Updating the inbuilt Mib2 Satnav / Mib2 tricks and Mib1

Crispy5573 · Jun 15, 2025

Hi I was having problems doing the update (Mib2) I downloaded the Europe 1 update and copied the Overall file into the new EEC directory but it wouldn't work. The problem was I did this on my desktop PC and when I looked at the files they were classified as a Nero Discspan Compilation ! I don't think my car infotainment system runs Nero lol. I did everything again on my laptop (the download and work around) did the long press reset in the car and went to navigation. It took about 10 seconds and the maps were there!
So guys make sure the NEW files are nds and your computer hasn't defaulted them to something else when you unpack the zip files.
Thanks for your help and patience Tell

Westindieman · Jun 15, 2025

Just trying to understand why its not working for me, does my info file look OK?

PartNumber1="8V0060866H "
PartNumber="8V0060866H "
ApplicationSoftwareVersionNumber="0106"
SystemName=" ECE 2023 "

Tell · Jun 15, 2025

Westindieman said:
Just trying to understand why its not working for me, does my info file look OK?

PartNumber1="8V0060866H "
PartNumber="8V0060866H "
ApplicationSoftwareVersionNumber="0106"
SystemName=" ECE 2023 "

I'm not home at the minute hence the Irish flag will allow those with mib1 with success to cross check. Gapping looks a bit big on the system name.

As long as you stick to notepad for edits. 7zip etc

Tell · Jun 15, 2025

Crispy5573 said:
Hi I was having problems doing the update (Mib2) I downloaded the Europe 1 update and copied the Overall file into the new EEC directory but it wouldn't work. The problem was I did this on my desktop PC and when I looked at the files they were classified as a Nero Discspan Compilation ! I don't think my car infotainment system runs Nero lol. I did everything again on my laptop (the download and work around) did the long press reset in the car and went to navigation. It took about 10 seconds and the maps were there!
So guys make sure the NEW files are nds and your computer hasn't defaulted them to something else when you unpack the zip files.
Thanks for your help and patience Tell

Probably not 7zip to unpack ?. 7zip is recommended one by Vag. The inbuilt file manager one definitely messes up mib3 files. Also slow ?.

Crispy5573 · Jun 15, 2025

Tell said:
Probably not 7zip ?. 7zip is recommended one by Vag.

Yes it was 7zip I downloaded it right at the start following advice on here (probably from you). Winzip won't unzip them

ilovezed · Jun 15, 2025

East Yorkshire Retrofits said:
Do not update the infotainment system, we ship every system on the latest available software. The map files stay on the SD card, which stays inside the infotainment unit

Tell said:
That's sorted then... mib2 standard.

I tried the procedure multiple times and it didn’t work, then I guessed I must have an MIB 2 High unit since nothing was working.

Tried the procedure for MIB 2 Standard again and the result was the same with the only difference that it started loading in the beginning and then gave up again. (Tried both the OVERALL.NDS from the original card and the one uploaded on the forum)

Tell · Jun 16, 2025

I had someone update their 7zip when they were having problems once. That fixed it for them since Vag do change their process.

@ilovezed that one is very much for @East Yorkshire Retrofits since your unit is a mib2 standard as confirmed but not running standard firmware, why you were told not to update it. It's been modified to work with any SD card not a CID based one as I understand it and it won't be fussy about the overall.nds so will work with updates without the workaround stages.

Probably a presentation issue of the maps, directories etc to it, one back to our friends in East Yorkshire. Perhaps they can send you an SD card pre set up for it ?... to get you working.

Westindieman · Jun 16, 2025

Tell said:
I'm not home at the minute hence the Irish flag will allow those with mib1 with success to cross check. Gapping looks a bit big on the system name.

As long as you stick to notepad for edits. 7zip etc

You were right about the gapping, not sure how that happened as I copied and pasted, might have hit space at some point. Anyway its still saying 'loading navigation' forever when I put the card in.

ilovezed · Jun 16, 2025

Tell said:
I had someone update their 7zip when they were having problems once. That fixed it for them since Vag do change their process.

