NAR 2021 Maps Available for Download for MST2 (MIB2)

[Cuzoe]

yeah fortunately for this database at least, there are no cheesy placeholder pictures of genre or the artists, it seems that if it doesn’t have that particular album then it’s blank.

what would be really cool is to write a program that takes all your Spotify/whatever playlists, gets the album art, then inserts that into the database. who knows maybe that already exists.

Just need a strong nerd to decipher the gracenote database I suppose... then yea, write a script of some type to import.

Waaayyyy off topic: Back in the pre everything online/streaming days I had a Zune (and since we're all friends here, I do still have it). It would show embedded album art but it did not have to be the standard 200x200/500x500/1000x1000 size. So I was (and still am) picky about my media metadata so added album art to my entire (stolen music) mp3 collection. Well... years later those wonky sized images do not play well with anything that shows album art... it really made me upset when trying to use the coverflow-like display on our cars with music on SD cards. Some art would show, then some would just have a music note, then some seemed to pull from the Gracenote database (but I assume only if my mp3 tags exactly matched), ugghhh. It was so annoying that I threw away the SD card .

 

[brentgti]

I just downloaded the file "P376_N60S5MIBH3_NAR_NT_Q3.23_2024-2025_02310036 FULL" and I was disappointed to see that it only contains USA maps.

But also it only contains a folder called "Mib1" and no "MiB2" folder like it says in the metainfo file.

That's odd. There's also a document with a link to another platform so maybe that one has everything correct. I haven't had a chance to download from either so fingers crossed that the other one is correct with MIB2 and Canada.

 

[git443]

That's odd. There's also a document with a link to another platform so maybe that one has everything correct. I haven't had a chance to download from either so fingers crossed that the other one is correct with MIB2 and Canada.

I tried them all. The only one with Canada maps is "P336_N60S5MIBH3_NAR_2023-2024"

I downloaded all these:

P370 is Europe maps.

The other remaining 2 both don't have a Mib1 folder. "P356_N60S5MIBH3_NAR_V03959803AR_0356_2024_02310034" only has Alaska maps

 

[salvatore_calzone]

I had issues with the P356 zip that was hosted on mibsolution, it was corrupted somehow. I just downloaded the 2024/2025 one from Mega and it has both the folders Mib1 and Mib2. and I believe it has Canada too. there are "CAN_east_nar" and "CAN_west_nar" folders inside.

 

[TheMuffinMan]

Looks like 5G9-919-866-AC is latest, could anyone confirm?

 

[Samb]

Hello,

Need help please.

I downloaded the "P350_N60S5MIBH3_EU.7z" file from Volkswagen's website/MIB-Helper - for Discover Pro Nav MIB1 (MHIG).

The downloaded files included the MIB1 and MIB2 directories, as well as the third (some information) folder.

Downloaded onto an NTFS-formatted USB stick. Unzipped and transferred to USB.

At first, the file would not be recognised or read. The file is now detected, however it appears as N/A, and no action can be taken.

Is the 2024 file too new and not compatible with MHIG, or is the MIB1 HIGH NAV DATABASE incompatible with the new maps file accessible on the VW website?

(According to another forum user (Tell), this may be the case. Here is a link to the topic if you want to read the thread.

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/486625-columbus-map-update-2021-mib12-high/page/4/

Please view the attachments.

Furthermore, I had previously removed a VW MAPS SD CARD from a 2019 Passat discover media and inserted it into my MIB1 (MHIG/Pro Nav) SD card slot 1, which worked as intended. However, it now displays the following message: "The navigation data in the infotainment system is not valid. Please check data" and would not recognise it.

 

[git443]

Downloaded onto an NTFS-formatted USB stick. Unzipped and transferred to USB.

I would start by trying with an SD card formatted to FAT32 and try again.

 

[TheMuffinMan]

So someone on Vortex just posted this 5NA-919-866-ED as NAR 2024 but I'm not showing it anywhere online yet.

 

[Cuzoe]

So someone on Vortex just posted this 5NA-919-866-ED as NAR 2024 but I'm not showing it anywhere online yet.

Nice... PeterDNA (Instagram handle) posted that he had the latest version, he obviously won't share the PN. Some folks asked inquired... His response was solution coming soon.



