V3 Maps available this week

[G-rig]

NO nav system is perfect and it's a lot better than most, including some after market ones i've tried.

[Corey_R]

Yeah it's pretty steep and doubt anyone would walk back into the dealer a year later and hand over 1200$.

Anyone who pays for dealer supplied/fit nav should get free map updates (just the orig owner) otherwise no point trying to do the right thing if it's out of date a year later.

Yeah - and that's the thing hey!

Microsoft have realised that if they offer 'family upgrades' of Windows and 'home/student versions' of Office (which allow up to 3 installations off the one license) that their sales have increased dramatically and piracy has slowed.

How money people would pay $1200 for a map upgrade with even the best portable unit would only cost about $450 now? Yeah, not many. As you said, people would seek 'other alternatives'.

If VW made it a reasonable price, say $100, then you'd probably get most owners upgrading once or twice during their ~4 year ownership of the vehicle.

[Mk6 GTI]

Does anyone know if these maps did actually get released??

[l3lazin]

well check out:

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f112...tml#post504070

'Mk6 GTI' is reportedly saying that the dealer has installed it for him so HOPEFULLY IT's TRUE!

[Mk6 GTI]

well check out:

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f112...tml#post504070

'Mk6 GTI' is reportedly saying that the dealer has installed it for him so HOPEFULLY IT's TRUE!

hehe hopefully the dealer isnt telling tales lol

He told me they got the new maps friday last week

[mr gee]

Just got the following response from Volkwagen Australia regarding the crappy map and SDHC problems with my RNS510 purchased in January. The good news is the new map is almost here - the bad new is I have to buy it.

Thank you for your recent correspondence.

Firstly please accept our sincere apologies for the unexpected delay in
responding to your email.

Over the life of any product, some changes and modifications may be
made. Unfortunately it would seem that in this instance you have
received an earlier version of the RNS510 unit which does not support
the media as mentioned in the owners manual.

Unfortunately the only way to resolve this issue would be to replace the
RNS510 unit.

In regards to the sat/nav software, there is a new version of this
software which should hopefully be available this week. Please confirm
availability with the parts department of your prefered Volkswagen
retailer. They will also be able to confirm if the DVD should be
supplied when you purchase this update.

There's a possibility that you can upgrade the firmware of your RNS and get SDHC functionality.
check out Maverick's website: Volkswagen RNS 510 Firmware Upgrade to version 2760 / 2762 / 2764 / 2766 / 2768 | my-gti.com

I updated the fw on my 'b' set and now using 12gb SDHC. Note that you must have a nav dvd on hand as the upgrade may reformat the HDD

[Ozram]

Is V3 out yet or not? I'm sure I saw a post from Dermot at the weekend giving a price as well. Since then this thread seems to have lost his post and moved from the Audio section to the Mk6 section. Or am I going crazy??

Anyone thinking of getting V3?

[Corey_R]

This thread has been here all along... maybe you're confused about another thread?

[Ozram]

Yeah, sorry just found the other one http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f78/...3-a-41937.html
Dermot's post with the price has disappeared though, so I'm only clinically half-crazy

[geojack555]

Thanks coreying

I got a free upgrade for V 3.0 when I did my 15K service. They were saying the maps are better when traveling north to central coast and above. I didn't find any difference when travelling here in Sydney...funny that when I used POI option to find a petrol station on the day after the upgrade, it guided me to a fictitious one in Rocks! So I am not quite sure how good is v3.0