@ilovezed that one is very much for @East Yorkshire Retrofits since your unit is a mib2 standard as confirmed but not running standard firmware, why you were told not to update it. It's been modified to work with any SD card not a CID based one as I understand it and it won't be fussy about the overall.nds so will work with updates without the workaround stages.

Probably a presentation issue of the maps, directories etc to it, one back to our friends in East Yorkshire. Perhaps they can send you an SD card pre set up for it ?... to get you working.

Sorry for waisting your time. I had already contacted them before that, but we could not come to a solution, so I decided to try on the forum.

I hope I havent come off as offensive and I am sorry if I did. I just want to get this over with finally ?

Tell · Jun 16, 2025

No it will just be card presentation issue on how it seeing the files / unzipped. 4096 is the cluster size for mib2 standard. Some of the problems are where the card is reformated and that gets changed.

Westindieman · Jun 17, 2025

Please please please, can someone who has updated their MIB1 maps and have it working paste me a copy of their DBinfo file so I can be sure what the format should look like? I have compared the info file from the downloaded P106_N60S3MIBS2_EU_NT file to the one on my MIB1 card and the spacing is different on the part numbers and system name. I want to know what it should look like to get it working, thanks.

Tell · Jun 17, 2025

Westindieman said:
Please please please, can someone who has updated their MIB1 maps and have it working paste me a copy of their DBinfo file so I can be sure what the format should look like? I have compared the info file from the downloaded P106_N60S3MIBS2_EU_NT file to the one on my MIB1 card and the spacing is different on the part numbers and system name. I want to know what it should look like to get it working, thanks.

If you look at @Daz3d posts, he did post up some of his files subsequently which you can check. Original map file etc. When someone else was having issues and had lost their original copy.... that's if they didn't take it of mega to get some space back.

We also placed a trick where you can go back to previous releases, use that then update on that. For that you need to place where your release is against others. So @Daz3d release would work if it was after yours then. Test then use the workaround. That got the other one working.

ARH · Jun 17, 2025

Does this help? Its from my backup files.

Westindieman · Jun 17, 2025

ARH said:
Does this help? Its from my backup files.

Thanks for that, it gives me a reference to try tomorrow. What's confusing is the downloaded file in P106_N60S3MIBS2_EU_NT (8V0060866S) looks like this

PartNumber1="8V0060866H"
PartNumber="8V0060866H"
ApplicationSoftwareVersionNumber="0106"
SystemName=" ECE 2023 "

with that space between 2023 and the quotation marks. Where as my original looks like

PartNumber1="8V0060866H "
PartNumber2="5G0919866AH"
PartNumber3="5E0051236 "
PartNumber4="5F0060884BG"
PartNumber="8V0060866H "
ApplicationSoftwareVersionNumber="0075"
SystemName=" ECE 2018/2019"

with no spaces, while you have spaces after all your part numbers and the systemName 2014.

I'm just trying to figure out why its not loading the update maps for me as Tell referenced me to check the spaces a few days back.

Westindieman · Jun 17, 2025

Tell said:
If you look at @Daz3d posts, he did post up some of his files subsequently which you can check. Original map file etc. When someone else was having issues and had lost their original copy.... that's if they didn't take it of mega to get some space back.

We also placed a trick where you can go back to previous releases, use that then update on that. For that you need to place where your release is against others. So @Daz3d release would work if it was after yours then. Test then use the workaround. That got the other one working.

I did read those posts a few days back but haven't used the idea because I didn't think going back a few releases might help. How do I check if that release is after mine, is it the version number and year?

Tell · Jun 18, 2025

November 2025 comes early for mib2 standard.

Well we are onto the revised and updated June 2025 mib2 standard release now. I think it updating for a time slip in the processing a few years back. This may well be the November 2026 release since it's sequenced as ECE 2026. The files inside date from October 2024.

All works.

Update process...

DONT DONT delete your existing maps without doing the workaround on a Seat, else you will be saying help... more on that below.