Based on his history that likely means copying the data, modifying the info page to show #OEMKing along with version info, and figuring out how/where to resell updates . He used to be a member here and other places, selling updates, until those accounts were banned, for obvious reasons.

I didn't want to tell @bobloblawGTI and get his hopes up .

 

[bobloblawGTI]

Nice... PeterDNA (Instagram handle) posted that he had the latest version, he obviously won't share the PN. Some folks asked inquired... His response was solution coming soon.

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Based on his history that likely means copying the data, modifying the info page to show #OEMKing along with version info, and figuring out how/where to resell updates . He used to be a member here and other places, selling updates, until those accounts were banned, for obvious reasons.

I didn't want to tell @bobloblawGTI and get his hopes up .

Yikes. That's disappointing behavior on an enthusiast's part :\ But good to know there's progress in some dimension!

 

[salvatore_calzone]

a few years ago I actually asked him how much it would be to get new maps (for MIB2 standard, not high), not sure if it was for 2021 or something newer. the price was $75 for me to send him my current SD card, to overwrite with the new maps, and 399 to get a new card.

meanwhile on Discover Pro you get maps regularly, for nothing (2025 is out, btw, in case someone doesn’t know)

 

[Cuzoe]

a few years ago I actually asked him how much it would be to get new maps (for MIB2 standard, not high), not sure if it was for 2021 or something newer. the price was $75 for me to send him my current SD card, to overwrite with the new maps, and 399 to get a new card.

meanwhile on Discover Pro you get maps regularly, for nothing (2025 is out, btw, in case someone doesn’t know)

Yea, some time ago I asked him if I could send him a card (and pay what he was asking, don't remember the amount but I wasn't asking for any discount) but I wanted to know if I could get the data without #OEMKing showing on the info page... because that's f***ing annoying even though I rarely look at the info page. I also thought it weird that one would want to "watermark" their extra-legal activities.

It felt like high school when some folks were selling burned CD's of new albums. They were using those awful printable CD labels, using low-res random pictures of the artists, but also putting "Copyright Black Ice Productions" on them, which was their made up business name . I guess they wanted to make sure that anyone looking knew exactly where you got your pirated music, burned from low bit-rate MP3's.

I believe I have 2025 on my Discover Pro (updated from 2024/2025) but I will be checking today, haha.

 

[salvatore_calzone]

the bootleg CDs is exactly what it’s like haha. yeah at one point I found the one string in a file that has the version info but I never tested changing it.

I have a lot to say on this subject (sharing stuff between retrofitters/enthusiasts vs keeping stuff for yourself and selling it for a big profit), but I’ll keep it to myself - I got flamed on vwvortex for questioning this kind of stuff and suggesting that these people are making easy money for very little effort

 

[Cuzoe]

I've shared too many words on that subject in too many places . And what the heck, why stop now .

I've on occasion got into it with the gentleman in question on FB for making statements like "maps coded to your car" as a bullet point to the MIB retrofit services he offers, and the offer to provide ongoing map updates as if that's something exclusive. As if they weren't available for free (I guess outside of these standard maps, which are not available in the wild... yet). My suspicion was that he was not, at least at some point, doing lifetime FEC for maps.

Generally it's just me being very specific about the things he's saying because the way he says them would lead people who don't know the subject to spend more money with him. As you can imagine he's one of those "PM me for pricing and info types" so whenever he does that I just give people all the part numbers... And point them to the threads to do it all themselves or suggest they pay whomever they please to do the unlocking coding or adapting if they want.

But saying "solution coming soon" for these maps makes me think that he might not even be offering this update to those that did the retrofit with him. And obviously he's going to try to sell it to the rest of us.

 

[TheMuffinMan]

Nice... PeterDNA (Instagram handle) posted that he had the latest version, he obviously won't share the PN. Some folks asked inquired... His response was solution coming soon.

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Based on his history that likely means copying the data, modifying the info page to show #OEMKing along with version info, and figuring out how/where to resell updates . He used to be a member here and other places, selling updates, until those accounts were banned, for obvious reasons.

I didn't want to tell @bobloblawGTI and get his hopes up .

In the Vortex thread this part number was shared -

https://vw.oempartsonline.com/oem-parts/volkswagen-memory-3g0919866cl