810, the reason for this is because 2xxx to 3xxx creates 3 partitions instead of 2, extra for POI's, however 3970 has a bug and doesnt create the third, so works like the 2xxx firmware.

Yep ... clear on that bit!

And it makes sense now why my original 3810 experiment failed and even for those with D units that tried!

But there's just a comment from Josi in Maverick's 3970 thread which I've read to mean that personal POIs & POI search would not work however.

josi
June 4, 2011 at 10:57 pm · Reply

- video in motion is lost only when upgrading to firmware 3800, with all other 3xxx it remains.
- HDD is repartioned and music and maps are lost when upgrading from any 1xxx/2xxx firmware to firmwares 3800-3910. But in leaked beta firmwares 3930 and 3970 HDD is not repartioned, and if you are doing direct upgrade from 1xxx/2xxx to 3930 or 3970, the third partition for POI is not created and unit will not be able to store POI from maps disc or personal POI.
- POI search with VW 7.1 beta maps stopped working after firmware 3810.

So firmware 3810 is still the best solution until official VW maps (CD_7476/CD_7477 or later) will be available.

Was hoping you could confirm whether that's right or not (if you're using a modified map with personal POIs).

[vk]

Yep ... clear on that bit!

And it makes sense now why my original 3810 experiment failed and even for those with D units that tried!

But there's just a comment from Josi in Maverick's 3970 thread which I've read to mean that personal POIs & POI search would not work however.

josi
June 4, 2011 at 10:57 pm · Reply [
QUOTE]- video in motion is lost only when upgrading to firmware 3800, with all other 3xxx it remains.
- HDD is repartioned and music and maps are lost when upgrading from any 1xxx/2xxx firmware to firmwares 3800-3910. But in leaked beta firmwares 3930 and 3970 HDD is not repartioned, and if you are doing direct upgrade from 1xxx/2xxx to 3930 or 3970, the third partition for POI is not created and unit will not be able to store POI from maps disc or personal POI.
- POI search with VW 7.1 beta maps stopped working after firmware 3810.

So firmware 3810 is still the best solution until official VW maps (CD_7476/CD_7477 or later) will be available.

Was hoping you could confirm whether that's right or not (if you had any).[/QUOTE]

Aaah, I have not use my personal POI cd as of yet, will try this tomorrow!

[kamold]

Would love to be wrong but I doubt that personal pois delivered via a custom map disk will work
I don't think the new firmware is backwards compatible with the older format pois.
Please please please tell me I'm wrong.

Whilst for us in Aus the new functionality of the 3xx0 firmware is largely unusable, it does seem to have a faster update rate (at least on newer units) when in navigation mode which I like.