RNS510 Australia V4 maps out ?

[Pepe]

Wasn't V3 like 16 from 2009? 2010 I would assume would be 17?

[ralp2dam]

Would a new vehicle shipped in June have v4 or v3?

[sVWatt]

Seeing that it's now a dealer recognised part (via Pepe) you'd think you could 'request' or argue for it to be installed on any new vehicle purchase going forwards

[Pepe]

Seeing that it's now a dealer recognised part (via Pepe) you'd think you could 'request' or argue for it to be installed on any new vehicle purchase going forwards

My bad... well, either they've put out a V4 with the Sensis V16 maps or the Sensis page is wrong and there is indeed a V17 version for VW cars. Let us know what they come back with if they reply to your email.

[Flipper Dog]

Some "second hand" model RNS510 out of Europe are saying they have V4 Aus/NZ maps included for the pass couple of months now.
Would it make sense (?????) to release the maps in Europe before sending them to us first in Volkswagen's wierd mind.

[sdhumphries]

Strange that VW Australia uses Sensis / Whereis maps for the RNS510, but VW everywhere else uses Navteq maps, which are generally updated more frequently. Doesen't guarantee that compilation to suit RNS510 would happen any more frequently, however... My RNS510 is stuck in 2008/9 as well! I live in an area with many new roads, and the system wants me to "make a U-turn if possible" many times...

[Corey_R]

My bad... well, either they've put out a V4 with the Sensis V16 maps or the Sensis page is wrong and there is indeed a V17 version for VW cars. Let us know what they come back with if they reply to your email.

I think that Sensis used to provide the maps for the sat nav systems BEFORE the RNS-510 (I can't remember the model numbers, but original it was a CD unit, then a DVD unit, both of which the disc needed to say in the unit). So maybe that is where some of this confusion about what is and isn't available comes from.

[sVWatt]

Our ebay man has dropped his $150 asking price to $100.

he's a bit elusive when I've been emailing him, but biding has started so someone wants it. Anyone off the forum biding ?

[Superviza]

Yes ... what a disappointment!

Met up with wandersen and could see that he had POIs on his (C unit, FW 2720).

But none on mine (also C unit but FW 3930) running the same V4 map.

So it's literally just a map upgrade, with no file structure change required by FW 3810 or higher, to support things like basic POIs.
Let alone, my pipe dream of SD Card upload of personal POIs.

Anyhow my advice is to rollback to FW 2760 or lower, if you really want the basic POIs back.
Cause they're definitely there on the V4 map!

Alternatively, if you don't want to downgrade FW on your D unit, load your favourite destinations via SD Card this way: http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f78/...tml#post670541


wandersen
I will also try and create a modified V4 map (the old school way) with my speed cameras POIs for you to test.

Thanks again

So when you upgraded to 3810, did you do any intermediate upgrades to ensure you received the new Partitioning that is required by the new maps?

I'm still running 2720 on my C (star) unit, and apparently 4000 should be out soon so might look at updating to 4000 and the v4 maps

[aussietig]

So when you upgraded to 3810, did you do any intermediate upgrades to ensure you received the new Partitioning that is required by the new maps?

I'm still running 2720 on my C (star) unit, and apparently 4000 should be out soon so might look at updating to 4000 and the v4 maps

From what I've gathered so far, FW 3810 will partition, but FW 39XX don't. So yes ... you do need to load FW 3810 first to get the separate POI partition, if you want the higher Beta versions.

At this very moment, FW 2760 is the only one that will support POIs currently on both the V3 and supposed V4 map.
It will also read a modified map disk and importing pre-loaded destinations on a SD card.

So from a fully functional map perspective, stick to FW 2760 for now!

However Maverick has mentioned FW 2840 as the last official release in the FW 2XXX series.
But links are nowhere to be found at the moment!