Discover Media and App-Connect?

[Trello]

Discover media in a T6 high line, is app connect a coding issue (vagcom) or a dealer cost? From looking at the coding there are lots and lots of potential boxes to tick.

Does anyone have a fully configured unit and the associated label file?

Thanks

 

[Nigel W]

I’m afraid it’s a dealer only option

 

[Trello]

I’m afraid it’s a dealer only option

Ok Cheers

 

[Pauly]

As above, it’s deeper than coding and requires ODIS (online) to input the activation code

 

[Dibbus]

yeah, I know this is an old topic,
BUT do I understand correctly that the VW T6 has a means to connect to the internet/the outside world/the VW dealership?
does the T6 has a SIM-card or similar?
And as far as I have no CAR-NET nor CAR-connect, can I somehow disable or remove the SIMcard?
but keeping the bleutooth operational!

just curious..

Jan.

 

[John A]

My Discover Media/MIB2 (whatever you want to call it) does not have a SIM slot. Nor does it appear to have an eSIM installed.

I've been unable to tether my phone to it, I don't believe CAR-NET does anything useful so I've lost interest.

 

[Robert]

I've been unable to tether my phone to it, I don't believe CAR-NET does anything useful so I've lost ininterest.

Generally speaking you can connect your DM unit to the Internet in 2 different ways.
One is wireless, by connecting your DM unit to your mobile phone with a Hotspot/Mobile Router Wi-Fi mode enabled.
The other one is to plug in a GSM modem(with a SIM card) to one of your USB sockets.

The main, and the only one in my opinion, advantage of a CAR-NET is the access to live road traffic data via VW SAT-NAV and maps.

By default CAR-NET is only available to the owners with a factory fitted DM.
Fortunately the CAR-NET has been cracked and now equivalent of a VW service can be purchased elsewhere at reasonable price.
And this service works regardless of the DM being factory installed or retrofitted.

 

[John A]

Interesting
Didn't know it (typically) only worked with factory installs. Mine is a retrofit.
I have a SIM in my A6 which gives me access to news, weather and (importantly) live and accurate fuel prices. But I'm not paying £11/month to get traffic information.

 

[Dibbus]

Generally speaking you can connect your DM unit to the Internet in 2 different ways.
One is wireless, by connecting your DM unit to your mobile phone with a Hotspot/Mobile Router Wi-Fi mode enabled.
The other one is to plug in a GSM modem(with a SIM card) to one of your USB sockets.

The main, and the only one in my opinion, advantage of a CAR-NET is the access to live road traffic data via VW SAT-NAV and maps.

By default CAR-NET is only available to the owners with a factory fitted DM.
Fortunately the CAR-NET has been cracked and now equivalent of a VW service can be purchased elsewhere at reasonable price.
And this service works regardless of the DM being factory installed or retrofitted.

the question is HOW does CAR-NET get the info ? using a SIM-card? or eSIM-card?
I am not using the factory fitted NAV, cos CAR-NET is not functional (anymore?).

I have a factory fitted media-system in a T6 HighLine from 2016.

 

[John A]

Robert has answered that question

Generally speaking you can connect your DM unit to the Internet in 2 different ways.
One is wireless, by connecting your DM unit to your mobile phone with a Hotspot/Mobile Router Wi-Fi mode enabled.
The other one is to plug in a GSM modem(with a SIM card) to one of your USB sockets.

 

[Dibbus]

Robert has answered that question

it must be my understanding of the English language. (I am native Dutch).
Robert said:
/quote: The main, and the only one in my opinion, advantage of a CAR-NET is the access to live road traffic data via VW SAT-NAV and maps. /unquote.
This means CAR-NET has some kind of access to get the live data. HOW???
IMHO Robert did not answer that .
To be more specific: I want to disable all communications that the T6 is able to use for whatever reason.
Thus I want to kill the possibility of CAR-NET to contact the outer world (except bluetooth ofcos, BT is not using SIMcards )

 

[Robert]

If you don't connect your DM to the Internet via USB GSM modem or via WiFi to a local Hotspot then the possibility of CAR-NET to communicate with the outside world equals zero.