Skoda 000051409F Surfstick Carstick LTE Connect, only for Amundsen navigation system (Gen. 2)

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As a side note I mentioned that when i disabled hot spot on the phone while it was connect via CarPlay I retained a white globe icon (its red when i have no connction) and had access to Skodaconnect. so I guess carplay also tethers it? The Discover Media happily connects to the Huawei modem, seems to be getting all the correct traffic updates, CarPlay is streaming music etc. Plugging it in with hotspot enabled then forces it to connect and it continues to work after unplugging. Daft thing is, parked in the drive, it links almost immediately with my home WiFi enabling me to upload destinations input to the app. The nuisance is, without a reliable data connection the traffic updates don’t work. The other features of Skoda Connected I can happily live without.

Have you got a Columbus or Amundsen head unit? My Amundsen doesn’t have a globe, but a standard Wi-fi fan type symbol instead. Are you saying you can tether it via USB, or do you mean connect to the personal hotspot whilst it’s plugged into CarPlay? In my opinion the Guide and Inform Services , news, weather, traffic etc are of marginal interest and are useable only when not driving - better off using the phone.Siri works very well, activated by voice dial button on steering wheel using the car microphone. Functions better than my previous Golf which had voice control. SD Card music - my car has the Dynaudio speakers - which sound outstanding to me. I wanted to give them something high quality as a source. CDs sound incredible, but so do does high-quality digital music files from the SD card. This lives in Slot 1 now, and has all my favourite music on it. I know most people now probably don't have a digital music collection like this, but I still do, so might as well use it. To my ears, it sounds better than either bluetooth-based audio, or my wired Android Auto phone using high quality Spotify streaming. Its also very easy to get to the album or artist you want, or just to shuffle the whole thing. I am still not sure whether your iPhone is configured as a mobile WiFi router AND is also connected to the Infotainment system by USB cable – that is, you use both types of connection. Connecting to an EE iPhone over wifi hotspot is particularly slow (I've found it unreliable on everything, regualrly having to turn the hotspot on/off/on to make a connection actually access the interent).

I mentioned that the Apple IOS car-net app works ok with basic functions, those being Destinations and Time Manager which are really clunky imo but do allow finding and upload of new destinations to DNS via server and basic route timings. Possibly the DNS may use the Internet connection (*) to update traffic en route. It also uses traffic info via the radio system. Any way I think i've managed to get it working, so thought i'd post to share with anyone else on EE.I also have managed to connect the Infotainment system in my car to the WiFi hotspot of my home router. No problem there. You can tether it when you plug it in to the USB port (with hotspot on and discoverable) and it will connect and continue working after you unplug. I think tethering via cable will also work as at some point yesterday, the globe was white but it didn't say WLAN next to it, and it still worked (this was with hotspotting turned off, because I was also using car play to try and get the OneSkoda app working, but more of that on a different thread...). I've been very impressed with the built in nav system compared to Google maps on Android auto. It seems better at not sending you down ridiculously small roads for example. I don't have an apple phone so can't comment on the Apple equivalent.