Thanks to the Ateca German board for that (2510 is the new serial release) + MartiniB of Briskoda board filling in RoW files and Skoda links (when he does):

The files are interchangeable between Seat, VW and Škoda from:

Navi ohne plus - Daten und Update - SEAT SUV Forum

Guten Morgen Zusammen, ich dachte mir gestern: schaust mal nach den Karten und wie aktuell die sind... Gefunden unter: Seat_Mediaupdates [URL:http://www.seat.de/kontakt/downloads/service/mediaupdates.html] Meine Version: 153 Verfügbar: 157 Da ich über…

www.ateca-forum.de

Nb. the all European map has been tested and works, the link above suggested there was an error....

Ganz Europa (32GB SD Karte)

Updating the inbuilt Mib2 Satnav / Mib2 tricks and Mib1

Thinking about it, one of those links is suppose to be the dealer one and the other, the consumer one. Take the one which is the fastest. Probably on different servers. Both links get found and get posted up. I did wait for the download to complete, haven't installed it yet. :)

www.seatcupra.net

The all important workaround is here is the resource section.

GPS and satnav - Updating the inbuilt Mib2 Satnav / Mib2 tricks and Mib1

This resource is applicable to all Seat navigation systems plus other Vag brands which are MIB2 / 2.5. It is built from the knowledge base on the Leon forum from a long running thread which has the advantage of tracking the twists and turns over...

www.seatcupra.net

The all important workaround is here is the resource section.

Reproduced here !

Workaround

Using a PC or a MAC ?

PC: 7 Zip is the preferred VW tool, other unzip tool including those built into Windows, can cause difficulties.

7 zip can be obtained from

https://www.7-zip.org/download.html

MAC: VW instructions

"ATTENTION

If the map update is performed using the Apple® OS X operating system you may find that
Discover Media does not recognise the map material or displays it incorrectly. This is due to
a lack of compatibility between the “7 zip” program and the OS-X operating system. In
addition, the OS-X operating system has a tendency to create hidden additional files on
external data media. We therefore recommend that OS X users use the “Keka” unzipping
program. We also recommend using the “CleanMyDrive” program to remove any hidden files."

If a MAC is used CleanMyDrive is run against the SD card after the maps are copied across to the SD card.

Having identified which unzipping tool is required and special Mac SD card cleaning required... free to proceed.

Steps:

Download the latest standard MIB2 maps
on the infotainment go to settings, safely remove, sd1 card
remove sd1 card from glove box slot
long press on the on / off to reboot it a couple of times
insert sd card in to computer
copy and paste all contents to a directory on your computer
Delete tye contents of the SD card, (don't forget to push the card lock mechanism to off) (ditto in a MAC)
Copy the new downloaded map version to the SD card (after unzipping it)
Replace /maps/EEC/EEC_WLD/OVERALL.NDS on the SD CARD with the one from the original SD card
eject the sd card (on a MAC run CleanMyDrive on the SD card - then eject), click to lock
Inserted the card into the card 1 slot in glove box whilst infotainment is off
power on and go to navigation

The unit should then boot up into navigation. Note it does take a little longer first time round. If it refuses to boot up, press the volume button forcing a reboot, hold down until the unit reboots. If this fails it will be issues on the overall.nds file / copy issues. Revisit the process. Failing this restore the back up.

You will also need to pick up any POIs that you show on the screen since these will be dropped after a map update. Petrol stations, parking location etc.

Do not format the card in anything other than Fat32. The unit runs QNX so will not correctly see the SD card if it is not in Fat32 / cluster size gets tinkered with in a reformat. The CID is not deleted in a format that is outside of the area that can be addressed but reformatting has been known to corrupt the card.

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If you do lose the NDF file than it's in the resource of how to sort it out. See:

GPS and satnav - Updating the inbuilt Mib2 Satnav / Mib2 tricks and Mib1

This resource is applicable to all Seat navigation systems plus other Vag brands which are MIB2 / 2.5. It is built from the knowledge base on the Leon forum from a long running thread which has the advantage of tracking the twists and turns over...

www.seatcupra.net

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Success screen. November 2025 comes early.

