Dealers vary but its around that. Basically there are 3 actions. 1-Sat Nav needs to be activated/enabled in your car (this is around @250) 2- Then an SD Card needs to be bought, 3- then this SD Card has to be activated and paired to the car. If you have Sat Nav activated in the car then you only need an SD Card with maps. I have a 2015 AUDI A3 saloon fitted with an AUDI Sat Nav unit and wondered how the Sat Nav updates itself with road changes as it seems out of date with some of its directions/instructions. In contrast, I have a separate portable TOMTOM Sat Nav which I connect to the home wi-fi and it automatically updates itself with road changes and speed Go to the dealer and ask them to order a new card with the latest maps for you with your cars VIN. The new card needs to be paired and activated with your car and that requires dealer connections to the Seat factory database. Audi Forums A6 Series. Update Sat Nav Disc . N17ELE Registered User. Aug 16, 2014 95 7 8 Leicestershire. Aug 20, 2014 #1 Hi Have mmi 2g (colour screen) with 2005 West Central Scotland. May 17, 2016. #2. It can happen with any SAT NAV. Depends where you are. Had it a few times as far back as 09/10/11 with various cars and Nav's. Just keep an eye on it. If it does it more and more then you may have an issue. But once in a blue moon is normal. I would like to update the sat nav maps/MMI in my 2018 A6 Avant (C8). My car is booked in for an oil service at an Audi dealership soon but when I asked them if they could update the sat nav maps they said it would be about an hours labour which I was surprised by (I thought access to free software update was one of the advantages of servicing Audi Model:: Audi A6. Audi Year: 2002. Posted January 16, 2018. Hi David, Mark is right on this one. Your a3 will need to have the satnav activated by Audi and Mark is right about the price! Truthfully I find modern smartphone satnavs far better than any normal satnav and they are updated regularly and for free! Sorry we can't help more. Audi. Various Audi navigation systems can be equipped with additional POI's and locations of mobile and fixed speed cameras via POIbase. With POIbase the data can be installed in a matter of minutes, and the new POI's can then be transferred to the sat nav in your car. Compatible with. Functions and Notes. Last month, I managed to download the maps. This month, I can't even find where they are. I put the maps on a USB. Plugged it into the USB port (tried both), went to System Update and tried to select USB and it says USB not available. Received 10 Likes on 5 Posts. "Free Map Update Downloads". Hope someone can clear up something about the free map download updates. I was unsuccessful trying to download into my 2017 Q7 the latest update. Spent a lot of time trying. Down loaded from myAudi Tony computer then to an SD card and then getting a message from SD1 and SD2 NOT AVAILABLE. kG0GAky.