Sootchucker
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Cheshire, UK
- Car(s)
- MK7.5 GTI (2018)
Just an enquiry here please. Now that they have been out for a few years, there's plenty of companies now in the UK, that can offer to upgrade the "standard" 8" Discover Nav on the MK7.5 Golfs to the bigger 9.2" Nav Pro. All of them say that component protection is removed and as such all features work as they would if factory fitted, including App Connect (Apple Car Play and Android Auto). However all seem to say you will loose access to the VW Car-Net function.
Now I know a lot of people think Car-Net is rubbish or even a gimmick, but I tend to use it all the time. I find the live traffic info really accurate and it pops up on the infotainment on the AID navigation screen overlay straight away, and shows the roads as either Green (free flowing), Orange (a bit of congestion) or Red (fuc*ed up ahead). I know a lot on here hate the VW Nav and much prefer to use either Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze (through either Apple car play or Android Auto), and as excellent as they are for navigating, on a day to day basis the maps don't show in the AID only on the Infotainment screen.
Also, on many occasions I've pre-planned a route or destination on either my PC, Mac or even tablet and just sent it to the car. As soon as the car then connects to my wifi network (more on that below), it immediately informs me that a new destination(s) are available for download and enables you to navigate to them straight away. Also, things like local and destination weather can be had as well as news feeds (I have about 5 news feeds set up). So yes, whilst not essential, I do tend to use one or more feature daily, and something if i did upgrade, would like to keep.
So (finally) does anyone know if there is a way to re-activate this after an upgrade ?
Now I know a lot of people think Car-Net is rubbish or even a gimmick, but I tend to use it all the time. I find the live traffic info really accurate and it pops up on the infotainment on the AID navigation screen overlay straight away, and shows the roads as either Green (free flowing), Orange (a bit of congestion) or Red (fuc*ed up ahead). I know a lot on here hate the VW Nav and much prefer to use either Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze (through either Apple car play or Android Auto), and as excellent as they are for navigating, on a day to day basis the maps don't show in the AID only on the Infotainment screen.
Also, on many occasions I've pre-planned a route or destination on either my PC, Mac or even tablet and just sent it to the car. As soon as the car then connects to my wifi network (more on that below), it immediately informs me that a new destination(s) are available for download and enables you to navigate to them straight away. Also, things like local and destination weather can be had as well as news feeds (I have about 5 news feeds set up). So yes, whilst not essential, I do tend to use one or more feature daily, and something if i did upgrade, would like to keep.
So (finally) does anyone know if there is a way to re-activate this after an upgrade ?