I know this is being discussed in other subs, I just wanted to centralize the discussion here. I was able to get the update today and will post any problems I see and solutions/workarounds. I was also able to get a copy of the Service Bulletin.
To begin the thread, I want to discuss the following:
1. V59 upgrade
According to the service bulletin, this upgrade fixes a lot of issues people are seeing with their system such as reboots and blank screens. The upgrade process takes about an hour. I would recommend everyone to save their settings in the seat memory. I have attached the service bulletin below. Apparently, what the technician told me, the issue resided at boot-up, with one of the files not being properly loaded. They had streamlined the whole start up process and it should fix it. Spoiler alert: The boot-up speed isn't any faster for me. It actually takes some time now to boot-up and the buttons to become responsive, especially if you have a phone connected. I usually have to wait for the pop-up warning to show up.
2. Tachometer problem and workaround
In the other threads, some people brought up how the option to turn off the tachometer is no longer available. I can confirm this is true. As you can see in the bulletin, here's the reason:
Note: The tachometer function has been removed from the Active Driving Display (Cx-9) as part of Mazda's continuing efforts to improve safety and reduce driver distraction. Please explain this to the customer before updating the software
Except, one problem... As I said before, and this proves it, Mazda engineers are careless and lazy. They don't care about your satisfaction or experience. They rarely test their own fixes. A simple test would tell them this is crap. Let me explain you why... They didn't remove the tachometer feature, they removed the option to add/remove the tachometer feature. So if you had the tachometer ON before, now there is no way to turn it off. So they essentially are forcing you to use the very same feature they were trying to prevent from distracting you. All they did was remove the checkbox to enable/disable the Tach.
There is a workaround to this however, thanks to the advance notice I got from this forum, before I did the update, I disabled the tachometer and save my settings to "Memory 1" on my seat. Then I enabled the Tach and save my settings to "Memory 2" on my seat. So now if I want the Tachometer enabled, before I begin driving, all I have to do is press 2 on my seat and it will show up. To turn off, I press 1. It's not an elegant solution, but it is a workaround until they finally either remove it or bring the feature back.
What I think it's hilarious here is that before, we had complete control to remove distractions that we encountered. For example, the option to hide the Tach was there if it was bothering us. I hid it because I didn't like it, but now that option is gone, so if anyone wants to remove it now, there is no option and you're stuck with the Tachometer. Way to go Mazda! ******g morons.
3. Current State/Problems
It is difficult to say if this has fixed any problems. I would feel a lot more confident after 1 month with this software update and no blank screens or reboots. However, I can tell you the issues I am currently seeing:
a. Tachometer (discussed above) workaround available
b. Phone - Music: I no longer see PREV/FWD buttons on the screen. All I see if the Source, PLAY/STOP, Settings buttons. All the other buttons are no longer seen when my phone is connected as the music source. They were visible before (sometimes they weren't). Unpairing/Paring the phone has not helped.
c. Duplicate contacts. I cannot for the life of me get my phone to just import single contacts, when it imports contacts it imports each of them twice. I have disconnected and unpaired my phone and tried several times, all to the same result.
Note: My phone was unpaired during the update process, hence why I'm having this issue. I have had this issue before and somehow, in one of the parings I got it to import only once.
Page 1 https://i.imgur.com/jBKYVwI.jpg
Page 2 https://i.imgur.com/HfZH9hf.jpg
To begin the thread, I want to discuss the following:
- V59 Upgrade
- Tachometer problem and workaround
- Current State/Problems
1. V59 upgrade
According to the service bulletin, this upgrade fixes a lot of issues people are seeing with their system such as reboots and blank screens. The upgrade process takes about an hour. I would recommend everyone to save their settings in the seat memory. I have attached the service bulletin below. Apparently, what the technician told me, the issue resided at boot-up, with one of the files not being properly loaded. They had streamlined the whole start up process and it should fix it. Spoiler alert: The boot-up speed isn't any faster for me. It actually takes some time now to boot-up and the buttons to become responsive, especially if you have a phone connected. I usually have to wait for the pop-up warning to show up.
2. Tachometer problem and workaround
In the other threads, some people brought up how the option to turn off the tachometer is no longer available. I can confirm this is true. As you can see in the bulletin, here's the reason:
Note: The tachometer function has been removed from the Active Driving Display (Cx-9) as part of Mazda's continuing efforts to improve safety and reduce driver distraction. Please explain this to the customer before updating the software
Except, one problem... As I said before, and this proves it, Mazda engineers are careless and lazy. They don't care about your satisfaction or experience. They rarely test their own fixes. A simple test would tell them this is crap. Let me explain you why... They didn't remove the tachometer feature, they removed the option to add/remove the tachometer feature. So if you had the tachometer ON before, now there is no way to turn it off. So they essentially are forcing you to use the very same feature they were trying to prevent from distracting you. All they did was remove the checkbox to enable/disable the Tach.
There is a workaround to this however, thanks to the advance notice I got from this forum, before I did the update, I disabled the tachometer and save my settings to "Memory 1" on my seat. Then I enabled the Tach and save my settings to "Memory 2" on my seat. So now if I want the Tachometer enabled, before I begin driving, all I have to do is press 2 on my seat and it will show up. To turn off, I press 1. It's not an elegant solution, but it is a workaround until they finally either remove it or bring the feature back.
What I think it's hilarious here is that before, we had complete control to remove distractions that we encountered. For example, the option to hide the Tach was there if it was bothering us. I hid it because I didn't like it, but now that option is gone, so if anyone wants to remove it now, there is no option and you're stuck with the Tachometer. Way to go Mazda! ******g morons.
3. Current State/Problems
It is difficult to say if this has fixed any problems. I would feel a lot more confident after 1 month with this software update and no blank screens or reboots. However, I can tell you the issues I am currently seeing:
a. Tachometer (discussed above) workaround available
b. Phone - Music: I no longer see PREV/FWD buttons on the screen. All I see if the Source, PLAY/STOP, Settings buttons. All the other buttons are no longer seen when my phone is connected as the music source. They were visible before (sometimes they weren't). Unpairing/Paring the phone has not helped.
c. Duplicate contacts. I cannot for the life of me get my phone to just import single contacts, when it imports contacts it imports each of them twice. I have disconnected and unpaired my phone and tried several times, all to the same result.
Note: My phone was unpaired during the update process, hence why I'm having this issue. I have had this issue before and somehow, in one of the parings I got it to import only once.
Page 1 https://i.imgur.com/jBKYVwI.jpg
Page 2 https://i.imgur.com/HfZH9hf.jpg
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