Westindieman · Jun 18, 2025

Thanks for your reply Tell, my card was backed up the after the last time I currupted I dont need to worry anymore. I'm a bit confused now, are you saying I dont need to try @Daz3d files but instead the links you have posted (after cutting down to 16GB to fit my card)?
I have now noticed you have mentioned 7 zip afew times where I previously used winrar, I will now try 7 zip.

Tell · Jun 18, 2025

Westindieman said:
Thanks for your reply Tell, my card was backed up the after the last time I currupted I dont need to worry anymore. I'm a bit confused now, are you saying I dont need to try @Daz3d files but instead the links you have posted (after cutting down to 16GB to fit my card)?
I have now noticed you have mentioned 7 zip afew times where I previously used winrar, I will now try 7 zip.

Mib1

For the DBInfo.txt file edit @Daz3d and anybody else's edit that got it working will be fine. Daz3d and one or two others chumped the files down to fit on the old 8gb SD mib1 card. Why I say just buy a bigger card removes another random variable out of why it might not work for some and you don't loose a working copy... as some did, so it's safer.

Basically you take you working dbinfo.txt file. Copy out the two pieces

PartNumber1="your existing map partnumber"
PartNumber="your existing map partnumber"

Take the new dbinfo.txt and change the part numbers to that. Copy the dbinfo.txt editted file back onto the new sd card. Basically your unit is anchored in mib1 to the release of the mapcard it came with. Alter that on the new map and it doesn't know you have changed the card.

That you'll see in the examples. I wonder where if you jolted the unit back onto an earlier series partnumber whether that would be helpful. We did that in one case. That uses a feature that earlier maps always work in the unit.

I'm sure it's just an editting issue or unzipping issue with the new maps. Obviously if we find someone with the same release as you who has done it that would be great.

DMackie · Jun 19, 2025

Hello I have just been reading through the guides for this and just wanted to clarify a few things before i give this a go. I own a 2015 Leon with MIB2 (6P code when i look at my Nav part).
I still have the V1 SD card so maps are still from 2015 era.
Do i need to purchase a 32Gb SD card (is class 10 reccomended or any particular brand you like to use?)
Download and unzip the below maps using 7Zip

Ganz Europa (32GB SD Karte)

https://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto.com/base/maps/STD2_2510_EU_AS_202525.zip

Take my SD card out of my car and copy the files from it and take a copy of /maps/EEC/EEC_WLD/OVERALL.NDS which will be used to overwrite he one which will be in the folder downloaded above.
Copy the Data from the Unzipped folder to the SD card ensure its in FAT32 and overwrite the OVERALL.NDS file with my original one
Insert the SD card back into my car and let it load?

Are there any steps i have missed or need to do?

Awesome work to the community for writing all of this.

Tell · Jun 19, 2025

DMackie said:
Hello I have just been reading through the guides for this and just wanted to clarify a few things before i give this a go. I own a 2015 Leon with MIB2 (6P code when i look at my Nav part).
I still have the V1 SD card so maps are still from 2015 era.
Do i need to purchase a 32Gb SD card (is class 10 reccomended or any particular brand you like to use?)
Download and unzip the below maps using 7Zip

Ganz Europa (32GB SD Karte)
https://infotainment-cdn.skoda-auto.com/base/maps/STD2_2510_EU_AS_202525.zip

Take my SD card out of my car and copy the files from it and take a copy of /maps/EEC/EEC_WLD/OVERALL.NDS which will be used to overwrite he one which will be in the folder downloaded above.
Copy the Data from the Unzipped folder to the SD card ensure its in FAT32 and overwrite the OVERALL.NDS file with my original one
Insert the SD card back into my car and let it load?

Are there any steps i have missed or need to do?

Awesome work to the community for writing all of this.

The all European map increased in size so needs an official vag card 32gb that can be purchased off Ebay sold as 32 gb Seat, Škoda etc interchangeable uses a Cid on these or use your existing card with a zoned area.

Either way delete what's on them but copy before hand, you need that OVERALL.NDS file in anycase. Keep off the reformat command. Unzip with 7 zip, copy new map, overwrite the OVERALL.NDS file with your old one.

Follow the steps. All been working since 2017 so nothing new about the mib2 standard workaround thanks to Exciter.

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