I have a Vodafone phone and SIM contract with 20GB of data as part of the package. I discovered that they will provide a Data Share sim which gives me a new sim that also uses my existing data allowance. It works perfectly in my Kodiaq and is giving me connected data at no additional cost. Not sure if other providers do this but must be worth asking if you are have an existing data allowance with you current package.
Did Vodafone tell you this? I asked about it in a store earlier today and the bloke told me they don't do it anymore. Store staff are generally quite clueless though. I'm going to get in touch with them because this is a winner if it's possible.
I was told by someone on the online chat from Vodafone who told me to go into a store and they would sort me out. When I got there they seemed ok to do it but there was a problem so it took them a while but they gave me an new sim. Then the next day my data stopped working because they put a cap on my account and when I called them to fix this the guy at the call centre said they had stopped this. Its probably worth going on line and asking how to get a Data Share Sim and then, if they say to go to the branch, save the conversation and go in. But it's still working.
It enables the Columbus unit to "go online", so that for example navigation uses very up-to-date traffic information, you can input, say, "Grand Hotel" rather than its address, and you can see the fuel prices at the nearby filling stations.
You can also pull weather and news - but you'd do that while stationary, so why not on your phone?
DaveM
Ah ok thanks. This might explain why I haven't been getting on very well with the Columbus navigation system so far I hadn't been impressed with the traffic updates at all, and had reverted to Google Maps through android auto. My dealer had told me that I didn't need a sim in the car for the first year, and that everything would work as it should without it! Hmmm.
Hmmm indeed! I'm guessing that, without a SIM, the unit still uses the traffic information which is broadcast in encoded form over Classic FM (as did my 2014 Superb), but the online data is VERY much more up to date. I've twice had traffic suddenly bunch up a few hundred metres ahead of me, and the system has within seconds announced "Warning - stationary traffic ahead". Impressive.
It enables the Columbus unit to "go online", so that for example navigation uses very up-to-date traffic information, you can input, say, "Grand Hotel" rather than its address, and you can see the fuel prices at the nearby filling stations.
You can also pull weather and news - but you'd do that while stationary, so why not on your phone?
It's illegal to pick up your phone whilst the engine is running, even if stationary (this also means whilst parked). It's not illegal to use your infotainment screen though.
Is it as simple as slotting the SIM in and it just working, or is that too much to ask for?
I've got ten paygo SIMs with around £10 credit on each due to an admin error, they're no good to be otherwise so I'm just going to batter through the credit in the car. Should last me at least 100 days.
Just saw this on another forum. Free 200mb monthly data from 3. Should be enough to run the basic nav stuff and traffic. No point in paying for a separate one!
I put one of my spare Sims in the car this morning and I have to say it's much better than tethering my phone to it, which is a faff if I'm being honest. I'll be making this a permanent fixture even when my many Sims have run out of credit.
Just saw this on another forum. Free 200mb monthly data from 3. Should be enough to run the basic nav stuff and traffic. No point in paying for a separate one!
Stricko - did you do anything to make it work? Or did you just leave it there and it started working? I put my Three card in at the weekend, and selected the data only option, but still have the little red globe?
I haven't got around to finishing the Skoda Connect registration for the app yet? Is that relevant to this at all (or completed unrelated)?
Thanks
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You have to retrieve/activate the address from the Skoda Connect menu in the car. Once you do that it is available in the Navigation menu. It doesn't show up automatically in the Navigation.
You have to retrieve/activate the address from the Skoda Connect menu in the car. Once you do that it is available in the Navigation menu. It doesn't show up automatically in the Navigation.
Thats not the way it works for me (Columbus unit). Having done the "send to car" from the app I go to the car, start it up and select the navigation display from the menu. As it starts navigation I get a pop up message on the screen saying "1 online destination(s) imported". This message is accompanied by 2 buttons: "Display online" and "OK". If you select "Display online" it shows a list of the online destinations (which is what it calls the destinations sent from the app). The most recent one is at the top. If you press this it will calculate the route. You can get back to this menu at any time by selecting "My Dests" from the main navifgation screen and choosing "Destinations". In the "Destinations" screen you may need to choose "online destinations" from the dropdown in the top right corner if it is not already selected.
For those of your wondering how much data the car uses I don't really know the answer but I do know that my Cranky has spent a whole £1.60 since the end of May.
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